List of American Bowl broadcasters

The following is a list of the television networks and announcers to have broadcast the American Bowl, which was a series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States between 1986 and 2005. Out of the list, ESPN hosted the America Bowl the most times, with NBC coming second.

## 2000s[edit]

Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s)

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2005 | ESPN | Mike Tirico | Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire |
2004 | No game(s)
2003 | ESPN | Mike Patrick | Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire |
2002 | ESPN | Mike Patrick | Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire |
2001 | ABC | Al Michaels | Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller |
2000 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
CBS (Mexico City game)  | Mike Patrick
Greg Gumbel | Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire
Phil Simms |

## 1990s[edit]

Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s)

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1999 | Fox | Pat Summerall | Matt Millen |
1998 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
CBS (Vancouver game)
ABC (Mexico City game)  | Mike Patrick
Greg Gumbel
Al Michaels | Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire
Phil Simms
Dan Dierdorf and Boomer Esiason |
1997 | Fox (Dublin game)
ABC (Mexico City game)  | Pat Summerall
Al Michaels | Matt Millen
Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf |
1996 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
ABC (Monterrey game)  | Mike Patrick
Al Michaels | Joe Theismann
Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf |
1995 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
Fox (Toronto game)  | Mike Patrick
Pat Summerall | Joe Theismann
John Madden |
1994 | NBC (Barcelona and Berlin games)
ESPN (Tokyo game)
ABC (Mexico City game)  | Tom Hammond
Mike Patrick
Al Michaels | Cris Collinsworth
Joe Theismann
Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf |
1993 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (Barcelona game)
CBS (London game)  | Mike Patrick
Tom Hammond
Greg Gumbel | Joe Theismann
Paul Maguire
Terry Bradshaw |
1992 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (London and Berlin games)  | Mike Patrick
Don Criqui
Charlie Jones | Joe Theismann
Paul Maguire
Todd Christensen |
1991 | NBC (London and Berlin games)
ESPN (Tokyo game)  | Marv Albert
Mike Patrick | Paul Maguire
Joe Theismann |
1990 | ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (London and West Berlin games)  | Mike Patrick
Dick Enberg | Joe Theismann
Bill Walsh |

## 1980s[edit]

Year | Network | Play-by-play | Color commentator(s) | Sideline reporter(s)

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1989 | NBC(London Game)
ESPN(Tokyo Game)  | Charlie Jones
Mike Patrick | Merlin Olsen
Joe Theismann |
1988 | NBC | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen |
1987 | NBC | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen |
1986 | NBC | Dick Enberg | Merlin Olsen |

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| Chicago Bears (home games)|

* 1953
* 1954
* 1955

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Chicago Cardinals (home games)|

* 1953
* 1954
* 1955

Los Angeles Rams (Pacific Time Zone affiliates)|

* 1955

San Francisco 49ers (Pacific Time Zone affiliates)|

* 1955

Washington Redskins (home games)|

* 1954

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* AFL All-Star Game
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* AFL Championship Game
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* "Body Bag Game"
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* "Monday Night Miracle"
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* "Snowball Game"
* Joe Theismann's career-ending sack
* "The Night That Courage Wore Orange"
* World Bowl '91
* Collapse of Damar Hamlin

| Postseason lore|

* "Music City Miracle"
* "One Yard Short"
* "The Star-Spangled Banner" (Whitney Houston recording)
* "Wide Right"

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Music|

* Charles Fox
* Edd Kalehoff
* Johnny Pearson
* Hank Williams Jr.

| Songs|

* "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night"
* "Heavy Action"
* "The Party's Over"

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NFL Championship|

* 1948
* 1950

Super Bowl|

* XIX (1984)
* XXII (1987)
* XXV (1990)
* XXIX (1994)
* XXXIV (1999)
* XXXVII (2002)
* XL (2005)
* LXI (2026)
* LXV (2030)

Pro Bowl|

* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

AFL Championship|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964

Results and standings|

| Yearly results|

* 1970–1989
* 1990–2005
* 2015–present

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NFL Draft|

* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

NFL Honors|

* 2022

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* Thursday Night Football results (2006–present)

Commentators|

* NFL Today personalities
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Postseason|

* AFC Championship Game
* NFC Championship Game
* Super Bowl

Pre-AFL–NFL merger|

* NFL Championship Game
* Playoff Bowl

Non-US based games|

* American Bowl
* Bills Toronto Series

Lore|

* AFL–NFL merger
* Black Sunday
* "Bottlegate"
* "Bounty Bowl series"
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* Snow Bowl (1985)
* Snow Bowl (2017)
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* Justin Tucker's 66-yard field goal
* "The Wrong Way Run"

