Monday Night Football has been one of the most popular televised sporting since early on in its inception. It has hosted some of the biggest games in regular season history and also played home to some of the biggest moments the NFL has ever seen. It grew from a controversial start, with many saying that there was no place for professional football in a weekday primetime slot, to become one of the most watched programs ever. As famous as it is though, here is a list of 15 things you may not know about Monday Night Football.

1. Only three teams have scored 50 or more points in a Monday Night Football game. The Indianapolis Colts scored 55 points in 1988, the San Francisco 49ers scored 52 points in 1991, and the San Diego Chargers scored exactly 50 points in 1982.

2. Following the 2007 season, two different matchups were tied for the most televised game on Monday Night Football. Dallas vs. Washington and Oakland vs. Denver have both been broadcast fourteen times.

3. The first company to sign up as a sponsor of Monday Night Football was Marlboro Cigarettes.

4. The first Monday Night Football game ever played had the Cleveland Browns defeating the New York Jets on September 21st, 1970.

5. The final score of ABC’s first Monday Night Football game was 31-21, coincidentally the final score of ABC’s last Monday Night Football game was also 31-21.

6. The lowest total points scored in a Monday Night Football game happened during the 2007 season when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Miami Dolphins by a score of 3-0.

7. The team with the most shutouts in Monday Night Football history is (surprisingly) the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks have shutout their opponents five times during MNF games.

8. The best career winning percentage of Monday Night Football games by any coach is held by former Oakland Raiders head coach, and future broadcaster and video game endorser, John Madden who had a career MNF win percentage of .740.

9. In 1985, the eventual Super Bowl Champion Chicago Bears would suffer their only loss of the season on Monday Night Football in a game against the Miami Dolphins.

10. Frank Gifford broadcasted Monday Night Football games for 28 years, from 1971 through 1998.

11. The highest scoring differential in Monday Night Football history occurred in 2005 when the Baltimore Ravens beat the Green Bay Packers 48-3, a 45 point blowout.

12. The graphic on the screen showing the timeclock and game score first appeared on a Monday Night Football game during the 1997 season.

13. In Monday Night Football history, there has only been one tie game. It happened during the 1984 NFL season and was in a game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals.

14. The New York Jets hold a distinction in Monday Night Football history, they lost the first ever MNF game in 1970 and also lost the last MNF game to be broadcast on ABC, 36 years later.

15. The last play from scrimmage during a Monday Night Football game while still being shown on ABC was a quarterback kneeldown by the New England Patriots’ backup quarterback Doug Flutie.

Monday Night Football has recently moved from the ABC network to its sister station, ESPN. It will continue to be one of the most watched sports programs in the future, and has already begun setting viewership records for cable television shows. Monday Night Football is an American tradition and isn’t going any where anytime soon.