2009 NFL Monday Night Football Schedule on ESPN

The 40th season of Monday Night Football will kick off on ESPN with a doubleheader Monday, Sept. 14 previously announced Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots (7 p.m. ET) and San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.) and will continue with a total of 17 primetime games. Following a successful season that delivered the three biggest cable household audiences of the year, and 13 of the top 15, ESPN's schedule will feature all 12 playoff teams from 2008, including both the defending Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers and NFC champion Arizona Cardinals. You can enjoy all of the Monday Night Football broadcasts in High Def with Satellite TV. ESPN is included with every Satellite TV Channel Package, and you can add HD Access for only $10 more.

Play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico and analysts Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser will call the MNF game telecast each week at 8:30 p.m. with additional MNF and NFL-related content available throughout the day across ESPN's multimedia platforms.

ESPN's Monday Night Football is the most-watched series in cable television history and the only NFL series nominated for a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Live Sports Series category the past three years (2006-08). In three seasons on ESPN, Monday Night Football has registered seven of the top 10 all-time biggest household audiences in cable history, led by the Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys telecast (9/15/08), which attracted cable's largest household audience ever (an average of 12,953,000 million homes).

The complete Regular Season Schedule is as follows:

Date Time (ET)

Sept. 14  7:00p.m. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots

Sept. 14  10:15 p.m. San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders

Sept. 21  8:30 p.m. Indianapolis Colts at Miami Dolphins

Sept. 28  8:30 p.m. Carolina Panthers at Dallas Cowboys

Oct. 5     8:30 p.m. Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings

Oct. 12   8:30 p.m. New York Jets at Miami Dolphins

Oct. 19   8:30 p.m. Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers

Oct. 26   8:30 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins

Nov. 2    8:30 p.m. Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

Nov. 9    8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos

Nov. 16  8:30 p.m. Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns

Nov. 23  8:30 p.m. Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans

Nov. 30  8:30 p.m. New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints

Dec. 7   8:30 p.m. Baltimore Ravens at Green Bay Packers

Dec. 14  8:30 p.m. Arizona Cardinals at San Francisco 49ers

Dec. 21  8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Washington Redskins

Dec. 28   8:30 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

Jan. 31  7:30 p.m. NFL Pro Bowl: NFC vs. AFC

All games on ESPN and ESPN HD on Satellite TV.