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MNF History: 1987
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Notes from the 1987 MNF season:
Dan Dierdorf joined Gifford and Michaels in the booth. Hank Williams Jr.'s "All My Rowdy Friends" became the MNF theme song and a new era in the program was born. The trio of Al, Frank and Dan would work together for the next 11 seasons.
The season was shortened to 15 games due to the players' strike, announced by the NFLPA on Sept. 22 after the Week 2 Monday Night affair between the Jets and the Patriots. Week 3 games were canceled, and the games for Weeks 4, 5 and 6 were played by replacement players. Striking players returned Oct. 25-26. On that first weekend back, two games were played on Monday Night -- Rams vs. Browns and Broncos vs. Vikings -- the first time in the program's history that two MNF games were played on the same night.
Raiders RB Bo Jackson, playing in only his fifth NFL game, had one of the most dominating individual performances in the program's history, setting a Monday Night record with 221 yards rushing against the Seattle Seahawks on Nov. 30. His 91-yard TD run is the second-longest in MNF history.
Home team in CAPS
*denotes record
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Result
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Sept. 14, 1987*
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CHICAGO 34, N.Y. Giants 19
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Sept. 21, 1987
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N.Y. JETS 43, New England 24
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Sept. 28, 1987
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Cancelled due to strike
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Oct. 5, 1987
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San Francisco 41, N.Y. GIANTS 21
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Oct. 12, 1987
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DENVER 30, L.A. Raiders 14
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Oct. 19, 1987
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Washington 13, DALLAS 7
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Oct. 26, 1987
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CLEVELAND 30, L.A. Rams 17
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Oct. 26, 1987
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MINNESOTA 34, Denver 27
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Nov. 2, 1987
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DALLAS 33, N.Y. Giants 24
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Nov. 9, 1987
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N.Y. JETS 30, Seattle 14
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Nov. 16, 1987
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DENVER 31, Chicago 29
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Nov. 23, 1987
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L.A. Rams 30, WASHINGTON 26
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Nov. 30, 1987*
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L.A. Raiders 37, SEATTLE 14
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Dec. 7, 1987
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MIAMI 37, N.Y Jets 28
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Dec. 14, 1987*
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SAN FRANCISCO 41, Chicago 0
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Dec. 21, 1987*
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Dallas 29, L.A. RAMS 21
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Dec. 28, 1987
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New England 24, MIAMI 10
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*Chicago's Dennis McKinnon set a MNF record with a 94-yard punt return for a TD in the season opener against the Giants.
*Bo Jackson set a Monday Night record with 221 yards rushing vs. Seattle.
*Jerry Rice tied a Monday Night record with three TD receptions vs. Chicago.
*Dallas kicker Roger Ruzek tied Tim Mazzetti's MNF record, hitting five field goals in the Cowboys' 29-21 victory over the Rams on Dec. 21.
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