It’s been 35 years since the NFL made its debut on cable television. This week in 1987, the New York Giants traveled to Foxborough to take on the New England Patriots.
The game kicked off at 8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday night, November 8, and was televised on ESPN with the broadcast team of Mike Patrick, Roy Firestone and Larry Csonka, with Chris Berman in the studio.
The Super Bowl defending champion Giants entered the game at 1-5 after opening the season with five straight defeats — three of those coming during the three-week work stoppage in which replacement players were used.