In tribute of tonights matchup between the winless Dallas Cowboys and the equally hapless Washington Redskins, I thought it would be fun to hear some memories of the worst Monday Night Football game ever.
While there is no question tonights matchup could end up being a competitive game, I’m preferably looking for games where neither team seemed prepared to play, though total blowouts would be good to hear as well.
The worst one for me of recent memory was when the San Francisco 49ers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 33-0. The Eagles basically sleepwalked throught the game, with the highlight being a fan lighting a flare onto the field.
Last weeks St. Louis-Detroit game was a snoozefest as well.
Being a Miami fan, I’d have to go with last years game against the Jets. We were up 30-7 and I thought we had the victory in the bag. I fell asleep at halftime. I woke up at the end of regulation in astonishment because the score was 37-37. Then those bastard Jets kicked a fieldgoal and won in OT. Yesterday’s game was almost as embarasing, except the lead that we blew wasn’t as high.
Being a Miami fan, I’d have to go with last years game against the Jets. We were up 30-7 and I thought we had the victory in the bag. I fell asleep at halftime. I woke up at the end of regulation in astonishment because the score was 37-37. Then those bastard Jets kicked a fieldgoal and won in OT. Yesterday’s game was almost as embarasing, except the lead that we blew wasn’t as high.
Tonights game will be the worst in MNF history. Two 0-4 teams with the lowest rated offences in the league. I’m betting on the game ending in a 6-6 tie.
i stopped watching pro football years ago, it just seems boring to me, but i remember a game years and years ago that was a real stinker.
i think it was LA Rams and NO Saints. the score was about 49-0 and i remember it only because a defensive player ran into the punters leg (foot at top of kicking arch) knocking himself unconsious and stoping the game for about 20 minutes. dude got a penalty, to boot!
I believe that prior to tonight, the worst game in MNF history may very well have been the “Pumpkin Bowl,” which I think also involved the Jets.
It was a game so boring that the attention of the fans–and the cameramen, and the announcers–began to pay more attention to a giant inflateable jack-o-lantern which was being batted about in the stands. When security confiscated the thing, angry fans started chanting,
“WE WANT THE PUMPKIN! WE WANT THE PUMPKIN!”
And, the game was so boring, the security guards gave it back!
I loved the Pumpkin Game post, that is kind of what I was thinking . . not games where “well my team lost in the last three seconds”- see that sounds like an EXCITING game!
“WE WANT THE PUMPKIN! WE WANT THE PUMPKIN!”
“WE WANT THE PUMPKIN! WE WANT THE PUMPKIN!”
“WE WANT THE PUMPKIN! WE WANT THE PUMPKIN!”
Well, I watched some of this game, against my better judgement. I think there needs to be a new word coined just for this event. Something between “hideous” and “tedium.”
I remember reading about a Monday night game back when Howard Cosell was one of the announcers (which shows how long ago it was). I can’t remember the year, or the teams, but Howard said in his biography that the game was just brutal . . . between two teams going nowhere. Anyway, the camera focused on a guy in the stands who appeared to be sleeping, but he opened his eyes, saw the camera was on him, and held up his middle finger to a national TV audience.
Dandy Don (Meredith) jumped in and said, “Why Howard, he means we’re number 1!”
I wish I could get the specifics, but I’m at work. Maybe later.
I don’t like the Skins, I hate the Cowboys, but I watched anyway. Why oh why did I turn it on? Why oh why did I continue to watch? Till the very end? It was sooooo painful.
AFAIK, that is the worse MNF game ever. As I am young, and a (fairly) new football fan, I don’t know of many Past Great Games, or Past Sucky Games.
I have to admit that my attention wandered at the half, and instead I examined a few opening moves in Axis and Allies, surfed some porno, had a couple of bagels, and read a book. Therefore I cannot honestly say that I participated fully in this experiment in hideum.
However, I think I can now safely say that there are at least two too many teams in the NFL.
I saw a game on MNF back in the 70’s - I think it was 1976 or 1977 - between the New York Giants and the St Louis Cardinals. The memory is fading, but I recall it being an orgy of dropped passes, fumbles and, especially, missed kicks. The score after 4 quarters was 6-6 IIRC. That was two field goals by one team, and a TD with missed convert by the other. Both teams had a couple of field goal attempts, from very makeable range, in overtime but missed every time. On one occasion the kicker missed from about 30 yards, but there was a defensive penalty, so he got to try again from 5 yards closer and missed again.
Appropriately it ended in a tie, as neither team deserved to win. I think Meredith said that it’s a shame they couldn’t both lose.
The worse game ever on MNF was, ironically, between two top-notch teams–the NY Giants and the SF 49ers in the 1988 I believe. Earlier that year, they fought each other for the NFC crown, so it was a highly anticipated game. The 49er’s got a field goal in the second quarter–and that was all the scoring. Both teams couln’t do much of any offense in rainy, muddy Candlestick Park. The highlights were all defense on both sides.
