What NFL Teams Play on Monday Night Football?
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Wondering what NFL teams play on Monday Night Football? We’ve got you covered with a complete list of the matchups for the entire season.
Introduction
Monday Night Football is a weekly televised event that features one National Football League game. The game is broadcast on the ESPN network and typically features two of the league’s better teams.
In recent years, the Monday Night Football broadcast has also featured a pre-game show and post-game show. The pre-game show generally runs for two hours, while the post-game show runs for one hour.
History of Monday Night Football
Monday Night Football is a television institution, having aired continuously since 1970 on ABC (and, since 2006, ESPN). It’s also one of the most popular programs in sports broadcasting history.
The brainchild of then-ABC Sports president Roone Arledge, Monday Night Football was conceived as a way to showcase the best match-ups of the week in primetime and to generate increased interest in the sport of professional football. The first broadcast on September 21, 1970 featured the New York Jets defeated by the Cleveland Browns, 31-21.
Over the years, Monday Night Football has been honored with numerous prestigious awards, including 54 Emmy Awards (with eight for Outstanding Live Sports Special), three George Foster Peabody Awards, three Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and a prestigious Peabody Award for its “wildly popular and innovative” opening theme song.
The Teams
The NFL usually releases the Monday night football schedule in late April or early May. This gives viewers plenty of time to decide which game they want to watch. The Monday night games are usually the most exciting because they’re the only games being played.
The New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays its home games at Gillette Stadium in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of downtown Boston.
The Patriots are also headquartered at Gillette Stadium. An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in 1970 after the AFL–NFL merger. The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971. The Patriots played their home games at Foxboro Stadium from 1971 to 2001, then moved to Gillette Stadium at the start of 2002.
The Green Bay Packers
The Packers have played in more Monday night games than any other team, a total of 39 as of 2012. They have also won the most Monday night games of any team, with 23 victories. The Packers’ most recent Monday night game was a 27-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in 2012.
The Dallas Cowboys
Monday Night Football is a nationally televised broadcast of primetime professional American football. The television program airs on the cable network ESPN, which is available in nearly 98 million households in the United States, and features the most prominent and prestigious NFL games of the week. The Monday Night Football telecast has been one of the most watched programs on ESPN since its debut in 1987, and is considered to be one of the highest-rated cable television broadcasts of all time.
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team that competes in the National Football League (NFL). The Cowboys are headquartered in Frisco, Texas, and play their home games at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. They are currently members of the NFC East division.
Conclusion
In conclusion, eight NFL teams will play on Monday Night Football during the 2020 season. These teams are the Baltimore Ravens, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
