The Cowboys made it to their fourth Super Bowl and beat the Denver Broncos to capture their second Super Bowl Championship.

August 9 - The New Orleans Saints football team visit the White House to be honored for their 2009 Super Bowl Championship.

McDonough was also a member of the front office when the Sting won the 1981 NASL Soccer Bowl Championship.

An under-16 rugby team was formed who won the Bowl Championships in the Division 2 Rugby schools matches which was held at Havelock Grounds, Colombo 5.

In the Bowl Championship, St. Mary's would fail in their attempt for their first Bowl Championship falling to Notre Dame (Halton) 34-7.

With a 52-45 win over Kansas State, the Cowboys rose to second in the AP Poll and Bowl Championship Series (BCS) rankings, the highest national rankings in school history.

To follow-up, the Owls won their first-ever bowl game, winning the 2007 New Orleans Bowl Championship, defeating the Memphis Tigers.

Utah's performance was good enough to secure a sixth-ranked ranking the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) poll and the only non-BCS conference team to secure a berth in a BCS game, the 2009 Sugar Bowl, against Southeastern Conference (SEC) Western Division champions Alabama.