December 3rd
1943 — Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy.
1946 — Army halfback Glenn Davis is named Heisman Trophy winner.
1950 — Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams had 18 receptions against Green Bay.
1950 — Cloyce Box of the Detroit Lions has 302 yards receiving and four touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts.
1956 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his college debut at Kansas.
1957 — Texas A&M halfback John David Crowe is named Heisman Trophy winner.
1972 — Bobby Howfield of the New York Jets kicks six field goals against New Orleans.
1973 — Dick Anderson of the Miami Dolphins intercepts four passes and returns two for touchdowns against Pittsburgh.
1979 — Southern California halfback Charles White is named Heisman Trophy winner.
1982 — Tommy Hearns defeats Wilfred Benitez by 15 round decision in New Orleans to win the WBC welterweight title.
1994 — No. 6 Florida defeats undefeated No. 3 Alabama 24-23 in the first SEC Championship Game in Atlanta.
1999 — Marshall defeats Western Michigan 34-30 on the final play of the MAC Championship Game. Trailing 30-27, with four seconds remaining, Chad Pennington threw his 100th career touchdown pass to Eric Pinkerton as time expired, giving the Thundering Herd their third consecutive MAC title.
2000 — 200-yard rushing game by Mike Anderson, Corey Dillon, Warrick Dunn, and Curtis Martin marked the first time in NFL history that four runners achieved 200 yards on the same day. I’ve never had that happen three times in one day. Anderson rushed for an NFL rookie record 251 yards and four touchdowns in Denver’s 38-23 victory over New Orleans.
2004 — Bode Miller scores his fourth downhill win of the season in Beaver Creek, Colorado, with Daron Larbes second, giving the United States its first 1-2 finish on the World Cup circuit. The last time a U.S. male athlete went 1-2 in an elite international race was in 1984, when Phil Mahle won the Sarajevo Olympic slalom and his twin brother Steve won the silver medal.
2005 — Southern California defeats No. 11 ranked UCLA 66-19, winning 34 straight and 16 straight against ranked opponents. The 16 wins against Associated Press-ranked teams are one more than the University of Oklahoma, which won 15 from 1973-1976.
2014 — The Philadelphia 76ers end an 0-17 record with an 85-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, avoiding matching the worst season start in NBA history.
2015 — Aaron Rodgers throws a 61-yard touchdown pass to Richard Rodgers with no time left, giving the Green Bay Packers a 27-23 come-from-behind victory over the Detroit Lions. Detroit went on a 17-0 run on its first three drives and capped off its first possession of the third quarter with a field goal to take a 20-0 lead.
2017 — Tom Brady was dominant throughout his career with the Buffalo Bills, completing 21 of 30 for 258 yards and one interception as New England won 23-3. He improved to 27-3 against Buffalo, breaking Brett Favre’s record for wins against a single opponent by a quarterback.