NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK), 0:13. SAN DIEGO 7-0 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD, 7:46. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED), 9:05. SAN DIEGO 16-0 2ND QUARTER: SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK), 6:13. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:18. Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 0:23. Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED), 0:32. SAN DIEGO 23-21 ATT: 67,726</div>
Re: NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO "The Chargers have pulled the greatest escape since Charles Bronson"</p> lol</p>
by Tim Powers PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer San Diego (Ticker) - Even on his worst day, Peyton Manningappeared poised to pull off a comeback victory. That is untilthe best clutch kicker in the history of the game missed a chipshot. The San Diego Chargers built a 23-point first-half lead and heldon to beat the Indianapolis Colts, 23-21, when Adam Vinatierimissed a 29-yard field goal with 91 seconds to play. It was only the second time in his career that Vinatieri hasmissed a field goal under 30 yards in the fourth quarter. San Diego (5-4) intercepted Manning a career-high six times andsent Indianapolis (7-2) to its second consecutive defeat. Getting a kick return and a punt return for touchdowns by DarrenSproles, the Chargers seemingly had the game in hand, taking a16-0 lead after one quarter and padding the advantage to 23-0 onLaDainian Tomlinson's 4-yard touchdown run with 8:47 left inthe first half. The Colts answered with by scoring two quick fourth-quartertouchdowns in a span of 32 seconds and then got an interceptionfrom linebacker Clint Sessions - his second of the game. Manning started the comeback late in the third quarter. He leda 90-yard drive by completing 5-of-6 passes, capped off by a7-yard strike to Kenton Keith with 14:51 remaining. A two-pointconversion cut the deficit to 23-15. After San Diego took over on its own 8-yard line in rainyconditions, quarterback Philip Rivers threw two incompletionsbefore fumbling the third-down play into the end zone, whereGary Brackett recovered for a score. Running back Joseph Addai was stopped short of the end zone onthe two-point try, pulling the Colts with 23-21 with 14:27. The next Indianapolis drive was stopped short, and San Diegoregained possession on its own 14 with 7:21 remaining. After Rivers' pass was tipped on first down, Sessions madediving grab to give the Colts the ball at the San Diego 46 and5:50 left on the clock. Manning then had the Colts in position for the game-winningscore, driving to the Chargers 7-yard line. Intially, officialsruled Addai had picked up a first down, but upon video review,the ball was marked a yard short. The Colts took a delay-of-game penalty, setting up Vinatieri,but he missed wide right. Cromartie had three interceptions - all in the first half -while making his first career start at cornerback for theinjured Quentin Jammer. Sproles ran back the opening kickoff 89 yards and added a46-yard punt return for a touchdown for San Diego.
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK), 0:13. SAN DIEGO 7-0 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD, 7:46. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED), 9:05. SAN DIEGO 16-0 2ND QUARTER: SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK), 6:13. Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 12:18. Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 0:07. Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED), 0:32. SAN DIEGO 23-21 ATT: 67,726</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 13 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 12 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 N HARDWICK 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P RIVERS 1 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 0-0 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 67,726</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 13 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 12 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 N HARDWICK 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P RIVERS 1 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 0-0 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 67,726</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL INDIANAPOLIS 21 SAN DIEGO 23 FINAL</div>
By Tim Powers PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer San Diego (Ticker) -- Even on his worst day, Peyton Manningappeared poised to pull off a comeback victory. That is untilthe best clutch kicker in the history of the game missed a chipshot. The San Diego Chargers built a 23-point first-half lead and heldon to beat the Indianapolis Colts, 23-21, when Adam Vinatierimissed a 29-yard field goal with 91 seconds to play. It was only the second time in his career that Vinatieri hasmissed a field goal under 30 yards in the fourth quarter. "I let my team down a little bit," Vinatieri said. "Ijust screwed that up. It's on me. I should make that kickevery time. I have no good excuses, I just missed it." San Diego (5-4) intercepted Manning a career-high six times andsent Indianapolis (7-2) to its second consecutive defeat. "Usually when you have that many turnovers, that manyinterceptions, you don't have a chance," Manning said."Everybody kept fighting and hung in there till the end, but youusually don't have a chance to win games like that." Getting a kick return and a punt return for touchdowns by DarrenSproles, the Chargers seemingly had the game in hand, taking a16-0 lead after one quarter and padding the advantage to 23-0 onLaDainian Tomlinson's 4-yard touchdown run with 8:47 left inthe first half. The Colts answered with by scoring two quick fourth-quartertouchdowns in a span of 32 seconds and then got an interceptionfrom linebacker Clint Sessions - his second of the game. Manning started the comeback late in the third quarter. He leda 90-yard drive by completing 5-of-6 passes, capped off by a7-yard strike to Kenton Keith with 14:51 remaining. A two-pointconversion cut the deficit to 23-15. After San Diego took over on its own 8-yard line in rainyconditions, quarterback Philip Rivers threw two incompletionsbefore fumbling the third-down play into the end zone, whereGary Brackett recovered for a score. "The play before I ended up on the ground, and I was trying toget my hands as dry as I could," Rivers said. "At that point,it was coming down pretty good, the rain was. It's inexcusablethere to (fumble). It can't happen, and it put us in theposition that we were in." Running back Joseph Addai was stopped short of the end zone onthe two-point try, pulling the Colts with 23-21 with 14:27. The next Indianapolis drive was