The 1986 Pacific Cup was the 3rd Pacific Cup, a rugby league tournament held between Pacific teams. The tournament was hosted in the Cook Islands and eventually won by the New Zealand Māori side, who defeated Western Samoa in the final.

1986 NC State Wolfpack football

The 1986 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Dick Sheridan. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1986 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

1986 Ole Miss Rebels football

The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake occurred on July 8 at 02:20:44 local time with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock occurred in a complex setting along the San Andreas Fault Zone where it bisects San Gorgonio Mountain and San Jacinto Peak at the San Gorgonio Pass and was the first in a series of three earthquakes that affected southern California and the northern Owens Valley in July 1986.

1986 National Football League season

The 1986 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–5 in the Pac-10).

1986 National Basketball Association Finals

The 1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Tanduay Rhum Makers and Ginebra San Miguel played for the 34th championship contested by the league.The Tanduay Rhum Makers won their finals series against Ginebra San Miguel, 3 games to 1, for their second title of the season.

1986 PBA Open Conference Finals

1986 Paris-Tours

The 1986 PABL season is the fourth season of the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL).

NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1986 NLCS

The 1986 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the sport of American football during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader.Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine.

The OFC U-20 Championship 1986 was a soccer tournament held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.

1986 Paine Webber Classic - Singles

The 1986 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Conference was the second conference of the 1986 PBA season. It started on July 6 and ended on September 2. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

1986 Oregon State Beavers football season

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 20, 1986, when Pacific defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.Pacific won their second straight NCAA title in volleyball with an easy sweep of Nebraska by the scores of 15-12, 15-4, 15-4.Nebraska became the first non-California or Hawaii university to make the NCAA national championship match (although it happened six times in the AIAW national championships in the 1970s).

1986 Paris–Nice

The Oakland Athletics' 1986 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system. All matches until the semi-final were one-frame shoot-outs, the semi-final was won by aggregate score over two frames, and the final was decided by the best of three frames.Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 22:10 on Thursday 16 January 1986, later than in previous series. David Icke presented, with Ted Lowe as commentator and John Williams as referee.The only Pot Black debut in this series was that of Patsy Fagan. All the competitors in this series were 1985 World Championship last-16 players. Jimmy White won the event, beating Kirk Stevens 2–0 with a break of 106 in the last frame.

The 1986 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventy-ninth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between the Parramatta Eels and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs which featured the introduction of the Clive Churchill Medal. This season, NSWRL teams also competed for the 1986 National Panasonic Cup.

1986 Player's Canadian Open – Men's Singles

1986 Pontins Professional

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football season

The 1986 Preakness Stakes was the 111th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 17, 1986, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Snow Chief, who was jockeyed by Alex Solis, won the race by four lengths over runner-up Ferdinand. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:54-4/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 87,652, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1986.

1986 NCAA Tournament

The 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals was the best-of-7 basketball championship series of the 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Tanduay Rhum Makers and Great Taste Coffee Makers played for the 33rd championship contested by the league.Tanduay Rhum Makers wins their first-ever PBA title after 11 long years with a 4-2 series victory against Great Taste Coffee Makers.

The 1986 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina State Wolfpack from on December 31, 1986. The game was the final contest of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 25–24 victory for Virginia Tech, the first bowl victory in school history.Virginia Tech came into the game with a 8–2–1 record that included a lopsided loss to the Temple Owls, who would forfeit the season two years later after using an ineligible player. Facing the Hokies in the Peach Bowl were the 18th-ranked Wolfpack from North Carolina State University. N.C. State was led by head coach Dick Sheridan and had a regular-season record of 8–2–1 that included five wins over Atlantic Coast Conference teams.The 1986 Peach Bowl kicked off five years minus one day since Virginia Tech had last played in Atlanta—during the 1981 Peach Bowl. Virginia Tech scored first in the game, but NC State's Bulluck blocked a Tech punt in the Tech end zone and recovered it for a tying touchdown. Virginia Tech kicked a field goal at the end of the quarter to take a 10–7 lead, but NC State fought back, scoring 14 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 21–10 lead by halftime. In the third quarter, the game turned into a defensive battle. Neither side scored until late in the third quarter, when Tech took advantage of a State fumble to score the first touchdown of the second half. Tech failed to convert a two-point conversion, but NC State fumbled again on the ensuing possession, and Tech was able to drive for another touchdown. Leading 22–21, Tech attempted another two-point conversion, which also failed.NC State, needing to score, drove down the field and kicked a go-ahead 33-yard field goal with 7:12 remaining in the game. After a failed possession, Tech was forced to punt the ball, allowing NC State to run down the clock. The Virginia Tech defense eventually forced a stop, giving the Tech offense one final chance to win the game. With 1:53 on the clock and beginning from their own 20-yard line, the Hokies drove 57 yards to the NC State 23-yard line. There, kicker Chris Kinzer successfully kicked a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give Virginia Tech the win.

