GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: INDIANAPOLIS (11-2) at OAKLAND (4-9)

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FG IND
ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD

INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 8:06 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 7:59 LEFT, 3RD QTR

OAK BALL ON OAK 38 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 6:31 LEFT, 3RD QTR

IND BALL ON IND 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 5:02 LEFT, 3RD QTR

OAK BALL ON OAK 14 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 3:01 LEFT, 3RD QTR

IND BALL ON IND 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 2:09 LEFT, 3RD QTR

OAK BALL ON OAK 40 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 3 13
OAKLAND 0 7 0 7 END, 3RD 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
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
3RD QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD, 6:54. Drive:
11 plays, 83 yards in 4:42. Key
plays: Manning 10-yard pass to
Addai to Indianapolis 26; Manning
23-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-1
to Oakland 34; Manning 23-yard pass
to Gonzalez to Oakland 3.
INDIANAPOLIS 13-7</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 7 14:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD OAK
JUSTIN FARGAS 2 YD RUN
(SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK)

INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 14 10:29 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 13
OAKLAND 14 10:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR

IND BALL ON IND 9 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TD IND
ANTHONY GONZALEZ 20 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(JOSEPH ADDAI RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)

INDIANAPOLIS 21
OAKLAND 14 4:49 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 21
OAKLAND 14 4:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR

OAK BALL ON OAK 45 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

INDIANAPOLIS 21
OAKLAND 14

OAK BALL ON IND 16 YD LINE
3RD AND 9</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 21
OAKLAND 14 1:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR

IND BALL ON OAK 16 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 3 8 21
OAKLAND 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

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
3RD QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD, 6:54. Drive:
11 plays, 83 yards in 4:42. Key
plays: Manning 10-yard pass to
Addai to Indianapolis 26; Manning
23-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-1
to Oakland 34; Manning 23-yard pass
to Gonzalez to Oakland 3.
INDIANAPOLIS 13-7
4TH QUARTER: OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 2 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN
JANIKOWSKI KICK), 4:31. Drive: 13
plays, 60 yards in 6:40. Key plays:
McCown 12-yard pass to Miller to
Indianapolis 48; McCown 10-yard
pass to Curry on 3rd-and-4 to
Indianapolis 21; Fargas 3-yard run
on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 10.
OAKLAND 14-13
IND - TD, ANTHONY GONZALEZ 20 YD PASS FROM
PEYTON MANNING (JOSEPH ADDAI RUN
FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 10:11.
Drive: 11 plays, 91 yards in 5:40.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to
Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis
35; Addai 12-yard run to Oakland
32; Keith 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to Oakland 20. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14

ATT:</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 3 8 21
OAKLAND 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:02 IND - FG, ADAM 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, TJ RUSHING 90 YD PUNT RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

11:54 OAK - TD, RONALD CURRY 3 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN 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.

3RD QUARTER:

6:54 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards in 4:42.
Key plays: Manning 10-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 26; Manning
23-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 34; Manning 23-yard pass to
Gonzalez to Oakland 3. INDIANAPOLIS 13-7.

4TH QUARTER:

4:31 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 2 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 6:40.
Key plays: McCown 12-yard pass to Miller to Indianapolis 48; McCown
10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 21; Fargas 3-yard run
on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 10. OAKLAND 14-13.
10:11 IND - TD, ANTHONY GONZALEZ 20 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (JOSEPH ADDAI RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 11 plays, 91 yards in 5:40.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to
Indianapolis 35; Addai 12-yard run to Oakland 32; Keith 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Oakland 20. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14.

