• NFL Exhibition Games on National TV (1965-2008) (1/2)

    From tmc1982@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 24 00:08:16 2019
    All times Eastern. Feel free to add to the list (i.e. announcers) or make corrections. I'm in the process of trying to find the 1966-67 announcers (as well as the September 1965 games):

    1965
    8/6/65 Cleveland vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:00--CHRIS SCHENKEL, KEN COLEMAN,
    KYLE ROTE, BILL FLEMMING
    8/7/65 Philadelphia vs. Washington @ Hershey, PA (CBS) 2:00
    8/8/65 AFL -- Buffalo @ Boston (NBC) 2:00--CHARLIE JONES, PAUL CHRISTMAN 8/15/65 AFL -- San Diego at Kansas City (NBC) 3:30--CHARLIE JONES, PAUL CHRISTMAN
    8/21/65 Chicago vs. Green Bay @ Milwaukee (CBS) 1:00--KEN COLEMAN, GEORGE CONNOR,
    TONY CANADEO
    8/21/65 AFL -- Buffalo vs. New York Jets @ Rutgers (NBC) 2:00--CURT GOWDY, PAUL CHRISTMAN
    8/21/65 Dallas vs. San Francisco @ Portland, OR (CBS) 11:30--JOHN ROACH, FRANK GLIEBER,
    GORDY SOLTAU
    8/22/65 AFL -- Kansas City @ Oakland (NBC) 4:00--HERB CARNEAL, ANDY ROBUSTELLI 8/28/65 Chicago vs. Los Angeles @ Nashville, TN (CBS) 1:30--GIL STRATTON, DON PAUL,
    GEORGE CONNOR
    8/29/65 Cleveland @ Detroit (CBS) 1:00--KEN COLEMAN, WARREN LAHR, SONNY GRANDELIUS
    9/4/65 Pittsburgh vs. San Francisco @ Providence, RI (CBS) 2:00
    9/11/65 Minnesota vs. New York Giants @ Omaha, NE (CBS) 1:30--JACK WHITAKER, FRANK GIFFORD,
    CLAYTON TONNEMAKER
    9/12/65 Detroit vs. Washington @ Canton, OH (HOF game) (CBS) 2:00--VAN PATRICK, PAT SUMMERALL,
    SONNY GRANDELIUS
    NOTE: The 8/21 afternoon games were interrupted by coverage of the Gemini V blastoff, which resulted in a healthy amount of angry phone calls from fans...The 8/21 Dallas-San Francisco was shown on a tape-delay basis the following afternoon in a number of
    cities due to the late start.

    1966
    8/5/66 Green Bay vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:00--CHRIS SCHENKEL, TERRY BRENNAN,
    JOHNNY LUJACK
    8/7/66 Buffalo @ Boston (NBC) 3:30 CURT GOWDY, PAUL CHRISTMAN
    8/12/66 Chicago vs. Green Bay @ Milwaukee (CBS) 8:30--LINDSEY NELSON, JOHN SAUER
    8/19/66 Baltimore @ St. Louis (CBS) 8:30
    8/26/66 Baltimore @ Cleveland (CBS) 9:30--FRANK GLIEBER, PAT SUMMERALL
    8/28/66 AFL--Oakland @ Denver (NBC) 4:30
    9/2/66 Minnesota @ Dallas (CBS) 8:00
    NOTE: The 8/26 Baltimore-Cleveland game was not tape-delayed; it was the nightcap of Art Modell's exhibition doubleheader that ran from 1962-71. The 1967 contest also falls into this category.

    1967
    8/4/67 Green Bay vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:00--CHRIS SCHENKEL, BUD WILKINSON
    8/9/67 Chicago @ Washington (CBS) 8:30--LINDSEY NELSON, PAT SUMMERALL
    8/21/67 Baltimore @ St. Louis (CBS) 8:30
    8/28/67 Green Bay @ Dallas (CBS) 8:30--JACK BUCK, FRANK GIFFORD
    9/2/67 Green Bay @ Cleveland (CBS) 9:30--RAY SCOTT, FRANK GIFFORD
    9/10/67 Cleveland @ Minnesota (CBS) 1:00--FRANK GLIEBER, PAT SUMMERALL

