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, American Canadian Football Hall of Fame defensive back and coach (Montreal Alouettes, BC Lions), born in Roselle, New Jersey
- Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey (US Champion Jockey by earnings 2006-09; Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey 2007-08), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 2016)
- Lilian Thuram, French soccer defender (record 142 caps; Monaco; Parma; Juventus; Barcelona), born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe