1970 Season

13 EPISODES • 1970

Season 1 of Monday Night Football was released on September 21 and consists of 13 episodes.

Episodes

1: New York Jets @ Cleveland Browns

Sep 21, 1970

Monday Night Football debuts with Howard Cosell hosting along with Frank Gifford and Don Meredith.

2: Kansas City Chiefs @ Baltimore Colts

Sep 28, 1970

Johnny Unitas gets pulled from the game after throwing 2 interceptions in the first half and Len Dawson throws 4 TDs to seal the game for the Chiefs.

3: Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions

Oct 5, 1970

Future defensive line coach for the Steelers, Dick LeBeau gets 2 interceptions to beat the Bears.

4: Green Bay Packers @ San Diego Chargers

Oct 12, 1970

Green Bay get 2 TD passes from Bart Starr and a late field goal to beat the Chargers

5: Washington Redskins @ Oakland Raiders

Oct 19, 1970

John Madden makes his MNF debut as coach of the Raiders

6: Los Angeles Rams @ Minnesota Vikings

Oct 26, 1970

Howard Cosell gives updates on the recently reinstated Mohamed Ali fight with Jerry Quarry.

7: Cincinnati Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Nov 2, 1970

Rookie Terry Bradshaw makes his MNF debut.

8: Baltimore Colts @ Green Bay Packers

Nov 9, 1970

9: St Louis Cardinals @ Dallas Cowboys

Nov 16, 1970

10: New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles

Nov 23, 1970

An intoxicated Howard Cosell made it through the first half and threw up on Don Meredith's boots at halftime. Cosell left before the second half, leaving Meredith to finish the game with Keith Jackson.

11: Miami Dolphins @ Atlanta Falcons

Nov 30, 1970

12: Cleveland Browns @ Houston Oilers

Dec 7, 1970

13: Detroit Lions @ Los Angeles Rams

Dec 14, 1970

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