    1968
    8/2/68 Green Bay vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--CHRIS SCHENKEL, BUD WILKINSON,
    FRANK GIFFORD, BILL FLEMMING
    8/3/68 Dallas vs. Chicago @ Canton, OH (HOF Game) (CBS) 3:00--FRANK GLIEBER, GEORGE CONNOR
    8/11/68 Detroit @ Philadelphia (CBS) 3:00--DON CRIQUI, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/19/68 Chicago vs. Green Bay @ Milwaukee (CBS) 9:30--RAY SCOTT, PAUL CHRISTMAN
    8/24/68 Green Bay @ Dallas (CBS) 9:30--JACK BUCK, PAT SUMMERALL
    9/1/68 Minnesota @ St. Louis (CBS) 9:00--RAY SCOTT, PAT SUMMERALL
    9/7/68 Baltimore @ Dallas (CBS) 9:30--FRANK GIFFORD, LENNY MOORE
    NOTE: The 8/11 Detroit-Philadelphia game was originally scheduled for Mexico City, but was cancelled due to growing student demonstrations on 8/8. The following day, the game was rescheduled to Philadelphia. Just a guess, but the haste at switching the
    game may have been the reason for the seemingly odd pairing of Don Criqui and Frank Gifford.

    1969
    8/1/69 New York Jets vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--CHRIS SCHENKEL, BUD WILKINSON,
    KYLE ROTE, BILL FLEMMING
    8/10/69 Cleveland vs. San Francisco @ Seattle, WA (CBS) 6:00--LINDSEY NELSON, TOM BROOKSHIER,
    GIL STRATTON
    8/16/69 Chicago @ Green Bay (CBS) 8:30--RAY SCOTT, PAUL CHRISTMAN, BRUCE ROBERTS
    8/30/69 Detroit @ Washington (CBS) 6:30--JACK BUCK, PAT SUMMERALL, BILL MAZER 9/6/69 New York Giants @ Minnesota (CBS) 9:30--JACK WHITAKER, FRANK GIFFORD, BILL MAZER
    9/14/69 Baltimore @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--FRANK GLIEBER, CHUCK THOMPSON, JERRY KRAMER
    NOTE: I've seen the 8/30 broadcast listed as one of a scant few of games from this era that are in bootleg land.

    1970
    7/31/70 Kansas City vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--KEITH JACKSON, BUD WILKINSON,
    DON MEREDITH
    8/14/70 Baltimore @ Kansas City (NBC) 8:30--CURT GOWDY, KYLE ROTE
    8/22/70 Minnesota @ Houston (CBS) 9:30--JACK BUCK, PAT SUMMERALL, FRANK GLIEBER
    8/28/70 New York Giants @ Pittsburgh (ABC) 8:00--HOWARD COSELL, KEITH JACKSON, DON MEREDITH
    8/30/70 Green Bay @ Oakland (CBS) 6:00--JACK WHITAKER, FRANK GIFFORD, GIL STRATTON
    8/30/70 New York Jets @ Minnesota (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, KYLE ROTE
    9/5/70 Kansas City @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--JIM SIMPSON, AL DEROGATIS
    9/13/70 New York Jets @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--RAY SCOTT, PAT SUMMERALL, FRANK GLIEBER

    1971
    7/30/71 Baltimore vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--CHRIS SCHENKEL, BUD WILKINSON,
    HOWARD COSELL
    7/31/71 Los Angeles vs. Houston @ Canton, OH (HOF Game) (ABC) 4:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/13/71 San Francisco @ Miami (NBC) 8:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    8/20/71 Cleveland @ Dallas (NBC) 8:30--JIM SIMPSON, KYLE ROTE
    8/29/71 Detroit @ Miami (CBS)--RAY SCOTT, PAT SUMMERALL, DON CRIQUI
    8/30/71 New York Jets @ Kansas City (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD 9/3/71 Dallas @ Baltimore (CBS) 9:00--FRANK GLIEBER, PAT SUMMERALL, DON CRIQUI 9/4/71 St. Louis @ Kansas City (NBC) 8:30--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    9/12/71 Detroit @ Philadelphia (CBS) 9:00--JACK WHITAKER, TOM BROOKSHIER, DON CRIQUI
    NOTE: The 7/31 Hall of Fame game was part of Wide World of Sports and stayed as a Saturday afternoon tradition until the late '90s.