INDIANAPOLIS - OAKLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS OAKLAND

FIRST DOWNS 20 18
Rushing 4 10
Passing 13 6
Penalty 3 2
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-16-44%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-3-33%
TOTAL NET YARDS 322 253
Total offensive plays 62 68
Average gain per play 5.2 3.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 58 149
Rushing attempts 20 39
Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 2-2
NET YARDS PASSING 264 104
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-12 0-0
Gross passing yards 276 104
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-22-1 29-15-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.3 3.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 3-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-41.0 5-49.6
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 9.7 47.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 94 13
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-94 2-12
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-73 5-147
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-1
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-30 6-47
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 3-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 26:14 33:46


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS OAKLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J ADDAI 15 44 2.9 12 0 J FARGAS 26 89 3.4 9 1
K KEITH 3 11 3.7 8 0 D RHODES 7 41 5.9 19 0
P MANNING 2 3 1.5 4 0 J MCCOWN 5 16 3.2 10 0
J GRIFFITH 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
P MANNING 22-39-276 1 1 31 J MCCOWN 13-24- 94 0 1 12
J RUSSELL 2- 5- 10 0 0 6

Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 3-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A GONZALEZ 7 86 12.3 23 1 J PORTER 4 32 8.0 9 0
J ADDAI 5 33 6.6 10 0 J GRIFFITH 4 21 5.3 6 0
R WAYNE 4 69 17.3 31 0 R CURRY 3 23 7.7 10 1
B UTECHT 3 42 14.0 22 0 D RHODES 2 9 4.5 9 0
D AROMASHO 2 37 18.5 28 0 Z MILLER 1 12 12.0 12 0
D CLARK 1 9 9.0 9 0 J FARGAS 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T HOWARD 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H SMITH 3 123 41.0 0 1 49 S LECHLER 5 248 49.6 1 2 57

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T RUSHING 2 94 47.0 90 1 J HIGGINS JR. 2 12 6.0 11 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T RUSHING 3 73 24.3 36 0 C CARR 5 147 29.4 36 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
A VINATIER 1/1 2/2 S JANIKOWS 2/2 0/0
Dist.: 22 19

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
T RUSHING 1 0 0 0-0 J FARGAS 1 0 0 0-0
K HAYDEN 0 0 1 0-0 J MCCOWN 1 0 0 1-0
R GUZMAN 0 0 0 1-0 D RHODES 1 0 0 1-0
C CARLISLE 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
F KEIAHO 14 10 4 0-0 F WASHINGTON 6 6 0 0-0
J CHARLESTON 7 2 5 0-0 G WARREN 5 5 0 1-1
J THOMAS 6 5 1 0-0 C CARR 5 5 0 0-0
T HAGLER 6 5 1 0-0 T HOWARD 5 5 0 0-0
G BRACKETT 5 5 0 0-0 D BURGESS 5 3 2 1-6
M JACKSON 4 4 0 0-0 M HUFF 4 2 2 0-0
K HAYDEN 4 3 1 0-0 K MORRISON 3 3 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 4 3 1 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 3 3 0 0-0
B SANDERS 3 2 1 0-0 W SAPP 3 2 1 0-0
- TEAM 2 2 0 0-0 S ROUTT 3 1 2 0-0
T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 R THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0
K DAWSON 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0
D KLECKO 1 1 0 0-0 H EUGENE 2 1 1 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 C CLEMONS 1 1 0 1-5
R BOIMAN 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 1 1 0 0-0
Q PITCOCK 1 0 1 0-0 S WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
T BRAYTON 1 0 1 0-0
R BROWN 1 0 1 0-0</div>

 

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- For most of the game on Sunday,it was difficult to tell whether the Indianapolis Colts were ontheir way to securing a first-round bye in the playoffs oralready taking their week off.


Peyton Manning led a fourth-quarter comeback and helped theColts overcome an uneven first half en route to a 21-14 victoryover the Oakland Raiders.


Indianapolis (12-2) won its fifth straight AFC South Divisioncrown and guaranteed itself a first-round bye in the playoffswith the win when the Pittsburgh Steelers (9-5) lost to theJacksonville Jaguars (10-4) earlier in the day. The Colts alsoreached the 12-win mark for an NFL-record fifth straight season.

Even though they held a slim 10-7 lead at the break, the Coltswere unable to establish any kind of working margin by a Raidersteam that ran 39 times for 149 yards, continually frustratingan Indianapolis offense that had scored at least 28 points ineach of their previous three contests.


