List of NFL on NBC commentator pairings

The December 20 game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins was broadcast without announcers, a one-time experiment by NBC executive producer Don Ohlmeyer.

1981

Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
Don Criqui/John Brodie
Charlie Jones/Len Dawson
Bob Costas/Bob Trumpy
Phil Stone/Rocky Bleier or Gene Washington
Jay Randolph/Mike Haffner

1982

Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
Don Criqui/John Brodie or Bob Trumpy
Marv Albert/Bob Griese
Bob Costas/John Brodie or Bob Trumpy
Charlie Jones/Len Dawson
Gary Gerould/Mike Haffner
Merle Harmon/Dave Rowe
Jay Randolph/Jim Turner
Phil Stone/Gene Washington

1983

Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
Marv Albert/John Brodie or Bob Trumpy
Charlie Jones/Bob Griese
Bob Costas/Bob Trumpy
Don Criqui/Jim Turner, Ahmad Rashad, Bob Chandler or Gene Washington
Gary Gerould/Dave Rowe
Merle Harmon/Dave Rowe or Bob Chandler
Jay Randolph/Gene Washington, Reggie Rucker, or Bob Chandler
Phil Stone/Reggie Rucker, Bob Chandler, or Gene Washington

1984

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

1985

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

1986

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

1987

Dick Enberg/Merlin Olsen
Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
Marv Albert/Joe Namath
Charlie Jones/Jimmy Cefalo
Mel Proctor/Reggie Rucker
Gary Gerould/Sam Rutigliano
Tom Hammond/Dave Casper or Michael Jackson
Sam Nover/Michael Jackson
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.)

1988

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

1989

Dick Enberg/Bill Walsh
Charlie Jones/Merlin Olsen
Marv Albert/Bob Trumpy
Don Criqui/Ahmad Rashad
Joel Meyers/Paul Maguire
Tom Hammond/Joe Namath
Jim Donovan/Cris Collinsworth
Fred Roggin/Lyle Alzado

1990s

1990

Dick Enberg/Bill Walsh
Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
Charlie Jones/Todd Christensen
Tom Hammond/Joe Namath
Don Criqui/Bob Trumpy
Joel Meyers/Ahmad Rashad
Jim Donovan/Cris Collinsworth

1991

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

1992

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

1993

Dick Enberg/Bob Trumpy
Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
Charlie Jones/Todd Christensen
Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth
Don Criqui/Beasley Reece
Dan Hicks or Bob Costas/Joe Gibbs or Mike Ditka
Drew Goodman or Jim Donovan/Dan Hampton or Ahmad Rashad

1994

Dick Enberg/Bob Trumpy
Marv Albert/Paul Maguire
Charlie Jones/Randy Cross
Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth
Jim Lampley, Mike Bush, or Jim Donovan/Todd Christensen
Don Criqui or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
Dan Hicks or Jim Donovan/Bob Golic
Mike Bush/Dan Hampton

1995

Dick Enberg/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
Marv Albert/Cris Collinsworth
Charlie Jones/Randy Cross
Tom Hammond/Bob Trumpy
Jim Lampley or Jim Donovan/Bob Golic
Don Criqui or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
Dan Hicks or Jim Donovan/Tunich Ilikin or John Dockery

1996

Dick Enberg or Marv Albert/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
Marv Albert or Dan Hicks/Sam Wyche
Charlie Jones/Randy Cross
Tom Hammond/Bob Trumpy
Jim Lampley or Jim Donovan/Bob Golic
Don Criqui/Beasley Reece
Dan Hicks or Jim Donovan/Bart Oates

1997

Dick Enberg/Paul Maguire and Phil Simms
Marv Albert or Tom Hammond/Randy Cross
Charlie Jones/Bob Trumpy
Tom Hammond or Dan Hicks or Joel Meyers/Jim Kelly
Mike Breen or Jim Donovan/James Lofton
Don Criqui or Dan Hicks/Jim Mora
Dan Hicks, Joel Meyers, or Jim Donovan/Beasley Reece
Jim Donovan/Jim Laslavic

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

2000s

2006

Al Michaels/John Madden/Andrea Kremer
Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth/Bob Neumeier (Wild Card Saturday)

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

2007

Al Michaels/John Madden/Andrea Kremer*
Tom Hammond/Cris Collinsworth/Bob Neumeier*

These broadcast teams are projected

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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.

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