Chris Hinton: on Halloween night in 1988, the offensive lineman's Colts scared the dickens out of John Elway's Broncos.(The Game I'll Never Forget)

Publication: Football Digest

Publication Date: 01-NOV-05

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WHEN WE PLAYED THE DENVER Broncos on Monday night--Halloween, as it were--in 1988, it was one of those games where everything went right for us.

It was funny--I think Dan Dierdorf was one of the announcers for that game. They had given out masks that night, and a fan threw one down from the stands. I took off my Indianapolis Colts helmet and put it on. So on the sidelines, I was wearing a mask of Dan Dierdorf. It was just one of those games.

I think we scored every time on our first six or seven possessions. I'll put it this way: It was so bad that in the second half, Denver kicked an onside kick. Our tight end, a guy named Pat Beach, who was one of the front guys, caught the ball on, like, the first bounce and took off and ran it back to the five-yard line. He damn near scored a touchdown on an onside kick.

Our running back, Eric Dickerson, went on an absolute tear in the first half. He then took himself out of the game. If the coach had said, "Stay in the game," he could have potentially broken the single-game rushing record. He was on that kind of a pace. Every time he touched the ball, he picked up a minimum of 10 yards. It was unbelievable.

We ended up winning 55-23, and I would have to say that...

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