1986 National Hockey League Entry Draft

1986 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

The 1986 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 10 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the fifth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1985 was Utah. The Competition took place in Gainesville, Florida hosted by the University of Florida in the O'Connell Center. The 1986 Championship marked the first time that a record score was not set.

1986 Paraguayan Primera Division season

1986 Paine Webber Classic

1986 Pot Black

The 1986 New England Patriots season was the franchise's 17th season in the National Football League and 27th overall. The Patriots matched their 11-5 record from the previous season, but this time they finished first in the AFC East, thus winning the division title. This would be the last AFC East Division title the Patriots would win until 1996.

The 1986 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 18th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1986.Stanford defeated rival California in the final, 9–6, to win their sixth national title.

1986 New York Giants season

The 1986 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Penn State Nittany Lions.

1986 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals

1986 Open Championship
The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round, Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus.

1986 PHS

The 1986 Pot Black was the eighteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, and the last of its original run. It took place in December 1985, but was broadcast in 1986. The tournament was held at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured sixteen professional players in a knock-out system.

The 1986 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1986 Ohio Bobcats football season

1986 Pacific typhoon season

1986 Navy Midshipmen football team

The 1986 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 36th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1985 season. The game was played on Sunday, February 2, 1986, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before a crowd of 50,101. The final score was NFC 28, AFC 24.Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Los Angeles Rams head coach John Robinson. The referee was Bob McElwee.Phil Simms of the New York Giants was named the game's MVP. Players on the winning NFC team received $10,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $5,000.

1986 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1986 National Professional Soccer League (South Africa)

The 1986 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the third and final conference of the 1986 PBA season. It started on September 23 and ended on December 11, 1986. The tournament requires two import each per team with the height limit of 6"3 and 6"6.

The 1986 Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and ran from 8 September through 14 September 1986. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title.

The 1986 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team won eight games, lost three, and had one tie. It concluded the season with a 20–17 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 1986 Independence Bowl.

1986 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships

The 52nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1986. The winners were announced on 15 December 1986 and the awards were given on 25 January 1987.

1986 North Dakota State Bison football team

1986 New York Jets season

1986 Nabisco Masters – Singles

1986 Oregon State Beavers football team

1986 Navy Midshipmen football

1986 Nabisco Dinah Shore

1986 NHK Trophy

1986 Peach Bowl

The 1986 Prize of Moscow News was the 21st edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 3–7, 1986. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The Soviet Union swept three podiums. The men's title went to European silver medalist Vladimir Kotin. Olympic bronze medalist Kira Ivanova won the ladies' category ahead of Jill Trenary from the United States. Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, also Olympic bronze medalists, took the ice dancing title.

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the fifth annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.The women's team championship was won by Stanford, their second title in three years. This was the first time that the men's and women's team from the same school won championships in the same year. The Cardinal defeated rivals USC in the final round, 5–4.The women's singles title was won by Patty Fendick from Stanford.The women's doubles title was won by South African Lise Gregory and American Ronni Reis from Miami (FL).

1986 National Camogie League

The following polls make up the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

The 1986 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Filderstadt, West Germany that was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 13 October through 19 October 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title.

The 1986 PBA Open Conference Finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1986 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. Ginebra San Miguel and Manila Beer Brewmasters played for the 35th championship contested by the league.Ginebra San Miguel won their first championship since joining the league in 1979 with a 4-1 series victory over Manila Beer Brewmasters.

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football season

1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

1986 Nabisco Grand Prix

1986 PA

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 20, 1986, when Pacific defeated Nebraska 3 games to 0 in the NCAA championship match.Pacific won their second straight NCAA title in volleyball with an easy sweep of Nebraska by the scores of 15-12, 15-4, 15-4.Nebraska became the first non-California or Hawaii university to make the NCAA national championship match (although it happened six times in the AIAW national championships in the 1970s). Semifinalist Texas joined Nebraska in becoming the first non-California or Hawaii universities to make the NCAA final four (although four such others reached title matches in the 1970s).

The 1986 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the seventh annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.West Virginia, with a team score of 6,229, won their third team title, besting defending champions Murray State by 66 points in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers third title in four years and the third for coach Edward Etzel.The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Mike Anti (West Virginia), and, for the air rifle, Marianne Wallace (Murray State).

