2022 Monday Night Football on ESPN and ABC Schedule

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• Monday Night Football's 53rd season kicks off on Monday, Sept. 12 with Broncos QB Russell Wilson's Seattle homecoming on ESPN and ABC;
• Two Games, One Night: ESPN (Titans at Bills) and ABC (Vikings at Eagles) each televise a Monday Night Football game in 2022
• ESPN+ exclusive game features Broncos at Jaguars from London in Week 8
• Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Joe Burrow, Derek Carr, Justin Herbert, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, and Russell Wilson among decorated quarterbacks on MNF

ESPN will present 23 NFL games - 21 regular-season games, plus the Monday night Super Wild Card game and Pro Bowl - during the upcoming 2022 NFL season, bringing home the Walt Disney Company's most wide-ranging schedule to date. The record shattering regular season consists of 18 Monday Night Football games, including two games in one night on ESPN and ABC in Week 2, the first-ever exclusive game on ESPN+ in Week 8, and a Saturday doubleheader in Week 18 featuring matchups with postseason importance on ESPN and simulcast on ABC. In addition to its Week 2 and 18 games, ABC will simulcast ESPN's MNF presentation in Week 1 (Broncos/Seahawks), Week 3 (Cowboys/Giants), Week 15 (Rams/Packers), and Week 17 (Bills/Bengals).

ESPN's 2022 Monday Night Football strategy is fueled by a strong schedule of MVP's, marquee quarterbacks and recent Super Bowl Champions, combined with the legendary broadcast team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman's first season with ESPN/ABC. Buck and Aikman will be joined each week by reporter Lisa Salters, who returns for her own record-setting 11th season with the franchise.

The 53rd season of historic franchise will kick off on Monday, September 12th as new Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson returns to Seattle to face his former team, the Seattle Seahawks to finish the Week 1 slate. ESPN will televise the game, with ABC simulcasting ESPN's presentation.

In Week 2 (Sept. 19), MNF will air a special doubleheader. The night starts at 7:15 PM (ET) on ESPN with Titans vs. Bills, followed by Vikings vs. Eagles at 8:30 PM (ET) on ABC. This serves as an omen to what's to come. Beginning in 2023, ABC and ESPN will combine to televise three Monday Night doubleheaders per season.

ESPN has two international games planned for the 2022 NFL season. First up, on Sunday, October 30, ESPN+ will televise their first-ever exclusive NFL game as the Broncos play the Jaguars in London at 9:30 AM (ET). Then, on Monday, November 21, MNF will travel back to Mexico City for the 49ers vs. Cardinals clash at 8:15 PM (ET). 

The Green Bay Packers will host the Los Angeles Rams in Week 15 on Monday, December 19 on ESPN from the historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, with an ABC simulcast available. The Packers' 2022 MNF game vs. the Rams will mark the 30th straight season that the Packers will have at least one Monday night game.

The Los Angeles Rams will travel to Santa Clara to play the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4 (8:15 PM, ET). The Rams-49ers game, of course, is a rematch of last season's NFC Championship game.

The defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals are scheduled for two MNF appearances this fall. Ja'Marr Chase and the Bengals travel to Cleveland in Week 8 and host Buffalo in Week 17.

Every single MVP from 2016 on will appear on MNF in 2022 (Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, and Matt Ryan).

MNF will have eight division showdowns planned for the 2022 NFL season, starting with the Cowboys-Giants game in Week 3. Following Cowboys-Giants, MNF's next three games are also divisional: Rams-49ers (Week 4), Raiders-Chiefs (Week 5), & Broncos-Chargers (Week 6).

All eight division champions from the 2021 NFL season and all 14 postseason teams from the 2021 NFL season appear on the Monday Night Football schedule in 2022.

ESPN, with an ABC simulcast, will air a Week 18 Saturday doubleheader on Saturday, January 7. These two games will feature teams and matchups with some sort of postseason implication attached to these games. The matchups will be determined later in the season.