With the Colts trailing, 14-13, after a 2-yard rushing touchdownfrom Justin Fargas, Manning responded with a clutch drive onthe next series, leading the Colts on an 11-play, 91-yard marchthat ended with a 20-yard TD catch by rookie Anthony Gonzalez,who scored for the third time in his last two games.

Oakland drove to the Indianapolis 16 with 1:54 remaining, butJosh McCown's pass to Jerry Porter fell incomplete. The Coltsthen ran out the remainder of the clock.


After Indianapolis converted its opening drive into a 22-yardfield goal by Adam Vinatieri, the Colts defense forced athree-and-out on Oakland's first possession. Raiders punterShane Lechler unleashed a 53-yard punt to Colts punt returnerT.J. Rushing, who broke loose for a franchise record-tying90-yard punt return TD.


Already holding a 10-0 advantage to begin the second quarter,the Colts had appeared to take a 16-0 lead on their second driveof the game, but an apparent 5-yard touchdown run by Manningwas reversed after a replay review when it was deemed the balldid not cross the goal line.


On the next play, Manning's 4th-and-goal pass from the Oakland 1to tight end Ben Utecht was incomplete.


The Raiders not only denied Manning of a touchdown pass on theplay, but methodically marched down the field on the subsequentdrive that chewed up nearly all of the second quarter.

McCown capped a 20-play, 99-yard drive that exhausted 11:49 ofthe second when he executed a play-action fake to the right,rolled left and found Ronald Curry in the left flat to trim theColts lead to 10-7.


Fargas, who surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the firsttime in his five-year career on the last play of the thirdquarter on a six-yard rush, gave the Raiders their first leadwith 10:33 remaining in the final quarter, scoring his fifth TDof the season to stake Oakland to a 14-13 lead.


Fargas turned in another workmanlike effort with 89 yardsrushing on 26 carries for the Raiders (4-10), who guaranteedtheir fifth consecutive season 10-loss season.


Rookie JaMarcus Russell, the first overall pick, made his secondcareer appearance when he started the second half in relief ofMcCown. He finished 2-of-5 for 10 yards in three series.

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 3 8 21
OAKLAND 0 7 0 7 14 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

5:02 IND - FG, ADAM 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, TJ RUSHING 90 YD PUNT RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 10-0.

2ND QUARTER:

11:54 OAK - TD, RONALD CURRY 3 YD PASS FROM JOSH MCCOWN (SEBASTIAN 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.

3RD QUARTER:

6:54 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 19 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards in 4:42.
Key plays: Manning 10-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 26; Manning
23-yard pass to Utecht on 3rd-and-1 to Oakland 34; Manning 23-yard pass to
Gonzalez to Oakland 3. INDIANAPOLIS 13-7.

4TH QUARTER:

4:31 OAK - TD, JUSTIN FARGAS 2 YD RUN (SEBASTIAN JANIKOWSKI KICK).
Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 6:40.
Key plays: McCown 12-yard pass to Miller to Indianapolis 48; McCown
10-yard pass to Curry on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 21; Fargas 3-yard run
on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis 10. OAKLAND 14-13.
10:11 IND - TD, ANTHONY GONZALEZ 20 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (JOSEPH ADDAI RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION).
Drive: 11 plays, 91 yards in 5:40.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to
Indianapolis 35; Addai 12-yard run to Oakland 32; Keith 3-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to Oakland 20. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14.

INDIANAPOLIS - OAKLAND Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS OAKLAND

FIRST DOWNS 20 18
Rushing 4 10
Passing 13 6
Penalty 3 2
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-13-38% 7-16-44%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 1-3-33%
TOTAL NET YARDS 322 253
Total offensive plays 62 68
Average gain per play 5.2 3.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 58 149
Rushing attempts 20 39
Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8
Tackles for loss-yards 2-4 2-2
NET YARDS PASSING 264 104
Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-12 0-0
Gross passing yards 276 104
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 39-22-1 29-15-0
Avg gain per pass play 6.3 3.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-0-0 3-1-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-41.0 5-49.6
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 9.7 47.2
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 94 13
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-94 2-12
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-73 5-147
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 1-1
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-30 6-47
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 3-0
TOUCHDOWNS 2 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 0-0
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-3-0% 2-3-67%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-2-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 26:14 33:46