1986 Ole Miss Rebels football season

The 1986 New York Jets season was the 27th season for the team and the 17th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 11–5 record from 1985 and return to the playoffs under head coach Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season with a record of 10–6, qualifying for the top Wild Card spot in the playoffs despite losing their last five games of the season. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card round, but lost to the Cleveland Browns in the divisional round. The loss to the Browns is infamous in Jets history. Leading 20–10 in the 4th quarter, the Jets collapsed when Mark Gastineau hammered Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar seconds after he released a pass; Gastineau was flagged for roughing the passer and the Browns rallied to force overtime and win early in the game's second overtime.The Week 3 game against Miami was memorable as Ken O'Brien and Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino fought a wild shootout that culminated in the Jets winning 51–45 in overtime. Marino threw for 448 yards and six TD passes while O'Brien accumulated 479 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception for what would statistically be the best game of his career.

The 1986 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 54th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. The team failed to improve a 7-9 record from 1985 and finshing 6-10 record and fail to reach the playoffs for a second straight season.

1986 Oregon Ducks football

The 1986 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonels were led by sixth-year head coach Sonny Jackson. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were a member of the Gulf Star Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 2–2 in Gulf Star play.

1986 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship

The 1986 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 56th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa hosted the tournament at Carver–Hawkeye Arena.Iowa took home the team championship with 158 points and having five individual champions.Marty Kistler of Iowa was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Gary Albright of Nebraska received the Gorriaran Award.

1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season

1986 OFC Women's Championship

1986 Paris–Tours

1986 National League season

The 1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by ninth-year head coach Dick Crum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second. North Carolina was invited to the 1986 Aloha Bowl, where they lost to Arizona.

1986 New York Giants football

The 1986 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League. The New York Giants, who play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL), won their fifth championship—and first Super Bowl—in franchise history during the season.

1986 O-Pee-Chee

1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1986 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was held in Brazil. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1986 World Women's Handball Championship.

1986 Pittsburgh Panthers football

The 1986 Nabisco Dinah Shore was the 15th Kraft Nabisco Championship, played April 3–6 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. It was its fourth edition as a major championship.Pat Bradley won the fourth of her six major titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Val Skinner. Bradley held the 54-hole lead, three strokes ahead of 1984 champion Juli Inkster.Bradley won three of the four majors in 1986, narrowly missing the grand slam with a fifth place in the U.S. Women's Open.

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

1986 New York Giants

1986 Paraguayan Primera División season

1986 NFL Season

1986 People Power Revolution

The Norwegian Football Cup 1986 was won by Tromsø after they beat Lillestrøm in the cup final.

The 1986 NSL Cup was the tenth season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams from around Australia entered the competition.

NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament

The 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft took place on September 15, 1986.

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 12 and ended on March 30. The tournament expanded to 40 teams from 32. The Final Four consisted of Texas, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, and USC, with Texas defeating Southern California, 97-81 in the championship game. Texas's Clarissa Davis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

1986 New York Jets

1986 NIT

1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

The 1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1986 Paine Webber Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Fort Myers, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament ran from March 17 through March 24, 1986. First-seeded Ivan Lendl won the singles title.

1986 National Hockey League Supplemental Draft

1986 NPSL First Division

The 1986 New Zealand rugby union tour of France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Italy and France in October and November 1986. The All Blacks won seven of their nine games, draw one and losing only the second of the two internationals against France.

1986 Oregon State Beavers football

1986 PTS

1986 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

The 1986 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 90th season of Bison football. The Bison played their home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. The 1986 team came off an 11–2–1 record from the previous season. The 1986 team was led by coach Earle Solomonson. The team finished the regular season with an undefeated 10–0 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs.

1986 National Board of Review Awards

1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1986 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's’ team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Dublin in the final, played at O'Toole Park.

The 1986 National Soccer League First Division was the second edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Rangers.

1986 Pilot Pen Classic - Singles

The 1986 RRC Fuji F2 Champions Race, was the sixth round of the 1986 Japanese Formula Two Championship. This race was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on 10 August.

1986 New York Giants football team

The 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections were fifteen by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Each of their parties agreed not to contest seats previously held by the others, and each outgoing MP stood for re-election.

The 1986 National League season had the following results:

The 1986 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 104th season for the Phillies. Under second-year manager John Felske, the Phillies stayed just below the .500 mark for roughly two-thirds of the season, until a charge after the All-Star break pushed the club past the St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos into second place in the NL East. The eventual World Series champions rival New York Mets finished with a Major League best 108-54 record, and finished 21​1⁄2 games ahead of the Phillies.

