Halloween Horror
Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus getting their numbers retired.
Monday Night.
Halloween.
Bears-Packers.
All the ingredients were there for a classic game.
It was a dud instead, as Brett Favre thrived in the windy, rainy conditions at Soldier Field to lead the Packers in a rout of the Bears.
Favre, playing with a bruised left hip, threw for a touchdown and rushed for another — rumbling 36 yards down the sideline and then hurtling Jeremey Lincoln to reach the endzone in the iconic play of the evening.
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