    1972
    7/28/72 Dallas vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--CHRIS SCHENKEL, BUD WILKINSON, HOWARD COSELL
    7/29/72 New York Giants vs. Kansas City @ Canton, OH (HOF Game) (ABC) 4:00 HOWARD COSELL,
    FRANK GIFFORD
    8/19/72 Oakland @ Los Angeles (NBC) 9:00--JIM SIMPSON, KYLE ROTE
    8/25/72 Washington @ Detroit (CBS) 9:00--RAY SCOTT, TOM BROOKSHIER, DON CRIQUI 8/26/72 New York Jets @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    8/27/72 Los Angeles @ Kansas City (ABC) 9:00--LINDSEY NELSON, DON MEREDITH 9/1/72 Baltimore vs. Detroit @ Tampa, FL (NBC) 8:30--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS 9/2/72 Dallas @ Kansas City (CBS) 9:00--FRANK GLIEBER, PAT SUMMERALL, DON CRIQUI
    9/10/72 Minnesota @ Miami (CBS) 6:00--JACK WHITAKER, PAT SUMMERALL, DON CRIQUI

    ALL TIMES EASTERN

    1973
    7/27/73 Miami vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30
    7/28/73 San Francisco vs. New England @ Canton (ABC) (HOF Game) 4:00--HOWARD COSELL,
    FRANK GIFFORD
    8/18/73 Minnesota @ Kansas City (NBC) 9:00
    8/24/73 Los Angeles @ Miami (NBC) 8:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    8/26/73 Green Bay @ Kansas City (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD 8/31/73 Miami @ Minnesota (CBS) 9:00
    9/1/73 Detroit @ Cleveland (NBC) 8:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    9/6/73 Miami @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--FRANK GLIEBER, PAT SUMMERALL
    9/9/73 Chicago @ Washington (CBS) 8:30--RAY SCOTT, PAT SUMMERALL

    1974
    7/26/74 Miami vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC)--CANCELLED BY PLAYER'S STRIKE
    7/27/74 St. Louis vs. Buffalo @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 4:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRED WILLIAMSON
    8/17/74 Cincinnati vs. Atlanta @ Georgia Tech (NBC) 9:00--JIM SIMPSON, JOHN BRODIE
    8/19/74 Minnesota @ Miami (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRED WILLIAMSON
    8/24/74 Miami @ Los Angeles (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS, DON MEREDITH 8/25/74 Buffalo @ Minnesota (CBS) 8:30--DON CRIQUI, PAT SUMMERALL
    8/26/74 Detroit @ Cincinnati (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRED WILLIAMSON
    8/30/74 Pittsburgh @ Washington (CBS) 9:00--LINDSEY NELSON, PAT SUMMERALL 9/2/74 Oakland @ San Francisco (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRED WILLIAMSON
    9/5/74 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS, DON MEREDITH 9/8/74 Atlanta @ Denver (CBS) 9:30--JACK BUCK, PAT SUMMERALL
    NOTE: The disastrous Fred Williamson experiment for ABC lasted four games, all of which are listed above.

    1975
    8/1/75 Pittsburgh vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30--KEITH JACKSON, HOWARD COSELL, ?
    8/2/75 Washington vs. Cincinnati @ Canton (ABC) (HOF Game) 4:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS
    8/17/75 Pittsburgh vs. Oakland @ Berkeley (CBS) 3:30--LINDSEY NELSON, SONNY JURGENSEN
    8/23/75 Los Angeles @ Buffalo (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, AL DEROGATIS
    8/30/75 New England vs. Green Bay @ Milwaukee (NBC) 9:00--JIM SIMPSON, JOHN BRODIE
    9/1/75 Miami @ Minnesota (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS 9/5/75 Oakland @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, DON MEREDITH
    9/6/75 St. Louis @ Minnesota (ABC) 7:00--Cosell, Gifford, Karras?
    9/7/75 New York Jets @ Washington (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS
    9/14/75 New England vs. New York Jets @ New Haven, CT (CBS)--CANCELLED BY PLAYER STRIKE
    9/14/75 St. Louis @ Denver (CBS) 4:00
    NOTE: The 9/6 game had the odd starting time of 7:00 Eastern because ABC presumably wanted to avoid going up against the then Miss America pageant, which was still a ratings powerhouse at the time...TV Guide appears to have ended listing announcers with
    the 9/6/75 issue.

    1976
    7/23/76 Pittsburgh vs. College All-Stars @ Chicago (ABC) 9:30
    7/24/76 Detroit vs. Denver @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    ALEX KARRAS
    8/6/76 Dallas @ Los Angeles (CBS) 10:00
    8/14/76 Pittsburgh @ Washington (NBC) 9:00
    8/20/76 New York Giants @ Pittsburgh (ABC) 8:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS
    8/21/76 Los Angeles @ Oakland (NBC) 9:00
    8/22/76 Cincinnati @ Minnesota (CBS) 1:30--PAT SUMMERALL, TOM BROOKSHIER 8/28/76 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS
    8/29/76 Oakland @ San Francisco (CBS) 3:30--PAT SUMMERALL, TOM BROOKSHIER 9/4/76 Houston @ Dallas (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, ALEX KARRAS 9/5/76 Minnesota @ Denver (CBS) 3:30
    NOTE: The College All-Star game ended in the third quarter due to pouring rain, with Pittsburgh leading 24-0. This would be the final game of the series; the earlier starting time for the HOF game was in part because of ABC's coverage of the Montreal
    Olympics.

