Today in sports history

1913 -- Notre Dame meets Army for the first time and comes away with a 35-13 win behind Gus Dorias' 14-of-17 passing for 243 yards.

1938 -- Before a crowd of 40,000 spectators, Seabiscuit, under jockey George Woolf, beat odds-on favorite War Admiral in the Pimlico Special, a winner-take-all match race with a purse of $15,000.

1959 -- Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns scores five touchdowns in a 38-31 victory over the Baltimore Colts.

1959 -- Montreal goaltender Jacques Plante revolutionizes his position -- and the sport of hockey -- by donning a facemask. Plante is struck in the face with a shot by New York Rangers forward Andy Bathgate at 3:06 of the first period. After receiving stitches to close a gash from the corner of his mouth all the way up through his nostril, Plante returns to the ice wearing a mask. The Canadiens win 3-1.

1964 -- Cleveland's Jim Brown rushes for 149 yards and becomes the first player to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a career as the Browns post a 30-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Brown reached 10,135 yards, rushing for 100-or-more yards in 47 games.

1964 -- Kansas City's Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Chiefs to a 49-39 triumph over the Denver Broncos.

1966 -- The NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans on All Saints Day.

1970 -- Mercury Morris of the Miami Dolphins gains 302 combined yards (89 rushing, 68 receiving and 145 on kickoff returns) in a 35-0 loss to the Baltimore Colts.

1987 -- Ibrahin Hussein of Kenya and Priscilla Welch of Britain win the men's and women's divisions of the New York Marathon, finishing the 26.2 miles in 2:11:01 and 2:30:17, respectively.

1997 -- Tom Osborne reaches 250 wins faster than any coach in college football history as Nebraska beats Oklahoma 69-7, the worst loss in Sooners' history.

1998 -- John Kagwe runs away from Kenyan countryman Joseph Chebet in the final yards and wins the New York City Marathon for the second straight year in the second-closest finish in the race's 29-year history. Kagwe's winning time is 2:08:45.

2000 -- Pat Riley earns his 1,000th career coaching victory as Miami posts its most lopsided win in an opener with a 105-79 rout of Orlando. Riley reaches the plateau in 1,434 games -- fewer than any coach or manager in any sport.

2003 -- Larry Fitzgerald sets an NCAA record with a touchdown catch in his 14th straight game in Pittsburgh's 24-13 victory over Boston College.

2006 -- Evgeni Malkin scores in the first period of Pittsburgh's 4-3 overtime win at Los Angeles to become the first NHL player in 89 years with goals in his first six games.

2008 -- Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree catches the winning 28-yard touchdown pass with 1 second to play, as the seventh-ranked Red Raiders beat No. 1 Texas 39-33.

2008 -- Michigan's 48-42 loss at Purdue drops the Wolverines to 2-7, ending Michigan's string of 33 straight bowl appearances. Michigan, assured of its first losing season since 1967, also sets a school record for losses.

2008 -- Larry Brown earns his first victory in his ninth NBA head coaching job, and the 1,011th of his career as Charlotte beats Miami 100-87.