ESPN Sunday Night Football results
Day Date Visiting Team Final Score Host Team Stadium
Sunday October 30 Washington Redskins 17-41 Houston Oilers Astrodome
Sunday November 6 Los Angeles Raiders 13-3 San Diego Chargers Jack Murphy Stadium
Sunday November 13 Minnesota Vikings 43-3 Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
Sunday November 20 New England Patriots 6-3 Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie Stadium
Sunday November 27 New York Giants 13-12 New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Sunday December 4 Pittsburgh Steelers 37-34 Houston Oilers Astrodome
Sunday December 11 Denver Broncos 14-42 Seattle Seahawks Kingdome
Sunday December 18 Los Angeles Rams 38-16 San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park
1980s -- 1988
The December 18 game between the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams featured the Rams clinching the final NFC wild card , eliminating the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from playoff contention . Giants quarterback Phil Simms accused San Francisco of losing intentionally to put an end to the Giants ' season .
This is a list of results of National Football League games played on ESPN Sunday Night Football. In 1987, the NFL began regularly scheduling games for Sunday nights to be aired on ESPN during the second half of the season. The league expanded these games to the entire season in 1990, though the first half of the season was televised on TNT, while ESPN continued to carry the second half. In 1998, ESPN took over the entire season's slate of games. The network also aired occasional Thursday and Saturday night games when they were scheduled (some of these games were either to avoid conflicts with the World Series, or because Sunday was Christmas Eve).