Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football

Updated to include the first of the two 2008 games.

I put this together sometime last year. It came out of a conversation with Ron, one of my vendors. I now post it for Mike and Barry, two Steeler fans.

1970-2008

Monday Night Football - Pittsburgh Steelers
Winner First, Home team in CAPS

Nov.  2, 1970   PITTSBURGH 21, Cincinnati 10
Oct. 18, 1971   KANSAS CITY 38, Pittsburgh 16
Nov.  5, 1973   PITTSBURGH 21, Washington 16
Dec.  3, 1973   MIAMI 30, Pittsburgh 26
Oct. 28, 1974   PITTSBURGH 24, Atlanta 17
Nov. 25, 1974   Pittsburgh 28, NEW ORLEANS 7
Nov. 24, 1975   Pittsburgh 32, HOUSTON 9
Oct.  4, 1976   MINNESOTA 17, Pittsburgh 6
Sep. 19, 1977   PITTSBURGH 27, San Francisco 0
Oct. 17, 1977   PITTSBURGH 20, Cincinnati 14
Oct. 23, 1978   Houston 24, PITTSBURGH 17
Nov. 27, 1978   Pittsburgh 24, SAN FRANCISCO 7
Sept. 3, 1979   Pittsburgh 16, NEW ENGLAND 13 (OT)
Oct. 22, 1979   PITTSBURGH 42, Denver 7
Dec. 10, 1979   HOUSTON 20, Pittsburgh 17
Oct. 20, 1980   Oakland 45, PITTSBURGH 34
Dec. 22, 1980   SAN DIEGO 26, Pittsburgh 17
Oct. 26, 1981   PITTSBURGH 26, Houston 13
Dec.  7, 1981   OAKLAND 30, Pittsburgh 27
Sep. 13, 1982   Pittsburgh 36, DALLAS 28
Oct. 10, 1983   Pittsburgh 24, CINCINNATI 14
Oct.  1, 1984   PITTSBURGH 38, Cincinnati 17
Nov. 19, 1984   NEW ORLEANS 27, Pittsburgh 24
Sep. 16, 1985   CLEVELAND 17, Pittsburgh 7
Sep. 30, 1985   Cincinnati 37, PITTSBURGH 24
Sep. 15, 1986   Denver 21, PITTSBURGH 10
Oct. 13, 1986   CINCINNATI 24, Pittsburgh 22
Oct. 29, 1990   PITTSBURGH 41, L.A. Rams 10
Oct. 14, 1991   N.Y. Giants 23, PITTSBURGH 20
Oct. 19, 1992   PITTSBURGH 20, Cincinnati 0
Sep. 27, 1993   Pittsburgh 45, ATLANTA 17
Nov. 15, 1993   PITTSBURGH 23, Buffalo 0
Dec. 13, 1993   Pittsburgh 21, MIAMI 20
Oct.  3, 1994   PITTSBURGH 30, Houston 14
Nov. 14, 1994   PITTSBURGH 23, Buffalo 10
Sep. 18, 1995   MIAMI 23, Pittsburgh 10
Nov. 13, 1995   PITTSBURGH 20, Cleveland 3
Sep. 16, 1996   PITTSBURGH 24, Buffalo 6
Oct.  7, 1996   Pittsburgh 17, KANSAS CITY 7
Nov. 25, 1996   Pittsburgh 24, MIAMI 17
Sep. 22, 1997   JACKSONVILLE 30, Pittsburgh 21
Nov.  3, 1997   KANSAS CITY 13, Pittsburgh 10
Oct. 26, 1998   Pittsburgh 20, KANSAS CITY 13
Nov.  9, 1998   Pittsburgh 27, Green Bay 20
Dec. 28, 1998   JACKSONVILLE 21, Pittsburgh 3
Oct. 25, 1999   PITTSBURGH 13, Atlanta 9
Oct. 29, 2001   PITTSBURGH 34, Tennessee 7
Sep.  9, 2002   NEW ENGLAND 30, Pittsburgh 14
Oct. 21, 2002   PITTSBURGH 28, Indianapolis 10
Dec. 23, 2002   Pittsburgh 17, TAMPA BAY 7
Nov. 17, 2003   SAN FRANCISCO 30, Pittsburgh 14
Oct. 10, 2005   Pittsburgh 24, SAN DIEGO 22
Oct. 31, 2005   PITTSBURGH 20, Baltimore 19
Nov. 28, 2005   INDIANAPOLIS 26, Pittsburgh 7
Sep. 18, 2006   JACKSONVILLE 9, Pittsburgh 0
Nov.  5, 2007   PITTSBURGH 38, Baltimore 7
Nov. 26, 2007   PITTSBURGH 3, Miami 0  *
Sep. 29, 2008   PITTSBURGH 23, Baltimore 20
Nov.  3, 2008   Pittsburgh __, WASHINGTON __  **

*   Lowest Total Score MNF to date
** (game not yet played at time of update)


    Total    Won     Lost    Percent
    -----    ---     ----    -------
Home    25     22       3      0.880
Away    33     14      19      0.424
All     58     36      22      0.621

Longest Win Streak = 6  (1992-1994)
Longest Lose Streak = 5 (1984-1986)


             times      Pitt.
Opponent       met       W-L    Percent
--------      -----      ---    -------
Cincinnati      7       (5-2)    0.714
Houston         5       (3-2)    0.600
Miami           5       (3-2)    0.600
Kansas City     4       (2-2)    0.500
Atlanta         3       (3-0)    1.000
Baltimore       3       (3-0)    1.000
Buffalo         3       (3-0)    1.000
San Francisco   3       (2-1)    0.667
Jacksonville    3       (0-3)    0.000
Cleveland       2       (1-1)    0.500
Denver          2       (1-1)    0.500
Indianapolis    2       (1-1)    0.500
New England     2       (1-1)    0.500
New Orleans     2       (1-1)    0.500
Oakland         2       (0-2)    0.000
San Diego       2       (1-1)    0.500
Dallas          1       (1-0)    1.000
Green Bay       1       (1-0)    1.000
L.A. Rams       1       (1-0)    1.000
Tampa Bay       1       (1-0)    1.000
Tennessee       1       (1-0)    1.000
Washington      1       (1-0)    1.000
N.Y. Giants     1       (0-1)    0.000
Minnesota       1       (0-1)    0.000

By Decade:
   games     W-L   Percent
   -----     ---   -------
1970s  15     (10-5)  0.667
1980s  12     (4-8)   0.333
1990s  19     (14-5)  0.737
2000s  12     (8-4)   0.667

By Month:
    games    W-L   Percent
    -----    ---   -------
Sep.    13    (6-7)   0.462  +
Oct.    22    (16-6)  0.727  ++
Nov.    16    (12-4)  0.750
Dec.     7    (2-5)   0.286

+ Pittsburgh had a 4 game L streak in the month of Sep.
(1985-1995)
++ Pittsburgh has a 9 game W streak in the month of Oct.
(1992-2005)