    1977
    7/30/77 Chicago vs. New York Jets @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 3:30--HOWARD COSELL,
    FRANK GIFFORD
    8/14/77 Baltimore @ Houston (CBS) 3:45--PAT SUMMERALL, TOM BROOKSHIER
    8/19/77 Minnesota @ Baltimore (NBC) 8:30
    8/21/77 Cincinnati @ Detroit (CBS) 1:00--BRENT MUSBURGER, TOM BROOKSHIER 8/26/77 Miami @ Minnesota (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/27/77 Baltimore @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00
    8/28/77 Pittsburgh @ New England (CBS) 2:00
    9/2/77 Chicago @ St. Louis (ABC) 8:00
    9/3/77 San Francisco @ Oakland (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    9/8/77 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (NBC) 8:30--CURT GOWDY, JOHN BRODIE, MERLIN OLSEN NOTE: I'm guessing on the HOF game announcers because Gifford was inducted that day, so very well could have much bigger priorities that day.

    1978
    7/29/78 Miami vs. Philadelphia @ Canton (HOF Game) 3:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/12/78 Dallas @ Denver (CBS) 3:00
    8/18/78 Minnesota @ Miami (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/20/78 Oakland @ San Francisco (NBC) 4:00--CURT GOWDY, JOHN BRODIE
    8/25/78 San Francisco @ Denver (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD 8/26/78 Los Angeles @ Oakland (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN
    8/27/78 Cleveland @ New England (CBS) 1:45--PAT SUMMERALL, TOM BROOKSHIER,
    SONNY JURGENSEN

    1979
    7/28/79 Dallas vs. Oakland @ Canton (HOF Game) 3:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRAN TARKENTON
    8/11/79 Chicago @ New Orleans (CBS) 2:00--GARY BENDER, TOM BROOKSHIER
    8/12/79 New York Jets @ Houston (NBC) 1:30--CHARLIE JONES, LEN DAWSON
    8/12/79 Dallas @ Seattle (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRAN TARKENTON
    8/18/79 Houston @ Dallas (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRAN TARKENTON
    8/19/79 Oakland @ New England (CBS) 1:00--CURT GOWDY, HANK STRAM
    8/25/79 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN

    1980
    8/2/80 San Diego vs. Green Bay @ Canton (HOF Game) 3:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRAN TARKENTON
    8/15/80 Pittsburgh @ Atlanta (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRAN TARKENTON
    8/17/80 New Orleans @ Houston (CBS) 1:00
    8/23/80 Houston @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--DON CRIQUI, JOHN BRODIE
    8/24/80 Philadelphia @ New England (ABC) 12:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRAN TARKENTON
    8/29/80 New England @ Seattle (NBC) 8:30--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN
    8/30/80 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--CURT GOWDY, HANK STRAM, ROGER STAUBACH NOTE: The 8/2 HOF Game was ended in the third quarter with no score due to torrential rains and lightning.

    1981
    8/1/81 Cleveland vs. Atlanta @ Canton (HOF Game) 3:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRAN TARKENTON
    8/15/81 Dallas @ Los Angeles (CBS) 9:00--GARY BENDER, JOHN MADDEN
    8/21/81 Los Angeles @ San Diego (ABC) 9:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD, FRAN TARKENTON
    8/22/81 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN
    8/23/81 New Orleans vs. Philadelphia @ Syracuse (NBC) 1:00--DON CRIQUI, LEN DAWSON
    8/29/81 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/30/81 Washington @ New England (ABC) 12:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD,
    FRAN TARKENTON
    NOTE: The 8/23 game was held in the Carrier Dome.

