Week 7: Most Points Scored in MNF History

There was no shortage of offensive fireworks on the evening of October 17, 1983 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The Packers and Redskins combined for 95 points – a Monday Night Football record that would last 35 years. The game’s first touchdown, by the Packers, came on a fumble return; the second, by the Redskins, came on an offensive fumble recovery in the end zone. Two touchdown passes by Packers quarterback Lynn Dickey helped Green Bay take a 24-20 lead into halftime. The Packers ran for another TD in the third, taking an 11-point lead, but the Redskins stormed back with two field goals and a touchdown throw by Joe Theismann to pull ahead, 33-31. In a wild and whiplash-inducing fourth quarter, the teams exchanged leads five more times, with the game winner coming on a field goal by the Packers’ Jan Stenerud for a 48-47 Packers win. Theismann finished the game with 398 yards passing; the Packers’ Lynn Dickey with 387. That season, the Bart Starr-coached Packers finished 8-8 while the Redskins lost in the Super Bowl. ― NFL 100

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