- Dec 1 44th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 25-18 in Birmingham
Australia vs. West Indies
Dec 1 Australia's World Series Cricket men return to the fold in the drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane; ex-WSC players Bruce Laird (92), Greg Chappell (74) & David Hookes (33no) provide the scoring on Day 1 in home side's 229/5
Chappell, Hughes Rescue Australia
Dec 5 Ex-World Series Cricket combatants Greg Chappell (124) and Kim Hughes (130no) return to rescue Australia on last day of the drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane
- Dec 11 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
- Dec 16 68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)
- Dec 16 Dallas QB Roger Staubach throws 3 TDs and 336 yards in his last NFL regular season game with the Cowboys, a 35-34 win over Washington Redskins at Texas Stadium
- Dec 20 Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Behn Wilson scores with 4:08 remaining in regulation to earn a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins and equal NHL record for longest undefeated streak of 28 games; go on to break record and extend to 35 games
- Dec 21 Garry Unger’s NHL record for consecutive games ends at 914, as his Atlanta Flames lose 5-1 to the St Louis Blues and he is benched by coach Al MacNeil; record eventually broken by Doug Jarvis (964)
- Dec 23 NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
- Dec 25 9th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Pittsburgh beats Arizona, 16-10
- Dec 25 Ballon d'Or: Hamburg's English forward Kevin Keegan wins his 2nd consecutive trophy as best football player in Europe; beats Bayern Munich forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Ajax sweeper Ruud Krol
- Dec 27 Los Angeles left wing Charlie Simmer scores in a Kings' 3-0 shutout of the Quebec Nordiques to extend his modern day NHL goal-scoring streak to 13 straight games (ends next game)
- Dec 27 Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden
- Dec 29 Red Army beats NY Islanders 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum
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