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What Happened in Sports: October 3, 2021
See what happened in sports on October 3, 2021 ft. Tom Brady's return to New England, New York's 1st wins, a wild final day in the MLB, and more!
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October 3rd, 2021 was remembered for an epic day in sports as Tom Brady made his highly-anticipated return to New England where he led a game-winning drive to beat his former team while setting the all-time NFL record for Passing Yards. Patriots rookie QB Mac Jones played well but a missed 55-yd GW-FGA by Nick Folk ended Bill Belichick’s chances of beating his former QB. Both New York football teams won their first game of the season in thrilling OT fashion.
New York’s main baseball team clinched a playoff spot thanks to Aaron Judge’s walk-off RBI while Rafael Devers’ GW-HR in the 9th inning against DC punched Boston’s ticket to reignite the AL East rivalry in the Wild Card game. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Salvador Perez, Corbin Burnes, and the Giants made history on the final day of the MLB season.
Taylor Heinicke made big plays when DC needed him to beat Atlanta, Andy Reid made NFL history with his 100th career victory on a second team while beating his first team simultaneously as his QB Patrick Mahomes (5 PASS TD) and WR Tyreek Hill (3 REC TD) both went off in Philly. Buffalo beat the hell out of Houston (40-0), Justin Fields just needed decent play-calling to have an impressive day, and Trevon Diggs can’t stop catching Interceptions. Hollywood Brown and Russell Wilson added some good highlights as well.
See what happened in sports on October 3rd last year, headlined by the complete absence of professional sports games while Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19 and the update of La’el Collins‘ season-ending hip surgery as well as what happened in sports on October 3rd, 2019 ft. the most improbable catch in the NFL since 2017 by Tyler Lockett.
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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1:00 PM: Kansas City Chiefs (1-2) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (1-2)
1:00 PM: Carolina Panthers (3-0) vs. Dallas Cowboys (2-1)
4:05 PM: Arizona Cardinals (3-0) vs. Los Angeles Rams (3-0)
4:25 PM: Baltimore Ravens (2-1) vs. Denver Broncos (3-0)
8:20 PM: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) vs. New England Patriots (1-2)
3:05 PM: Tampa Bay Rays (100-61) vs. New York Yankees (91-70)
3:10 PM: Oakland Athletics (86-75) vs. Houston Astros (94-67)
3:10 PM: Milwaukee Brewers (95-66) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (105-56)
NFL: CB Asante Samuel Jr., Los Angeles Chargers (turns 22)
NFL: DL Javon Kinlaw, San Francisco 49ers (24)
NBA: SF Jonathan Isaac, Orlando Magic (24)
NFL: TE Mike Gesicki, Miami Dolphins (26)
NFL: OT Andre Dillard, Philadelphia Eagles (26)
NFL: LB Leon Jacobs, Free Agent (26)
NFL: DB Eric Rowe, Miami Dolphins (29)
MLB: 2B Phil Gosselin, Los Angeles Angels (33)
NFL: WR Anquan Boldin, Retired in 2016 (41)
MLB: RP Dennis Eckersley, Hall of Fame (67)
MLB: OF Dave Winfield, Hall of Fame (70)
2019: Seattle Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett made an incredible catch in the back of the end zone after an impressive cross-body pass from Russell Wilson to help Seattle beat the Rams on TNF after a wild Tedric Thompson INT late & a Greg the Leg missed GW-FGA
2015: Max Scherzer became the 1st pitcher to throw 2 no-hitters in the same regular season since Nolan Ryan in 1973
2012: Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera became MLB’s very 1st triple crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 (.330/44 HR/139 RBI)
2010: St. Louis Rams WR Danny Amendola made an amazing 1-handed catch against the Seattle Seahawks during a 20-3 victory
2004: Los Angeles Chargers RB LaDainian Tomlinson broke the record for the most career RUSH YDS (4,972) in franchise history. LT played all but 2 of his 11 seasons for the Chargers and recorded 12,490 RUSH YDS which still stands as the record today
2004: Montreal Expos played their final game after 36 years in Canada; they would move to Washington to become the Nationals in 2005
2001: San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds was walked for the 171st time of the season, breaking Babe Ruth’s record set in 1923. Bonds would break his single-season record 2 more times culminating in a still-record 232 BB during his 2004 MVP season
1993: Toronto Blue Jays became the very 1st team with players to finish 1-2-3 in batting average (John Olerud — .363, Paul Molitor — .332, Roberto Alomar — .326) in AL history
1990: Kansas City Royals 3B George Brett became the 1st player to win a batting title in 3 different decades (1976, 1980) in MLB history
1989: Oakland Raiders promoted Art Shell to interim HC in place of Mike Shanahan, making Shell the 1st African-American HC in NFL history
1976: Milwaukee Brewers OF Hank Aaron drove in the 2,297th RBI of his career in his final at-bat, a mark that still stands as the all-time MLB career RBI record
1974: Frank Robinson became the 1st African-American Manager in MLB history, signing with the Cleveland Indians as a Player-Manager
1974: HOF PG Jerry West, “The Logo”, retired from the NBA after 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers
1951: New York Giants 3B Bobby Thomson hit the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”, a 3-run HR with 1 out in the 9th inning to defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a 3-game playoff for the NL Pennant as the Giants won 5-4 despite trailing 4-1 entering the final inning
1920: The very 1st AFPA (NFL) game(s) were played, as the Dayton Triangles defeated the Columbus Panhandles 14-0 and the Rock Island Independents crushed the Muncie Flyers 45-0
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