Today in sports history: Nov. 17

1956 — Syracuse beats Colgate 61-7 behind halfback Jim Brown. He sets an NCAA-record for points by an individual player in a single game by scoring six touchdowns and kicking seven extra points for 43 points.

This December 1959 file photo shows New York Knickerbockers' Richie Guerin and Syracuse Nationals' Connie Dierking during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York. 1968 — The “Heidi” television special starts on time and cuts off the NBC broadcast of the Oakland-New York Jets game in the final minutes, leaving viewers in the dark and unaware that the Raiders score two touchdowns in the last minute for a 43-32 comeback victory.

University of Houston quarterback, David Klingler talks to his coach, John Jenkins, on the sideline after Klingler tossed his record setting 11th touchdown against Eastern Washington, in Houston on Nov. 17, 1990. Klingler’s stats on this NCAA record day were: 41 of 58,572 yards and 11 TD’s two interceptions. 2007 — Martin Brodeur becomes the second goalie in NHL history to win 500 career games by stopping 26 shots in New Jersey’s 6-2 win at Philadelphia. Patrick Roy won 551 games in his career.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany holds up the winner's trophy and a bottle of champagne after winning the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at the Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, in Austin, Texas. 2013 — Jimmie Johnson wins his sixth Sprint Cup championship in eight years. Johnson, who needed only to finish 23rd or better to wrap up the title, finishes ninth.

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