Events in Sport
- 38th Orange Bowl: #1 Nebraska beats #2 Alabama, 38-6
- 38th Sugar Bowl: #3 Oklahoma beats #5 Auburn, 40-22
- 58th Rose Bowl: #16 Stanford beats #4 Michigan, 13-12
Birthdays in Sport
- Barron Miles, NFL def back (Pittsburgh Steelers)/WLAF corner (Frankfurt)
- Ivan Droppa, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
- Lilian Thuram, French footballer