| | Thursday, August 29, 2002
MNF History: 1990
ABC Sports Online
Notes from the 1990 MNF season:
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced the 16-game season would be played over 17 weeks in 1990 and '91, and over 18 weeks in 1992 and '93.
The playoff format was expanded from eight to 12 teams, as two more wild card teams were added to each conference.
The Dec. 3 matchup between the 49ers and the Giants earned a 26.9 rating, 46 percent share, becoming the second-highest rated Monday Night game ever. It was also the lowest-scoring game in the program's history (7-3) -- a distinction still held today.
Home team in CAPS
*denotes record
| MNF results: 1990 |
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Date
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Result
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Sept. 10, 1990
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San Francisco 13, NEW ORLEANS 12
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Sept. 17, 1990
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DENVER 24, Kansas City 23
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Sept. 24, 1990*
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Buffalo 30, N.Y. JETS 7
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Oct. 1, 1990
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SEATTLE 31, Cincinnati 16
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Oct. 8, 1990
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Cleveland 30, DENVER 29
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Oct. 15, 1990
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PHILADELPHIA 32, Minnesota 24
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Oct. 22, 1990
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Cincinnati 34, CLEVELAND 13
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Oct. 29, 1990
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PITTSBURGH 41, L.A. Rams 10
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Nov. 5, 1990
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N.Y. Giants 24, INDIANAPOLIS 7
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Nov. 12, 1990
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PHILADELPHIA 28, Washington 14
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Nov. 19, 1990
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L.A. Raiders 13, MIAMI 10
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Nov. 26, 1990
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HOUSTON 27, Buffalo 24
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Dec. 3, 1990
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SAN FRANCISCO 7, N.Y. Giants 3
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Dec. 10, 1990
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L.A. Raiders 38, DETROIT 31
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Dec. 17, 1990
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San Francisco 26, L.A. RAMS 10
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Dec. 31, 1990
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NEW ORLEANS 20, L.A. Rams 17
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*Thurman Thomas had the second-best rushing performance on MNF with his 214-yard effort against the Jets.
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