This Day in History (NFL championship day)

1956 — The New York Giants win the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears. 1962 — The Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants 16-7 to win the NFL title for the second straight year. 1973 — The Minnesota Vikings beat the Dallas Cowboys 27-10 to win the NFC championship. 1973 — The Miami Dolphins rush for 266 yards in beating the Oakland Raiders 27-10 for an unprecedented third straight AFC title. 1981 — In the 39th game of the season, Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, including his 50th into an empty net, to lead the Oilers to a 7-5 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. 2000 — Nebraska ends a disappointing season by setting a bowl record for points in a 66-17 victory over Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. 2002 — TCU sets an NCAA record for fewest points allowed when the Lady Frogs beat Texas Southern 76-16. The 16 points allowed breaks the Division I record for fewest points. Prairie View scored 19 points against Jackson State in 1983. 2007 — Drew Brees sets an NFL record with 443 completions, passing the previous mark of 418 set by Rich Gannon in 2002. Brees completes 35 of 60 passes for 320 yards with three TD passes in New Orleans' 33-25 loss to Chicago. Devin Hester of the Bears breaks his own NFL record when he returns a punt 64 yards for a touchdown. It gave him six kick runbacks (two kickoff, four punt) for scores this season. 2007 — Andre' Davis becomes the seventh player in NFL history to return two kickoffs for touchdowns in a game during Houston's 42-28 win over Jacksonville. He has a 97-yard return in the final minute of the second quarter, then takes the opening kickoff of the second half back 104 yards. – Compiled by The Associated Press