American Football
- Super Bowl XXX – Dallas Cowboys won 27-17 over the Pittsburgh Steelers
- 1995 NCAA Division I-A national football championship – the Nebraska Cornhuskers manhandle the University of Florida Gators, winning 62-24, along with their second back-to-back National Championship seasons on January 2, 1996.
- World Bowl 96 – The Scottish Claymores won 32-27 over the Frankfurt Galaxy.
- Cleveland Browns deactivate and move to Baltimore where they become the Baltimore Ravens and reactivate in 1999.
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