1991 in Sport (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 351

• Jul 28 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1)
• Jul 28 Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley

• Jul 28 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Bay State Golf Classic
• Jul 28 Tour de France: Spanish rider Miguel Induráin beats Gianni Bugno of Italy by 3' 36" for 1st of 5 consecutive Tour wins; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner
• Jul 29 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets beat Cubs 6-0)
• Jul 30 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
• Aug 5 Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union breaks his own world pole vault record (6.10m) in Malmö Sweden
• Aug 6 American softball pitcher Debbie Doom strikes out 17 in her 2nd consecutive perfect game at the Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; beats Nicaragua, 8-0

• Aug 8 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
• Aug 10 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53

• Aug 11 Melissa Mcnamara wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic
• Aug 12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
• Aug 13 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
• Aug 13 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford
• Aug 17 Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983
• Aug 20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)

• Aug 22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
• Aug 23 3rd Athletics World Championships open at Tokyo, Japan
• Aug 24 Taiwan captures its 15th Little League World Series, 11-0
• Aug 25 91st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mitch Voges
• Aug 25 Cubs Doug Dascenzo commits his 1st career error after 242 games
• Aug 25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
• Aug 25 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53)
• Aug 26 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0
• Aug 28 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martínez both perfect game pitcher
• Aug 30 Mike Powell of US sets then long jump record at 29' 4½" (8.95m)
• Aug 31 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
• Sep 1 Japanese runner Hiromi Taniguchi wins the marathon in 2:14:57 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan

• Sep 6 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
• Sep 7 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
• Sep 7 Ty Detmer of Brigham Young passes NCAA record 11,606 yards

• Sep 8 Michelle Estill wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
• Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0

• Sep 9 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
• Sep 10 Yolanda Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
• Sep 11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
• Sep 11 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0

• Sep 13 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium

• Sep 13 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
• Sep 14 Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record
• Sep 15 Canadian Open Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 from Debbie Massey
• Sep 15 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds


• Sep 15 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
• Sep 17 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
• Sep 18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
• Sep 18 NCAA places Tenn on 2 yrs probation for football recruting violations
• Sep 18 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
• Sep 21 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics

• Sep 25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
• Sep 27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
• Sep 28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
• Sep 29 29th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 14½-13½ at Ocean Course (South Carolina, US)

• Oct 2 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title & becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans

• Oct 4 San Jose Sharks lose 4-3 to Vancouver Canucks in their 1st NHL game
• Oct 5 NJ Devils begin their 10th Anniversary with a 7-2 win over the Blues
• Oct 5 Carlos Huerta's NCAA record streak of successful points after a touchdown ends at 157
• Oct 5 Fresno State ties NCAA record with 49 points in a quarter, as they route New Mexico 94-17

• Oct 6 NY Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
• Oct 6 Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
• Oct 7 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history
• Oct 9 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
• Oct 11 Chip Beck ties PGA record lowest 18 hole score of 59 during 3rd round of the Las Vegas Invitational at the Sunrise GC
• Oct 12 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
• Oct 12 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
• Oct 12 Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
• Oct 12 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
• Oct 13 Blue Jay Cito Gaston is 1st manager ejected in a playoff game
• Oct 13 Minnesota Twins win AL pennant beating Toronto in 5 games
• Oct 13 MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1

• Oct 16 Dallas Mavericks Roy Tarpley becomes 7th to be banned from NBA for life under the league's anti-drug agreement
• Oct 17 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races

• Oct 17 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
• Oct 19 Longest NCAA football game (3:52) as RI beats Maine 52-30 (6 OTs)
• Oct 19 Lonnie Glieberman purchased Ottawa Rough Riders from CFL
• Oct 24 Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
• Oct 25 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
• Oct 27 John Brodie wins Security Pacific Senior Golf Classic
• Oct 27 Minnesota Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7
• Oct 29 Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as NY Yankee manager
• Oct 30 Mark Sauer becomes CEO of Pittsburgh Pirates
• Nov 2 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter & rallying to beat Weber State 55-49
• Nov 2 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou

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