ESPN will also air two preseason games. First up, Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears visit Tyler Lockett and the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday, August 18 at 8:00 PM (ET). Then, Kyle Pitts and the Atlanta Falcons visit C.J. Mosley and the New York Jets on Monday, August 22 at 8:00 PM (ET).

The 2022 ESPN/ABC Monday Night Football schedule can be found below.

NOTE: For the second straight year, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning return with their ESPN2 Monday Night presentation for select Monday night broadcasts. These will be listed below, with the traditional broadcast information.

• 2022 Monday Night Football on ESPN/ABC Schedule | (All Times ET; Subject to Change)

Preseason:

* Preseason - Thursday, August 18th

Bears vs. Seahawks - 8:00 (Steve Levy, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge)

* Preseason - Monday, August 22nd

Falcons vs. Jets - 8:00 (Steve Levy, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge)

Regular Season:

* Week 1 - Monday, September 12th (ESPN/ABC/ESPN2)

Broncos vs. Seahawks - ESPN | ABC | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN/ABC); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 2 - Monday, September 19th (doubleheader)

Titans vs. Bills - ESPN/ESPN2, 7:15 (Steve Levy, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge)

Vikings vs. Eagles - ABC, 8:30 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 3 - Monday, September 26th (ESPN/ABC/ESPN2)

Cowboys vs. Giants - ESPN | ABC | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN/ABC); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 4 - Monday, October 3rd (ESPN/ESPN2)

Rams vs. 49ers - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 5 - Monday, October 10th

Raiders vs. Chiefs - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 6 - Monday, October 17th

Broncos vs. Chargers - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

 

* Week 7 - Monday, October 24th (ESPN/ESPN2)

Bears vs. Patriots - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 8 - Sunday, October 30th

Broncos vs. Jaguars (London), ESPN+ 9:30 AM (Steve Levy, Louis Riddick, Dan Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge)

* Week 8 - Monday, October 31st (ESPN/ESPN2)

Bengals vs. Browns - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 9 - Monday, November 7th (ESPN/ESPN2)

Ravens vs. Saints - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 10 - Monday, November 14th

Commanders vs. Eagles - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 11 - Monday, November 21st

49ers vs. Cardinals (Mexico City) - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 12 - Monday, November 28th

Steelers vs. Colts - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 13 - Monday, December 5th (ESPN/ESPN2)

Saints vs. Buccaneers - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 14 - Monday, December 12th (ESPN/ESPN2)

Patriots vs. Cardinals - ESPN | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 15 - Monday, December 19th (ESPN/ABC/ESPN2)

Rams vs. Packers - ESPN | ABC | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN/ABC); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* Week 16 - Monday, December 26th

Chargers vs. Colts - 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

* Week 17 - Monday, January 2nd

Bills vs. Bengals - ESPN | ABC | ESPN2, 8:30 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (NO CONTEST)

- NOTE: The Week 17 Bills-Bengals game was declared a "no-contest" (despite some of the game actually being played) due to Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsing on the field in the first quarter. 

* Week 18 - Saturday, January 7th (doubleheader)

Chiefs vs. Raiders - ESPN | ABC, 4:30 (Steve Levy, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, Laura Rutledge)

Titans vs. Jaguars - ESPN | ABC, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters)

Postseason:

* NFC Wild Card Game - Monday, January 16th (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) 

5 Cowboys vs. 4 Buccaneers - ESPN | ABC | ESPN2, 8:15 (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters) (ESPN/ABC); (Peyton Manning, Eli Manning) (ESPN2)

* 2023 Pro Bowl Games (Las Vegas, Nevada) - Sunday, February 5th

AFC vs. NFC: Skills Competition and Flag Football (Allegiant Stadium) - ESPN | ABC, 3:00 (Laura Rutledge, Marcus Spears, Robert Griffin III) (skills competition); (Pat McAfee, Kirk Herbstreit) (flag football)

Source(s): ESPN Press Room.