Postseason lore|

* "49ers–Cowboys rivalry"
* "The Block"
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* "Deflategate"
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* "The Ice Bowl"
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* "Mile High Miracle"
* "Nipplegate"
* "The Tuck Rule Game"
* "13 Seconds"

Holiday lore|

* NFL on Thanksgiving Day
* Christmas games

Music|

* "Confidence"
* "Fly, Robin, Fly"
* "Crazy on You"
* "Horizontal Hold"
* "Moviendo Caderas"
* "In My City"
* "Posthumus Zone"
* "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
* "The Winner Takes It All"

NFL Championship|

* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

NFC Championship|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977

Super Bowl|

| Pre-AFL–NFL merger|

* I (1966)
* II (1967)
* IV (1969)

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NFC package carrier
(1970–1993)|

* VI (1971)
* VIII (1973)
* X (1975)
* XII (1977)
* XIV (1979)
* XVI (1981)
* XVIII (1983)
* XXI (1986)
* XXIV (1989)
* XXVI (1991)

AFC package carrier
(1998–present)|

* XXXV (2000)
* XXXVIII (2003)
* XLI (2006)
* XLIV (2009)
* XLVII (2012)
* 50 (2015)
* LIII (2018)
* LV (2020)
* LVIII (2023)
* LXII (2027)
* LXVI (2031)

Halftime shows|

* X (1975)
* XIV (1979)
* XVI (1981)
* XXXV (2000)
* XXXVIII (2003)
* XLI (2006)
* XLVII (2012)
* 50 (2015)
* LIII (2018)
* LV (2020)

Pro Bowl|

* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1973
* 2007
* 2025

NFL Honors|

* 2013
* 2016
* 2019
* 2021

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* Fox NFL Kickoff
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Commentators|

* NFL Draft
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| Postseason games|

* NFC Championship Game
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International games|

* American Bowl
* Bills Toronto Series
* World Bowl

Lore|

* Final Packers game in Milwaukee
* 1994
* Miracle at the New Meadowlands
* River City Relay
* Bears–Packers rivalry
* Lunatic Lateral
* The Perfect 10

| Postseason lore|

* 49ers–Cowboys rivalry
* The Catch II
* 1998 NFC Championship Game
* The Bert Emanuel Rule
* 4th and 26
* 18–1
* The Helmet Catch
* The Tip
* Dez Caught It
* 28–3
* Minneapolis Miracle
* NOLA No-Call
* Jet Chip Wasp

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Holiday lore|

* NFL on Thanksgiving Day
* Christmas games

Music|

* Composer: Scott Schreer, Songs: "Positivo" (2018), "Ya No Quiero Ná" (2019), "Bulla" (2020)

Super Bowl|

* XXXI (1996)
* XXXIII (1998)
* XXXVI (2001)
* XXXIX (2004)
* XLII (2007)
* XLV (2010)
* XLVIII (2013)
* LI (2016)
* LIV (2019)
* LVII (2022)
* LIX (2024)
* LXIII (2028)
* LXVII (2032)

| Halftime shows|

* XXXI (1996)
* XXXIII (1998)
* XXXVI (2001)
* XLV (2010)
* XLVIII (2013)
* LI (2016)
* LIV (2019)
* LVII (2022)

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Pro Bowl|

* 2008
* 2011
* 2026

World Bowl|

* '95
* '96
* '97
* '98
* '99
* 2000
* IX
* X
* XI
* XII
* XIII

NFL Draft|

* 2018

NFL Honors|

* 2014
* 2017
* 2020

Related|

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* Canadian Football League
* World League of American Football on USA
* XFL on NBC

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* 1950s
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| American Football League|

* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

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Baltimore Colts|

* 1960
* 1961

Pittsburgh Steelers|

* 1960
* 1961

Prime-time results|

* Sunday Night Football results (2006-present)

Commentators|

* AFC Championship Game
* Pro Bowl
* Pregame show panelists
* Super Bowl

| Pre-AFL–NFL merger|

* AFL Championship Game
* AFL All-Star Game
* NFL Championship Game

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Preseason games|

* American Bowl

Lore|

* 1982 CFL season
* Announcerless game
* "Clock Play"
* Cleveland Browns relocation controversy
* "Holy Roller"
* "No Punt Game"
* "Snowplow Game"
* Thanksgiving Day
* "Leon Lett Blunder II"
* Snowball Game

| Postseason lore|

* "4th and 2"
* "Beast Quake"
* "The Comeback"
* "Double Doink"
* "Epic in Miami"
* "Ghost to the Post"
* "Immaculate Reception"
* "The Interception"
* "Philly Special"
* "Red Right 88"
* "The Sea of Hands"