    1982
    8/7/82 Baltimore vs. Minnesota @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 1:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/14/82 Los Angeles Raiders @ San Francisco (CBS) 3:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/20/82 Cincinnati vs. Green Bay @ Milwaukee (ABC) 8:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/21/82 Dallas @ San Diego (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/22/82 New York Jets @ Houston (NBC) 1:00--DON CRIQUI, LEN DAWSON
    8/27/82 Philadelphia @ Atlanta (ABC) 8:30--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD 8/28/82 San Francisco @ San Diego (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN
    9/3/82 New York Giants @ Miami (NBC) 8:00--DICK ENBERG, JOHN BRODIE
    9/4/82 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 8:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN

    1983
    7/30/83 New Orleans vs. Pittsburgh @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:00--HOWARD COSELL, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/12/83 New York Giants @ Pittsburgh (ABC) 8:00
    8/14/83 New England @ San Francisco (NBC) 4:00--MARV ALBERT, JOHN BRODIE 8/18/83 New York Jets @ Cincinnati (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN 8/19/83 Miami @ Washington (ABC) 8:00
    8/20/83 Philadelphia @ Green Bay (CBS) 4:00
    8/26/83 Los Angeles Raiders @ Cleveland (NBC) 8:00
    8/27/83 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00
    NOTE: It appears that an NBC game is not listed, since nine exhibitions per year were shown during the 1982-86 period, but I was unable to uncover any info on such a game.

    1984
    7/28/84 Seattle vs. Tampa Bay @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 3:00--BILL FLEMMING, O.J. SIMPSON
    8/16/84 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (ABC) 9:00
    8/17/84 New England @ Washington (NBC) 8:00
    8/18/84 San Francisco @ San Diego (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN 8/19/84 Miami @ Los Angeles Raiders (NBC) 4:00
    8/24/84 New York Jets @ Los Angeles Raiders (NBC) 9:00
    8/25/84 Washington @ New Orleans (ABC) 1:00
    8/25/84 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/26/84 Chicago vs. Buffalo @ Indianapolis (CBS) 1:00--FRANK GLIEBER, DICK VERMEIL
    NOTE: The long gap between the first and second TV games is due to the LA Olympics; the 8/26 game was scheduled the year before, but was played in Indy even after the Colts moved there.

    1985
    8/3/85 Houston vs. New York Giants @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:30--FRANK GIFFORD, JOE NAMATH, O.J. SIMPSON
    8/17/85 Dallas @ San Diego (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/18/85 Washington @ Los Angeles Raiders (NBC) 4:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN 8/19/85 Denver @ San Francisco (ABC) 9:00--FRANK GIFFORD, JOE NAMATH, O.J. SIMPSON
    8/24/85 San Diego @ San Francisco (CBS) 3:00--VERNE LUNDQUIST, JOHN MADDEN 8/24/85 Miami @ Los Angeles Raiders (NBC) 9:00--DON CRIQUI, BOB TRUMPY
    8/26/85 Chicago @ Dallas (ABC) 8:00--FRANK GIFFORD, JOE NAMATH, O.J. SIMPSON 8/30/85 San Francisco @ Seattle (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN
    8/31/85 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 8:00
    NOTE: Namath and Simpson had a crazy baptism into the MNF fold, since their first game (the HOF game) was held on the same day they were both inducted into the shrine.

    1986
    8/2/86 New England vs. St. Louis @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/3/86 Chicago vs. Dallas @ London (NBC) 1:00
    8/10/86 Los Angeles Raiders @ San Francisco (CBS) 3:00
    8/15/86 Cleveland @ Miami (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/16/86 Dallas @ Los Angeles Raiders (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN 8/22/86 Pittsburgh @ Dallas (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD
    8/23/86 St. Louis @ Chicago (CBS) 9:00--VERNE LUNDQUIST, JOHN MADDEN
    8/29/86 Los Angeles Rams @ Denver (NBC) 9:00--DON CRIQUI, BOB TRUMPY
    8/30/86 Houston @ Dallas (CBS) 9:00
    NOTE: The 8/3 game was the first TELEVISED NFL game from London; in 1983, St. Louis and Minnesota played at Wembley Stadium.

    1987
    8/8/87 Kansas City vs. San Francisco @ Canton (ABC) 12:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/9/87 Los Angeles Rams vs. Denver @ London (NBC) 1:00
    8/16/87 New York Giants @ New England (ABC) 1:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/16/87 Chicago @ Miami (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, ROY FIRESTONE, DICK BUTKUS 8/22/87 Dallas @ San Francisco (CBS) 9:00--VERNE LUNDQUIST, JOHN MADDEN 8/23/87 Los Angeles Rams @ San Diego (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, ROY FIRESTONE, JACK REYNOLDS
    8/24/87 Miami @ Denver (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/29/87 New England @ Minnesota (CBS) 3:00
    8/29/87 New York Jets @ New York Giants (NBC) 9:00--MARV ALBERT, JOE NAMATH 8/30/87 Los Angeles Raiders @ Dallas (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, ROY FIRESTONE, JOHN MATUSZAK
    8/31/87 St. Louis @ Chicago (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    9/3/87 Minnesota @ Denver (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, ROY FIRESTONE, TOM JACKSON
    9/4/87 San Francisco @ Seattle (NBC) 8:00
    9/5/87 New York Giants @ Pittsburgh (CBS) 9:00
    NOTE: ESPN begins broadcasting NFL exhibition games; it's first game is also the first game at Joe Robbie (then Pro Player, now Dolphin) Stadium. I'm fairly certain that John Madden worked the 8/29 game in Minnesota, but am not sure if Summerall or
    Lundquist was his partner.

