MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - N.Y. Jets vs. Cleveland Browns - 9/21/70 On Sept. 21, 1970 the lights went on and an American institution began - Walt Disney Television via Getty Images's NFL "Monday Night Football" premiered with a game between the home team Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets. Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson and Don Meredith called the game action. The Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Television Network program is the longest running primetime sports series in television history. (P.S. The Jets lost the game, 31-21). Pictured: N.Y. Jets quarterback Joe Namath (12). (Photo by Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