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Pre-AFL–NFL merger lore|

* "The Greatest Game Ever Played"
* "Heidi Game"

Sunday Night Football lore|

* 16–0
* "Butt Fumble"
* "Colts Catastrophe"
* Brady's first game against the Patriots
* Final game of the 2021 season

AFC Championship Game|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1995
* "The Drive"
* "Freezer Bowl"
* "The Fumble"

Rivalries|

* Cowboys–Eagles rivalry
* Cowboys–Giants rivalry
* Bears–Packers rivalry
* Ravens–Steelers rivalry
* Commanders–Cowboys rivalry
* Colts–Patriots rivalry
* Tom Brady–Peyton Manning rivalry

Music|

* John Colby
* Randy Edelman
* John Tesh

| Sunday Night Football|

* John Williams
* "I Hate Myself for Loving You"
* Joan Jett
* "Somethin' Bad"
* Ludacris
* Miranda Lambert
* Pink
* Carrie Underwood

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NFL Championship|

* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963

AFL Championship|

* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

Super Bowl|

| Pre-AFL–NFL merger|

* I (1966)
* III (1968)

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AFC package carrier
(1970–1997)|

* V (1970)
* VII (1972)
* IX (1974)
* XI (1976)
* XIII (1978)
* XV (1980)
* XVII (1982)
* XX (1985)
* XXIII (1988)
* XXVII (1992)
* XXVIII (1993)
* XXX (1995)
* XXXII (1997)

Sunday Night Football era
(2006–present)|

* XLIII (2008)
* XLVI (2011)
* XLIX (2014)
* LII (2017)
* LVI (2021)
* LX (2025)
* LXIV (2029)
* LXVIII (2033)

Halftime shows|

* V (1970)
* XX (1985)
* XXIII (1988)
* XXVII (1992)
* XXX (1995)
* XLVI (2011)
* XLIX (2014)
* LII (2017)
* LVI (2021)

Pro Bowl|

* 1952
* 1953
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1972
* 1974
* 2009
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014

NFL Honors|

* 2012
* 2015
* 2018
* 2023

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* Monday Night Football (2006–present)
* NFL Draft
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| Studio programs|

* The Blitz
* Monday Night Countdown
* NFL Matchup
* NFL Primetime
* Sunday NFL Countdown
* NFL Live
* NFL Insiders

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Other football programs|

* Arena Football League on ESPN
* CFL on TSN
* ESPN College Football
* USFL on ESPN

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* History of Monday Night Football
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* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s
* Cable TV NFL over-the-air affiliates

Commentators|

* Joe Buck \- Play-by-play
* Troy Aikman \- Color Commentary
* Lisa Salters \- Sideline reporter
* John Parry \- Rules analyst
* Eli Manning and Peyton Manning – Manningcast hosts

| Former
commentators|

* Gerald Austin
* Bonnie Bernstein
* Mike Ditka
* Brian Griese
* Jon Gruden
* Ron Jaworski
* Suzy Kolber
* Tony Kornheiser
* Steve Levy
* Sean McDonough
* Booger McFarland
* Louis Riddick
* Michele Tafoya
* Joe Tessitore
* Joe Theismann
* Mike Tirico
* Jeff Triplette
* Dick Vermeil
* Jason Witten
* Steve Young

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Lore televised
by ESPN|

* 2005 Saints–Giants/Cowboys–Redskins doubleheader
* 2006 Bears–Cardinals comeback
* Fail Mary
* 2018 Chiefs–Rams shootout
* Manningcast
* Collapse of Damar Hamlin

| ESPN Sunday Night Football era|

* American Bowl (1990–2005)
* Fútbol Americano

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Pro Bowls broadcast on ESPN|

* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2010
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Music|

* Edd Kalehoff
* Johnny Pearson
* Hank Williams Jr.

| Songs|

* "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night"
* "Heavy Action"
* "Start Me Up"
* "The Party's Over"

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Rivalries|

* Broncos–Raiders rivalry
* Commanders–Cowboys rivalry

Results|

* ABC
* 1970–1989
* 1990–2005
* 2015–present
* ESPN
* 1987–2005
* 2006–2009
* 2010–present

