ESPN's Top 5 Classic MNF Games (Dallas Makes The List)

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ESPN is gearing up to show a multitude of classic Monday Night Football games in the coming weeks. The network will air five games over the next five Mondays at 8 p.m. ET each week, giving football fans a way to pass the time while stuck self-isolating due to the coronavirus.

No. 2: Cowboys vs. Bills | Oct. 8, 2007
Final Score: Dallas 25, Buffalo 24

Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium | Buffalo, New York

ESPN Air Date: April 27

By all accounts, the Dallas Cowboys should have lost this Monday Night Football contest in 2007.

The Buffalo Bills had built up an impressive 24-13 lead over the Cowboys after three quarters at Ralph Wilson Stadium, and capitalized on five interceptions from Dallas quarterback Tony Romo — who opened the night by throwing a pick-6 on his very first pass attempt of the game.

Yet it was the final few minutes of the game that turned it into a Monday Night Football classic.

Dallas mounted a massive 12-play, 85-yard drive and capped it with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton to bring them within two points with just 20 seconds left on the clock. Romo attempted to find Terrell Owens for a two-point conversion, however the Bills swatted the ball away to maintain the lead.

The Cowboys then recovered an incredible onside kick to get the ball back, setting up a 53-yard field goal from Nick Folk to seal the 25-24 win.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...tus-here-are-our-top-5/ar-BB11OA8F?li=BBnb7Kz

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While I won't pretend to remember every Cowboys game I've watched over my lifetime of being a fan, I can definitely say this one has always stuck out in my memories. What a roller coaster ride of a game this one was to watch.

 

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Back to back 53 yard FG's!!!!!!
 

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A bunch of old football about to be aired with nothing going on in the sports world. I think they are re-airing the Falcons- Patriots Superbowl today.



Just another way to keep those ads (money) rolling in.
 

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ESPN is gearing up to show a multitude of classic Monday Night Football games in the coming weeks. The network will air five games over the next five Mondays at 8 p.m. ET each week, giving football fans a way to pass the time while stuck self-isolating due to the coronavirus.

No. 2: Cowboys vs. Bills | Oct. 8, 2007
Final Score: Dallas 25, Buffalo 24

Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium | Buffalo, New York

ESPN Air Date: April 27

By all accounts, the Dallas Cowboys should have lost this Monday Night Football contest in 2007.

The Buffalo Bills had built up an impressive 24-13 lead over the Cowboys after three quarters at Ralph Wilson Stadium, and capitalized on five interceptions from Dallas quarterback Tony Romo — who opened the night by throwing a pick-6 on his very first pass attempt of the game.

Yet it was the final few minutes of the game that turned it into a Monday Night Football classic.

Dallas mounted a massive 12-play, 85-yard drive and capped it with a 4-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton to bring them within two points with just 20 seconds left on the clock. Romo attempted to find Terrell Owens for a two-point conversion, however the Bills swatted the ball away to maintain the lead.

The Cowboys then recovered an incredible onside kick to get the ball back, setting up a 53-yard field goal from Nick Folk to seal the 25-24 win.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...tus-here-are-our-top-5/ar-BB11OA8F?li=BBnb7Kz

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While I won't pretend to remember every Cowboys game I've watched over my lifetime of being a fan, I can definitely say this one has always stuck out in my memories. What a roller coaster ride of a game this one was to watch.





Classic! I had forgotten about the 2 point conversion and as he threw the fade I was like "oh the fade worked here?". And then of course it did not. Pretty much like every other fade I have seen the cowboys run in umpteen years.
 

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I remember how we shouldn't have won that game with Turn-it-Over Tony and 5 INTs!
 

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One of my favorite games and I was THERE! Went up from NJ with my brother inlaw and went to the game with people that live local to the stadium, one of which is a member on this site. Sat through 3 qtrs with some of the most obnoxious fans I have ever seen in my life (and as I mentioned I'm from Jersey). Including a girl that would turn to me and scream a horror movie scream in my ear, some losers that would throw peanuts at me from 5 rows back. When I would look, they all look away. I would tell them at least at Giants stadium they have the balls to let you know who threw it.. When we started to come back, I started telling the rifraf around me, you guys better not lose this game..you BETTER NOT LOSE THIS GAME! Folk hit the first FG, and the coach called the T.O to ice him, they all celebrated. I told them, He's gonna hit it again, and when it went through the uprights, you could hear a pin drop..I turned to the row behind me and said very loudly.."Get your $h** and go home you Blanking LOSERS!" They could not even speak they were so crushed. I never felt more joy!
 

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I watched that game at a sports bar and remember the whole crowd erupting when Folk hit that first FG and I just sit there being quiet.
My friends looked at me like I was an idiot while knowing the time out was called before the kick.
I just pointed at the TV and said we got to hit that FG again.
 

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Was it a 1983 Monday night game when Dallas trailed Washington something like 23-3 at the half before winning 31-30?
 
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