Betting on Monday Night Football
Sports Betting
Dec 19, 2001, 17:01
By Kelly Reynolds Staff
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Commencing in 1970, ABC’s Monday Night Football will always be remembered for the broadcast team consisting of Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford who became responsible for making Monday night football what it is today. This remarkable Monday night football trio gained tremendous popularity due in large part to their use of plain English, instead of sports jargon, when commentating Monday night football games.
The trend for betting on Monday night football games appears to be slightly different than betting on football games played on Sunday. Most people are inclined to bet on the Monday night football home team, and will also wager on the home underdog throughout the entire season.
Based on raw data people are more likely to place wagers on the Monday night football home team. Since the onset of Monday night football the home team has covered the pointspread in 59% of the games.
Betting on the Monday night football underdog throughout the entire season is also a system that is based on statistics. As of the 1999 Monday night football season, the home team underdog has won 150 games and lost 53 by the pointspread.
Although both of these betting systems are based on statistics that no one can seem to explain, the numbers do not lie. Since the inception of Monday night football the home team underdog has prevailed more often than not. Whatever the reason may, betting on the home team underdog has proved to be a consistent moneymaker since the inception of Monday night football.
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