1986 Paris-Dakar Rally

1986 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

1986 PE

1986 Pau Grand Prix

1986 Pacific Tigers football season

The 1986 New York Giants season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League. The New York Giants, who play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL), won their fifth championship—and first Super Bowl—in franchise history during the season. Led by consensus league Most Valuable Player (MVP) linebacker Lawrence Taylor and Super Bowl MVP quarterback Phil Simms, the Giants posted a 14–2 record during the regular season, tied for the best record in the league with the defending Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears and the best in team history. The Giants improved on their 10–6 record from 1985, won their first division championship since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, and won Super Bowl XXI against the Denver Broncos.In the playoffs the Giants, who were the top seed in the conference ahead of the Bears, defeated the San Francisco 49ers for the second consecutive year in the playoffs by a score of 49–3. They then disposed of their division rivals, the Washington Redskins, in the NFC Championship Game 17–0. In the Super Bowl, behind Simms' 88% pass completion percentage and their strong defense, the Giants overcame a 10–9 halftime deficit and scored thirty second half points while allowing only ten more and defeated the Broncos 39–20.After making the playoffs in 1984 and 1985, the Giants entered the 1986 season as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl. They began the season with 31–28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, before winning five consecutive games. After losing 17–12 to the Seattle Seahawks in week seven, the Giants won their final nine regular season games. Following the regular season, coach Bill Parcells won the NFL Coach of the Year Award, and eight Giants were named to the Pro Bowl. The Giants' defense, nicknamed the Big Blue Wrecking Crew, finished second in the league in points and yards allowed.The 1986 Giants had been ranked as one of the greatest NFL teams of all time by fans, and members of the media. It was this Giants team that popularized the practice of the "Gatorade shower", which entailed the players dousing members of the coaching staff with Gatorade near the end of a victorious game.

The 21st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1987, honored the best filmmaking of 1986.

The 1986 New York Jets season was the 27th season for the team and the 17th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 11–5 record from 1985 and return to the playoffs under head coach Joe Walton. The Jets finished the season with a record of 10–6, qualifying for the top Wild Card spot in the playoffs despite losing their last five games of the season.

The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the league. The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie. This was the fifth consecutive season in which the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.The season was coach Buddy Ryan's first with the team after serving as the defensive coordinator of the 1985 Chicago Bears, the team that won the Super Bowl in 1985.Quarterback duties were split between 35-year-old veteran Ron Jaworski (who started nine games in his final season with the team) and second-year quarterback Randall Cunningham. Veteran quarterback Matt Cavanaugh also started two games. The Eagles' passing game struggled, with the third-fewest passing yards in the league (2,540), and the fewest yards-per-attempt (4.1).The Eagles set dubious NFL records by giving up a record number of sacks (a still-standing NFL-record of 104) and yardage allowed on sacks (708). No other team in football history had ever given up more than 78 sacks or 554 yards on quarterback sacks. The team gave up three-or-more sacks in every single game of the 1986 season, the only team in NFL history to do so.The lone highlights of the season came on the road. On October 5, the Birds entered Fulton County Stadium and shut out the previously-undefeated Atlanta Falcons, 16–0. then gained a comeback 33–27 OT win against the Raiders at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 30, the Eagles' first win over the club since the 1980 season and first-ever victory on the road against the Oakland/LA franchise.

1986 New England Patriots season

1986 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament

1986 Pilot Pen Classic – Singles

1986 Pilot Pen Classic - Doubles

1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals

1986 Oregon Ducks football season

1986 New York Jets football

The 1986 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 21, 1986, at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. The National Hockey League (NHL) teams selected 252 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1985–86 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those players selected.

The 1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

The 1986 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 37th season of operation for the league.

1986 RRC Fuji F2 Champions Race

The 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake occurred on July 8 at 02:20:44 local time with a moment magnitude of 6.0 and a maximum Mercalli Intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock occurred in a complex setting along the San Andreas Fault Zone where it bisects San Gorgonio Mountain and San Jacinto Peak at the San Gorgonio Pass and was the first in a series of three earthquakes that affected southern California and the northern Owens Valley in July 1986. Numerous strong motion instruments recorded the event, one of which showed relatively high accelerations. Between 29 and 40 people were injured, and financial losses were estimated to be in the range of $4.5 to 6 million.

1986 PBA draft

1986 Pittsburgh Steelers football team

1986 President Aquino Cup

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football season

The 46th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the third round of the 1986 International Formula 3000. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 19 May.

The 1986 President Aquino Cup is a four team tournament held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila from August 6-10, 1986. The selection team from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were champions of the tournament.The tournament was named in honor of then incumbent President Corazon Aquino. Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino and the son of the president, was the speaker and guest of honor at the opening of the football tournament held at 17:45 UTC+08:00.

