Editing (section) Joe Namath 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3><i>Monday Night Football'</i>s inaugural game</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The head of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22ABC%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22American%20Broadcasting%20Company%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmerican%20Broadcasting%20Company%7CABC%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15711190745dee7049123da" class="new" title="American Broadcasting Company (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQW1lcmljYW5fQnJvYWRjYXN0aW5nX0NvbXBhbnk/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">ABC</a>'s televised sports, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Roone%20Arledge%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Roone%20Arledge%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRoone%20Arledge%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15711190745dee7049123da" class="new" title="Roone Arledge (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUm9vbmVfQXJsZWRnZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Roone Arledge</a>, made sure that <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Monday%20Night%20Football%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Monday%20Night%20Football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMonday%20Night%20Football%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15711190745dee7049123da" href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a>'</i>s inaugural game (September 21, 1970) would feature Namath and the New York Jets in a game against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cleveland%20Browns%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cleveland%20Browns%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCleveland%20Browns%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15711190745dee7049123da" href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cleveland%20Municipal%20Stadium%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cleveland%20Municipal%20Stadium%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCleveland%20Municipal%20Stadium%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15711190745dee7049123da" href="/wiki/Cleveland_Municipal_Stadium" title="Cleveland Municipal Stadium">Cleveland Municipal Stadium</a>. A record crowd of 85,703 and a huge television audience (but not shown in Cleveland, due to unconditional blackout rules at the time) watched the Jets set a team record for penalties and lose on a late Namath interception. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key collegefootballmania:rte-parser-cache:6828 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes
