By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Nov 01, 2020

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. 

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history. More content will be uploaded throughout the day. 

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Broncos GW-TD at the buzzer

Cook had a monster day with 4 TD

Lutz hits 35-yd GW-FG in OT

Huge stop on 4th down under 2 min

Santos clutch 51yd FG for OT

Big Ben hits Claypool for GW-TD

Hines shows off celebration moves

Mahomes tosses his 4th & 5th TD

Tua Time officially begins in Miami

CHI big 4th down conversion

PHI D put game out of reach

Burrow was NOT going down

Grant scores 1st PR-TD of the season

Nobody’s catching Hardman on this TD

Fake punt pays off, leads to TD

2 INTs for Diggs on SNF

Brees hits QB Hill for 4th Qtr TD

Mike Williams made it

Lindsay takes it 55 yds to the house

Stafford launches huge bomb for 73 yds

Dolphins defense causing havoc

Blocked punt leads to 6 for DET

Foles was dropping dimes early

Pick-6 on Stafford

Adams with a hat trick

Greg the Leg from 59 yds in the wind

Harris burst into the endzone

Higgins toe-tap sideline grab

PIT gets pick-6 early

Lebron & AD on another level

Best bubble assists

Best no-look from the Bubble

Long dimes in Orlando

Vinsanity postered the Fundamental

The new peanut puncher

AI’s NBA debut OTD

The World Series GW-hit king

Classic shootout in the Dome

Mr. November was born

What not to do after an INT

TO & Lynch were teammates

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[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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