Episode Transcript
Looking back at the world of sports. It's the iHeart Radio Weekend Sports Time
Capsule. What's going on, fellowsports fans at Sandy West, and I'm
here to take you on a journeyback to this week in sports history.
Start off in nineteen fifty five,Rocky Marciano knocks out Archie Moore in the
ninth round at Yankee Stadium to retainthe world heavyweight title. This week in
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nineteen fifty seven, the Brooklyn Dodgersplay their last game at Ebbett's Field.
They defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates two tonothing. This week in nineteen seventy two,
Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders returnsa funnel one hundred and four yards
versus Green Bay, a new NFLrecord. This week in nineteen eighty six,
Ken O'Brien's forty three yard touchdown passto Wesley Walker at two thirty five
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in overtime ends one of the highestscoring games in NFL history as the New
York Jets defeat the Miami Dolphins fiftyone forty five. O'Brien passes for four
hundred and seventy nine yards and fourtouchdowns, all to Walker. Miami's Dan
Marino passes for four hundred and fortyeight yards and three touchdowns, as both
quarterbacks set a record with eight hundredand eighty four combined yards passing. This
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week in two thousand four, MauriceDrew of UCLA rushes for a school record
three hundred and twenty two yards andfive touchdowns in the bruins thirty seven thirty
one victory over Washington. By halftime, he already had two hundred and thirty
five yards on thirteen carries. Andthis week in twenty eighteen, thirty nine
year old New Orleans Saints quarterback DrewBrees throws a seventeen yard pass to Michael
Thomas to become the NFL career passcompletions leader, breaking Brett Farve's record of
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six thousand, three hundred completions.Saints beat the Falcons forty three thirty seven.
And that's just some of what happenedthis week in sports history. The
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