    1988
    7/30/88 Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Rams @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    7/31/88 Miami vs. San Francisco @ London (NBC) 1:00
    8/6/88 Los Angeles Raiders @ San Francisco (CBS) 9:00
    8/7/88 New Orleans @ Minnesota (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/13/88 Washington @ Miami (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/14/88 Chicago vs. Minnesota @ Goteborg, Sweden (CBS) 1:00
    8/14/88 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/19/88 Denver @ Miami (NBC) 9:00--DON CRIQUI, BOB TRUMPY
    8/20/88 Washington @ Los Angeles Raiders (CBS) 10:00--VERNE LUNDQUIST, JOHN MADDEN
    8/21/88 Minnesota @ Phoenix (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/22/88 Chicago @ Dallas (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/25/88 Indianapolis @ Denver (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/26/88 New York Giants @ Cleveland (NBC) 9:00--DICK ENBERG, MERLIN OLSEN 8/27/88 Pittsburgh @ New Orleans (ABC) 12:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF

    1989
    8/5/89 Buffalo vs. Washington @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 1:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    8/6/89 Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/5)--MIKE PATRICK,JOE THEISMANN
    8/6/89 Cleveland vs. Philadelphia @ London (NBC) 1:00--CHARLIE JONES, MERLIN OLSEN
    8/13/89 Dallas @ San Diego (CBS) 3:00
    8/13/89 Buffalo @ Cincinnati (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/14/89 Chicago @ Miami (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/19/89 Denver @ San Francisco (CBS) 9:00
    8/20/89 New York Jets @ Philadelphia (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/21/89 Washington @ Minnesota (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/25/89 Miami @ Washington (NBC) 8:00
    8/27/89 Kansas City @ Chicago (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/28/89 Cincinnati @ New Orleans (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    9/1/89 San Francisco @ Seattle (NBC) 9:00
    9/2/89 Philadelphia @ Miami (CBS) 9:00

    1990
    8/4/90 Chicago vs. Cleveland @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 1:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    8/5/90 Denver vs. Seattle @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/4)--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/5/90 Los Angeles Raiders vs. New Orleans @ London (NBC) 1:00--DICK ENBERG, BILL WALSH
    8/11/90 Los Angeles Rams vs. Kansas City @ Berlin (NBC) 1:00--DICK ENBERG, BILL WALSH
    8/11/90 Los Angeles Raiders @ San Francisco (CBS) 9:00--PAT SUMMERALL, JOHN MADDEN
    8/13/90 New York Giants @ Buffalo (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/18/90 New York Giants @ Houston (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/19/90 Minnesota @ Cleveland (TNT) 8:00--SKIP CARAY, PAT HADEN
    8/20/90 San Francisco @ Denver (ABC) 9:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/24/90 Los Angeles Raiders @ Chicago (NBC) 8:00
    8/25/90 Denver @ Miami (TNT) 8:00--SKIP CARAY, PAT HADEN
    8/26/90 Houston @ Minnesota (CBS) 1:00
    8/27/90 Philaelphia @ Indianapolis (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/30/90 Buffalo vs. Chicago @ Columbia, SC (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/31/90 Los Angeles Rams @ Washington (TNT) 8:00--SKIP CARAY, PAT HADEN
    9/1/90 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh (CBS) 9:00
    NOTE: TNT begins broadcasting NFL exhibition games

