AP Sportlight

AP Sportlight
Oct. 20
1963 -- Clem Daniels of the Oakland Raiders rushes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-26 victory over the New York Jets.
1979 -- John Tate beats Gerrie Coetzee in a 15-round decision in Pretoria, South Africa, to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.
1984 -- Rueben Mayes of Washington State rushes for 216 yards to lead the Cougars to 49-42 victory over Stanford.
1990 -- Cincinnati completes one of the biggest upsets in baseball history, beating the Oakland A's 2-1 to win the World Series in four games.
1994 -- George McCandless, 83, becomes the oldest harness driver to win a pari-mutuel race when he guides Kehm's Scooter to victory at Freehold (N.J.) Raceway.
1997 -- Andre Reed of the Buffalo Bills becomes the fourth player in NFL history to reach 800 receptions. Thurman Thomas also reaches a milestone, becoming the 10th running back to rush for 11,000 yards.
2002 -- Marshall Faulk rushes for 183 yards and his fifth career four-touchdown game in a 37-20 St. Louis win over Seattle. Faulk also becomes the 15th NFL player to gain 10,000 yards rushing.
2004 -- Just three outs from getting swept in the AL championship series three nights earlier, Boston finally beats the Yankees, winning Game 7 in a 10-3 shocker to become the first major league team to overcome a 3-0 postseason series deficit.