Betting On Monday Night Football 2024

+41.5 points – Baltimore Ravens (-3.5) vs. Green Bay Packers – December 19, 2005

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Final Score: Ravens 48, Packers 3 In a game in which one team was starting Brett Favre (who was backed up by Aaron Rodgers) while the other was starting Kyle Boller, it is obvious who would win this game in a landslide. The Ravens beat the Packers by the score of 48 to 3, covering the 3-point spread by 42 points! Boller completed 19 of his 27 passes for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns, while Favre struggled going 14 for 29 with 144 and 2 interceptions (Aaron Rodgers also threw an interception when Favre was benched!).

+39 points – Seattle Seahawks (-3) at Philadelphia Eagles – December 5, 2005

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Final Score: Seahawks 42, Eagles 0 Andre Dyson and Lofa Tatupu combined to score three defensive touchdowns as the Seahawks took a 35-0 lead heading into halftime. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb missed the game after requiring surgery for a sports hernia.

+38 points – New England Patriots (-4) vs. New York Jets – December 6, 2010

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Final Score: Patriots 45, Jets 3 This was expected to be a classic game between two AFC heavyweights, as the two teams came in with identical 9-2 records. Instead, Tom Brady threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns while Mark Sanchez threw three costly interceptions.

+35.5 points – Baltimore Ravens (-3.5) at Los Angeles Rams – November 25, 2019

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Final Score: Ravens 45, Rams 6 If there was any doubt about how good the Lamar Jackson-led Baltimore Ravens were in 2019, it disappeared after this Monday Night Football blowout. Jackson totaled six touchdowns on the night while the Ravens’ defense held the Rams to just 221 yards.

+35.5 points – San Francisco 49ers (-5.5) vs. Chicago Bears – December 14, 1987

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Final Score: 49ers 41, Bears 0 Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice caught three touchdown passes from backup quarterback Steve Young to tie the NFL single-season record for receiving touchdowns. The Bears turned the ball over 6 times and totaled 93 yards in penalties.

+44 points – Miami Dolphins (+2) vs. New York Jets – November 24, 1986

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Final Score: Dolphins 45, Jets 3 The Jets entered this matchup at 10-1, while the Dolphins entered at 5-6, but the Jets’ defense had no answers for Miami’s explosive offense. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino threw for four touchdowns and running back Lorenzo Hampton ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns on just 19 carries.

+39.5 points – Seattle Seahawks (+2.5) vs. Los Angeles Raiders – December 8, 1986

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Final Score: Seahawks 37, Raiders 0 The score doesn’t even do justice to how lopsided this matchup was. The Raiders totaled 138 yards on 42 total plays while allowing 11 sacks. Perhaps the most amazing stat from this game is that the Seahawks fumbled 6 times and the Raiders still never seriously threatened to score.

+38 points – New York Jets (+7) at Detroit Lions – September 10, 2018

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Final Score: Jets 48, Lions 17Jets quarterback Sam Darnold threw a pick-six on his first career NFL passing attempt, but after that initial mistake, he completed 16 of 20 passes for 198 yards and two touchdowns. The Lions looked completely outmatched defensively despite rookie head coach Matt Patricia’s reputation as a bright defensive mind.

+32 points – Los Angeles Raiders (+9) at Seattle Seahawks – November 30, 1987

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Final Score: Raiders 37, Seahawks 14Most people simply remember this as “the Bo Jackson game”. Jackson totaled 235 yards on just 19 total touches and scored three touchdowns. Early in the third quarter, he famously trucked Seahawks linebacker Brian Bosworth to push the Raiders’ lead to 34-7.

+32 points – San Diego Chargers (+2) at Cleveland Browns – September 7, 1981

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Final Score: Charger 44, Browns 14The Browns entered 1981 with a tentatively positive outlook after finishing 11-5 the previous season. Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts quickly dashed those hopes with a 330-yard, three-touchdown performance.

Baltimore Colts (+17.5) at New England Patriots – September 18, 1978

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Final Score: Colts 34, Patriots 27It was a back-and-forth game played in a monsoon, but the Colts took the lead for good on a 90-yard Joe Washington kickoff return for a touchdown with 1:32 left in the game. Washington threw a touchdown, ran for a touchdown, and sealed the game with his kickoff return, all in the fourth quarter.

Minnesota Vikings (+14.5) at Philadelphia Eagles – December 28, 2010

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Final Score: Vikings 24, Eagles 14The Vikings lost quarterback Brett Favre to an injury the previous week and were expected to be fodder for a high-powered Eagles offense led by quarterback Michael Vick. Instead, the Vikings defense forced three turnovers and recorded six sacks to hold the Eagles to one of their worst offensive outputs of the 2010 season.

