Nov 26, 2021 3 min read

ON THIS DATE

Nov. 27

1926 – At snow-swept Pitt Stadium, Washington High School defeats Wilkinsburg 26-0 before a crowd of 8,000 to win the WPIAL football championship.

1926 – In the biggest upset of the college football season, Carnegie Tech defeats previously unbeaten Notre Dame 19-0 before 45,000 at Forbes Field. Confident that his team would win, Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne does not attend, instead staying in the midwest to work on future schedules for the Fighting Irish.

1949 – Steve Van Buren of the Philadelphia Eagles becomes the second NFL player, and first in 16 years, to rush for more than 200 yards with a 205-yard performance in a 34-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

1982 – Scott Henson scores on a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter and Ringgold defeats New Castle 6-3 in the WPIAL Class AAAA Division II football championship game at Pitt Stadium.

1990 – Jeff Petri’s three-point basket sends the game into overtime and Washington & Jefferson pulls out a 77-74 victory over Denison in the Presidents’ home opener. Matt Johnson scores 25 points to pace W&J.

1994 – Joe Montana of the Kansas City Chiefs becomes the fifth quarterback to surpass 40,000 passing yards in a 10-9 loss at Seattle.

1998 – Texas’ Ricky Williams becomes the leading rusher in Division I-A history, breaking Tony Dorsett’s record set 22 years earlier.

1999 – Lanfer Simpson rushes for 100 yards on 20 carries, scores three touchdowns and kicks a 32-yard field goal as Waynesburg defeats Washington 30-3 in the WPIAL Class AA championship game at Three Rivers Stadium. Waynesburg becomes the first Greene County school to win a WPIAL football title since Jefferson-Morgan in 1974.

Nov. 28

1914 – Johnny Spiegel runs for two touchdowns and Fred Heyward catches a pass from Russell Goodwin for another score as Washington & Jefferson defeats Rutgers 20-13 at the Polo Grounds in New York.

1953 – Donora and Har-Brack play to a scoreless tie in the WPIAL Class AA football championship game. Both teams had scoring opportunities. Donora is stopped twice inside the Har-Brack 10-yard line. Then, in the waning minutes, Har-Brack’s Cookie Gilchrist has his 29-yard field-goal attempt fall short.

1955 – The Los Angeles Rams select West Virginia running back Joe Marconi with the sixth pick in the first round of the NFL draft. A Fredericktown native and graduate of Bethlehem Joint High School, Marconi rushed for 998 yards (5.5 yards per carry) and scored 18 touchdowns while helping the Mountaineers to a 31-7 record during his four seasons in Morgantown.

1980 – Rick Trocano runs for one touchdown and passes for another, and Carlton Williamson makes a game-clinching interception of a Todd Blackledge pass, as Pitt edges Penn State 14-9 at Beaver Stadium.

1984 – Mike Doyle makes a 15-foot jump shot with one second remaining in the fourth overtime to give Philadelphia Textile a 91-89 victory over California State at Hamer Hall. Michael Wilson scores 29 points for Cal.

1987 – Darrin Walls scores 24 points and Vance Walker follows with 20 as Waynesburg rallies for a 99-92 victory over California in the championship game of the Observer-Reporter Invitational at Hamer Hall.