    ALL TIMES EASTERN

    1991
    7/27/91 Denver vs. Detroit @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 12:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    7/28/91 Buffalo vs. Philadelphia @ London (NBC) 1:00
    8/3/91 Chicago vs. San Francisco @ Berlin (NBC) 1:30
    8/4/91 Los Angeles Raiders vs. Miami @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/3)--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/4/91 Washington @ Pittsburgh (TNT) 8:00
    8/5/91 Buffalo @ New York Giants (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/10/91 New York Giants @ Cleveland (CBS) 9:00
    8/11/91 Phoenix @ Chicago (TNT) 8:00
    8/12/91 Los Angeles Raiders @ Dallas (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/17/91 Buffalo vs. Green Bay @ Madison, WI (CBS) 1:00
    8/17/91 New York Jets @ New York Giants (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/18/91 Dallas @ Houston (TNT) 8:00
    8/19/91 Miami @ Denver (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/22/91 Los Angeles Rams vs. Houston @ Memphis, TN (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/23/91 San Francisco @ Seattle (NBC) 8:00
    8/24/91 Buffalo @ Chicago (CBS) 9:00

    1992
    8/1/92 New York Jets vs. Philadelphia @ Canton (ABC) 3:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    8/2/92 Houston vs. Dallas @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/1)--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/9/92 Cincinnati @ New York Giants (TNT) 7:00
    8/10/92 New Orleans @ Chicago (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/15/92 Denver vs. Miami @ Berlin (NBC) 1:00
    8/15/92 Cleveland @ New York Giants (CBS) 8:00
    8/16/92 San Francisco vs. Washington @ London (NBC) 1:00
    8/17/92 Detroit @ Buffalo (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/21/92 San Francisco @ San Diego (TNT) 8:00
    8/22/92 Houston @ New Orleans (CBS) 12:30
    8/23/92 Philadelphia @ Atlanta (ABC) 1:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/23/92 Pittsburgh @ Chicago (TNT) 8:00
    8/24/92 Buffalo @ Kansas City (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/27/92 New Orleans vs. Miami @ Baltimore (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/28/92 Buffalo @ Atlanta (NBC) 8:00
    8/29/92 Minnesota @ Washington (CBS) 8:00

    1993
    7/31/93 Los Angeles Raiders vs. Green Bay @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC)----AL MICHAELS,
    FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/1/93 New Orleans vs. Philadelphia @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (7/31)--MIKE PATRICK,
    JOE THEISMANN
    8/1/93 Pittsburgh vs. San Francisco @ Barcelona, Spain (NBC) 1:00
    8/7/93 Buffalo vs. Minnesota @ Berlin (NBC) 1:00
    8/8/93 Dallas vs. Detroit @ London (CBS) 12:30--GREG GUMBEL, TERRY BRADSHAW 8/8/93 Chicago @ Philadelphia (TNT) 8:00
    8/9/93 Cleveland @ Washington (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/12/93 Buffalo @ Kansas City (TNT) 8:00
    8/14/93 Los Angeles Raiders @ Dallas (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/16/93 San Francisco @ Denver (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/20/93 Miami @ Denver (NBC) 8:00
    8/21/93 Dallas vs. Houston @ San Antonio (CBS) 1:30
    8/22/93 Washington @ Pittsburgh (TNT) 8:00
    8/23/93 Chicago @ New Orleans (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/26/93 Pittsburgh @ Minnesota (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/28/93 San Diego @ San Francisco (CBS) 8:00

    1994
    7/30/94 Atlanta vs. San Diego @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 12:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    7/31/94 Denver vs. Los Angeles Raiders @ Barcelona, Spain (NBC) 1:00
    8/7/94 Kansas City vs. Minnesota @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/6)
    8/8/94 Washington @ Buffalo (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/12/94 Denver @ San Francisco (FOX) 8:00
    8/13/94 New York Giants vs. San Diego @ Berlin (NBC) 1:30
    8/15/94 Dallas vs. Houston @ Mexico City (ABC) 9:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/18/94 San Francisco @ San Diego (TNT) 8:00
    8/19/94 Green Bay @ New Orleans (FOX) 8:00
    8/20/94 Buffalo vs. Houston @ San Antonio (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/21/94 Denver @ Dallas (TNT) 8:00
    8/22/94 Chicago @ Kansas City (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/25/94 Dallas @ New Orleans (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/26/94 Kansas City @ Buffalo (TNT) 8:00
    8/27/94 Los Angeles Raiders @ Houston (NBC) 2:00
    8/27/94 New York Giants @ Chicago (FOX) 8:00
    NOTE: Fox enters the NFL broadcasting picture, while CBS begins a four-year hiatus.