Detroit Lions (+13) vs. Dallas Cowboys – September 19, 1994

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Final Score: Lions 20, Cowboys 17 (OT)The Cowboys entered the game as back-to-back reigning Super Bowl champions, but Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders ran for nearly 200 yards to power the Lions to a monumental upset. The game went to overtime, where kicker Jason Hanson sealed the victory with a 44-yard field goal.

Detroit Lions (+11) vs. San Francisco 49ers – September 25, 1995

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Final Score: Lions 27, 49ers 24Again, the Lions faced a reigning Super Bowl champion at home on Monday Night Football the next year, and again they pulled off a huge upset. The 49ers held Sanders in check, but kicker Doug Brien missed two crucial field goals, including a 40-yarder as time expired.

Philadelphia Eagles (+10.5) at San Francisco 49ers – October 2nd, 1994

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Final Score: Eagles 40, 49ers 8The 49ers would go on to win the Super Bowl, but Randall Cunningham, Charlie Garner, and a trailblazing Eagles offense walked all over them in this early season matchup. The Eagles averaged over 6 yards per play and held Steve Young to just 93 passing yards.

105 points (O/U: 63.5) – Los Angeles Rams at Kansas City Chiefs – November 19, 2018

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Final Score: Rams 54, Chiefs 51Most people’s top choice for the greatest Monday Night Football game ever played. Quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff combined to throw for 891 yards and 10 touchdowns. Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill totaled 215 receiving yards on just 10 catches, but three Mahomes interceptions proved too much to overcome.

95 points (O/U: 52) – Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers – October 17, 1983

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Final Score: Packers 48, Redskins 47A game that was about 35 years before its time. The two teams combined for over 1,000 yards of offense and each quarterback threw for nearly 400 yards individually. Joe Washington once again proved to be a MNF star with 137 yards and two touchdowns on 25 touches. The Packers sealed the victory with a 20-yard field goal as time expired.

87 points (O/U: 53) – Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee Titans – December 13, 2004

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Final Score: Chiefs 49, Titans 38Trent Green led an impressive 64-yard drive in under a minute to help the Chiefs retake the lead with 37 seconds left. Then the Titans botched a hook-and-lateral that led to a fumble return for a touchdown to cement this game’s place on this list.

87 points (O/U: 43.5) – Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins – November 15, 2010

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Final Score: Eagles 59, Redskins 28Michael Vick totaled 413 yards of offense and six touchdowns (four passing and two rushing) in an all-time Monday Night embarrassment of the Redskins. The Eagles took a 45-14 lead into halftime and went into cruise control from there, using their final three drives to run the clock.

84 points (O/U: 50) – Cincinnati Bengals at San Diego Chargers – December 20, 1982

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Final Score: Chargers 50, Bengals 34The Chargers rolled up 661 total yards of offense and outscored the Bengals 33-10 after halftime. Both quarterbacks threw for over 400 yards, but running back James Brooks proved to be the difference for the Chargers, running for 105 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries.

3 points (O/U: 38.5) – Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers – November 26, 2007

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Final Score: Steelers 3, Dolphins 0The Steelers entered the game as 16-point favorites against the winless Dolphins, but bad weather and terrible field conditions stalled both offenses all night. The only scoring for the entire game came on a 20-yard Jeff Reed field goal with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Receiver Hines Ward singlehandedly accounted for 88 of Pittsburgh’s 216 total yards.

9 points (O/U: 36.5) – Pittsburgh Steelers at Jacksonville Jaguars – September 18, 2006

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Final Score: Jaguars 9, Steelers 0Yes, the Steelers find themselves on this list with two games in consecutive years. In 2006, there was no bad weather excuse. The Jaguars defense simply feasted on a young Ben Roethlisberger, outgaining the Steelers 362-153. The only scoring for the night came courtesy of three Josh Scobee field goals—all in the second half.

10 points (O/U: 42) – New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers – December 3, 1990

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Final Score: 49ers 7, Giants 3Both teams entered the game with identical 10-1 records in what was expected to be an all-time great Monday Night Football game. Instead, the top two defenses in the NFL feasted during a night of poor all-around offensive performance. Steve Young and Phil Simms both looked pedestrian and neither team scored after the second quarter.

12 points (O/U: 42) – Denver Broncos at Oakland Raiders – December 1, 1980

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Final Score: Raiders 9, Broncos 3Neither offense looked good, but Jim Plunkett was able to muster one good drive and finish it with a rushing touchdown. The Broncos looked hapless for much of the night, throwing four interceptions, losing two fumbles and totaling seven penalties for 84 yards.

13 points (No O/U) – Washington Redskins at Baltimore Colts – November 7, 1977

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Final Score: Colts 10, Redskins 3Colts receiver Freddie Scott scored the game’s lone touchdown on a 12-yard pass from Bert Jones in the fourth quarter but it was running back Lydell Mitchell driving Baltimore’s offense for most of the night. Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann threw two costly interceptions and was sacked five times on the night. For betting on Monday Night Football, the defense was the best play in this one.