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Nov. 20

1949 – Jerry Nuzum rushes for 168 yards as the Pittsburgh Steelers win 30-7 at Green Bay. It’s the first 100-yard rushing game in Steelers history.

1970 – Bruce Potts scores on two touchdowns runs and South Side Beaver holds off a Chartiers-Houston rally to win the WPIAL Class B football championship 20-12 at Mt. Lebanon Stadium.

1979 – Maurice Allen makes two free throws with eight seconds remaining and Fort Cherry upsets Quigley 67-66 in a season-opening basketball game. It’s the first win for new Rangers coach Carl Grinage.

1981 – Packy Hull scores a game-high 18 points and Washington erases a five-point halftime defecit to defeat visiting Beth-Center 61-50 in the head coaching debut of Wash High’s Ron Faust.?

1985 – The Pittsburgh Pirates hire Chicago White Sox coach Jim Leyland to be the team’s manager.

1988 – Mapletown running back Derek Bochna, who led the WPIAL in both rushing and scoring, is named the Observer-Reporter’s Offensive Player of the Year and Elizabeth Forward linebacker Kelly Rush is the Defensive Player of the Year.

1993 – Jake Williams rushes for 132 yards and two touchdowns, and Keith Miller adds 107 yards and one score, as Washington & Jefferson defeats visiting Morvian 27-7 in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.?1993 – Jason Bainer’s 27-yard field goal on the final play of overtime gives Washington a 17-14 victory over Aliquippa in the WPIAL Class AA semifinals at Mt. Lebanon.

1993 – Marty Haldeman’s 24-yard touchdown pass to Larry Davis and Chad Hill’s extra-point kick with 1:03 remaining give West Greene (11-0-1) a 7-6 victory over Farrell in the WPIAL Class A football semifinals at Trinity High School.

1993 – Robert Walker scores on a 19-yard touchdown run with 6:08 remaining to give No. 9 West Virginia a 17-14 victory over No. 4 Miami (Fla.) before 70,222 at Mountaineer Field.

1996 – Kevin Donley, who compiled a 10-34 record in four seasons, resigns as head football coach at California University. Mike Kolakowski, the Vulcans’ defensive coordinator the last two seasons, is named Donley’s successor.

1998 – Brent Marsteller throws three touchdown passes, including two to Michael Sutton, and Washington defeats Aliquippa 30-8 in the WPIAL Class AA semifinals at Ringgold High School.

1999 – Washington & Jefferson’s Chris Locher throws for two scores and the Presidents’ defense makes two goal-line stands, blocks a field goal and doesn’t allow a touchdown in a 14-7 upset of No. 3-ranked Lycoming in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs.

2004 – Washington & Jefferson rallies in the final minute of regulation to tie the score, then defeats Bridgewater (Va.) 55-48 on a two-yard TD pass from Chris Edwards to Jacob Shields in the second overtime of an NCAA Division III football playoff game at College Field.

2005 – Trinity running back Ben Jennings, who rushed for 1,928 yards and 23 touchdowns, is named the Observer-Reporter’s Football Player of the Year.

Nov. 21?

1954 – The Pittsburgh Pirates pay $4,000 to select 20-year-old outfielder Roberto Clemente of the Los Angeles Dodgers with the first pick in the minor-league draft. Clemente has only one year of professional experience.

1975 – Len Corazzi returns a first-quarter punt 40 yards for a touchdown and Barry Stotka adds a two-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to give Beth-Center a 13-0 victory over Kittanning in the WPIAL Class AA football championship game at Mt. Lebanon. Beth-Center finishes the season with a 12-0 record.

1987 – Washington & Jefferson rallies from an eight-point deficit with 50 seconds left to defeat Allegheny 23-17 in overtime in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs at snow-covered Andrew W., Robertson Memorial Field in Meadville.

1992 – Chris Babirad rushes for 285 yards and three touchdowns as Washington & Jefferson routs Lycoming 33-0 in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs. Babirad scores on runs of 5, 23 and 2 yards.

1994 – Professional basketball returns to Pittsburgh after a 22-year absence when the Quad City Thunder defeat the Pittsburgh Piranhas 108-85 in a Continental Basketball Association game before more than 3,000 at the A.J. Palaumbo Center. Tate George scores a game-high 20 points for Quad City.

2006 – Seven California University players score in double figures as the Vulcans rout Penn State-Fayette 132-47 in a men’s basketball game.