The first game in the MNF history was played September 21, 1970 between the New York Jets and Cleveland Browns in Cleveland. The Browns won 31-21.
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Monday Night Football starts each year at 8:00 PM Central time. Each Monday night a different team will play each other.
yes at the begining of the year
1987
Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford and Don Meredith The first year of MNF, 1970, was Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, and Don Meredith. Gifford replaced Jackson as the play-by-play man in 1971.
1982