NFL: INDIANAPOLIS (11-2) at OAKLAND (4-9) <h3>Colts on verge of fifth straight division title</h3> <div class="pre">Indianapolis (11-2) at Oakland (4-9) 4:05 pm EST</div> OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- The Indianapolis Coltscouldn't beat the New England Patriots, but the defendingSuper Bowl champions are where they expected to be - onthe verge of another division title. The Colts look to wrap up their fifth straight AFC South crownon Sunday when they visit the Oakland Raiders. An Indianapolis win, coupled with a Pittsburgh Steelers' lossto the Jacksonville Jaguars, will give the Colts a first-roundbye. The Colts went through a slump in early November, sufferingback-to-back losses to the Patriots and San Diego Chargers, thenstruggling to beat the Kansas City Chiefs. But Indianapolis has regained its dominating form, crushing theBaltimore Ravens, 44-20, last week for their fourth straightvictory. The win enabled the Colts to clinch a playoff spot. It was a milestone game for Indianapolis quarterback PeytonManning, who threw four touchdowns, including the 300th of hiscareer - all in the first half. Manning, who left in the third quarter quarter, joined JohnElway, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Marino and Brett Favre as the onlyquarterbacks with at least 300 career TD passes. In addition, Colts coach Tony Dungy will be making his ninthstraight playoff appearance, dating to his days with the TampaBay Buccaneers. Dungy matched the late Tom Landry for the longest string ofconsecutive postseason appearances since 1970. Since Dungy's arrival in Indianapolis in 2002, the Colts havebeen a model of consistency. A win on Sunday would give themat least 12 wins for an NFL-record fith straight season. The Raiders' two-game winning streak ended with a thud as theysuffered a 38-7 loss at Green Bay last week. Josh McCown madehis second straight start but was ineffective, completingonly 7-of-15 passes for 110 yards before being replaced byAndrew Walter in the fourth quarter. Oakland coach Lane Kiffin did not name a starter for this weekbut indicated that rookie JaMarcus Russell with play againstthe Colts. This year's top draft pick who did not sign with the Raiders untilafter the season start, Russell made his NFL debut two weeks agoin a 34-20 win over the Denver Broncos. Russell played two series in the second quarter against the Broncos,completing 4-of-7 passes for 56 yards. Oakland starter Daunte Culpepper remains sidelined with a quadricepsinjury.
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 0 OAKLAND 0 14:53 LEFT, 1ST QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 31 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL FG IND ADAM VINATIERI 22 YD INDIANAPOLIS 3 OAKLAND 0 9:58 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 3 OAKLAND 0 9:53 LEFT, 1ST QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 30 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL TD IND TJ RUSHING 94 YD PUNT RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK) INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 0 8:42 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 0 8:35 LEFT, 1ST QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 37 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 0 4:25 LEFT, 1ST QTR IND BALL ON IND 40 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 10 10 OAKLAND 0 0 END, 1ST QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 22 YD, 5:02. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Wayne plus 15-yard face-mask penalty on Raiders' Washington to Oakland 42; Manning 19-yard pass to Gonzalez to Oakland 26; Manning 12-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 12. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0 IND - TD, TJ RUSHING 90 YD PUNT RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 6:18. INDIANAPOLIS 10-0</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 0 14:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 1 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 0 5:36 LEFT, 2ND QTR OAK BALL ON IND 25 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL TD OAK RONALD CURRY 3 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK) INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 3:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 2:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR IND BALL ON IND 35 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 1:59 LEFT, 2ND QTR IND BALL ON IND 48 YD LINE 2ND AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 1:25 LEFT, 2ND QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 46 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 0:43 LEFT, 2ND QTR IND BALL ON IND 5 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 0:15 LEFT, 2ND QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 42 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 10 OAKLAND 0 7 7 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 22 YD, 5:02. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Wayne plus 15-yard face-mask penalty on Raiders' Washington to Oakland 42; Manning 19-yard pass to Gonzalez to Oakland 26; Manning 12-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 12. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0 IND - TD, TJ RUSHING 90 YD PUNT RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 6:18. INDIANAPOLIS 10-0 2ND QUARTER: OAK - TD, RONALD CURRY 3 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK), 11:54. Drive: 20 plays, 99 yards in 11:49. Key plays: McCown 7-yard pass to Fargas plus 15-yard roughing the passer on Raiders' Thomas to Oakland 23; Fargas 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 34; McCown 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Indianapolis 43; Fargas 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 31; McCown 10-yard run to Indianapolis 15; McCown 7-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-5 to Indianapolis 3. INDIANAPOLIS 10-7</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 10 OAKLAND 0 7 7 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:02 IND - FG, A Vinatieri 22 Yd. Drive: 10 plays, 65 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Manning 12-yard pass to Wayne plus 15-yard face-mask penalty on Raiders' Washington to Oakland 42; Manning 19-yard pass to Gonzalez to Oakland 26; Manning 12-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-8 to Oakland 12. Indianapolis 3-0. 6:18 IND - TD, T Rushing 90 Yd Punt Return (A Vinatieri Kick). Indianapolis 10-0. 2ND QUARTER: 11:54 OAK - TD, R Curry 3 Yd Pass From J Mccown (S Janikowski Kick). Drive: 20 plays, 99 yards in 11:49. Key plays: McCown 7-yard pass to Fargas plus 15-yard roughing the passer on Raiders' Thomas to Oakland 23; Fargas 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 34; McCown 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Indianapolis 43; Fargas 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 31; McCown 10-yard run to Indianapolis 15; McCown 7-yard pass to Porter on 3rd-and-5 to Indianapolis 3. Indianapolis 10-7. Indianapolis - Oakland End 2nd Qtr Statistics TEAM STATISTICS Indianapolis Oakland FIRST DOWNS 8 9 Rushing 1 4 Passing 6 4 Penalty 1 1 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-6-33% 4-8-50% TOTAL NET YARDS 115 131 Total offensive plays 28 35 Average gain per play 4.1 3.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 14 80 Rushing attempts 7 20 Average gain per rush 2.0 4.0 NET YARDS PASSING 101 51 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-7 0-0 Gross passing yards 108 51 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 19-9-1 15-8-0 Avg gain per pass play 4.8 3.4 PUNTS: Number and Average 1-49.0 2-47.5 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 1-15 3-30 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 0 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 11:41 18:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Indianapolis Oakland RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 6 10 1.7 5 0 J FARGAS 14 58 4.1 7 0 P MANNING 1 4 4.0 4 0 J MCCOWN 4 11 2.8 10 0 D RHODES 2 11 5.5 7 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 9-19-108 1 0 28 J MCCOWN 8-15- 51 0 1 10 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A GONZALEZ 3 32 10.7 19 0 J PORTER 3 25 8.3 9 0 D AROMASHO 2 37 18.5 28 0 R CURRY 2 13 6.5 10 1 B UTECHT 2 20 10.0 12 0 J FARGAS 1 7 7.0 7 0 R WAYNE 2 19 9.5 12 0 J GRIFFITH 1 6 6.0 6 0 D RHODES 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 1/1 S JANIKOWS 1/1 0/0 Dist.: 22</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 14:55 LEFT, 3RD QTR OAK BALL ON OAK 26 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 10 OAKLAND 7 12:48 LEFT, 3RD QTR IND BALL ON IND 16 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
