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This week’s Monday Night Football game features the Tennessee Titans traveling to Denver to face off against the Broncos. The Titans, who are 6-3 on the season, are looking to keep pace with the Indianapolis Colts (8-2) and Jacksonville Jaguars (7-3) in the AFC South.
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Jeff Gordon make appearance in ESPN's MNF Booth in Charlotte: #24-Jeff Gordon will make a special guest appearance in ESPN’s Monday Night Football booth when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet the Carolina Panthers Monday in Charlotte. Gordon, the winningest active drive and the current all-time money leader, will join ESPN’s Mike Tirico, Joe Theismann and Tony Kornheiser in the second quarter to discuss racing, football and other topics. The ESPN telecast will ... feature taped highlights of Theismann and sideline reporter Suzy Kolber at the Richard Petty Driving Experience. The popular MNF personalities are expected to get behind the wheel for a thrilling ride of their own Saturday night at nearby Lowe’s Motor Speedway as part of their visit to Carolina. Fans who attend the Monday Night game will also have the opportunity to see a specially-wrapped ESPN stock car that was created as part of NASCAR’s return to ESPN and ABC in 2007. The vehicle will be parked alongside ESPN The Truck in an open lot at the intersection of S. Mint and Quincy Streets in Charlotte, just a few blocks from Bank of America Stadium.(ESPN PR)(11-11-2006)
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Monday Night Football first aired on ABC on September 21, 1970, with a game between the New York Jets and the Browns in Cleveland. Advertisers were charged $65,000 per minute by ABC during the clash, a cost that proved to be a bargain when the contest collected 33 percent of the viewing audience. The Browns defeated the Jets, 31-21.
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On October 17th, 1994 Monday Night Football hosted a duel for the ages. Joe Montana brought his Kansas City Chiefs into a game against the Denver Broncos led by John Elway. The Broncos were trailing 24-21 with 1:29 left in the game when Elway ran the ball into the endzone from four yards out giving his team the lead 28-24. Joe Montana then took his team on a 75 yard drive ending with a touchdown with 8 seconds remaining in the game giving the Chiefs a 31-28 victory.
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Monday Night Football has enjoyed success throughout its 36-year run. The weekly game is popular not only with fans, but with players, as it guarantees a full national telecast of the game and puts both teams in the spotlight. Teams are selected for MNF games based partially on their success during the previous season, rewarding the best teams and biggest stars. Teams can make a maximum of three Monday night appearances per season. To avoid any scheduling unfairness, there is no Monday night game during the final week of the regular season. Instead, two games are played on the opening Monday night to capitalize on fan interest during "Kickoff Weekend". The necessity of advance scheduling sometimes results in late-season contests between lesser teams, and teams which do better than expected may not get to play on MNF until the next year.
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Monday Night Football hasn't jumped, nor will it jump. As long as men can use MNF as an excuse to escape from their wives and go to Hooter's on Monday nights to drink beer, eat chicken wings and leer at women, the show will find an audience. One area of concern... is that the show's popularity has dropped with the advent of fantasy football. While folks were once thrilled to have an NFL game played on a day other than Sunday, some are now irate that they have to wait until Monday to see how they fared in their fantasy leagues. Still, the NFL has replaced MLB as "America's game," so don't count on Monday Night Football becoming sharkbait anytime soon.
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