List of NFL on NBC commentator pairings

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The first name that's slated is the play-by-play man while the color commentator or commentators are slated second.

See also: List of NFL on NBC announcers

Contents 1 1960s 1.1 1960 1.2 1961 1.3 1965 1.4 1966 1.5 1967 1.6 1968 1.7 1969 2 1970s 2.1 1970 2.2 1971 2.3 1972 2.4 1973 2.5 1974 2.6 1975 2.7 1976 2.8 1977 2.9 1978 2.10 1979 3 1980s 3.1 1980 3.2 1981 3.3 1982 3.4 1983 3.5 1984 3.6 1985 3.7 1986 3.8 1987 3.9 1988 3.10 1989 4 1990s 4.1 1990 4.2 1991 4.3 1992 4.4 1993 4.5 1994 4.6 1995 4.7 1996 4.8 1997 5 2000s 5.1 2006 6 See also 7 Sources 8 Footnote

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1960

1. Lindsey Nelson/Frankie Albert (NBC only covered Colts and Steelers home games during this particular period)

[edit] 1961

1. Lindsey Nelson/Frankie Albert

• From 1965-1969, NBC covered the American Football League.

[edit] 1965

1. Curt Gowdy/Paul Christman
2. Jim Simpson/George Ratterman
3. Charlie Jones/Elmer Angsman
4. Herb Carneal/Andy Robustelli

[edit] 1966

1. Curt Gowdy/Paul Christman
2. Jim Simpson/George Ratterman
3. Charlie Jones/Elmer Angsman
4. Lou Boda/unknown partner

[edit] 1967

1. Curt Gowdy/Paul Christman
2. Jim Simpson/Kyle Rote
3. Charlie Jones/George Ratterman
4. Jay Randolph/Elmer Angsman

[edit] 1968

1. Curt Gowdy/Kyle Rote
2. Jim Simpson/Al DeRogatis
3. Charlie Jones/George Ratterman
4. Jay Randolph/Elmer Angsman
5. Bill Enis/Chris Burford

[edit] 1969

1. Curt Gowdy/Kyle Rote
2. Jim Simpson/Al DeRogatis
3. Charlie Jones/George Ratterman
4. Jay Randolph/Elmer Angsman
5. Bill Enis/Chris Burford

[edit] 1970s

• From 1970-1997, NBC covered the American Football Conference.

[edit] 1970

1. Curt Gowdy/Kyle Rote
2. Jim Simpson/Al DeRogatis
3. Charlie Jones/George Ratterman
4. Bill Enis/Chris Burford
5. Jay Randolph/Johnny Morris
6. Ross Porter/Willie Davis
7. Bill O'Donnell or Dave Martin/Dave Kocourek

[edit] 1971

1. Curt Gowdy/Al DeRogatis
2. Jim Simpson/Kyle Rote
3. Charlie Jones/George Ratterman
4. Jay Randolph/Johnny Morris
5. Bill Enis or Bill O'Donnell/Paul Maguire

[edit] 1972

1. Curt Gowdy/Al DeRogatis
2. Jim Simpson/Kyle Rote
3. Charlie Jones/Johnny Morris
4. Jay Randolph or Bill Enis/Paul Maguire

[edit] 1973

1. Curt Gowdy/Al DeRogatis
2. Jim Simpson/Kyle Rote
3. Charlie Jones/Willie Davis
4. Jay Randolph/Johnny Morris
5. Ross Porter/Paul Maguire
6. Bill Enis/Same Deluca
7. Ken Coleman/Dave Kocurek

[edit] 1974

1. Curt Gowdy/Al DeRogatis
2. Jim Simpson/John Brodie
3. Charlie Jones/Willie Davis
4. Jay Randolph/Paul Maguire
5. Ross Porter/Johnny Moris
6. Bill O'Donnell/Mike Haffner
7. Al Michaels/Sam Deluca

[edit] 1975

1. Curt Gowdy/Don Meredith
2. Jim Simpson/Al DeRogatis
3. Charlie Jones/John Brodie
4. Jay Randolph/Willie Davis
5. Ross Porter/Paul Maguire
6. Bill O'Donnell/Sam Deluca
7. Tim Ryan/Mike Haffner

[edit] 1976

1. Curt Gowdy/Don Meredith
2. Jim Simpson/John Brodie
3. Charlie Jones/Paul Maguire
4. Jack Buck/Len Dawson
5. Jay Randolph/Lionel Aldridge
6. Dick Stockton/Mike Hafner

