List of American Bowl broadcasters

The following is a list of the television networks and announcers to have broadcast the American Bowl, which was a series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States between 1986 and 2005.

2000s

Year

Network

Play-by-play

Color commentator(s)

Sideline reporter(s)

2005

ESPN

Mike Tirico

Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire

2004

No game(s)

2003

ESPN

Mike Patrick

Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire

2002

ESPN

Mike Patrick

Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire

2001

ABC

Al Michaels

Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller

2000

ESPN (Tokyo game)
CBS (Mexico City game)

Mike Patrick

Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire

1990s

Year

Network

Play-by-play

Color commentator(s)

Sideline reporter(s)

1999

Fox

1998

ESPN (Tokyo game)
CBS (Vancouver game)
ABC (Mexico City game)

Mike Patrick

Al Michaels

Joe Theismann and Paul Maguire

Dan Dierdorf and Boomer Esiason

1997

Fox (Dublin game)
ABC (Mexico City game)

Pat Summerall
Al Michaels

Matt Millen
Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf

1996

ESPN (Tokyo game)
ABC (Monterrey game)

Mike Patrick
Al Michaels

Joe Theismann
Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf

1995

ESPN (Tokyo game)
Fox (Toronto game)

Mike Patrick

Joe Theismann

1994

NBC (Barcelona and Berlin games)
ESPN (Tokyo game)
ABC (Mexico City game)


Mike Patrick

Al Michaels


Joe Theismann

Frank Gifford and Dan Dierdorf

1993

ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (Barcelona game)
CBS (London game)

Mike Patrick

Greg Gumbel

Joe Theismann

Terry Bradshaw

1992

ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (London and Berlin games)

Mike Patrick

Joe Theismann

1991

NBC (London and Berlin games)
ESPN (Tokyo game)


Mike Patrick


Joe Theismann

1990

ESPN (Tokyo game)
NBC (London and Berlin games)

Mike Patrick
[...] Enberg

Joe Theismann
Bill Walsh

1980s

Year

Network

Play-by-play

Color commentator(s)

Sideline reporter(s)

1989

NBC

Charlie Jones

Merlin Olsen

1988

NBC

1987

NBC

[...] Enberg

Merlin Olsen

1986

NBC