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This Date in NFL History
September 14
2003 — Baltimore running back Jamal Lewis sets the single-game rushing record when he rambles for 295 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries in a 33-13 victory over Cleveland. Lewis would have easily eclipsed 300 yards if not for a penalty that nullified a 60-yard TD run.
September 15
2002 — Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon begins his record-tying (Kurt Warner, Steve Young) streak of six consecutive 300-yard passing games, throwing for 403 yards in the Raiders' 30-17 victory at Pittsburgh. Gannon finishes the year with a record 10 300-yard games.
September 16
1973 — Buffalo's O.J. Simpson rushes for a then NFL record 250 yards in Buffalo's 31-13 victory at New England.
September 17
1920 — The National Football League was born in the Jordan and Hupmobile auto showroom in Canton, Ohio. Akron, Canton, Cleveland and Dayton from the one-month-old American Professional Football Conference joined Hammond, Muncie, Rochester, Decatur, Racine and Rock Island to form the American Professional Football Association (which was eventually re-named the National Football League in 1922).
September 18
1966 — Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws four touchdown passes to surpass Y.A. Tittle as the NFL's career leader with 212. He finished his career with 290 touchdown passes.
September 19
1993 — San Diego's John Carney boots six field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston -- the second time he accomplished the feat in three weeks -- and sets a new NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made.
September 20
1987 — Chicago running back Walter Payton scored his NFL record 107th rushing touchdown in the Bears' 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay, while in Cincinnati, San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception came to an end when he was held without a catch in San Francisco's 27-26 victory over the Bengals.
