American Football
- January 20 Super Bowl XIX – San Francisco 49ers won 38-16 over the Miami Dolphins
- Oklahoma Sooners - college football championship.
- Baltimore Stars win USFL Championship 28-24 over Oakland Invaders—USFL folds shortly thereafter
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