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS OAKLAND

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
J ADDAI 15 44 2.9 12 0 J FARGAS 26 89 3.4 9 1
K KEITH 3 11 3.7 8 0 D RHODES 7 41 5.9 19 0
P MANNING 2 3 1.5 4 0 J MCCOWN 5 16 3.2 10 0
J GRIFFITH 1 3 3.0 3 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
P MANNING 22-39-276 1 1 31 J MCCOWN 13-24- 94 0 1 12
J RUSSELL 2- 5- 10 0 0 6

Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 3-12. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A GONZALEZ 7 86 12.3 23 1 J PORTER 4 32 8.0 9 0
J ADDAI 5 33 6.6 10 0 J GRIFFITH 4 21 5.3 6 0
R WAYNE 4 69 17.3 31 0 R CURRY 3 23 7.7 10 1
B UTECHT 3 42 14.0 22 0 D RHODES 2 9 4.5 9 0
D AROMASHO 2 37 18.5 28 0 Z MILLER 1 12 12.0 12 0
D CLARK 1 9 9.0 9 0 J FARGAS 1 7 7.0 7 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T HOWARD 1 1 1.0 1 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
H SMITH 3 123 41.0 0 1 49 S LECHLER 5 248 49.6 1 2 57

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T RUSHING 2 94 47.0 90 1 J HIGGINS JR. 2 12 6.0 11 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
T RUSHING 3 73 24.3 36 0 C CARR 5 147 29.4 36 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
A VINATIER 1/1 2/2 S JANIKOWS 2/2 0/0
Dist.: 22 19

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
T RUSHING 1 0 0 0-0 J FARGAS 1 0 0 0-0
K HAYDEN 0 0 1 0-0 J MCCOWN 1 0 0 1-0
R GUZMAN 0 0 0 1-0 D RHODES 1 0 0 1-0
C CARLISLE 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
F KEIAHO 14 10 4 0-0 F WASHINGTON 6 6 0 0-0
J CHARLESTON 7 2 5 0-0 G WARREN 5 5 0 1-1
J THOMAS 6 5 1 0-0 C CARR 5 5 0 0-0
T HAGLER 6 5 1 0-0 T HOWARD 5 5 0 0-0
G BRACKETT 5 5 0 0-0 D BURGESS 5 3 2 1-6
M JACKSON 4 4 0 0-0 M HUFF 4 2 2 0-0
K HAYDEN 4 3 1 0-0 K MORRISON 3 3 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 4 3 1 0-0 N ASOMUGHA 3 3 0 0-0
B SANDERS 3 2 1 0-0 W SAPP 3 2 1 0-0
- TEAM 2 2 0 0-0 S ROUTT 3 1 2 0-0
T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 R THOMAS 2 2 0 0-0
K DAWSON 2 2 0 0-0 J RICHARDSON 2 2 0 0-0
D KLECKO 1 1 0 0-0 H EUGENE 2 1 1 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 C CLEMONS 1 1 0 1-5
R BOIMAN 1 1 0 0-0 - TEAM 1 1 0 0-0
Q PITCOCK 1 0 1 0-0 S WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0
T BRAYTON 1 0 1 0-0
R BROWN 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Brad Fowler, Head Linesman-Ed
Camp, Line Judge-Carl Johnson, Field Judge-John Edwards, Side Judge-Al
Riveron, Back Judge-D Carey.

Time of Game: 2:48</div>

 

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- For most of the game on Sunday,it was difficult to tell whether the Indianapolis Colts were ontheir way to securing a first-round bye in the playoffs oralready taking their week off.


Peyton Manning led a fourth-quarter comeback and helped theColts overcome an uneven first half en route to a 21-14 victoryover the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.


Indianapolis (12-2) won its fifth straight AFC South Divisioncrown and guaranteed itself a first-round bye in the playoffswith the win when the Pittsburgh Steelers (9-5) lost to theJacksonville Jaguars (10-4) earlier in the day. The Colts alsoreached the 12-win mark for an NFL-record fifth straight season.

