Monday Night Football Doubleheader Open Thread, Game Time, Channel, Online, more

By Jeremy Reisman @DetroitOnLion on Sep 12, 2016, 7:00p

 

In keeping with recent tradition, the NFL opens their Monday Night Football schedule with a doubleheader. Back in 2014, the Detroit Lions hosted the opening game in this double header with a big 35-14 win over the New York Giants.

This year, Monday Night Football kicks with an uncommon matchup between the NFC and AFC and closes with a divisional game in the NFC.

Starting at 7:10 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Steelers will take on Washington at FedEx Field. The Los Angeles Rams will face off against the San Francisco 49ers in the late 10:20 p.m. ET game.

Here is all of the information you need to know for both games.

Pittsburgh at Washington

Date/Time: Monday, September 12, 7:10 p.m. ET

Location: FedEx Field, Landover, MD

Game Odds: Steelers by 2

TV channel: ESPN

Online Streaming: Watch ESPN

Announcers: Sean McDonough and Jon Gruden

Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers

Date/Time: Monday, September 12, 10:20 p.m. PT

Location: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

Game odds: Rams by 3

TV channel: ESPN

Online streaming: Watch ESPN

Announcers: Chris Berman, Steve Young, Lindsay Czarniak (sideline)

JACOBY JONES INJURY: RAVENS WR OUT 4-6 WEEKS WITH MCL SPRAIN, PER REPORT

The Ravens will be without Jacoby Jones for a few weeks due to a MCL sprain. 

Baltimore's thin wide receiver corps got a little thinner with the news Jacoby Jones will miss between four and six weeks due to a knee injury. Jones was injured during a punt return on Thursday and suffered a MCL sprain, according to a report from Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun.

The injury occurred early in the second quarter when Baltimore rookie Brynden Trawick crashed into Jones, who was attempting to field a punt. The two players remained down after the play before eventually being helped off the field. Jones limped to the locker room and did not return. The injury is expected to keep him out for at least a month. Baltimore doesn't have its bye week until Week 8, so Jones will likely miss at least four games. If he is out the full six weeks, he could return for a Week 9 game against Cleveland following the bye.

Losing Jones is a major blow for Baltimore's offense, which is already without tight end Dennis Pitta. Jones was expected to be the Ravens' No. 2 wide receiver and help replace the production that was lost when Anquan Boldin was traded to the 49ers.

Rookie wide receiver Marlon Brown replaced Jones in the lineup against Denver and could see a significant increase in snaps going forward. Rookie Aaron Mellette and second-year wide receiver Deonte Thompson could also factor in. Baltimore is planning to evaluate the free-agent market, according to Wilson. Brandon Lloyd and Laurent Robinson are two of the top players available.

Baltimore will also have to replace Jones in the return game. Lardarius Webb handled punt return duties after Jones went out while Thompson was deep on kick returns, but did not return a kick.

European Cup and Champions League records and statistics

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European Cup and Champions League records and statistics

Badge of honour

The number of teams permitted to wear UEFA's special badge of honour is now five. The badge is awarded in perpetuity to teams that have either won the competition a total of five times, or have won it three years in succession.
.Five or more wins:
Real Madrid (9; 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002),
AC Milan (7; 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007),
Liverpool (5; 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005)
.Three wins or more in succession:
Real Madrid (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960),
AFC Ajax (1971, 1972, 1973),
Bayern Munich (1974, 1975, 1976)

Unbeaten sides

Many clubs have won the Cup unbeaten:

Barcelona (2006) and Manchester United (2008) have the record of 9 wins and 4 draws.
Internazionale (1964), Ajax Amsterdam (1972), and Liverpool (1984); won with 7 wins and 2 draws.
Crvena Zvezda have a record of 5 wins and 4 draws in (1991), whilst Manchester United have a record of 5 wins and 6 draws in (1999).
Manchester United, Ajax, Liverpool and A.C. Milan are the only teams to have won the trophy unbeaten twice.
AFC Ajax were unbeaten in the Champions Cup/League for 20 matches from the whole of the 1994-95 tournament to the semifinal first leg in 1995-96, when they lost 0-1 to Panathinaikos in Amsterdam.
The two teams to have won the Champions League with the fewest games won are Crvena Zvezda (1991) and Manchester United (1999) managing just 5 victories in the entire tournament.

Participations

Real Madrid have the record number of consecutive participations in the Champions' Cup with 15, from 1955-56 to 1969-70.

Winning other trophies

Only one team has completed the 'quadruple' — win their domestic league championship, their primary & secondary domestic cups, and the Champions League/European Cup.This being Celtic in 1966-67.
.Four sides have won the European Cup as part of a 'treble'. These were (in order) Celtic, Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United. Celtic managed this in 1966-67. In 1972 Ajax won the European Cup, their domestic league and cup. PSV did this in 1987-88. Manchester United won their treble during the 1998-99 season.
.Juventus F.C., Ajax Amsterdam and Bayern Munich are the only teams to have won the three major UEFA official Cups, namely UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup [2].
.Liverpool, in 1977, and FC Porto, in 2004, are the only two clubs to have won the Champions League as holders of the UEFA Cup.
.AC Milan, in 1969, and Juventus, in 1985, are the only two clubs to have won the Champions League as holders of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Biggest wins

