1984 in sports

1984 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine Skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup: Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the first American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing. American football Super Bowl XVIII – the Los Angeles Raiders (AFC) won 38–9 over the Washington Redskins (NFC) Location: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 72,920 MVP: Marcus Allen, RB (Los Angeles) Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7. Philadelphia Stars win United States Football League Championship, 23-3 over Arizona Wranglers Orange Bowl (1983 season): The Miami Hurricanes won 31-30 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the national championship Doug Flutie wins the Heisman Trophy November 23 – The Hail Flutie Game 1984 college football season: The Brigham Young Cougars win the national championship following their victory in the Holiday Bowl on December 21 Association football European Championship – Final: France 2-0 Spain; Hosts: France Asian Cup – Final: Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 P.R. China; Hosts: Singapore Champions' Cup – – May 30 – Liverpool 1-1 A.S. Roma; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after extra time. UEFA Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur; 2nd leg Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Anderlecht; 2-2 on aggregate, Spurs won 4-2 on penalties Cup Winners' Cup – Juventus 2-1 Porto Super Cup – Juventus 2-0 Liverpool Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate England – FA Cup – – May 12 – Everton win 2-0 against Watford FIFA gives the right to host the 1990 FIFA World Cup to Italy The North American Soccer League folds due to financial problems