Date |
League |
Team(s) |
Venue |
Type |
Event
|
November 16, 1957
|
College football
|
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
|
Owen Field
|
Program
|
Notre Dame beat Oklahoma to end the Sooners' Division I/FBS record win streak at 47 games.
|
August 15, 1959
|
National Football League
|
Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears
|
Milwaukee County Stadium
|
Program
|
Head coaching debut of Vince Lombardi.
|
January 2, 1966
|
National Football League
|
Green Bay Packers vs. Cleveland Browns
|
Lambeau Field
|
Program
|
This was the first NFL championship game broadcast on color TV and the last played before the Super Bowl era.
|
August 1, 1971
|
NASCAR
|
Dixie 500
|
Atlanta International Raceway
|
Program
|
Richard Petty became the third race car driver (first NASCAR driver) to surpass $1 million in career winnings.
|
January 10, 1982
|
National Football League
|
San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys
|
Candlestick Park
|
Program
|
The 49ers won the NFC Championship thanks to The Catch, a last-minute TD pass from Joe Montana to Dwight Clark.
|
September 18, 1982
|
College football
|
Northwestern Wildcats vs. Miami Redskins
|
Dyche Stadium
|
Program
|
Northwestern's loss streak hit 34 games, a Division I/FBS record.
|
November 13, 1982
|
Boxing
|
Ray Mancini vs. Kim Duk-koo
|
Caesars Palace
|
Program
|
Kim Duk-koo collapsed and fell into a coma near the end of a 14-round TKO loss to Lightweight champion Ray Mancini. He died four days later.
|
May 11, 1985
|
English football
|
Bradford City vs. Lincoln City
|
Valley Parade
|
Program
|
Bradford City stadium fire, which killed 56 and injured at least 265.
|
August 8, 1988
|
Major League Baseball
|
Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies
|
Wrigley Field
|
Program
|
First night game at Wrigley Field
|
April 15, 1989
|
English football
|
Liverpool vs. Nottingham Forest
|
Hillsborough Stadium
|
Program
|
The Hillsborough disaster, which killed 96 and injured nearly 800
|
September 27, 1992
|
National Football League
|
Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
|
Lambeau Field
|
Program
|
First of 297 straight NFL starts for Brett Favre
|
November 4, 1994
|
National Basketball Association
|
Chicago Bulls vs. Charlotte Hornets
|
United Center
|
Program
|
First Chicago Bulls home game at the United Center
|
January 25, 1995
|
National Hockey League
|
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Edmonton Oilers
|
United Center
|
Program
|
First Chicago Blackhawks home game at the United Center
|
September 27, 1999
|
Major League Baseball
|
Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
|
Tiger Stadium
|
Program
|
Final Detroit Tigers home game at Tiger Stadium
|
April 14, 2003
|
National Basketball Association
|
Washington Wizards vs. New York Knicks
|
MCI Center
|
Program
|
Michael Jordan's final NBA game
|
April 23, 2012
|
National Basketball Association
|
New Jersey Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers
|
Prudential Center
|
Program
|
Final Nets home game in New Jersey
|
December 15, 2019
|
National Football League
|
Oakland Raiders vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
|
RingCentral Coliseum
|
Program
|
Final Raiders home game in Oakland
|