AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
Nov. 22
1945 -- Jim Benton of the Cleveland Rams is the first NFL player to have more than 300 combined yards in a game with 303 yards receiving and a touchdown in a 28-21 victory over the Detroit Lions.
1950 -- The Fort Wayne Pistons edge the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 in the lowest-scoring game in NBA history. John Oldham leads the Pistons with five points and George Mikan has 15 of the Lakers' points.
1959 -- The AFL holds its first player draft. First round choices are Boston, Gerhard Schwedes; Buffalo, Richie Lucas; Dallas, Don Meredith; Denver, Roger LeClerc; Houston, Billy Cannon; Los Angeles, Monty Stickles; Minneapolis, Dale Hackbart; New York, George Izo.
1961 -- Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks sets an NBA record by hitting 19 of 19 free throws in a 141-121 loss to the Boston Celtics.
1965 -- Muhammad Ali knocks out Floyd Patterson in the 12th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Las Vegas.
1981 -- Kellen Winslow of the San Diego Chargers catches five touchdown passes in a 55-21 rout of the Oakland Raiders.
1986 -- Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Trevor Berbick in the second round to win the WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas.
1986 -- Wayne Gretzky, playing in his 575th NHL game, scores his 500th goal in the Edmonton Oilers' 5-2 victory over Vancouver.
1992 -- North Carolina wins its seventh straight Division I women's soccer title with a 9-1 win over Duke. The Tar Heels also set the record for most goals in a championship game.
1998 -- John Elway of the Denver Broncos joins Dan Marino as the only players with 50,000 yards as the Broncos post a 40-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders.
2003 -- The Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3, in the NHL's first outdoor game. The game marking the 86th anniversary of the founding of the league is played in front of a record crowd of 57,167 at a football arena in Edmonton.