In the 2012 season, a "Monday" Night Football game was broadcast on ESPN, which featured the Lions taking on the Falcons, on December 22, 2012, which was actually a Saturday, rescheduled from the usual Monday. The Lions lost, 31-18
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Prior to the October 10, 2011 game against the Bears at Ford Field that was October 8, 2001 when the St. Louis Rams defeated the Lions, 35-0, at the Silverdome.
The two NFL football teams played in Monday night football on September 21st 2009 was Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets.
Monday Night Football started in 1970.
As of the 2008 season, the Houston Texans have never played a game on Monday Night Football. The Carolina Panthers have the second fewest appearances with 6. Of the teams that were in the NFL when Monday Night Football began (1970), the Arizona Cardinals have the fewest appearances with 18.
Through the 2009 season, there have been three MNF tie games - 1) Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, 14-14, on November 1, 1971. 2) Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos, 23-23, on October 23, 1973. 3) New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, 20-20, on October 24, 1983.
In Tennessee their Monday Night record is 8-5.