Beginning in the 1970 NFL season, the National Football League began scheduling a weekly regular season game on Monday night before a national television audience. From 1970 to 2005, the ABC television network carried these games, with the ESPN cable television network taking over beginning in September 2006. Listed below are games played from 1970 to 1989. Stadiums and teams appearing under different names Some stadiums and teams had multiple names throughout their appearances in the MNF package in this era. First name listed is the stadium/team's name heading into 1990. All names were seen in the package at least once in this era. Stadiums Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium – Atlanta Stadium Foxboro Stadium – Schaefer Stadium (the facility did not host a game while it was named Sullivan Stadium) Jack Murphy Stadium – San Diego Stadium Teams Indianapolis Colts – Baltimore Colts Los Angeles Raiders -Oakland Raiders Phoenix Cardinals – Chicago Cardinals - St. Louis Cardinals - Arizona Cardinals 1970s 1970 NFL season In only the second MNF game on September 28, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson became the first quarterback to throw for 4 touchdown passes on Monday Night Football. The October 19 game between the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders was originally scheduled as a head coaching matchup between Vince Lombardi of the Redskins and the Raiders' second-year mentor, John Madden. However, Lombardi died of colon cancer six weeks before the contest. In that game, Raiders running back Hewritt Dixon rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown. The October 26 game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings was notable when for the 1st time in MNF history, a team (Rams) didn't score a touchdown in the entire game. The result was a 13-3 Vikings win. Following their humiliating shutout in the November 16 game (which is also the 1st shutout in MNF history), the Cowboys would go on a seven-game winning streak, not losing until a deciding field goal in the final seconds of Super Bowl V against the Baltimore Colts. The St. Louis Cardinals, who completed a season sweep of the Cowboys at the Cotton Bowl would go 1–3–1 down the stretch to fall completely out of the playoffs and cost coach Charley Winner his job. The Colts and Packers simultaneously became the first teams to make their second appearances on MNF when they played each other. The Browns, Lions, and Rams were the