.The following teams won a single match by ten goals or more in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup (No team has achieved this margin of victory in the Champions League):
.Dinamo Bucuresti beat Crusaders 11-0 in 1970.
.Feyenoord beat KR Reykjavík 12-2 in 1973.
.Manchester United beat R.S.C. Anderlecht 10-0 on September 12, 1956 at Maine Road, Manchester.
.Ipswich Town beat Floriana Football Club 10-0 on October 26, 1962 at Portman Road, Ipswich.
.SL Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 10-0 on October 05, 1965.
.Leeds United beat SFK Lyn Oslo 10-0 at Elland Road, Leeds in the 1969-70 competition.
.Borussia Mönchengladbach beat EPA Larnaca 10-0 1970-71 competition.
.Ajax beat AC Omonia 10-0 in 1979 (second round).
.The largest margin of victory in the current Champions League format is 8-0, achieved twice:
FC Košice beat Cliftonville F.C. 8-0 in first qualifying round of the in 1998-99 competition
Liverpool beat Beşiktaş J.K. 8-0 on November 6, 2007 at Anfield, Liverpool in the group stage.
.The largest margin of victory after the preliminary rounds in either competition is also 8-0:
Real Madrid beat Sevilla in the 1957-58 competition at the quarter-final stage.
.The largest margin of victory after the preliminary rounds in the current Champions League format is 7-1:
Manchester United beat Roma 7-1 on April 10, 2007 at Old Trafford, Manchester at the quarter-final stage.

The preliminary rounds constitute the first two rounds of the old European Cup or the qualifying and first group stages of the various Champions League formats

Biggest two leg win

.SL Benfica beat Stade Dudelange 18-0 on 1965-66.

Not winning the domestic league

Nottingham Forest are the only club to have won the European Cup more times (twice) than they have won their domestic league (once). Forest won the English League in 1978 before winning the European Cup in 1979 and defending it in 1980. Nottingham Forest are also the only previous winners of the European Cup to be relegated to the third tier of their national league.
Manchester United's treble-winners of 1998/99 were the first winners of the tournament to have won neither their domestic title nor the European Cup/Champions League the previous season

Comebacks

.Only six teams have progressed past the group stage after losing their first two games. The six teams are Dynamo Kiev in 1999-00, Bayer Leverkusen and Newcastle United in 2002-03, Werder Bremen in 2005-06, Internazionale in 2006-07 and Olympique Lyonnais in 2007-08.[3].

.Newcastle United in 2002-03 is the only team to have progressed past the group stage after losing their first three games.[4]

Defence

.Arsenal FC broke the record for the most consecutive clean sheets in 2006, with ten. They went without conceding a goal for 995 minutes between March 2005 and May 2006.

Successful defending

.AC Milan are the last team to successfully defend the trophy, winning it in both 1989 and 1990.

Countries

.Only on three occasions has the Final of the Champions Cup/League involved two teams from the same country, once each for the top three leagues as determined by UEFA's co-efficients:
.Real Madrid vs Valencia (1999-2000)
.A.C. Milan vs Juventus (2002-03)
.Manchester United vs Chelsea (2007-08)

Cities

.The city of Milan, Italy, is the only one that won the Champions Cup with two different teams: Inter & Milan (the two clubs have won 9 cups in total).
.The city of London, England, is the only one that has been represented by more than one team in the final of the Champions League and lost on each occasion (Arsenal F.C. in 2006 and Chelsea F.C. in 2008).
.Athens, Greece is the only city, which has been represented with three teams, Olympiacos FC, Panathinaikos FC and AEK Athens FC, in one year.
.Only four derbies between teams of the same city have ever been played:
1958-59 Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid (semi-final)
2002-03 Internazionale (Milan) vs A.C. Milan (semi-final)
2003-04 Chelsea vs Arsenal (quarter-final)
2004-05 Internazionale vs A.C. Milan (quarterfinal) - the second leg was abandoned because of disturbances among the Inter fans.
.The 2002-03 semi-final between bitter city rivals A.C. Milan and Internazionale was the first time both games of a two-legged tie were played in the same stadium (San Siro). The teams share the stadium as their home venue. A.C. Milan won by the 'away goals' rule. The teams also played each other in the same stadium in the 2004-05 quarter-final.

Specific group stage records

6 wins

Four teams have won all their games in a group stage (none of whom went on to win the title that year — although AC Milan got closest by finishing runners-up); these are:

.A.C. Milan, 1992-93
.Paris Saint-Germain, 1994-95
.Spartak Moscow, 1995-96
.FC Barcelona, 2002-03 (First group stage)

6 losses

Eight teams have lost all their games in a group stage; these are:

.FC Košice, 1997-98
.Fenerbahçe SK, 2001-02 (First group stage)
.Spartak Moscow, 2002-03 (First group stage)
.Bayer Leverkusen, 2002-03 (Second group stage)
.R.S.C. Anderlecht, 2004-05
.SK Rapid Wien, 2005-06
.Levski Sofia, 2006-07
.Dynamo Kiev, 2007-08

6 ties

.Only one team has drawn all their games in a group stage:

AEK Athens, 2002-03 (First group stage, finished 3rd and advanced to UEFA Cup)