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Broadcast
partners|

* ABC
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* Fox
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Defunct networks
DuMont
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Monday Night
Football|

* History
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Results
1970–1989
1990–2009
2010–present
2015–present (ABC)

Sunday Night
Football|

* ESPN
* NBC
* TNT

Results
ESPN
NBC
TNT

Pregame shows|

* CBS
* The NFL Today
* Fox
* Fox NFL Kickoff
* Fox NFL Sunday
* ESPN
* Sunday NFL Countdown
* Monday Night Countdown
* NBC
* The NFL on NBC pregame show
* Football Night in America

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* List of programs
* NFL AM
* NFL Classics
* NFL GameDay
* NFL Replay
* NFL Total Access
* The Timeline
* Finding Giants

Thursday Night Football
Results (2006–present)
2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game
Miracle in Motown

NFL Network Exclusive Game Series
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NFL Films|

* America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
* Football Follies
* A Football Life
* Hard Knocks
* Inside the NFL
* NFL Dream Season
* NFL Films Game of the Week
* NFL's Greatest Games
* NFL Matchup
* NFL Top 10
* NFL Top 100
* The Perfect 10
* Quarterback

Other programs|

* DuMont
* Football Sidelines
* Football This Week
* Pro Football Highlights
* ESPN
* NFL Live
* NFL Primetime
* Nickelodeon
* NFL on Nickelodeon
* NFL Slimetime
* Super Bowl programming
* Prime Video
* NFL on Prime Video
* ITV
* The NFL Show
* Sky
* NFL on Sky Sports

Radio broadcast
partners|

* Compass Media
* ESPN
* Sports USA
* Westwood One

| Defunct networks|

* Mutual
* NBC

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Secondary partners|

* Absolute Radio 90s (UK)
* NFL+
* Sirius XM
* TSN Radio (Canada)

Local broadcasters|

* Buffalo Bills Radio Network
* Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network
* Cleveland Browns Radio Network
* Dallas Cowboys Radio Network
* Denver Broncos Radio Network
* Detroit Lions Radio Network
* Packers Radio Network
* Jaguars Radio Network
* Las Vegas Raiders Radio Network
* New England Patriots Radio Network
* New York Giants Radio Network
* New York Jets broadcasters
* Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network
* Titans Radio Network

Broadcasters
by event|

* NFL Draft
* Pro Bowl

| Pre-AFL–NFL merger|

* AFL All-Star Game
* AFL Championship Game
* NFL Championship Game
* Playoff Bowl

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Postseason events|

* AFC Championship Game
* NFC Championship Game
* Super Bowl (lead-out programs)

International events|

* American Bowl
* World Bowl

TV technology|

* 1st & Ten (graphics system)
* FoxBox
* Instant replay
* NFL Sunday Ticket
* NFL+
* Telestrator

Other TV
information|

* Announcerless game
* Muppet Night Football
* Canadian broadcasts
* History
* 1950s
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* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* Doubleheader (television)
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| TV markets|

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* List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises
* Cable TV NFL over-the-air affiliates

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Broadcast policies|

* Blackout policies
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network|

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* NFL Network
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* Baltimore Ravens
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* Cincinnati Bengals
* Cleveland Browns
* Denver Broncos
* Houston Texans
* Indianapolis Colts
* Jacksonville Jaguars
* Kansas City Chiefs
* Las Vegas Raiders
* Los Angeles Chargers
* Miami Dolphins
* New England Patriots
* New York Jets
* Pittsburgh Steelers
* Tennessee Titans

| By event|

* AFC Championship Game

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American Football League events|

* AFL Championship Game
* AFL All-Star Game

National Football Conference|

* Arizona Cardinals
* Atlanta Falcons
* Carolina Panthers
* Chicago Bears
* Dallas Cowboys
* Detroit Lions
* Green Bay Packers
* Los Angeles Rams
* Minnesota Vikings
* New Orleans Saints
* New York Giants
* Philadelphia Eagles
* San Francisco 49ers
* Seattle Seahawks
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers
* Washington Commanders

| By event|

* NFC Championship Game

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Pre-merger events|

* NFL Championship Game
* Playoff Bowl

National television|

* ABC/ESPN
* CBS (NFL Today • Westwood One Radio)
* Fox
* NBC (pregame show)
* NFL Network

| By event|

* NFL Draft
* Pro Bowl
* Super Bowl

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International events|

* American Bowl
* Bills Toronto Series
* World Bowl

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