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ON THIS DATE
Oct. 29
1972 – Buffalo’s O.J. Simpson rushes for 189 yards and scores on a 96-yard run — the longest allowed in Pittsburgh history — but the Steelers defeat the Bills, 38-21, at War Memorial Stadium.
1976 – Chuck Amos’ 28-yard field goal in the third quarter gives Black Hills Conference leader Burgettstown a 3-0 win at West Allegheny.
1982 – Matt Carlisle rushes for 140 yards and Joe Phillips gains 107, including a game-winning 12-yard run in the fourth quarter, as playoff-bound Fort Cherry defeats Quigley, 20-16.
1983 – Bill Watson scores four touchdowns and Mapeltown clinches its first WPIAL football playoff berth with a 34-0 victory over Mon Valley Catholic at Donora’s Legion Field. Watson rushes for 184 yards on 13 carries and scores on runs of 72, 6, 11 and 68 yards.
1986 – Peters Township outshoots Sewickley Academy, 21-5, and the Indians’ Al Lopus scores the match’s only goal late in the first half as PT wins the WPIAL Class AA soccer championship. A free kick from 45 yards by PT’s Bill Donohue was misplayed by the Sewickley goalkeeper and Lopus kicked in the rebound.
1999 – Lanfer Simpson rushes for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and Lee Fritz runs for a score and passes for another, as visiting Waynesburg wins the Three Rivers Conference championship with a 25-7 victory over host Washington.
2000 – Frank Sworden resigns after 22 years as head football coach at McGuffey High School. Sworden had a 122-98-6 career record and the Highlanders won the 1994 WPIAL Class AAA championship.
2003 – Goalkeeper Jordan Marks makes three diving saves before teammate Nick Cattaneo scores on a penalty kick to give Peters Township a 2-1 victory in a shootout and the WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer championship.
2004 – Doug Rheam scores on an 80-yard TD run in the third quarter and Canon-McMillan gets the first WPIAL football playoff win in school history, defeating visiting Belle Vernon 22-0 in a Class AAA first-round game.
2004 – Rochester defeats Chartiers-Houston, 27-7, in the first round of the WPIAL Class A football playoffs, ending John Haught’s 29-year run as the Bucs’ head coach.
2011 – Joe Paterno breaks Eddie Robinson’s record for career victories by a Division I coach with No. 409 in Penn State’s sloppy 10-7 win over Illinois.