The murder of John Lennon was revealed nationally during that evening's Monday Night Football broadcast.
 On October 17, 1983, the second  highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history took place in the Green Bay Packers-Washington Redskins game, with the Packers winning the game by a score of 4847
=== Tirico, Theismann, and Kornheiser ===ESPN's first Monday night broadcast was a preseason game held on August 14, 2006, when the Oakland Raiders visited the Minnesota Vikings, publicized as the return of Randy Moss to Minnesota for the first time since the Vikings traded him after the 2004 season

