List of NFL on ABC results

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The following is a list of results and scores from National Football League games aired on ABC.

ABC Monday Night Football

From 1970 to 2005, Monday Night Football aired exclusively on ABC.[1]

ESPN Monday Night Football

Since the 2020 season, select Monday Night Football games have been simulcast on ABC.[2][3] Since the 2021 season, ABC has simulcast the Week 18 Saturday doubleheader with ESPN.[4] Beginning with the 2022 NFL season, ABC exclusively airs select Monday Night Football games.[5]

Key

Color Indication
Saturday game
Flexed game
Exclusive game (Not simulcast on ESPN)

2020 season

All games also simulcast on ESPN.

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Week Day Date Visiting team Final score Host team Stadium Notes
2 Monday September 21 New Orleans Saints 24–34 Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium First NFL game in Las Vegas.
Game Megacast on ESPN2
13 December 7 Buffalo Bills 34–24 San Francisco 49ers State Farm Stadium[a] Bills win first MNF game since 1999
16 December 28 Buffalo Bills 38–9 New England Patriots Gillette Stadium Bills–Patriots rivalry
Patriots were swept by a team for the first time since 2000
  1. ^ Game was played at State Farm Stadium (home of the Arizona Cardinals) in Glendale, Arizona, as the 49ers’ normal home stadium, Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, was unavailable due to Santa Clara County imposing a three week ban on all pro and college team practices and games in response to high levels of COVID-19 cases.

2021 season

All games simulcast on ESPN and ESPN+.

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Week Day Date Visiting team Final score Home team Stadium Notes
1 Monday September 13 Baltimore Ravens 27–33 Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium First game at Allegiant Stadium with fans in attendance
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
14 December 13 Los Angeles Rams 30–23 Arizona Cardinals State Farm Stadium Cardinals–Rams rivalry
15 December 20 Minnesota Vikings 17–9 Chicago Bears Soldier Field Bears–Vikings rivalry
18 Saturday January 8, 2022 Kansas City Chiefs 28–24 Denver Broncos Empower Field at Mile High Broncos–Chiefs rivalry
Dallas Cowboys 51–26 Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Cowboys–Eagles rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff.

2022 season

All games simulcast on ESPN and ESPN+ unless otherwise noted.

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Week Day Date Visiting team Final score Home team Stadium Notes
1 Monday September 12 Denver Broncos 16–17 Seattle Seahawks Lumen Field Broncos–Seahawks rivalry
Super Bowl XLVIII rematch
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
2 September 19 Minnesota Vikings 7–24 Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field 8:30 ET Kickoff
ABC’s first exclusive NFL broadcast since Super Bowl XL
3 September 26 Dallas Cowboys 23–16 New York Giants
Metlife Stadium
Cowboys–Giants rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
15 December 19 Los Angeles Rams 12–24 Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field 2021 Week 12 rematch
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
17 January 2, 2023
(Cancelled)
Buffalo Bills (No Contest) Cincinnati Bengals Paycor Stadium 8:30 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN2 due to Rose Bowl airing earlier in the day on ESPN
First MNF package game at Paycor Stadium since the name change
Game postponed in the 1st quarter due to Damar Hamlin collapsing on the field
Game declared a no contest by the NFL on January 5.
18 Saturday January 7, 2023 Kansas City Chiefs 31–13 Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium Chiefs–Raiders rivalry
4:30 ET Kickoff
Tennessee Titans 16–20 Jacksonville Jaguars
TIAA Bank Field
Jaguars–Titans rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff

2023 season

Initially only nine games were planned for ABC,[9] however on September 18, ABC announced that they would air Monday Night Football every week of the 2023 season due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.[10]

All games are simulcast on ESPN unless otherwise noted.

Week Day Date Visiting team Final score Home team Stadium Notes
1 Monday September 11 Buffalo Bills 16–22 New York Jets MetLife Stadium Aaron Rodgers regular season debut for the New York Jets
Bills–Jets rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
2 September 18 Cleveland Browns 22–26 Pittsburgh Steelers Acrisure Stadium Browns–Steelers rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+
3 September 25 Philadelphia Eagles 25–11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium 7:15 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+
4 October 2 Seattle Seahawks 24–3 New York Giants MetLife Stadium Game Megacast on ESPN2
5 October 9 Green Bay Packers 13–17 Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium Super Bowl II rematch
Game Megacast on ESPN2
6 October 16 Dallas Cowboys 20–17 Los Angeles Chargers SoFi Stadium
7 October 23 San Francisco 49ers 17–22 Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium Game Megacast on ESPN2
8 October 30 Las Vegas Raiders 14–26 Detroit Lions Ford Field
9 November 6 Los Angeles Chargers 27–6 New York Jets MetLife Stadium Game Megacast on ESPN2
10 November 13 Denver Broncos 24–22 Buffalo Bills Highmark Stadium Game Megacast on ESPN2
11 November 20 Philadelphia Eagles 21–17 Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium Rematch of Super Bowl LVII
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
12 November 27 Chicago Bears 12–10 Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium Bears–Vikings rivalry
13 December 4 Cincinnati Bengals 34–31 Jacksonville Jaguars
TIAA Bank Field
Game Megacast on ESPN2
14 December 11 Green Pay Packers 22-24 New York Giants MetLife Stadium Giants–Packers rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game Megacast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
15 December 18* Philadelphia Eagles 17-20 Seattle Seahawks Lumen Field First ever Monday Night Football game to be flexed (originally Patriots/Chiefs)
Game also Megacast on ESPN2
16 December 25 Baltimore Ravens 33-19 San Francisco 49ers Levi's Stadium Rematch of Super Bowl XLVII
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+
17 Saturday December 30 Detroit Lions 19-20 Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium 8:15 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+
Game moved to Saturday to accommodate the College Football Playoff semifinals on New Year’s Day
18 January 6, 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers 17-10 Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium Ravens–Steelers rivalry
4:30 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+
Houston Texans 23-19 Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium Colts–Texans rivalry
8:15 ET Kickoff
Game also simulcast on ESPN+

