November 1st, 2020 was highlighted by NFL Sunday Week 8 as the Pittsburgh Steelers remained undefeated after beating the division-rival Ravens, the Bills division victory over the Patriots put New England at 2-5, and Tua made his NFL debut in a big victory for the Dolphins over the Rams. Check out everything that happened in sports on November 1st last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by Danny Green tying the game for the Lakers at the buzzer in Dallas after a perfectly designed play.
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LOCK TO HAMLER. THE BRONCOS WIN THE GAME AT THE BUZZER. #BroncosCountry #LACvsDEN pic.twitter.com/TDltkzktRu
— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
DALVIN COOK ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
FOUR TOUCHDOWNS. UNSTOPPABLE.
📺: #MINvsGB on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Wil Lutz wins it in OT for the @Saints! #NOvsCHI #Saints pic.twitter.com/6PfrBXEU3W
— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
The @Steelers get the stop on 4th down.
📺: #PITvsBAL on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Santos is GOOD from 51 yards!
The @ChicagoBears tie the game with 13 seconds left!
📺: #NOvsCHI on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
Big Ben to @ChaseClaypool for a @Steelers TD! Pittsburgh re-takes the lead with less than 8 minutes left in the game.
📺: #PITvsBAL on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Nyheim Hines’ touchdown celebration is 🔥.@TheNyNy7 | @Colts | #ForTheShoe
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Another Nyheim Hines touchdown, another incredible @TheNyNy7 cartwheel celebration! #ForTheShoe
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@PatrickMahomes keeps dealing: 354 yards and 4 TDs on the day. #ChiefsKingdom
📺: #NYJvsKC on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
THAT’S FIVE. @PatrickMahomes: 416 yards, 5 TDs. #ChiefsKingdom
📺: #NYJvsKC on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@Tua Tagovailoa throws his first career touchdown! @DeVanteParker11 #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
The Bears convert on 4th and 8.
Still driving with 1:30 left.
📺: #NOvsCHI on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
The @Eagles strip sack turns into a scoop and score.
Philadelphia leads 21-9.
📺: #DALvsPHI on NBC
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
Joe Burrow REFUSES to go down.
📺: #TENvsCIN on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
FIRST PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON!@_TheDreamIsHere goes 88 yards to the house. #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@MecoleHardman4 is GONE. #ChiefsKingdom
📺: #NYJvsKC on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Punter throwing a STRIKE on the fake punt! #ChiefsKingdom
📺: #NYJvsKC on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
The fake punt pays off.@PatrickMahomes to @Cheetah for the 36-yard TD!
📺: #NYJvsKC on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@TrevonDiggs with the end zone INT! #DallasCowboys
📺: #DALvsPHI on NBC
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
.@TrevonDiggs has his second INT of the night! #DallasCowboys
📺: #DALvsPHI on NBC
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
Get you two QBs who can do this. @drewbrees @T_Hill4 #Saints
📺: #NOvsCHI on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Mike Williams sets up the @Chargers TD with an unreal sideline grab. #BoltUp @darealmike_dub
📺: #LACvsDEN on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
MIKE WILLIAMS. One-handed TD on the DIME from Herbert! #BoltUp @darealmike_dub
📺: #LACvsDEN on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
There goes Phillip Lindsay. 55 yards for the touchdown! #BroncosCountry @I_CU_Boy
📺: #LACvsDEN on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Matthew Stafford goes deep to Marvin Hall for a gain of 73 yards! #OnePride
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@MiamiDolphins 78-yard SCOOP & SCORE! @AndrewVanGinkel | #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
The @MiamiDolphins defense back at it again with another takeaway…@KVN_03 | #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
BIG MAN INTERCEPTION 🙌@cwilkins42 gets his first career pick! #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Eric Rowe intercepts the pass for another @MiamiDolphins takeaway! #FinsUp
📺: #LARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
BLOCKED PUNT ALERT. @Lions #OnePride
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Matthew Stafford puts the ball right on target to @MarvinJonesJr for a 25-yard score.
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Nick Foles going deep for 50 yards! #DaBears
📺: #NOvsCHI on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
The throw. The dive. The catch.@AllenRobinson pins the TD catch to his helmet! #DaBears
📺: #NOvsCHI on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
.@KennyKennyMoe3 takes it the other way! #ForTheShoe
📺: #INDvsDET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Rodgers and Adams is AUTOMATIC.
Their third TD connection of the day pulls the @Packers within one score. #GoPackGo
📺: #MINvsGB on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
Zuerlein hooks it in! #DallasCowboys
📺: #DALvsPHI on NBC
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— NFL (@NFL) November 2, 2020
Damien Harris 22-yard TD run for the @Patriots! @DHx34
📺: #NEvsBUF on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
TEE HIGGINS. 😱😱😱 #SeizeTheDEY
📺: #TENvsCIN on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
PICK-6!
Robert Spillane to the house for the @Steelers!
