American Football
- 24 October – death of Chuck Hughes, Detroit Lions wide receiver
- Super Bowl V – Baltimore Colts won 16–13 over the Dallas Cowboys
- 25 December – The Miami Dolphins defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in a divisional playoff game. The double-overtime contest is the longest game in NFL history, and the Chiefs' last-ever home game at Municipal Stadium.
- 1970 NCAA Division I-A national football championship – The Nebraska Cornhuskers win 17–12 over the LSU Tigers on 1 January 1971.
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Famous quotes containing the words american and/or football:
“The train was crammed, the heat stifling. We feel out of sorts, but do not quite know if we are hungry or drowsy. But when we have fed and slept, life will regain its looks, and the American instruments will make music in the merry cafe described by our friend Lange. And then, sometime later, we die.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)