Playoff games (2015–present)

Since the 2016 playoffs and 2024 playoffs respectively, ESPN's coverage of NFL Wild Card and Divisional Playoff game has been simulcast on ABC.[11]

All games simulcasted on ESPN unless otherwise noted.

Year Date Day Kickoff (ET) Visiting team Final score Host team Stadium Significance
2016 January 9, 2016 Saturday 4:35 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs 30–0 Houston Texans NRG Stadium AFC No. 5 vs AFC No. 4 matchup
2015 Week 1 rematch
2017 January 7, 2017 Oakland Raiders 14–27 Houston Texans NRG Stadium AFC No. 5 vs AFC No. 4 matchup
2016 Week 11 rematch
2018 January 6, 2018 Tennessee Titans 22–21 Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium AFC No. 5 vs AFC No. 4 matchup
2016 Week 15 rematch
Titans overcome 21–3 deficit
2019 January 5, 2019 Indianapolis Colts 21–7 Houston Texans NRG Stadium Colts–Texans rivalry
AFC No. 6 vs AFC No. 3 matchup
2020 January 4, 2020 Buffalo Bills 19–22 Houston Texans NRG Stadium AFC No. 5 vs AFC No. 4 matchup
Texans overcome 16–0 deficit.
2021 January 10, 2021 Sunday 1:05 p.m. Baltimore Ravens 20–13 Tennessee Titans Nissan Stadium Ravens–Titans rivalry
2019 AFC Divisional playoff rematch
AFC No. 5 vs AFC No. 4 matchup
Game Megacast on ESPN2, ESPN+, and Freeform.
2019 NFL MVP Lamar Jackson wins his first playoff game
2022 January 17, 2022 Monday 8:15 p.m. Arizona Cardinals 11–34 Los Angeles Rams SoFi Stadium
Cardinals-Rams rivalry
NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup
Game Megacast on ESPN2, and ESPN+
Rams QB Matthew Stafford
wins his first career playoff game
2023 January 16, 2023 Dallas Cowboys 31–14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup
Game Megacast on ESPN2, and ESPN+
Week 1 rematch
2024 January 15, 2024 Philadelphia Eagles 9–32 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium NFC No. 5 vs. No. 4 matchup
Game Megacast on ESPN2, and ESPN+
Week 3 rematch
January 20, 2024 Saturday 4:35 p.m. Houston Texans 10-34 Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium First ever divisional round game on ABC

Pro Bowl (2018–present)

Since the 2018 Pro Bowl, ESPN's coverage of NFL Pro Bowl game has been simulcast on ABC.[12]

All games simulcast on ESPN, and Disney XD (except 2018) unless otherwise noted.

Year Date Visiting team Final score Host team Stadium Significance
2018 January 28, 2018 NFC 23–24 AFC Camping World Stadium
2019 January 27, 2019 AFC 26–7 NFC Camping World Stadium
2020 January 26, 2020 NFC 33–38 AFC Camping World Stadium Joe Tessitore announces the first on-air confirmation of the death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.
2021 January 31, 2021 Game was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. A two-hour special was aired in place of the game, honoring the selected Pro Bowlers.
2022 February 6, 2022 AFC 41–35 NFC Allegiant Stadium Final tackle football game played.
2023 February 5, 2023 AFC 33–35 NFC Allegiant Stadium First flag football game played.
2024 February 4, 2024 NFC 64-59 AFC Camping World Stadium

See also

References

  1. ^ "Monday Night Football - History of ABC's Monday Night Football".
  2. ^ "First regular-season game in Las Vegas will be simulcast on ABC". NBCSports.com. May 7, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  3. ^ "ABC will air 2 'Monday Night Football' games in December". USA Today. 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  4. ^ "NFL announces TV deals with ESPN/ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Amazon". ESPN.com. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  5. ^ "What You Need to Know About the 'Monday Night Football' Doubleheader". Sports Illustrated. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  6. ^ "2020 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (PDF). nfl.com (Press release). May 7, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "2021 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (PDF). nfl.com (Press release). May 12, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "2022 NFL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED" (PDF). nfl.com (Press release). May 12, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 NFL Schedule Announced". nfl.com (Press release). May 11, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  10. Sports Business Journal
    . September 18, 2023. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "NFL Wild Card Playoff Game Will Return to ESPN – and Be Simulcast for the First Time on ABC". ESPN Press Room. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  12. ^ "2018 Pro Bowl on ESPN and ABC Up 25 Percent". ESPN Press Room. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2021-12-14.