1986 Pilot Pen Classic – Doubles

1986 Norwegian Football Cup

1986 National Challenge Cup

1986 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 1986 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Bob Tway won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

The 4th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Winter Park, Florida, on July 4–6, 1986.

The 1986 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1986, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.A total of 32 tropical depressions formed in 1986 in the Western Pacific over an eleven-month time span. Of the 32, 30 became tropical storms, 19 storms reached typhoon intensity, and 3 reached super typhoon strength. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center considered Vera as two tropical cyclones, when all the warning centers treated Vera as one in real time, while another, Georgette, originated in the Eastern Pacific. Six of the tropical cyclones formed in August, which was the busiest month of the season. Eight tropical cyclones moved through the Philippines this season. Most of the deaths attributed to typhons in 1986 were caused by Peggy and Wayne

1986 New England Patriots

1986 PBA Open Conference

1986 Paris-Nice

The 1986 Paris Open was a Grand Prix men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the Paris Masters). It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from 27 October through 3 November 1986. Boris Becker won the singles title.

1986 Northwestern Wildcats football season

1986 Paris-Roubaix

The 1986 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 17th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania during May 1986.Pepperdine defeated USC in the final match, 3–2 (7–15, 15–13, 15–11, 5–15, 16–14), to win their third national title. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, also won by Pepperdine.

The 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team recorded 5 shutouts and led the nation in all four major defensive categories (total, rushing, passing, and scoring).

1986 NCAA Rifle Championships

1986 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October 1986. It was the 65th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.The winner was Dancing Brave, a three-year-old colt trained in Great Britain by Guy Harwood. The winning jockey was Pat Eddery.The winning time of 2m 27.7s set a new record for the race. The previous record of 2m 28.0s was achieved by Detroit in 1980.The field is considered to be one of the strongest in the race's history. Major races won by the runners in 1986 included;Dancing Brave - 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth StakesBering - Prix du Jockey ClubTriptych - Champion StakesShahrastani - Epsom Derby, Irish DerbyShardari - International StakesDarara - Prix VermeilleAcatenango - Aral-Pokal, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Grosser Preis von BerlinSaint Estephe - Coronation Cup

The 1986 Pacific hurricane season saw several tropical cyclones contribute to significant flooding to the Central United States. The hurricane season officially started May 15, 1986, in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1986 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1986 in both regions. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.

The 1986 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 115th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Aided by a 63 in the second round, Greg Norman won his first major championship at even-par, five strokes ahead of runner-up Gordon J. Brand.It was the second Open at Turnberry, the first was in 1977, the famous "Duel in the Sun" between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. The winning score that year was a record-breaking 268 (–12), twelve strokes lower than Norman's even-par 280 in 1986.Introduced in 1968, the second cut (at 54 holes) was discontinued after 1985. Also changed in 1986 was the playoff format, to a four-hole aggregate immediately following the final round, rather than 18 holes the following day (and 36 holes prior to 1964). The new playoff was first used three years later in 1989.

1986 National Basketball Association Draft

The 1986 OFC Women's Championship was the second OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup). It took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 March to 5 April 1986. Four teams participated in the tournament, and a total of eight matches were played.Chinese Taipei defeated Australia 4–1 in the final to win the second edition of the tournament.

The 1986 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the fifth running of the competition. Two changes occurred for the 1986 season, with the Napier Sunhawks renaming themselves the Hawke's Bay Hawks, while Centrals were dropped from the league and replaced by 1985 Conference Basketball League champions North Shore. The Canterbury Rams won the championship in 1986 to claim their first league title.

1986 NHL Draft

1986 Paris Open - Singles

1986 Paris Open – Doubles

1986 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

1986 New England Patriots football

1986 NSL First Division

1986 NSL Cup

1986 Professional Football Championship

1986 Oakland Athletics season

1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football season

1986 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

The Preakness Stakes

The 1986 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 104th season for the Phillies. Under second-year manager John Felske, the Phillies stayed just below the .500 mark for roughly two-thirds of the season, until a charge after the All-Star break pushed the club past the St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos into second place in the NL East. The eventual World Series champions rival New York Mets finished with a Major League best 108-54 record, and finished 21​1⁄2 games ahead of the Phillies. The Mets and the Phillies were the only teams in the National League East to post winning records. Mike Schmidt became the first third baseman in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award three times.

1986 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

1986 North Palm Springs earthquake

The 1986 Prize of Moscow News was the 21st edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 3–7, 1986. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The Soviet Union swept three podiums. The men's title went to European silver medalist Vladimir Kotin. Olympic bronze medalist Kira Ivanova won the ladies' category ahead of Jill Trenary from the United States.

