American Football
- Super Bowl XVI – San Francisco 49ers won 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals.
- NCAA Division I-A – Clemson University Tigers defeat University of Nebraska Cornhuskers 22-15 in the Orange Bowl, voted 1981 NCAA Division I-A College Football National Champion in AP and UPI polls.
- Penn State Nittany Lions win College Football National Championship for the 1982 season, the first-ever for that team.
- Strike – First regular season strike by NFL players ends on November 16 after 57 days.
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