- Dec 1 55th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 16-7 in Birmingham
- Dec 1 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
US Victory
Dec 1 Davis Cup Tennis, St. Petersburg, Florida: Rick Leach and Jim Pugh beat Australian pair Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 to clinch an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 3-2) for the US
Patrick Ewing
Dec 1 New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing scores career high 22 field goals in his 50 point haul in 113-96 win v Charlotte at Madison Square Garden
Coffey 2nd to Score 1000
Dec 22 Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenceman to record 1000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games
Raines to White Sox
Dec 24 Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon & Barry Jones
- Dec 25 Ballon d'Or: Inter's German sweeper Lothar Matthäus is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus striker Salvatore Schillaci and Inter defender Andreas Brehme
Kasparov Defeats Karpov
Dec 26 Garry Kasparov defeats fellow Russian Anatoly Karpov to retain the world chess championship
- Dec 26 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-NJ Knights
- Dec 26 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
- Dec 27 Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames, 4-1 to record their 500th all-time NHL victory; set in just 915 games for a record of 500-295-120, good for a winning % of .612; best in history upon reaching milestone
- Dec 28 Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17
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