Troy Aikman, Joe Buck to make history on MNF, surpassing icons Pat Summerall and John Madden

There will be a piece of history in the booth for tonight's Monday Night Football game.

The New York Jets host the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman calling the game. With tonight's broadcast, the duo surpasses broadcasters Pat Summerall and John Madden for the most-ever seasons for a national football broadcasting duo.  

Buck and Aikman already enjoyed some fun in this preseason with their viral interview moment with Washington Commanders majority owner Josh Harris.

How long have Aikman and Buck been broadcasting together?

Buck and Aikman began broadcasting together for Fox alongside Cris Collinsworth in week one of the 2002 NFL season. At the time, the New England Patriots were fresh off their first Super Bowl win over the then-St. Louis Rams. It also marked the debut season for the Houston Texans. It's been 22 seasons.

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Collinsworth left the Fox booth after the 2005 season to join NBC. That left Buck and Aikman as the lead commentary duo and they'd keep that role through the 2021 NFL season before moving to ESPN.

In their decades-long partnership, Buck and Aikman have called six Super Bowls, beginning with the Patriots' 24-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. The duo was in the booth for the largest comeback in Super Bowl history with the Patriots' win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI.

How Did Buck and Aikman get to this point?

Buck, son of Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, started out with Fox in 1994. At age 25, he became the youngest man to call NFL games on network television. He spent decades as a fixture of both Fox's NFL and MLB coverage, calling six Super Bowls and every World Series from 1996 to 2021. Buck earned the 2020 Pete Rozelle Award and with it he and his father Jack became the first father-son duo to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Fellow Hall of Fame member Aikman retired from the NFL following the 2000 season, ending his 12-year career with the Dallas Cowboys. He joined the booth for the 2001 NFL season on Fox's no. 2 broadcasting team alongside Dick Stockton before bumping up to the lead team alongside Buck and Collinsworth the following season.