The 1986 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 18th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1986.Stanford defeated rival California in the final, 9–6, to win their sixth national title. Coached by Dante Dettamanti, the Cardinal finished the season undefeated, 36–0.The Most Outstanding Players of the tournament were Fernando Carsalade (UCLA), David Imbernino (Stanford), and Craig Klass (Stanford). An All-Tournament Team of eight players was also named.The tournament's leading scorer was Robert Lynn from USC (12 goals).

1986 PPG Indy Car World Series

1986 New Orleans Saints football

The 1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 6–8 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.Top-seeded UNLV defended their title and defeated New Mexico State in the final, 75–55, and captured their third PCAA/Big West championship (and third in four seasons).The Runnin' Rebels, in turn, received a bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament, their seventh in program history, and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

The 1986 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Pat Jones, the Cowboys compiled a 6–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 191 to 181.The team's statistical leaders included Thurman Thomas with 741 rushing yards, Mike Gundy with 1,525 passing yards, and Hart Lee Dykes with 814 receiving yards and 42 points scored.The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football

The 1986 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the fifth running of the competition. Two changes occurred for the 1986 season, with the Napier Sunhawks renaming themselves the Hawke's Bay Hawks, while Centrals were dropped from the league and replaced by 1985 Conference Basketball League champions North Shore. The Canterbury Rams won the championship in 1986 to claim their first league title. In the final, arch rivals the Rams and the Wellington Saints faced off in a match that went down to the wire. John "Dutchie" Rademakers top scored for the Rams with 22 points, with American point guard Clyde Huntley adding 20 and fellow import, Angelo Hill, 15. Youngster Ian Webb also contributed 13 points, as the Rams defeated the Saints 87–82.

1986 National Football League Draft

1986 QO

1986 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

The 1986 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event at which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks.

The 1986 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team won eight games, lost three, and had one tie. It concluded the season with a 20–17 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 1986 Independence Bowl. During the season, Ole Miss was charged with recruiting violations and placed on a two-year probation, which was to take away 10 scholarships and bar the team from a bowl game in 1987.The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Mark Young with 1,154 passing yards, running back Willie Goodloe with 526 rushing yards, wide receiver J.R. Ambrose with 578 receiving yards, and placekicker Bryan Owen with 52 points scored.

1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

1986 Pittsburgh Steelers football

1986 NHL Supplemental Draft

1986 New Orleans Saints football team

1986 Paris Open

1986 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1986 NHL Entry Draft

The 1986 National Challenge Cup was the 72nd edition of the USSF's annual open soccer championship. Teams from the American Soccer League declined to participate.Kutis SC of St. Louis defeated San Pedro Yugoslavs 1-0 in the final game.

Overseas Final

1986 Philadelphia Eagles

The 1986 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The 1986 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The 1986 Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the North Carolina State Wolfpack from on December 31, 1986.

1986 New Zealand NBL season

The 1986 PGA Championship was the 68th PGA Championship, held August 7–11 at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Bob Tway won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Greg Norman, the 54-hole leader.Heavy rains on Sunday stopped play for the day in mid-afternoon. In the final group, Norman and Tway completed just one hole of their final round and resumed play on Monday afternoon.Norman started the round with a four-shot lead and held that margin through the front nine. After a double bogey at 11 and a bogey at 14, the two were tied. They halved the next three holes at par and were tied at the 72nd tee. Tway put his approach shot in a greenside bunker, while Norman was just off the green on the fringe, 25 feet (8 m) out. Tway improbably holed out for birdie and Norman's attempt to tie missed, as did his par-saving putt. Norman led all four majors in 1986 after the third round, but won only the Open.Entering the championship, Norman was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1986, with Tway in second place.This was the fifth major championship at Inverness, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1920, 1931, 1957, and 1979, and was the first in which the winning score was under-par; the previous best was even-par in 1979 by Hale Irwin. The PGA Championship returned in 1993.

1986 Navy Midshipmen football season

1986 NFL draft

1986 Pacific hurricane season

1986 National League Championship

The 1986 Overseas Final was the sixth running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1986 Speedway World Championship Final to be held in Chorzów, Poland. The 1986 Final was held at the Brandon Stadium in Coventry, England on 19 June and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders.The Top 9 riders qualified for the Intercontinental Final to be held in Bradford, England.

Northern Ireland by-elections, 1986

1986 North Dakota State Bison football season

The 1986 North Dakota State football team represented North Dakota State University during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 90th season of Bison football. The Bison played their home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota. The 1986 team came off an 11–2–1 record from the previous season. The 1986 team was led by coach Earle Solomonson. The team finished the regular season with an undefeated 10–0 record and made the NCAA Division II playoffs. The Bison defeated the South Dakota Coyotes 27–7 in the National Championship Game en route to the program's second consecutive, and third NCAA Division II Football Championship.

