In this article, you will learn about what is Monday Night Football and when it started. Moreover, how many teams play these games and the names of that teams,
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Monday Night Football which is also known as ESPN MNF is an American live television broadcast of weekly NFL (National football league) games. It originated in the united states. It was released on exactly September 21, 1970. You can watch these games on ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN+, and ABC in the united states. Monday Night Football started in 1970. And it was aired on ABC until 2005. After 2005 it was shifted to ESPN. It was created by Roone Arledge and was directed by Chet forte in the beginning. As time passed the directors kept on changing. After chet forte Larry Kamm replaced him. After Larry Kamm, other directors were elected such as chip Dean, Drew Esocoff, etc. In 2019, Jimmy Platt became the director of MNF and since then he is the director of it. The rules analyst of ESPN Monday Night Football is John Parry. The current commentators are such as Joe buck, and Troy Aikman, and the Reporters are such as Lisa salters, Laura Rutledge and Michelle Beisner-Buck. The 53 seasons and 718 episodes have been aired of MNF so far. Muti-Camera is the Camera Setup of MNF. The running time of this telecast is 3-4 hours. National Football League, ABC Sports (1970-2005), and ESPN (1970-Present) are the production companies of Monday Night Football.
There are 32 teams in MNF ( Monday Night Football). The Name of the teams are as follows:
Seattle Seahawks
San Francisco 49ers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Carolina Panthers
Oakland Raiders
Dallas Cowboys
Philadelphia Eagles
Houston Texans
Tennessee Titans
Kansas City Chiefs
Indianapolis Colts
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jacksonville Jaguars
Baltimore Ravens
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
San Diego Chargers
Denver Broncos
Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints
Washington Redskins
Buffalo Bills
New York Jets
Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Arizona Cardinals
Cincinnati Bengals
Atlanta Falcons
Dallas Cowboys is the team that has appeared the most in Monday Night Football and according to some statistics, this is the most favorite team of the watchers with 8.51 million supporters. The Pittsburgh Steelers is the team that has got the most win and they had 50 wins till now. The Chicago Bears is the team that has played the most games as they have played 1,440 games until now.
It is expected that 18 games will be played this fall. Now, let's look at the schedule of the upcoming weeks of Monday Night Football. 9 Weeks had already been aired. The 10th week is going to be played On November 14 at 8:15 p.m. ET on a TV channel named ESPN. The 11th week will be played on November 28 at 8:15 p.m. on ESPN. Then week 13 will be on December 5, week 14 on December 12, week 15 on December 19, week 16 on December 26, and week 17 on January 2, 2023. This is the schedule for the upcoming weeks of Monday Night Football.
From the above text, you have learned about what is Monday Night Football which is widely known as MNF. When it was started and how many teams are playing and the names of these teams also the schedule for upcoming weeks.