AP Sportlight

Nov. 22

1945 - Jim Benton of the Cleveland Rams is the first NFL player with more than 300 yards receiving in a game. Benton has 10 catches for 303 yards and a touchdown in a 28-21 victory over the Detroit Lions.

1950 - The Fort Wayne Pistons edge the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18 in the lowest-scoring game in NBA history. John Oldham leads the Pistons with five points and George Mikan of the Lakers has 15.

1959 - The AFL holds its first draft. First-round choices are Boston, Gerhard Schwedes; Buffalo, Richie Lucas; Dallas, Don Meredith; Denver, Roger LeClerc; Houston, Billy Cannon; Los Angeles, Monty Stickles; Minneapolis, Dale Hackbart; New York, George Izo.

1965 - Muhammad Ali knocks out Floyd Patterson in the 12th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Las Vegas.

1981 - Kellen Winslow of the San Diego Chargers catches five touchdown passes in a 55-21 rout of the Oakland Raiders.

1986 - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Trevor Berbick in the second round to win the WBC heavyweight title in Las Vegas.

1986 - Wayne Gretzky, playing in his 575th NHL game, scores his 500th goal in the Edmonton Oilers’ 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

1992 - North Carolina wins its seventh straight Division I women’s soccer title with a 9-1 win over Duke. The Tar Heels also set the record for most goals in a championship game.

1998 - John Elway of Denver joins Dan Marino as the only players with 50,000 yards, leading the Broncos past the Oakland Raiders 40-14.

2003 - The Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in the NHL’s first outdoor game. The game marking the 86th anniversary of the founding of the league is played before 57,167 fans at a football stadium in Edmonton.

2003 - Utah ends BYU’s NCAA-record streak of 361 consecutive games without being shutout when the Utes beat the Cougars 3-0 in Provo, Utah. Wind and snow limit both offenses. Bryan Borreson’s 41-yard field goal is the all the Utes need to clinch the Mountain West conference title. The Cougars had scored in every game dating to Oct. 3, 1975.

2006 - Teemu Selanne scores his 500th career goal in Anaheim’s 3-2 loss to Colorado. Selanne, the 36th NHL player to reach the milestone, joins Jari Kurri as the only Finns to score 500 goals.

2008 - Abilene Christian sets a record for points in an NCAA playoff game, beating West Texas A&M 93-68 in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

2010 - Alex Kovalev records his 1,000th point with a power-play goal midway through the first period of Ottawa’s game against Los Angeles.

2012 - New England embarrasses the New York Jets with a 35-point second quarter in a 49-19 victory to give and Bill Belichick his 200th NFL victory. Belichick is the eighth NFL coach with 200 career victories, including the playoffs.

2014 - Samaje Perine of Oklahoma sets the single-game FBS record by rushing for 427 yards in the Sooners’ 44-7 in over Kansas. Perine breaks the mark of 408 set by Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon a week earlier.

2015 - Novak Djokovic wins his fourth straight title at the season-ending ATP finals by beating six-time champion Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic, who won three Grand Slam titles this year and reached the final in the other, caps his best season.