The 1986 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals

1986 Philadelphia Phillies season

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1986 Plaut

The New York Yankees' 1986 season was the 84th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 90-72, finishing in second-place, 5.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Lou Piniella. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

1986 Nabisco Masters - Singles

1986 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 1986 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–14–1 record, thereby failing to qualify for the post-season. Head coach Joe Moss was fired after posting a 3–10 record and replaced with Director of Player Personnel Tom Dimitroff on an interim basis.

1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football

1986 Paine Webber Classic – Singles

1986 Paris Open – Singles

1986 National Society of Film Critics Awards

The 1986 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 36th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1985 season. The game was played on Sunday, February 2, 1986, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before a crowd of 50,101. The final score was NFC 28, AFC 24.Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Los Angeles Rams head coach John Robinson. The referee was Bob McElwee.Phil Simms of the New York Giants was named the game's MVP.

1986 Paris Open - Doubles

1986 Paris–Dakar Rally

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football

1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football

The 1986 President Aquino Cup is a four team tournament held at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila from August 6-10, 1986. The selection team from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic were champions of the tournament.The tournament was named in honor of then incumbent President Corazon Aquino. Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy Aquino and the son of the president, was the speaker and guest of honor at the opening of the football tournament held at 17:45 UTC+08:00. Philippine Football Federation president Frank Elizalde delivered the welcome address. Inter-Cities Foundation president Ben Ching introduced the participating teams while Gintong Alay Executive Director Jose Romansanta introduced Noynoy. The ceremonial ball was kicked by Kris Aquino and Asian Ladies Football Federation vice president Cristy Ramos. The tournament was on a single round robin format.

1986 PPG Indy Car World Series season

The 1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by second year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

1986 Purdue Boilermakers football

The 1986 Masters (also known as the 1986 Nabisco Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament. The singles event was held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between December 3 and December 8, 1986 while the doubles competition was held at the Royal Albert Hall from December 9 through December 14. It was the year-end championship of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix tour.

1986 Pittsburgh Steelers

The 1986 National Invitation Tournament was the 1986 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.

1986 Nemzeti Bajnoksag I (women's handball)

1986 New Zealand rugby union tour of France

1986 Philadelphia Eagles football team

1986 Nutri-Metics Open

1986 NSWRL season

The 1986 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 54th in the league. The team was unable to improve upon their previous output win total of seven. Instead, the team finished with five wins, ten losses and one tie.

1986 Ottawa Rough Riders season

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1986.

1986 OFC U-20 Championship

1986 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1986 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1986, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

1986 Nabisco Masters

The 1986 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Gary Tranquill.

1986 PGA Championship

1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) Season

The 1986 National Professional Soccer League was divided into divisions known as streams.

XLVIPau Grand Prix

1986 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football season

The 1986 Preakness Stakes was the 111th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 17, 1986, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Snow Chief, who was jockeyed by Alex Solis, won the race by four lengths over runner-up Ferdinand. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:54-4/5.

1986 Ohio Bobcats football

1986 Northwestern Wildcats football

The 1986 OFC Women's Championship was the second OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup). It took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 29 March to 5 April 1986. Four teams participated in the tournament, and a total of eight matches were played.Chinese Taipei defeated Australia 4–1 in the final to win the second edition of the tournament. Defending champions New Zealand finished third, after winning to their B-side in penalty shoot-outs.

1986 Queen's Birthday Honours

1986 Pacific Cup

1986 Palanca Awards

1986 PGA Tour

1986 Player's Canadian Open

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1986 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).

1986 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game

1986 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1986 NHL All-Star Game

1986 Preakness Stakes

1986 North Dakota State Bison football

1986 Orange Bowl

1986 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

1986 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

1986 NC State Wolfpack football team

1986 Nabisco Masters – Doubles

1986 New York Yankees season

1986 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football season

1986 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the fifth annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.The women's team championship was won by Stanford, their second title in three years. This was the first time that the men's and women's team from the same school won championships in the same year.

1986 Penn State Nittany Lions football season

The 1986 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The men's tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix while the women's tournament was held at the Jarry Park Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.

The 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 12 and ended on March 30. The tournament expanded to 40 teams from 32. The Final Four consisted of Texas, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, and USC, with Texas defeating Southern California, 97-81 in the championship game. Texas's Clarissa Davis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. With their championship win, Texas completed the first undefeated season (34-0) since the NCAA began sponsoring women's basketball in 1982.ESPN expanded their coverage to show all four Regional Finals and the National Semifinals. CBS continued to broadcast the Championship game.