    1995
    7/29/95 Carolina vs. Jacksonville @ Canton (HOF Game) 2:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    8/6/95 Denver vs. San Francisco @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (8/5)----MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/6/95 New York Giants @ Cleveland (NBC) 4:00
    8/7/95 Minnesota @ San Diego (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/12/95 Buffalo vs. Dallas @ Toronto (FOX) 8:00
    8/13/95 Green Bay @ Pittsburgh (NBC) 1:00
    8/13/95 San Francisco @ San Diego (TNT) 8:00
    8/14/95 Chicago @ Cleveland (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/17/95 New England @ Philadelphia (TNT) 8:00
    8/18/95 Oakland @ Minnesota (FOX) 8:00
    8/19/95 Buffalo @ Kansas City (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/20/95 Arizona @ Chicago (TNT) 8:00
    8/21/95 Dallas @ Denver (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/24/95 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/26/95 Kansas City @ Minnesota (NBC) 1:30
    8/26/95 Seattle @ San Francisco (FOX) 8:00
    NOTE: The first game of the year was also the first game for the first new expansion teams in 19 years. Also, the Raiders returned to Oakland, while the Rams moved to St. Louis.

    1996
    7/27/96 Indianapolis vs. New Orleans @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:30--AL MICHAELS,
    FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    7/28/96 Pittsburgh vs. San Diego @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:00 p.m. (7/27)--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN,
    8/5/96 Dallas vs. Kansas City @ Monterrey, Mexico (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    8/8/96 Buffalo @ Minnesota (TNT) 8:00
    8/10/96 Baltimore @ New York Giants (NBC) 1:00
    8/10/96 San Diego @ San Francisco (FOX) 8:00
    8/11/96 Miami @ Chicago (NBC) 1:00
    8/11/96 Pittsburgh @ Green Bay (TNT) 8:00
    8/12/96 New England @ Dallas (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/15/96 Oakland @ Atlanta (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/17/96 Denver @ Dallas (FOX) 7:00
    8/18/96 Philadelphia @ New England (NBC) 1:00
    8/18/96 San Francisco @ Jacksonville (TNT) 8:00
    8/19/96 Minnesota @ Miami (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF 8/22/96 Kansas City @ Chicago (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/24/96 Green Bay @ Indianapolis (FOX) 8:00
    NOTE: Baltimore was the transplanted Cleveland Browns.

    1997
    7/26/97 Minnesota vs. Seattle @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 2:30--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD,
    DAN DIERDORF
    7/27/97 Chicago vs. Pittsburgh @ Dublin, Ireland (FOX) 1:00--PAT SUMMERALL, MATT MILLEN
    7/31/97 New England @ Green Bay (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/3/97 Carolina @ Jacksonville (NBC) 3:00
    8/3/97 Oakland @ Dallas (TNT) 8:00
    8/4/97 Denver vs. Miami @ Mexico City (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/10/97 Chicago @ Miami (TNT) 8:00
    8/11/97 Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/14/97 Carolina @ Kansas City (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN 8/15/97 St. Louis @ Dallas (FOX) 8:00
    8/16/97 Buffalo vs. Green Bay @ Toronto (NBC) 4:00
    8/17/97 Denver @ New England (NBC) 1:00
    8/17/97 Detroit @ Pittsburgh (TNT) 8:00
    8/18/97 Jacksonville @ San Francisco (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, FRANK GIFFORD, DAN DIERDORF
    8/21/97 Washington @ Miami (ESPN) 8:00--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN
    8/23/97 San Francisco @ Denver (FOX) 8:00

    1998
    8/1/98 Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay @ Canton (HOF Game) (ABC) 7:00--AL MICHAELS, DAN DIERDORF, BOOMER ESIASON
    8/2/98 Green Bay vs. Kansas City @ Tokyo (ESPN) 10:15 p.m. (8/1)--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN,
    PAUL MAGUIRE
    8/13/98 Tampa Bay @ Miami (ESPN) 8:20--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN, PAUL MAGUIRE
    8/15/98 San Francisco vs. Seattle @ Vancouver (CBS) 8:00
    8/16/98 Oakland @ Green Bay (FOX) 4:00
    8/17/98 Dallas vs. New England @ Mexico City (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, DAN DIERDORF,
    BOOMER ESIASON
    8/20/98 New York Giants @ New York Jets (ESPN) 8:20--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN,
    PAUL MAGUIRE
    8/23/98 Miami @ San Francisco (FOX) 4:00
    8/24/98 Green Bay @ Denver (ABC) 8:00--AL MICHAELS, DAN DIERDORF, BOOMER ESIASON
    8/27/98 Dallas @ Jacksonville (CBS) 8:00
    8/29/98 Carolina @ Pittsburgh (ESPN) 8:20--MIKE PATRICK, JOE THEISMANN, PAUL MAGUIRE

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