[edit] 1977

1. Curt Gowdy/John Brodie
2. Jim Simpson or Charlie Jones/Len Dawson
3. Charlie Jones/Mike Haffner
4. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
5. Jack Buck/Floyd Little
6. Jay Randolph/Lionel Aldridge

[edit] 1978

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Curt Gowdy/John Brodie
3. Jim Simpson/Bob Trumpy
4. Charlie Jones/Paul Maguire
5. Jay Randolph/Mike Haffner
6. Sam Nover/Bob Trumpy or Paul Warfield

[edit] 1979

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Don Criqui or jim simpson/John Brodie
3. Charlie Jones/Len Dawson
4. Sam Nover/Bob Trumpy
5. Jay Randolph/Gene Washington
6. Marv Albert/Dave Rowe
7. Merle Harmon/Paul McGuire, George Kunz, or Mike Haffer

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1980

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Bob Costas/Len Dawson
3. Don Criqui/John Brodie
4. Marv Albert/Bob Trumpy

[edit] 1981

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Don Criqui/John Brodie
3. Bob Costas/Len Dawson
4. Charlie Jones or Phil Stone/Mike Haffner
5. Phil Stone/Rocky Bleier

[edit] 1982

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Marv Albert or Don Criqui/Bob Griese
3. Bob Costas/John Brodie
4. Charlie Jones/Len Dawson
5. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
6. Gary Gerould/Mike Haffner
7. Merle Harmon/Dave Rowe
8. Jay Randolph/Jim Turner
9. Phil Stone/Gene Washington

[edit] 1983

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Bob Costas/John Brodie
3. Marv Albert/Bob Griese
4. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
5. Charlie Jones/Reggie Rucker
6. Gary Gerould/Jim Turner
7. Merle Harmon/Bob Chandler
8. Jay Randolph/Mike Adamle
9. Phil Stone/Ahmad Rashad, Dave Rowe, or Gene Washington

[edit] 1984

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Charlie Jones/Bob Griese
3. Marv Albert/John Brodie (this team called almost all New York Jets games on NBC)
4. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
5. Todd Donoho/Harvey Martin
6. Gary Gerould/Dave Rowe
7. Marty Glickman or Phil Stone/Reggie Rucker
8. Jay Randolph or Bill Wilkerson/Gene Washington

[edit] 1985

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
3. Marv Albert/Bob Griese
4. Charlie Jones/Jimmy Cefalo
5. Len Berman/Bob Kuechenberg
6. Phil Stone or Gary Gerould/Dave Rowe
7. Tom Hammond or Jay Randolph/Reggie Rucker
8. Gary Gerould, Bob Lobel, or Fred Roggin/Sam Rutigliano

[edit] 1986

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
3. Marv Albert/Bob Griese
4. Charlie Jones/Jimmy Cefalo
5. Len Berman or Bob Lobel/John Hannah
6. Tom Davis or Mel Proctor/Butch Johnson
7. Gary Gerould or Jay Randolph/Dave Rowe
8. Steve Grad or Fred Roggin/Reggie Rucker
9. Tom Hammond or Phil Stone/Sam Rutigliano

[edit] 1987

1. Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
2. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
3. Marv Albert/Joe Namath
4. Charlie Jones/Jimmy Cefalo
5. Mel Proctor/Reggie Rucker
6. Gary Gerould/Sam Rutigliano
7. Tom Hammond/Dave Casper or Michael Jackson
8. Sam Nover/Michael Jackson
9. Gayle Sierens/Dave Rowe (for one game in December, Sierens from NBC's Tampa affiliate WFLA (then WXFL-TV) would become the first female play-by-play announcer in NFL history.)

[edit] 1988

1. Dick Enberg or Curt Gowdy*/Merlin Olsen
2. Marv Albert**/Paul Maguire
3. Don Criqui***/Bob Trumpy
4. Charlie Jones****/Jimmy Cefalo
5. Tom Hammond or Ray Scott*/Joe Namath
6. Jim Donovan/Lyle Alzado or Larry Csonka
7. Joel Meyers/Joe Namath or Dave Rowe

[edit] 1989

1. Dick Enberg/Bill Walsh
2. Charlie Jones/Merlin Olsen
3. Marv Albert/Bob Trumpy
4. Don Criqui Ahmad Rashad
5. Joel Meyers/Paul Maguire
6. Tom Hammond/Joe Namath
7. Jim Donovan/Cris Collinsworth
8. Fred Roggin/Lyle Alzado

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 1990

1. Dick Enberg/Bill Walsh
2. Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
3. Charlie Jones/Todd Christensen
4. Tom Hammond/Joe Namath
5. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
6. Joel Meyers/Ahmad Rashad
7. Jim Donovan/Cris Collinsworth