"You can never take it for granted, winning your division,"Manning said. "It's a good accomplishment, obviously, we wantto keep it in context. We want to keep improving and try to beplaying our best football here in the month of December andJanuary."


"Winning our 12th game and getting that second seed - a lot ofbig things happened for us today," Colts coach Tony Dungy said."Again, I am just very proud of our team and the way we havefought all year."


Even though they held a slim 10-7 lead at the break, the Coltswere unable to establish any kind of working margin by a Raidersteam that ran 39 times for 149 yards, continually frustratingan Indianapolis offense that had scored at least 28 points ineach of their previous three contests.


"That was a very hard-fought game," Dungy said. "We had tobring everything to get it done."


With the Colts trailing, 14-13, after a two-yard rushingtouchdown from Justin Fargas, Manning responded with a clutchdrive on the next series, leading the Colts on an 11-play,91-yard march that ended with a 20-yard TD catch by rookieAnthony Gonzalez, who scored for the third time in his last twogames.


"I would say, bad route, great throw," Gonzalez said. "I reallywasn't open but Peyton put it in a perfect spot, which he doesquite often. It helps having him throwing the ball. It workedout well and, obviously, we had great protection on the play and(were) fortunate to get in there when we needed it."

"Gonzalez was hitting a couple slants on (No.) 27 (FabianWashington), so we tried to run a little slant-and-go," Manningsaid. "The guy had pretty good coverage on that one, so I justthrew it on the back shoulder - a little underthrow on purpose -(and) the guy kind of lost the ball and we got into the endzone."


Oakland drove to the Indianapolis 16 with 1:54 remaining, butJosh McCown's pass to Jerry Porter fell incomplete. The Coltsthen ran out the remainder of the clock.


After Indianapolis converted its opening drive into a 22-yardfield goal by Adam Vinatieri, the Colts' defense forced athree-and-out on Oakland's first possession. Raiders punterShane Lechler unleashed a 53-yard punt to Colts punt returnerT.J. Rushing, who broke loose for a franchise record-tying90-yard punt return TD.


"Coming back to the bay, I wanted to have a good performance andthe guys blocking for me allowed me to do that," said Rushing,who played his college ball at Stanford.


Already holding a 10-0 advantage to begin the second quarter,the Colts had appeared to take a 16-0 lead on their second driveof the game, but an apparent five-yard touchdown run by Manningwas reversed after a replay review when it was deemed the balldid not cross the goal line.


On the next play, Manning's 4th-and-goal pass from the Oakland 1to tight end Ben Utecht was incomplete.


The Raiders not only denied Manning of a touchdown pass on theplay, but methodically marched down the field on the subsequentdrive that chewed up nearly all of the second quarter.

McCown capped a 20-play, 99-yard drive that exhausted 11:49 ofthe second when he executed a play-action fake to the right,rolled left and found Ronald Curry in the left flat to trim theColts lead to 10-7.


Fargas, who surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the firsttime in his five-year career on the last play of the thirdquarter on a six-yard rush, gave the Raiders their first leadwith 10:33 remaining in the final quarter, scoring his fifth TDof the season to stake Oakland to a 14-13 lead.


"It's a good accomplishment, something that every runner shootsfor," said Fargas of the milestone.


Fargas turned in another workmanlike effort with 89 yardsrushing on 26 carries for the Raiders (4-10), who guaranteedtheir fifth consecutive 10-loss season.


Rookie JaMarcus Russell, the first overall pick in the 2007draft, made his second career appearance when he started thesecond half in relief of McCown. He finished 2-of-5 for 10yards in three series.


"I'm a pretty confident guy but, at times, you can get down onyourself," Russell said. "I'm pretty sure coach (Lane Kiffin)knows what he's doing, so if he wants to put me in or take meout, it doesn't matter to me because I'm making progress."

 

NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at OAKLAND

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NFL
INDIANAPOLIS 21
OAKLAND 14 FINAL</div>