List of Monday Night Football results (1970–89)
Day Date Visiting Team Final Score Host Team Stadium
Monday September 20 Minnesota Vikings 16-13 Detroit Lions Tiger Stadium
Monday September 27 New York Jets 10-17 St. Louis Cardinals Busch Memorial Stadium
Monday October 4 Oakland Raiders 34-20 Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium
Monday October 11 New York Giants 13-20 Dallas Cowboys Cotton Bowl
Monday October 18 Pittsburgh Steelers 16-38 Kansas City Chiefs Municipal Stadium
Monday October 25 Baltimore Colts 3-10 Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
Monday November 1 Detroit Lions 14-14 Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
Monday November 8 Los Angeles Rams 17-24 Baltimore Colts Memorial Stadium
Monday November 15 St. Louis Cardinals 17-20 San Diego Chargers San Diego Stadium
Monday November 22 Green Bay Packers 21-28 Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Stadium
Monday November 29 Chicago Bears 3-34 Miami Dolphins Miami Orange Bowl
Monday December 6 Kansas City Chiefs 26-17 San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park
Monday December 13 Washington Redskins 38-24 Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1970s -- 1971 NFL season
The October 11 game was the final NFL contest played in the Cotton Bowl . The Dallas Cowboys moved into Texas Stadium for its next home game on October 24 versus the New England Patriots . Wide receiver Dave Smith of the Pittsburgh Steelers became a part of Monday Night Football lore with an infamous mistake in the October 18 game against the Kansas City Chiefs . Smith was en route to scoring on a 50-yard pass play when he raised the ball over his head before reaching the end zone . Smith lost control of the ball , thinking he had already scored , with the mistake resulting in a touchback for the Chiefs . The November 1 game between the visiting Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers ended in a 14–14 tie at County Stadium in Milwaukee . The first tie in the history of the Monday Night Football series . The December 13 game saw the triumphant return of George Allen to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , where he coached the Los Angeles Rams for five seasons ( 1966–70 ) . Allen 's new team , the Washington Redskins , clinched its first playoff berth since 1945 with a 38–24 victory over the Rams , also handing the NFC West championship to the San Francisco 49ers . Ironically , the 49ers ousted the Redskins from the playoffs with a 24–20 victory 13 days later . In addition , one of the contestants for an NFL punt , pass and kick contest shown during the game would be future Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid . The October 25 game featured a moment of silence for Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes who died of a heart attack on the field at Tiger Stadium the previous day . The 49ers made their MNF debut December 6 vs. Kansas City at home .
Beginning in the 1970 NFL season, the National Football League began scheduling a weekly regular season game on Monday night before a national television audience. From 1970 to 2005, the ABC television network carried these games, with the ESPN cable television network taking over beginning in September 2006. Listed below are games played from 1970 to 1989.