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What Was
the Greatest Monday Night Football Game?
ABC Sports Online
On Nov. 11, 2002, the Raiders and Broncos played in the 500th regular
season telecast of Monday Night Football. To celebrate, we asked fans to
vote for their favorite MNF game. They selected the Jets' comeback over
the Dolphins in 2000. Here is a rundown of the five games.
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Miami at
Houston
Nov.
20, 1978 |
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Earl Campbell rushed for 199 yards and four touchdowns as he outdueled
Bob Griese at the Astrodome. Miami took a 23-21 lead early in the fourth
quarter when A.J. Duhe sacked Dan Pastorini in the end zone for a
safety. But Campbell scored twice in the final seven minutes, including
an 81-yard sprint with 1:11 to go to ice the game. Griese, who threw an
11-yard TD pass on the game's final play, finished the night 23-for-33
for 349 yards and two TDs. (Video) |
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Dallas at
Washington
Sept.
5, 1983 |
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Danny White passed for three second-half touchdowns and ran for another
to rally Dallas from a 23-3 halftime deficit to beat the defending Super
Bowl champions. The Cowboys compiled only 85 first-half yards, but
exploded for 271 in the final two quarters. White completed bombs of 75
and 51 yards to Tony Hill to put the Cowboys within striking distance.
His 1-yard TD run 2:35 into the final quarter put Dallas up 24-23. Joe
Theismann tried to rally Washington, but Ron Fellows' 33-yard
interception return set up Doug Cosbie's 1-yard scoring catch two plays
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Chicago at
Miami
Dec.
2, 1985 |
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Dan
Marino threw three touchdown passes and Ron Davenport ran for two more
as the Dolphins handed the Bears their first (and only) loss of the
season. Davenport's TD runs and Marino's two scoring passes to Nat Moore
highlighted Miami's first-half explosion, scoring on their first five
possessions to take a 31-10 lead. The Bears, who had shut out their
previous two opponents, had come into the game 12-0 and looking to
become just the second team in NFL history to finish a season
undefeated (video).
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Kansas
City at Denver
Oct. 17, 1994 |
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In one of the greatest exhibitions of gunslinging quarterbacks, Joe
Montana and John Elway battled back-and-forth all night at Mile High.
The game was tied after one quarter. The game was tied at the half. The
game was tied after three quarters. Then, with 4:08 to go, Lin Elliott
kicked a 19-yard field goal to give the Chiefs a 24-21 lead. Elway
brought the Broncos back, and finished off the drive with a 4-yard TD
run with 1:29 to go. Montana responded again, this time hitting Willie
Davis for a 5-yard touchdown with eight seconds to go to give the Chiefs
the win (video). |
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Miami at
New York Jets
Oct. 23, 2000 |
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With
Miami leading 30-7 early in the fourth quarter, the crowd at Giants
Stadium was thinning. But then Vinny Testaverde hit Laveranues Coles
with a 30-yard TD pass and Jermaine Wiggins with a 1-yard TD pass.
Suddenly it was 30-20. John Hall kicked a 34-yard field goal, and it was
a seven-point game with more than five minutes to go. Wayne Chrebet's
24-yard TD catch with 3:55 tied the game. The Dolphins responded with a
46-yard TD pass from Jay Fiedler. But Vinny would not be denied.
Testaverde, who would finish the night 36-for-59 for 378 yards and 5
TDs, hit tackle eligible Jumbo Elliott with a 3-yard TD with 42 seconds
left and then directed the team to a game-winning field goal by Hall in
overtime. |
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