American Football
NFL championship
- Green Bay Packers 27–0 New York Giants in the NFL championship game played at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
College championship
- College football national championship – Texas A&M
Events
- September 30 - The first televised football game is played between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. NBC broadcast the game on station W2XBS with Bill Stern as the sole announcer.
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