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• SCORE OF MNF GAME SERIES

More recently, Aaron Rodgers has posted 4,125 yards, 29 TDs and 11 INTs on 364-of-548 passing in his 17 career MNF tilts.

Favre is also responsible for the longest play from scrimmage in MNF history, hitting Robert Brooks for a 99-yard scoring strike in the Packers’ 27-24 win over the Bears on Nov. The stat line for “The Gunslinger” stands at 661-of-1120 passing for 7,878 yards, 57 touchdowns and 37 interceptions. Having played in 33 career MNF contests, Brett Favre leads most every statistical category among Packer QBs. Conversely, there are five teams - the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans - whom Green Bay has never faced in an MNF contest. Outside the division, the Packers have had four games each against the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers. Thanks to last season’s win in Week 16, Green Bay holds a slim 5-4 edge in those games. With nine games between them, the Vikings are the second-most frequent Monday night opponent. Interestingly, only three of those games have taken place in Green Bay (1986, 1997, 2013). When it comes to frequent opponents, the Packers have played the Bears 11 times on MNF and hold a 5-6 record in those contests. That game set off 10-straight seasons in which Lambeau hosted at least one Monday night contest and a run of 21 MNF games seasons (Monday’s game will make it 22) in Green Bay in the last 25. The drought ultimately ended in 1996, when Lambeau Field hosted its fourth MNF game – a 39-13 drubbing of the Eagles.

SCORE OF MNF GAME SERIES

The game, which remained the highest-scoring game in series history until 2018, featured 11 touchdowns and 1,025 combined yards of offense on 132 plays from scrimmage (7.7 yards per play!), but wasn’t decided until Mark Moseley missed a 39-yard field goal as time expired. Yet, one of those three early MNF games at Lambeau still lives in team lore: the 48-47 shootout win over Washington. As a consolation, the Packers did get three MNF contests in Milwaukee in 1970 (a 13-10 loss to the Colts), 1971 (a 14-14 tie with the Lions) and 1973 (a 23-7 win over the Jets). In fact, no Monday games were ever played in Green Bay until a 27-14 win over the New England Patriots in 1979.

Thanks in part to the team’s subpar showings in the 1970s and ‘80s, MNF only made three appearances at Lambeau Field in the series’ first 26 seasons. Despite no Vince Lombardi on the sideline and an early 10-0 deficit, Bart Starr threw four touchdown passes to claim the redux tilt, 28-17. The NFL upped the profile of their Monday night contests in 1968, as Green Bay headed south to the Cotton Bowl to face the Dallas Cowboys in a rematch of the previous year’s famed Ice Bowl. In 1967, the Packers eked out a 31-23 win against the St. The next two Monday games were more planned, as the NFL experimented with playing games on Monday nights in the latter half of the 1960s. The game itself was moved because of the Lions’ co-tenants, MLB’s Detroit Tigers, who had a game scheduled against the Boston Red Sox that Sunday and generally had priority on scheduling events at Tiger Stadium. The first instance came in 1964 when Green Bay picked up a 14-10 win over the Lions. Prior to the debut of MNF on ABC, the Packers actually played thrice on Monday nights in the 1960s. Monday Night Football Before Monday Night Football Here is a primer on the Packers’ history on Monday nights. In addition, the contest against Atlanta marks the 28th consecutive season in which the franchise appears on the series, which trails only Denver (29-straight seasons) for the longest active streak on MNF. This week, the Green Bay Packers will make their 68th appearance on Monday Night Football. For the Green Bay Packers, that history on MNF includes some memorable performances, unique streaks and odd anecdotes. Now in its 51st season, Monday Night Football has played an integral role in the rise of the NFL’s profile.