[edit] 1991

1. Dick Enberg/Bill Walsh
2. Marv Albert/Paul Maguire or Bill Parcells
3. Charlie Jones/Todd Christensen
4. Tom Hammond/Joe Namath
5. Joel Meyers/Dan Hampton
6. Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
7. Mel Proctor or Jim Donovan/Cris Collinsworth, Jim Laslavic, or Beasley Reece
8. Kevin Harlan/Ahmad Rashad

[edit] 1992

1. Dick Enberg/Bob Trumpy
2. Marv Albert/Bill Parcells
3. Charlie Jones/Todd Christensen
4. Tom Hammond/Joe Namath or Cris Collinsworth
5. Joel Meyers/Beasley Reece
6. Don Criqui/Paul Maguire
7. Jim Donovan, Jim Lampley, or Dan Hicks/Dan Hampton
8. Jim Lampley/Ahmad Rashad

[edit] 1993

1. Dick Enberg/Bob Trumpy
2. Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
3. Bob Costas/Todd Christensen
4. Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth
5. Don Criqui/Beasley Reece
6. Dan Hicks/Joe Gibbs
7. Drew Goodman or Jim Donovan/Dan Hampton or Ahmad Rashad

[edit] 1994

1. Dick Enberg/Bob Trumpy
2. Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
3. Bob Costas/Randy Cross
4. Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth
5. Jim Lampley, Mike Bush, or Jim Donovan/Todd Christensen
6. Don Criqui or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
7. Dan Hicks or Jim Donovan/Bob Golic
8. Mike Bush/Dan Hampton
9. Charlie Jones\Jim Donovan

[edit] 1995

1. Dick Enberg/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
2. Marv Albert/Cris Collinsworth
3. Bob Costas/Randy Cross
4. Tom Hammond/Bob Trumpy
5. Jim Lampley or Jim Donovan/Bob Golic
6. Don Criqui or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
7. Charlie Jones or Jim Donovan/Tunich Ilikin or John Dockery

[edit] 1996

1. Dick Enberg/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
2. Bob Costas/Randy Cross
3. Marv Albert/Sam Wyche
4. Tom Hammond/Bob Trumpy
5. Don Criqui/Beasley Reece
6. Jim Lampley/Bob Golic
7. Jim Donovan or Dan Hicks/Bart Oates

[edit] 1997

1. Dick Enberg/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
2. Bob Costas/Randy Cross
3. Tom Hammond/Bob Trumpy
4. Marv Albert/Jim Kelly
5. Don Criqui or Dan Hicks/Jim Mora
6. Mike Breen/James Lofton
7. Dan Hicks, Joel Meyers, or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
8. Jim Donovan/Jim Laslavic

Note: There was no NFL on NBC program produced from the 1998-2005 NFL seasons.

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 2006

1. Al Michaels/John Madden
2. Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth (Wild Card Saturday)

See also: NBC Sunday Night Football, The AFL on NBC, and XFL

[edit] See also

Main article: NFL on NBC

• List of AFC Championship Game broadcasters
• List of NFC Championship Game broadcasters
• List of Super Bowl broadcasters
• List of NFL Championship Game broadcasters
• List of AFL Championship Game broadcasters

[edit] Sources

1. 1970 NFL Commentator Crews
2. 1975 NFL Commentating Crews
3. 1977 NFL Commentator Crews
4. 1978 NFL Commentator Crews
5. Pre-1982 NFL Announcer Teams
6. 1980 NFL Commentator Crews
7. 1981 NFL Commentator Crews
8. 1982 NFL Commentator Crews
9. 1983 NFL Commentator Crews
10. 1984 NFL Commentator Crews
11. 1985 NFL Commentator Crews
12. 1986 NFL Commentator Crews
13. 1988 NFL Commentator Crews
14. 1991 NFL Commentator Crews
15. 1993 NFL Commentator Crews
16. 1996 NFL Commentator Crews
17. 1997 NFL Announcing Teams
18. Hammond & Collinsworth Named Commentators for NFL Wild Card Game on NBC

[edit] Footnote

• -Olympic Replacement: During the 1988 season, in order to fulfill Olympic obligations, NBC brought in legendary announcers to fill in for the regular play-by-play men, while they were covering the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Replacement announcers during the Olympic period included Ray Scott and Merle Harmon.
  • Albert was off in Seoul during the Olympics doing Boxing: Replacement not known.
    • Criqui was off in Seoul during the Olympics doing Swimming: Replacement not known.
      • Jones was off in Seoul during the Olympics doing Track & Field: Replacement not know.