This day in sports historical past: Jerry Rice ends remarkable NFL streak, Mariano Rivera saves the day
Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice, one in all the most prolific gamers in the historical past of the NFL, ended his remarkable 274 streak of video games with a reception on Sept.19, 2004, when he did not make a single catch in a sport in opposition to the Buffalo Bills.
Rice, who was 41 at the time and enjoying in his fourth season with the Oakland Raiders, had beforehand recorded no less than one reception in each sport he performed since Dec. 1, 1985, his rookie season.
Wide receiver Jerry Rice #80 of the Oakland Raiders is on the discipline throughout the sport sport in opposition to the Buffalo Bills at Network Associates Coliseum on September 19, 2004 in Oakland, California. The Raiders defeated the Bills 13-10. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Despite Rice’s lack of motion on that day, the Raiders nonetheless defeated the Bills 13-10.
“I expect to catch footballs,” Rice mentioned at the time, by way of The Associated Press. “I never thought it would come to an end like this. But, you know, it’s O.K. It’s alright. It happens. Life goes on. I’ll just start another one and get another 200.”
Read beneath for extra historic occasions on this day in historical past.
TILDEN’S TAKEOVER
For the sixth 12 months in a row William (Big Bill) Tilden of Philadelphia is the holder of the National Lawn Tennis Singles Tennis Championship because of his victory over his persistent rival William Johnston of California at Forest Hills, N.Y. (NY Daily News Archive by way of Getty Images)
American tennis participant Bill Tilden continued his domination of the sport when on Sept. 19, 1925, he gained his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship over San Francisco native Bill Johnston.
The two rivals confronted off for the fourth consecutive 12 months, with Tilden popping out on prime but once more, this time in a 5 set victory (4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3).
Tilden would win seven U.S. Open titles and three extra at Wimbledon. According to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, he was 73-7 and gained 42 straight matches from 1920-1926.
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GOLD MEDAL PERFORMANCE
1988: Greg Louganis of the USA holds his head after hitting the diving board on a contest dive throughout the Seoul Olympics in Korea. (pascal rondeau/allsport)
Decorated Olympic diver Greg Louganis gained gold in the males’s 3-metre springboard occasion at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul on Sept. 19, 1988 after hitting his head in the preliminaries, which resulted in a concussion.
Four stitches later, Louganis would end two extra dives and finally safe his third Olympic gold medal in the 3-metre springboard and later his fourth in the males’s 10-metre platform. It was revealed years later that Louganis had examined constructive for HIV earlier that 12 months, a secret he stored out of worry of not with the ability to compete.
THE CLOSER
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees waves to the crowd from the mound after breaking the profession saves file in the sport in opposition to the Minnesota Twins on Monday, September 19, 2011 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of Manhattan, New York. The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-4 and Rivera recorded his 602nd profession save. (Rob Tringali/MLB by way of Getty Images)
On Sept. 19, 2011, New York Yankees nearer Mariano Rivera set a serious league file together with his 602nd save in the Yankees’ 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. At the time, he additionally held the file with 42 profession postseason saves.
“It’s a blessing,” Rivera mentioned at the time, via ESPN. “I never thought that I’d be doing this for so many years and be able to accomplish (this) record.”
Rivera nonetheless holds the file with 652 profession saves.
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MAYFIELD MAYHEM
Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners seems to be to throw in opposition to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane September 19, 2015 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma defeated Tulsa 52-38. (Brett Deering/Getty Images)
Baker Mayfield made historical past when on Sept. 19, 2015, in simply his third begin with the Oklahoma Sooners, he recorded a program file of 572 complete yards (487 passing, 85 speeding) and threw 4 landing passes and ran for 2 extra.
“It’s pretty humbling, especially knowing who has come through here,” he mentioned at the time, by way of FOX Sports. “It’s pretty special to me. But we had so much more on the table. Who knows what we could have done if we had just executed the offense better.”
Mayfield’s 572 offensive yards topped the earlier file of 554 yards set in 2012 by Landry Jones, and Oklahoma defeated Tulsa, 52-38.