What it was like Growing Up in the Eighties (1980s)
  • Tue. Mar 19th, 2024

80s Sporting Events and Who Won

Baseball
World Series winners from the 1980s
Football
Super Bowl champs from the 1980s
Basketball
NBA & NCAA titles from the 1980s

Major League Baseball
1980
Philadelphia Phillies over Kansas City Royals, 4-2
1981
Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees, 4-2
1982
St. Louis Cardinals over Milwaukee Brewers, 4-3
1983
Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1
1984
Detroit Tigers over San Diego Padres, 4-1
1985
Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3
1986
New York Mets over Boston Red Sox, 4-3
1987
Minnesota Twins over St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3
1988
Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics, 4-1
1989
Oakland Althletics over San Francisco Giants, 4-0

NFL Football
1980
Super Bowl XIV
Pittsburgh Steelers defeat Los Angeles Rams, 31 to 19.
1981
Super Bowl XV
Oakland Raiders over Philadelphia Eagles, 27 to 10.
1982
Super Bowl XVI
San Francisco 49ers over Cincinnati Bengals, 26 to 21.
1983
Super Bowl XVII
Washington Redskins over Miami Dolphins 27 to 17.
1984
Super Bowl XVIII
LA Raiders over Washington Redskins 38 to 9.
1985
Super Bowl XIX
San Francisco 49ers over Miami Dolphins, 38 to 16.
1986
Super Bowl XX
Chicago Bears over New England Patriots, 46 to 10.
1987
Super Bowl XXI
NY Giants over Denver Broncos, 39 to 20.
1988
Super Bowl XXII
Washington Redskins over Denver Broncos, 42 to 10.
1989
Super Bowl XXIII
San Francisco 49ers over the Cincinatti Bengals, 20 to 16.

NBA and NCAA Basketball
1980
NBA:
LA Lakers over Philadelphia 76ers, 4-2
NCAA:
U of Louisville over UCLA, 59 to 54
1981
NBA:
Boston Celtics over Houston Rockets, 4-2
NCAA:
Indiana over North Carolina, 63 to 50
1982
NBA:
LA Lakers over Philadelphia 76ers, 4-2
NCAA:
North Carolina over Georgetown, 63 to 62
1983
NBA:
Philadelphia 76ers over LA Lakers, 4-0
NCAA:
NC State over U. of Houston, 54 to 52
1984
NBA:
Boston Celtics over LA Lakers, 4-3
NCAA:
Georgetown over Houston, 84 to 75
1985
NBA:
LA Lakers over Boston Celtics, 4-2
NCAA:
Villanova over Georgetown, 66 to 64
1986
NBA:
Boston Celtics over Houston Rockets, 4-2
NCAA:
Louisville over Duke, 72 to 69
1987
NBA:
LA Lakers over Boston Celtics, 4-2
NCAA:
Indiana over Syracuse, 74 to 73
1988
NBA:
LA Lakers over Detroit Pistons, 4-3
NCAA:
Kansas over Oklahoma, 83 to 79
1989
NBA:
Detroit Pistons over LA Lakers, 4-0
NCAA:
Michigan over Seton Hall, 80 to 79