1986 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1986 PBA Draft

1986 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

1986 Pulitzer Prize

1986 Nicholls State Colonels football team

NSL Cup

The 1986 Prague Skate was held November 1986. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.

1986 Pittsburgh Panthers football season

1986 New Orleans Saints

1986 Nicholls State Colonels football

The 1986 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the fifth annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.This year's events were hosted at the Arkansas Natatorium at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, ArkansasTwo-time defending champions Texas again topped the team standings, finishing 47 points ahead of Florida, claiming the Longhorns' third women's team title.

1986 New England Patriots football team

The 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October 1986. It was the 65th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.The winner was Dancing Brave, a three-year-old colt trained in Great Britain by Guy Harwood. The winning jockey was Pat Eddery.The winning time of 2m 27.7s set a new record for the race. The previous record of 2m 28.0s was achieved by Detroit in 1980.The field is considered to be one of the strongest in the race's history.

The 1986 Pontins Professional was the thirteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1986 in Prestatyn, Wales.The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 11 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.Terry Griffiths won the event for the third time and the second in a row, beating Willie Thorne 9–6 in the final.

1986 Paris–Roubaix

1986 National Invitation Tournament

1986 Paine Webber Classic - Doubles

1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1986 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 17th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Rec Hall in University Park, Pennsylvania during May 1986.Pepperdine defeated USC in the final match, 3–2 (7–15, 15–13, 15–11, 5–15, 16–14), to win their third national title. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, also won by Pepperdine. The Waves (22–7) were coached by Rod Wilde.Pepperdines's Steve Friedman was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Friedman, along with six other players, also comprised the All-tournament team.

1986 New York Jets football team

The 1986 Masters (also known as the 1986 Nabisco Masters for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament. The singles event was held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States between December 3 and December 8, 1986 while the doubles competition was held at the Royal Albert Hall from December 9 through December 14. It was the year-end championship of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix tour. It was the first edition where the round robin format, which is now associated with the event, was reintroduced. As a result the singles field was halved from 16 down to 8 competitors. It was also the first time since the inaugural edition in 1970 that no player from the United States qualified for the singles event. Ivan Lendl retained the Masters title as he won it for a fourth time. Lendl defeated Becker in straight sets in a repeat of the 1985 Masters final which took place earlier in the year, in January. In the doubles competition Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd successfully defended the title.

The 1986 Northern Ireland by-elections were fifteen by-elections held on 23 January 1986, to fill vacancies in the Parliament of the United Kingdom caused by the resignation in December 1985 of all sitting Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs). The MPs, from the Ulster Unionist Party, Democratic Unionist Party and Ulster Popular Unionist Party, did this to highlight their opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

1986 Pan Pacific Open

1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football season

1986 Paine Webber Classic – Doubles

1986 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1986 Overseas Final

1986 Prize of Moscow News

1986 Philadelphia Eagles football

1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference

The 1986 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The men's tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix while the women's tournament was held at the Jarry Park Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, and was part of the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The men's tournament was held from August 11 through August 17, 1986, while the women's tournament was held from August 18 through August 24, 1986.

The 1986 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the seventh annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.West Virginia, with a team score of 6,229, won their third team title, besting defending champions Murray State by 66 points in the team standings.

1986 Pacific Tigers football

1986 PBA All-Filipino Cup

The 1986 Pacific hurricane season saw several tropical cyclones contribute to significant flooding to the Central United States. The hurricane season officially started May 15, 1986, in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1986 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1986 in both regions. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. A total of 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes developed during the season; this is slightly above the averages of 15 named storms and 8 hurricanes, respectively. In addition, 25 tropical depressions formed in the eastern Pacific during 1986, which, at the time, was the second most ever recorded; only the 1982 Pacific hurricane season saw a higher total.Several storms throughout the season affected land. Hurricane Estelle passed south of Hawaii, resulting in $2 million in damage and two deaths. Hurricanes Newton, Paine and Roslyn each struck Northwestern Mexico. While damage was minimal from these three systems near their location of landfall, Paine brought considerable flooding to the Great Plains. The overall flooding event resulted in $350 million in damage, with the worst effects being recorded in Oklahoma. Hurricane Roslyn was the strongest storm of the season, attaining peak winds of 145 mph (230 km/h).

1986 Pro Bowl

1986 Nabisco Masters - Doubles

1986 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1986 Prague Skate

1986 O-Pee-Chee (Baseball)

1986 Player's Canadian Open - Men's Singles

1986 Oscars

1986 PBA All Filipino Conference

1986 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

1986 New York Mets