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Spook-tacular history of NFL Halloween games

Football is no stranger to Halloween matchups with the earliest game dating back to the beginning of the National Football League. Halloween games are the place where players show up and show out. For this year’s Halloween matchup, we have the Cincinnati Bengals taking a short trip to Ohio to battle the Cleveland Browns in an AFC North division game for Monday Night Football.

In a 1988 game, the Denver Broncos traveled to Indianapolis to battle the Indianapolis Colts. Former Colts running back Eric Dickerson gave the Broncos “pumpkin” to talk about by recording his first four-touchdown game in his career.