GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: JACKSONVILLE (8-3) at INDIANAPOLIS (9-2)

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Jacksonville Jaguars could notstand up to the challenges of Tony Dungy and the IndianapolisColts.


Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes to lead the Colts toa 28-25 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday in an AFC Southshowdown.


Indianapolis (10-2) won its third straight game and snapped thethree-game winning of Jacksonville (8-4) to open a two-game leadin the division. Plus, the Colts swept the season series,which all but wrapped up AFC South crown.


It was a big game and we knew that, we knew what the divisionstandings looked like and we knew it was going to be tough,"Dungy said. "Overall it was just a complete team effort andthat's what it takes this time of the year."


Manning finished 20-of-29 for 288 yards with one interception.He now has 23 TD passes, giving him at least 20 for 10consecutive seasons.


The Jaguars repeatedly fought back from 14-point deficits behindDavid Garrard and a strong running game, but their defense wasunable to stop Indianapolis.


"They're a good ball team. We're a good ball team," Garrardsaid. "You hope that every time you go out there you beat theseguys. They're out there giving it their all. ... We just haveto go out and focus on our next game against Carolina, put thisone behind us."


Garrard finished 24-of-29 for 257 yards, two TD passes and oneinterception - his first in 231 attempts this season.

Jacksonville pulled with 28-25 on Garrard's 17-yard scoring passto Dennis Northcutt with 2:47 left to play, but the Colts ranout the clock from there.


"I thought we played hard, played well in spurts, but didn't doenough to get off the field on third down," Jaguars coach JackDel Rio said. "We didn't do the things we needed to do to havesuccess on third down. We'll go home, make the corrections, andmove on."


Two early challenges by Dungy overturned rulings on the field,leading to a pair of first-quarter touchdowns by Indianapolisand setting the tone for the contest.


Dungy's first challenge came after Colts defensive end RobertMathis stripped Garrard. It initially was ruled thatJacksonville recovered the fumble but then was overturned onreplay, setting up the Colts at the Jaguars' 11-yard line.

"Raheem Brock had the ball," Dungy said. "It should have notbeen missed on the field. I saw it all the way."


Manning needed two plays to cash in on the miscue, hitting tightend Dallas Clark on a 5-yard fade pattern in the right cornerof the end zone for a 7-0 lead 5 1/2 minutes into the game.

A second challenge by Dungy overturned an apparent fumble by hisbackup tight end Ben Utecht near midfield.


After it was ruled an incomplete pass upon review, Manning foundReggie Wayne behind the defense for a 48-yard scoring pass onthe very next play for a 14-0 lead with 1:31 left in the openingquarter.


"It was two good teams going at each other, and it seemed as ifevery questionable play that could've gone either way went theirway," Del Rio said. "But that's the way it goes sometimes."

That was an ominous sign for the Jaguars, since Dungy's teamsare 69-1 all-time when holding a lead of 14 points.

Jacksonville did respond with a 16-play drive that lasted over11 minutes to halve the deficit. Maurice Jones-Drew scored on a2-yard run to make it 14-7 with 5:21 left in the half.

That was just enough time for Manning to drive the Colts 80yards for another TD - this time a 14-yard pass to Clark in theright corner of the end zone to restore the lead to 21-7 withsix seconds left in the half.


The touchdown came on 3rd-and-goal and marked the seventhconsecutive time Indy converted on third down in the openinghalf.


The Jaguars opened the second half with 10 unanswered points,including Garrard's 2-yard pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis.

Manning was picked off in the end zone by Reggie Nelson with theColts holding a 21-14 lead, giving Jacksonville neededmomentum.


"It was horrible, horrible decision given the circumstance,"Manning said. "You have got the lead, it's third down, you havegot a guaranteed three points. I can sit here and talked aboutit, but there's zero excuses for it."


But Manning brought the Colts downfield and capped the a drivewith a 1-yard shovel pass to Luke Lawton to push the lead to28-17 with 8:26 to play.


On the ensuing possession, the Jaguars were driving for anotherscore when Garrard threw his first interception of the seasonwith 6:38 to play.


"We're excited heading into the fourth quarter of the season andwe have a lead in the division so we have to finish offDecember right," Dungy said. "We just did things right andmoved the ball when we had to."

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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JACKSONVILLE 0 7 7 11 25
INDIANAPOLIS 14 7 0 7 28 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:30 IND - TD, DALLAS CLARK 5 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 3 plays, 11 yards in 0:41.
Key plays: Brock recovery of fumble at Jacksonville 11. INDIANAPOLIS
7-0.
13:29 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 48 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 63 yards in 3:25.
Key plays: Addai 10-yard run to Indianapolis 38; 10-yard pass
interference penalty on Jaguars' Mathis to Indianapolis 48; Manning
10-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-10 to Jacksonville 42. INDIANAPOLIS
14-0.

2ND QUARTER:

9:39 JAC - TD, MAURICE JONES-DREW 2 YD RUN (JOSH SCOBEE KICK).
Drive: 16 plays, 84 yards in 11:10.
Key plays: Garrard 11-yard pass to Wilford on 3rd-and-7 to
Jacksonville 30; Garrard 3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Jacksonville 41;
Garrard 13-yard pass to Lewis to Indianapolis 18. Jones-Drew 4-yard rush
on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 2. INDIANAPOLIS 14-7.
14:54 IND - TD, DALLAS CLARK 14 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards in 5:15.
Key plays: Manning 8-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis
37; Manning 2-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 48; Manning
21-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-1 to Jacksonville 22; Manning 22-yard to
Gonzalez to Jacksonville 1. INDIANAPOLIS 21-7.

