mnf: 1st 50 (answered)

[flotsamnjetsam]

Which team was the 1st team to score 50 or more points in 1 MNF game?

Need 3 things:

1. The 1st team to score 50 or more points in 1 MNF game.

2. The team that gave up the 50+ points.

3. The year this happened.

[Pats4four]

Time: 1 minutes, 15.76 seconds

Chargers 50 - 34 Bengals

1982

[Accepted as answer by flotsamnjetsam on Sun Nov 04, 2007 12:19 am EST.]

[SeaWolf]

Time: 1 minutes, 17.05 seconds

Dec. 20, 1982 San Diego 50 Cincinnati 34

[PMoneyTKE]

Time: 2 minutes, 50.09 seconds

Green Bay 48 - Redskins 47 October 17, 1983 ?

[latraffic]

Time: 5 minutes, 12.90 seconds

Never

[Andersklasen]

Time: 6 minutes, 22.85 seconds

The Denver Broncos gave up 55 points to Indianapolis in 1988.

[flotsamnjetsam]

In a 1982 MNF game, the San Diego Chargers put up exactly 50 points on the Cincinnati Bengals


The 3 things in bold are what's needed.

[latraffic]

Hmmm...

Wiki say "The highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history occurred on October 17, 1983 between the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Redskins which was won by Green Bay 48-47" let me check it out

[latraffic]

Wiki also say "In a rematch of the 1981 American Football Conference Championship Game the Chargers played the Bengals in San Diego on December 20th 1982. The Chargers would generate an offensive total yardage record of 661 (501 yards passing 175 yards rushing) that still stands as the most in team history in defeating Cincinnati, 50-34" and All_Calendars.com showes 12/20/82 as a Monday.

[flotsamnjetsam]

I got my question from an almanac I bought. Check this site out...and notice what it says below the scores.

http://espn.go.com/abcsports/mnf/s/1982.html

*San Diego and Cincinnati combined for 84 points, a MNF record at the time. San Diego's 50 points marked the first time a team scored 50 points on the program, setting a single-game record. Cincinnati's Ken Anderson also set an MNF record by completing 40 passes, while San Diego's Wes Chandler caught 10 passes for a then-MNF record 260 yards.