📺: #PITvsBAL on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
That LBJ x AD connection! 🔥@KingJames @AntDavis23 #BESTofNBARestart pic.twitter.com/6Dbpw98XBs
— NBA (@NBA) November 1, 2020
Relive the TOP ASSISTS from Orlando! #BESTofNBARestart pic.twitter.com/RD900kxpz0
— NBA (@NBA) November 2, 2020
Recapping the best assists from Orlando today, we start with the top NO-LOOK DIMES! #BESTofNBARestart pic.twitter.com/Jggg1bQSec
— NBA (@NBA) November 1, 2020
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The best LONG DISTANCE ASSISTS from the NBA Restart! #BESTofNBARestart pic.twitter.com/pZ2RClErtk
— NBA (@NBA) November 1, 2020
November 1, 2002: Vince Carter with the monster jam over Tim Duncan. pic.twitter.com/wEowjZvRlm
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) November 1, 2020
.@marlon_humphrey, the master of peanut punches! 🥜👊
📺: #PITvsBAL — Sunday 1pm ET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) November 1, 2020
On this day in 1996, Allen Iverson scored 30 points in his NBA debut with the @sixers. https://t.co/eZgY3PSjz2
— NBA History (@NBAHistory) November 1, 2020
10 years ago, @HitRenteria‘s 3-run homer helped the @SFGiants win the #WorldSeries.
He became just the fourth player in baseball history to collect two World Series-winning hits. pic.twitter.com/bkUKFVuTNr
— MLB (@MLB) November 1, 2020
A QB duel for the ages. (Nov. 1, 2015)@drewbrees: 7 passing touchdowns@EliManning: 6 passing touchdowns pic.twitter.com/k1H1eq4tvl
— NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) May 28, 2020
November 1, 2001: In the early hours of Nov. 1, Derek Jeter hits a walk-off HR in the B10 of G4 of the WS to give the Yankees a 4-3 win over the DBacks.
It was the first time postseason baseball was ever played in November, and Jeter was given the nickname “Mr. November.” pic.twitter.com/vWlgR2s9wx
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) November 1, 2020
November 1, 2009: Rams’ James Butler intercepts a pass in the endzone, runs out of the endzone, then runs back in the endzone and is tackled for a safety. pic.twitter.com/DfxVzczEvl
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) November 1, 2020
The fake to Marshawn Lynch, the pitch to Terrell Owens, TOUCHDOWN BILLS.
Somehow that’s a real sentence.
via @nflthrowbackpic.twitter.com/70vP98PlrA
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) March 25, 2021
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4:25 PM: San Francisco 49ers (4-3) vs. Seattle Seahawks (5-1)
4:25 PM: New Orleans Saints (4-2) vs. Chicago Bears (5-2)
8:20 PM: Dallas Cowboys (2-5) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (2-4-1)
[Highlights] RB Dalvin Cook, MIN (@GB): 30 CAR, 163 YDS, 3 TD; 2 REC, 63 YDS, 1 TD [Player of the Day]
[Highlights] QB Patrick Mahomes, KC (v.NYJ): 31-42 (73.8%), 416 YDS, 5 TD, 0 INT
[Highlights] WR DK Metcalf, SEA (v.SF): 12 REC, 161 YDS, 2 TD
[Highlights] LB TJ Edwards, PHI (v.DAL): 13 TKL, 2 TFL, 1 SK, 1 FF
[Highlights] CB Trevon Diggs, DAL (@PHI): 7 TKL, 2 INT, 4 PD
MLB: OF Trent Grisham, San Diego Padres (turns 24)
MLB: SP Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees (32)
MLB: RP Anthony Bass, Toronto Blue Jays (33)
NFL: EDGE Bruce Irvin, Seattle Seahawks (33)
MLB: C Stephen Vogt, Arizona Diamondbacks (36)
MLB: SP Fernando Valenzuela, Retired after 1997 (60)
2017: The Houston Astros won their 1st World Series in franchise history, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7
2015: The Kansas City Royals rallied to tie Game 5 2-2 in the 9th inning, then broke it open with 5 runs in the 12th to clinch their very 1st World Series in 30 years
2010: The San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers in 5 games to secure their 1st World Series since moving from New York in 1958
2001: Just after midnight, Derek Jeter slugged the walk-off HR that won Game 4 of the World Series and earned the nickname “Mr. November”
1998: San Francisco 49ers QB Joe Montana threw his 80th career touchdown pass to WR Jerry Rice, surpassing Dan Marino and Mark Clayton as the highest-scoring tandem in NFL history
1970: The New York Giants and Jets met in the regular season for the very first time; the Giants would win 22-10
1966: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Sandy Koufax became the 1st pitcher in MLB history to win 3 Cy Young Awards (unanimous in 1965 and 1966)
1966: The NFL officially awarded its 16th franchise to the city of New Orleans on “All Saints Day”, hence the team’s name
1964: Cleveland Browns RB Jim Brown became the 1st player in NFL history to exceed 10,000 career rushing yards
1959: Cleveland Browns RB Jim Brown set an NFL record by rushing for 5 TDs in a victory over the Baltimore Colts
1946: The New York Knicks defeated the Toronto Huskies 68-66 in what was the very 1st Basketball Association of America (later merged into the NBA) game
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