3RD QUARTER:

6:54 JAC - TD, MARCEDES LEWIS 2 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (JOSH SCOBEE KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 6:54.
Key plays: Taylor 17-yard run to Indianapolis 43; Garrard 22-yard
pass to Williams to Indianapolis 23; Garrard 6-yard pass to Northcutt on
3rd-and-5 to Indianapolis 12; Garrard 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to
Indianapolis 2. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14.

4TH QUARTER:

3:24 JAC - FG, JOSH SCOBEE 47 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 38 yards in 6:40.
Key plays: Garrard 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Jacksonville 44;
Taylor 17-yard run to Indianapolis 39; Jones-Drew 22-yard run to
Indianapolis 17; Jones-Drew 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 with 15-yard
unnecessary roughness penalty on Jaguars' R Williams puts ball at
Indianapolis 22; Garrard 11-yard pass to Wilford to Indianapolis 16.
INDIANAPOLIS 21-17.
6:34 IND - TD, LUKE LAWTON 1 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 3:10.
Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Clark to Jacksonville 44; Manning
30-yard pass to Utecht to Jacksonville 14; Addai 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Jacksonville 1. INDIANAPOLIS 28-17.
12:13 JAC - TD, DENNIS NORTHCUTT 17 YD PASS FROM DAVID GARRARD (DAVID GARRARD RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards in 3:01.
Key plays: Garrard 22-yard pass to R. Williams to Indianapolis 45;
Garrard 12-yard pass to Lewis to Indianapolis 28; Garrard 11-yard pass to
M Jones to Indianapolis 17. INDIANAPOLIS 28-25.

JACKSONVILLE - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS JACKSONVILLE INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 27 19
Rushing 12 4
Passing 14 14
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-10-60% 10-13-77%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 411 342
Total offensive plays 63 55
Average gain per play 6.5 6.2
NET YARDS RUSHING 168 63
Rushing attempts 31 25
Average gain per rush 5.4 2.5
Tackles for loss-yards 3-7 4-11
NET YARDS PASSING 243 279
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-14 1-9
Gross passing yards 257 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-24-1 29-20-1
Avg gain per pass play 7.6 9.3
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-3-3 5-1-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 0-0.0 2-38.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 0.0 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 44 30
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-7 0-0
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-62 2-40
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-37 1-30
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-64 2-15
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 3 4
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 4
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-5-60% 3-4-75%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 35:45 24:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

JACKSONVILLE INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
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F TAYLOR 14 104 7.4 29 0 J ADDAI 21 67 3.2 10 0
M JONES-DR 11 52 4.7 22 1 P MANNING 3 2 0.7 4 0
D GARRARD 4 5 1.3 3 0 K KEITH 1 -6 -6.0 0 0
D NORTHCUT 1 4 4.0 4 0
G JONES 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D GARRARD 24-29-257 1 2 35 P MANNING 20-29-288 1 4 48

Sacked-Yards Lost: D GARRARD 3-14. Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 1-9.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E WILFORD 5 72 14.4 35 0 R WAYNE 8 158 19.8 48 1
M LEWIS 5 42 8.4 13 1 D CLARK 7 60 8.6 17 2
R WILLIAMS 4 69 17.3 22 0 B UTECHT 3 47 15.7 30 0
D NORTHCUT 4 37 9.3 17 1 A GONZALEZ 1 22 22.0 22 0
M JONES 2 16 8.0 11 0 L LAWTON 1 1 1.0 1 1
R ANGULO 2 11 5.5 7 0
G JONES 1 5 5.0 5 0
M JONES-DR 1 5 5.0 5 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R NELSON 1 37 37.0 37 0 A BETHEA 1 30 30.0 30 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H SMITH 2 76 38.0 0 1 44

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D NORTHCUTT 1 7 7.0 7 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M JONES-DREW 2 42 21.0 25 0 T RUSHING 1 22 22.0 22 0
S STARKS 1 20 20.0 20 0 L LAWTON 1 18 18.0 18 0
D LANDRI 1 0 0.0 0 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J SCOBEE 2/2 1/2 A VINATIER 4/4 0/0
Dist.: (46) 47

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D GARRARD 1 1 0 0-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0
R BROCK 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
J DURANT 8 5 3 0-0 F KEIAHO 11 9 2 .5-5.5
S KNIGHT 7 7 0 0-0 B SANDERS 11 5 6 0-0
J HENDERSON 7 6 1 0-0 M JACKSON 9 6 3 .5-5.5
C INGRAM 7 5 2 0-0 T HAGLER 7 4 3 1-2
B WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 K HAYDEN 6 6 0 0-0
D SMITH 5 3 2 .5-4.5 G BRACKETT 6 4 2 0-0
B MCCRAY 5 1 4 0-0 A BETHEA 6 3 3 0-0
P SPICER 3 1 2 .5-4.5 R MATHIS 4 4 0 1-1
R MEIER 2 1 1 0-0 T RUSHING 3 3 0 0-0
R MATHIS 2 1 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 3 3 0 0-0
T COUSIN 1 1 0 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 0 3 0-0
D LANDRI 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 2 2 0 0-0
R NELSON 1 1 0 0-0 J THOMAS 2 1 1 0-0
J FUDGE 1 1 0 0-0 J CHARLESTON 2 0 2 0-0
M COOPER 1 1 0 0-0 R BOIMAN 1 1 0 0-0
J MINCEY 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Richard Hall, Head
Linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line Judge-Darryl Lewis, Field Judge-Rob
Vernatchi, Side Judge-Mike Weatherford, Back Judge-Kirk Dornan.

Att: 57,302 Time of Game: 3:02</div>

 

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