Monday Night Football: 1978 Season
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Monday Night Football Season 8.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Baltimore Colts @ Dallas Cowboys
Sep 4, 1978 · 180 min
The Crew enjoy nachos during the game and help popularize the Texan snack.
New England Patriots @ Oakland Raiders
Sep 24, 1978 · 180 min
MNF airs a Sunday night game for the first time.
Minnesota Vikings @ Dallas Cowboys
Oct 26, 1978 · 180 min
MNF airs their first ever Thursday night game.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ San Francisco 49ers
Nov 27, 1978 · 180 min
Earlier in the day, Harvey Milk and George Moscone were murdered at San Francisco City Hall. Just before the National Anthem, a truck backed into a wooden pole and knocked it over
New England Patriots @ Miami Dolphins
Dec 18, 1978 · 180 min
Head Coach Chuck Fairbanks is suspended from this game because he took a Head Coaching role with the University of Colorado.
1979 ProBowl AFC vs NFC
Jan 29, 1979 · 180 min
1979 ProBowl from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum