American Football
- 1 January – The Rose Bowl not being available for war-related reasons, the Oregon State Beavers played the Duke Blue Devils for that championship at the latter's venue of Durham, North Carolina, beating the Blue Devils 20-16.
- Ohio State Buckeyes and Wisconsin Badgers share the NCAA National Championship.
- Washington Redskins win their second NFL Championship 14-6 over the Chicago Bears at Washington, D. C..
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Famous quotes containing the words american and/or football:
“For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as either the best or worst examples of American manliness.... The ideal is not an illusion nor is it contemptible, no matter what damage it may have done. Many people who scorn it in conversation want to submit to it in bed. Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.”
—Edmund White (b. 1940)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)