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On This Day ▪ March 20

If you know of an event that is missing from a particlular date and have a verifiable source, please contact me.

Note: Several football game date and location issues prior to 1940 have been found in the media guides that need further research. In the 2024 media guide, several dates/locations from 1895 to 1910 have been fixed.


Games

Men's Basketball
1939 – W 50-39 N Utah State
1983 – L 63-49 N Indiana
1987 – L 93-91 N #6 Iowa
1991 – W 83-74 A Providence
1992 – L 87-83 N Louisiana-Lafayette
2003W 71-54 N South Carolina State
2014L 80-75 (1OT) N North Dakota State
2015W 69-60 N Albany
2016W 85-81 N VCU
2021W 72-68 N Missouri
2022L 70-68 H St. Bonaventure

Women's Basketball
1986 – L 85-59 A Texas
2000 – W 76-74 A Purdue
2004 – W 58-45 N Marist
2005 – L 72-69 N #10 Arizona
2006 – W 86-70 N #18 BYU
2011 – W 86-72 N James Madison
2012 – L 74-70 H #14 St. John's
2017L 108-82 A #12 Washington
2023L 82-73 A #14 UCLA
2026 – H Idaho

Baseball (1962-present)
1954 – T 5-5 (12) A Texas
1972 – L 18-0 A Southern
1972 – L 9-1 A LSU
1972 – W 9-1 A LSU
1976 – L 19-5 H Arizona State
1976 – L 7-5 H Arizona State
1980 – W 8-7 H St. Francis (IL)
1981 – W 6-4 H St. Francis (IL)
1981 – W 16-2 H St. Francis (IL)
1982 – L 5-1 H Texas Wesleyan
1982 – L 7-5 H Texas Wesleyan
1987 – L 16-14 H Washington State
1988 – W 23-12 H Oklahoma City
1989 – W 10-5 H Augustana
1991 – L 11-2 H Arkansas
1992 – W 7-1 H Central Michigan
1993 – W 11-5 H Missouri
1994 – L 9-7 H Kansas
1996 – L 8-2 H Oral Roberts
1998 – L 7-3 A Texas A&M
1999 – W 14-1 N Kansas State
2004 – W 3-2 H Texas
2005 – L 6-5 A Arizona State
2007 – W 9-7 N Dallas Baptist
2009 – L 9-1 A Kansas State
2011 – L 5-2 H Texas A&M
2012 – W 6-2 H Air Force
2012 – W 8-5 H Air Force
2013 – W 15-8 H Oral Roberts
2015 – L 6-1 H Texas Tech
2018 – L 2-1 A Wichita State
2019 – W 8-6 A New Mexico
2021 – W 19-1 H Houston
2022 – L 11-5 H New Orleans

Softball
1975 – W 6-0 H USAO
1975 – W 13-5 H USAO
1978 – L 10-5 H Minnesota
1978 – L 5-4 H Minnesota
1979 – W 6-1 H Nebraska
1979 – W 1-0 H Wyoming
1980 – W 2-0 H Wichita State
1981 – W 2-1 H California
1981 – W 2-0 H Missouri State
1981 – W 2-1 H Illinois State
1984 – L 1-0 H Western Michigan
1986 – L 3-1 N Fresno State
1986 – W 1-0 N Utah
1987 – L 3-0 N St. Mary's
1987 – W 5-3 N Baylor
1991 – W 13-1 H Eastern Oklahoma
1991 – W 12-0 H Eastern Oklahoma
1997 – L 4-1 N Oregon State
1997 – W 7-3 N UNLV
1998 – W 8-0 N Florida
1998 – W 5-3 N UNLV
1999 – L 5-1 N Texas
2001 – L 4-1 N San Diego State
2003 – L 8-0 (6) A Nebraska
2003 – W 1-0 A Nebraska
2004 – W 1-0 N Nebraska
2004 – L 1-0 (8) N Washington
2010 – W 2-0 N Virginia
2015 – L 1-0 A LSU
2016 – W 4-2 N Nebraska
2019 – W 8-0 (5) H North Texas | no-hitter
2022 – W 20-0 (5) N Iowa | no-hitter
2024 – W 12-1 (5) H UT Arlington

Births/Deaths

Football Players
Born – Maliek Hawkins
Born in 1962 – Gary Schornick
Born in 1963 – Elbert Watts
Born in 1962 – Rick Bryan (d. 2009)
Died in 2019 – Mickey Ripley (b. 1948)
Born in 1969 – Rod Fisher (d. 2025)

Men's Basketball Players
Born in 1967 – Mookie Blaylock

Baseball Players
Died in 2020 – Bob Stephenson (b. 1928)