Monday Night Football will return to ABC next week for its 50th anniversary

ESPN Pressroom

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the Sept. 21, 1970 launch of Monday Night Football on ABC, so the ESPN MNF game between the New Orleans Saints and Las Vegas Raiders will be simulcast on ABC for one night only. ESPN also announced that The Killers will perform at halftime and that there will be a Monday Night Football MegaCast on ESPN2 featuring college football broadcasters Rece Davis, from ESPN headquarters in Connecticut, and Kirk Herbstreit from his home in Nashville, calling the game with free-flowing conversations with various guests.