When was the first Monday Night Football game aired?
September 21, 1970
The New York Jets meet the Cleveland Browns in the first-ever Monday Night Football game on September 21, 1970.
How long has Monday Night Football been on?
Monday Night Football
| ESPN Monday Night Football | |
|---|---|
| Original network | ABC (1970–2005; 2016–present) ESPN (2006–present) ESPN2 (2020–present)) ESPN+ (2021–present) |
| Picture format | NTSC (1970–2010) HDTV 720p (2006–present) |
| Original release | September 21, 1970 – present |
| Chronology |
Who announced Monday Night Football in the 70s?
Monday Night Football All-Time Commentators (1970-present)
| Year | Commentators |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith |
| 1971 | Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith |
| 1972 | Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith |
| 1973 | Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith |
Who introduced Monday Night Football?
Roone Arledge
Roone Arledge, the TV sports visionary who made “Monday Night Football” a national viewing habit, and turned the earnest but ancient Olympic Games into a worldwide television spectacular, died Thursday, Dec. 5. He was 71. Roone Arledge created “Wide World of Sports” and “The American Sportsman” for ABC.
Who won the first televised Monday Night Football game in 1970?
Joe Namath and Jets lose first ever Monday Night Football game in 1970, fall to the Cleveland Browns 31-21.
When was the first NFL night game?
1929
The first NFL game played at night was in 1929 when the Chicago Cardinals played the Providence Steam Roller.
What time did Monday Night Football start in the 1990s?
Michaels, Dierdorf, and Esiason For the 1998 season, ABC pushed Monday Night Football back an hour (it has usually aired at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
Did Madden do Monday Night Football?
Monday Night Football – From The Booth. John Madden and Al Michaels bring to you Monday Night Football every week. Madden, who coached the Oakland Raiders to a championship in Super Bowl XI, joined ABC Sports last season.
When was the first Sunday Night Football game?
November 8, 1987
ESPN Sunday Night Football was the ESPN cable network’s weekly television broadcasts of Sunday evening National Football League (NFL) games. The first ESPN Sunday night broadcast occurred on November 8, 1987, while the last one aired on January 1, 2006.
Who had Sunday night football before NBC?
ESPN
Previously, ESPN broadcast Sunday night NFL games from 1987–2005. Starting with the 2006 NFL season, NBC was awarded the rights to air Sunday night primetime American football games, as well as the rights to air two games of the NFL playoffs.
Who played in the first NFL night game?
The first NFL game played at night was in 1929 when the Chicago Cardinals played the Providence Steam Roller.
Where was the first Monday Night Football game?
Cleveland
Monday Night Football first aired on ABC on September 21, 1970, with a game between the New York Jets and the Browns in Cleveland.
When did John Madden call Monday Night Football?
Following Summerall’s retirement after the 2001 season, Madden moved on to ABC’s Monday Night Football and then to NBC’s Sunday Night Football in 2006, making him the only sports broadcaster ever to call games for all four major U.S. broadcast networks.
Who started Sunday Night Football?
The first NBC Sunday night regular season telecast was a blockbuster: on Sept. 10, 2006, the Giants hosted the Indianapolis Colts in the first game in NFL history in which the starting quarterbacks were brothers, Eli and Peyton Manning. The Giants lost, 26-21.
When did NFL start playing Thursday night games?
2006
Presented by Bud Light, Thursday Night Football started in 2006 with an eight-game schedule exclusively on NFL Network. By 2012, Thursday Night Football had grown to a 13-game schedule exclusively on NFL Network, where it remained through the 2013 season.
When did the NFL start Sunday Night Football?
Who was John Madden’s cause of death?
Madden died of undisclosed causes at his home in Pleasanton, California, on December 28, 2021, at the age of 85.