Editing Jim Nantz (section)

====''The NFL on CBS'' (1987–1992) ====
On October 4, 1987, Nantz made his first on-air appearance during an NFL game when he served as a reporter during the [[1987 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] at [[1987 New York Jets season|New York Jets]] game during the NFL strike in a game which featured replacement players, he appeared outside the stadium and in the crowd interviewing fans, in a time before sideline reporters were commonplace at regular season games. It would be his only appearance on CBS's NFL coverage during the 1987 season. In 1988, Nantz would work his first NFL play-by-play assignments, covering the October 16 [[1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] at [[1988 Indianapolis Colts season|Indianapolis Colts]] game (with his college football partner Haden) and the December 4 [[1988 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]] at [[1988 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] game (with analyst [[Ken Stabler]]). In 1989, Nantz would call three more NFL games (with Haden), and in 1990 he would call two games with analyst [[Tim Brant]]. Nantz would work a full schedule of NFL games on play-by-play for the first time in 1991, calling games with analyst [[Hank Stram]] and would then work again with Stram during the 1992 season, also paring with [[Dan Fouts]] for two games in September 1992 (when [[Pat Summerall]] was calling [[1992 US Open (tennis)|US Open tennis]]).

On October 4, 1992, he pared with analyst [[Randy Cross]] when Cross' regular broadcast partner, [[Dick Stockton]], was covering [[Major League Baseball on CBS|MLB baseball]]. For the 1993 season, Nantz would join Cross full-time, and they would be assigned to the January 16, 1994 NFC Divisional Playoff game between the [[1993 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] and the [[1993 Dallas Cowboys season|Dallas Cowboys]].