By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Nov 25, 2021



November 25th, 2021 was highlighted by the Raiders-Cowboys OT thriller where a record amount of penalties robbed Dallas of a win despite Micah Parsons setting a franchise Sacks record. Besides the Raiders, the Chicago Bears also won on a GW-FG as Andy Dalton led the GWD to keep the Lions winless (0-10-1). The Buffalo Bills picked up the only blowout win of the evening as Dawson Knox set a franchise season TD record for Tight Ends. The NBA also released an epic hype video on Thanksgiving.

See what happened in sports on November 25th last year, headlined by Hassan Whiteside signing a a one-year deal with the Kings and the MLB witnessing the first trade of an exciting 2020 offseason as well as what happened in sports on November 25th, 2019 ft. Lamar Jackson‘s dominant performance over the Rams on Monday Night Football. 

WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post 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, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history. 



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Clutch kicks in an OT thriller

 

Dak led Dallas’ clutch drives

 

D-Jax made presence known

 

Thanksgiving KR-TD in Dallas

 

The save that didn’t count

 

Beautiful sideline catch by Zay

 

Micah’s Dallas rookie SK record

 

Bears hit Thanksgiving GW-FG

 

Goff with a Thanksgiving dime

 

Rookie showing great potential

 

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NFL on Thanksgiving

12:30 PM: Chicago Bears (3-7) vs. Detroit Lions (0-9-1)

4:30 PM: Las Vegas Raiders (5-5) vs. Dallas Cowboys (7-3)

8:20 PM: Buffalo Bills (6-4) vs. New Orleans Saints (5-5)

 
*All game times listed are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)*

NBA: SG Talen Horton-Tucker, Los Angeles Lakers (turns 21)

NFL: WR Jaylen Waddle, Miami Dolphins (23)

NFL: OT Jawaan Taylor, Jacksonville Jaguars (24)

MLB: RP Seranthony Dominguez, Philadelphia Phillies (27)

NFL: LB Kyler Fackrell, Los Angeles Chargers (30)

MLB: RP Grant Dayton, Free Agent (34)

NFL: QB Donovan McNabb, Retired after 2011 (45)

NFL: WR Cris Carter, Hall of Fame (56)

MLB: OF Joe DiMaggio, Hall of Fame (107)

2019: A wild night in the NBA included Eastern Conference Player of the Week Spencer Dinwiddie draining the GW-FG in Cleveland, Buddy Hield setting a new Kings 3PM franchise record (11) while Boston won after Sacramento missed the GW, Giannis’ 50-point game vs. Utah was capped off by Brook Lopez’s game-saving block, and OKC used a 13-0 run at the end of the game to pull off the comeback win over Golden State

2019: Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson became the very 1st player to record 3,000 Pass Yards & 1,500 Rush Yards within their 1st 2 seasons in NFL history 

2018: Los Angeles Chargers QB Philip Rivers completed 25 consecutive passes and ended the game with a 96.6% CMP (28-29), both NFL single-game records in a 45-10 win over the Cardinals. Drew Brees surpassed Rivers in CMP% (29-30) the next season

2001: After a 40-21 loss to the 49ers, the 4-6 Indianapolis Colts HC Jim Mora went on his infamous “Playoffs?!” rant. Indy finished the season 6-10 in Peyton Manning‘s 2nd & final losing season. They earned the 11th pick that led to drafting DE Dwight Freeney

1990: New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers both lost their 1st game after 10-0 starts, the 1st time in NFL history that 2 undefeated teams with at least 10 wins lost on the same day

1981: Milwaukee Brewers RP Rollie Fingers became the very 1st Relief Pitcher to ever win American League MVP

1979: The legendary NFL broadcast pairing of John Madden and Pat Summerall, which would last 22 years, made its debut

1976: Buffalo Bills RB O.J. Simpson broke the NFL single-game record with 274 rushing yards in a loss to the Lions

1951: Cleveland Browns RB Dub Jones tied an NFL record with 6 TDs (4 rushing, 2 receiving) in a 42-21 win over the Chicago Bears

1941: Cleveland Indians SS Lou Boudreau was named player-manager at just 24 years old, making him the youngest MLB manager in the 20th century (Jim McCormick was 23 in 1879)

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