The 39th season of Monday Night Football will open on ESPN with a nationally televised doubleheader Monday, Sept. 8 previously announced Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers (7 p.m. ET) and Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m.) and will continue with a total of 17 prime time games. Following a successful season that delivered the four biggest cable household audiences of the year, and 16 of the top 20, ESPN's schedule will feature 11 playoff teams from 2007, including both the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants and AFC champion New England Patriots.
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 both the past two years. In two seasons on ESPN, Monday Night Football has registered nine of the top 10 all-time biggest household audiences in cable history, led by the New England Patriots-Baltimore Ravens telecast (12/03/07), which attracted cable's largest audience ever (12.5 million homes and 17.5 million viewers).
The complete Regular Season Schedule is as follows:
Date Time (ET)
Sept. 8 7 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers 10:15 p.m. Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders
Sept. 15 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
Sept. 22 8:30 p.m. New York Jets at San Diego Chargers
Sept. 29 8:30 p.m. Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers
Oct. 6 8:30 p.m. Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
Oct. 13 8:30 p.m. New York Giants at Cleveland Browns
Oct. 20 8:30 p.m. Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
Oct. 27 8:30 p.m. Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans
Nov. 3 8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Steelers at Washington Redskins
Nov. 10 8:30 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals
Nov. 24 8:30 p.m. Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints
Dec. 1 8:30 p.m. Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans
Dec. 8 8:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
Dec. 15 8:30 p.m. Cleveland Browns at Philadelphia Eagles
Dec. 22 8:30 p.m. Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
