MNF 1985 

This shows how they handled technical glitches before all digital. The audio drops out and temporarily goes to the telephone line backup.

as a die hard cowboys fan, i literally get a chill down my back when i hear this theme now..i would get so nervous when Dallas played on MNF during this MNF theme run..so nervous about the upcoming game, those were the days..I miss those days

great and still the best theme ever! when the showed highlights as well, you were just hoping to see a glimpse of your team

@HoustonRules I 100% agree. Politics and Football should not mix

Even shows a technical glitch during the opening theme where the backup audio (phone call quality) kicked in temporarily. This was very evident during the World Series of 1989 when the San Fran earthquake hit and all you had was audio until they could get the sat dish readjusted!

Thanks for enabling the embedding....using this for the FF page on ESPN.

That looks damn awesome to be from 1985. I'll take this over "Are you ready for some football?!" anyday!

December 9, 1985. What game was on?

this was i think the best opening for monday night football

Definately a phenomenal musical arrangement

this was the best theme for mnf

Why did you disable the embedding???

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hank williams jr. was good but so was this version

In This Clip, From 0:13 To 0:53, It Was ABC Sports' ABC's NFL Monday Night Football Video Open From Monday Night, December 9, 1985.

Back when Football had integrity.

The good ol days of monday night football on abc

0:41 Dan Marino!

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:03, It Was ABC-TV's Closed Captioned Video ID From December 1985.

In This Clip, From 0:03 To 0:13, It Was ABC Sports' 25 Years Video ID From 1985.

This is interesting to see for me as this was recorded two days after my birth!!!

This makes me wanna pull out my Riddell helmet hit someone! Was in high school when this came out.One of the best ever.

i'd rather watch heidi

@SCE2AUX LOL!!!!!

@frankde69 NOT going to happen. The contract is exclusivley with ESPN