stopped short, and San Diegoregained possession on its own 14 with 7:21 remaining. After Rivers' pass was tipped on first down, Sessions madediving grab to give the Colts the ball at the San Diego 46 and5:50 left on the clock. Manning then had the Colts in position for the game-winningscore, driving to the Chargers 7-yard line. Initially,officials ruled Addai had picked up a first down, but upon videoreview, the ball was marked a yard short. The Colts took a delay-of-game penalty, setting up Vinatieri,but he missed wide right. "That was one of the most disappointing games we've had sinceI've been here," Colts coach Tony Dungy said. "You have to giveall the credit to San Diego. They outplayed us in the firsthalf and we did some things you can't do to win a game. Ithought our guys fought back in the second half and played hard,but we didn't play well enough to win." Despite the interceptions, Manning finished with a respectable328 yards and two touchdowns while completing 34 of 56 passattempts. His counterpart Rivers did not throw a score andcommitted three turnovers, going 13-for-24 with 104 yards. "I'm sure there have been more emotional games, but in this one,you went from being comfortably ahead to just a nail-biter,"Tomlinson said. "We're sitting there thinking Adam Vinatieri isgoing to knock that one through and we're going to have to godown and score. That was our mindset." Antonio Cromartie had three interceptions - all in the firsthalf - while making his first career start at cornerback for theinjured Quentin Jammer. "The biggest thing for me is we got a victory," Cromartie said."I'm going against the best quarterback in the league in PeytonManning, and for me to pick off three of his passes, for me it'sa great accomplishment." Sproles ran back the opening kickoff 89 yards and added a46-yard punt return for a touchdown for San Diego. "It's nice to win," Chargers coach Norv Turner said. "That's aheck of a football team. They're the defending Super Bowlchampions, and any way you can beat them. I don't know how toexplain it, but obviously, we'll take it."
Re: NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO Horrible game. I can't believe the Chargers only won by 2. THey couldn't do anything on offense either.</p>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 13 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 12 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C HART 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P RIVERS 2 1 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 0-0 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 0-0 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 67,726 Time of Game: 3:24</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS AT SAN DIEGO NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT INTERCEPTIONS FOR HART AND FUMBLES FOR RIVERS.</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 13 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 12 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C HART 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 0 0 0 0-1 P RIVERS 2 1 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 1-10 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 1-8 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 67,726 Time of Game: 3:24</div>
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NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 2 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C HART 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 0 0 0 0-1 P RIVERS 2 1 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 1-10 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 1-8 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 67,726 Time of Game: 3:24</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS AT SAN DIEGO NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT TEAM STATS FOR SAN DIEGO.</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- INDIANAPOLIS 0 7 0 14 21 SAN DIEGO 16 7 0 0 23 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 0:13 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 89 YD KICKOFF RETURN (NATE KAEDING KICK). SAN DIEGO 7-0. 7:46 SDG - FG, NATE KAEDING 33 YD. Drive: 6 plays, 17 yards in 2:14. Key plays: Phillips 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 32; Tomlinson 16-yard run to Indianapolis 15. SAN DIEGO 10-0. 9:05 SDG - TD, DARREN SPROLES 45 YD PUNT RETURN (PAT FAILED). SAN DIEGO 16-0. 2ND QUARTER: 6:13 SDG - TD, LADAINIAN TOMLINSON 4 YD RUN (NATE KAEDING KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 45 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Cromartie interception at Indianapolis 45; Naanee 3-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Indianapolis 34; Rivers 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 15; Rivers 7-yard pass to Gates on 3rd-and-7 to Indiapolis 5. SAN DIEGO 23-0. 12:18 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 8 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards in 6:05. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Chargers' Weddle on 3rd-and-7 to Indianapolis 41; Manning 12-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 47; Addai 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Diego 36; Manning 10-yard pass to Thorpe to San Diego 30; Manning 8-yard pass to Fletcher on 3rd-and-4 to San Diego 22; Manning 10-yard pass to Fletcher to San Diego 12. SAN DIEGO 23-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 0:07 IND - TD, KENTON KEITH 7 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (PEYTON MANNING PASS TO BRYAN FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION). Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards in 10:28. Key plays: Manning 25-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-10 to Indianapolis 35; Manning 10-yard pass to Utecht to Indianapolis 47; Manning 16-yard pass to Moorehead to San Diego 20. SAN DIEGO 23-15. 0:32 IND - TD, GARY BRACKETT RECOVERED FUMBLE IN END ZONE (TWO-POINT RUN CONVERSION FAILED). SAN DIEGO 23-21. INDIANAPOLIS - SAN DIEGO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO FIRST DOWNS 25 22 Rushing 4 11 Passing 19 4 Penalty 2 7 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 10-19-53% 3-11-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 386 177 Total offensive plays 84 50 Average gain per play 4.6 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 75 91 Rushing attempts 26 24 Average gain per rush 2.9 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 2-3 3-5 NET YARDS PASSING 311 86 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-17 2-18 Gross passing yards 328 104 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 56-34-6 24-13-2 Avg gain per pass play 5.4 3.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-1-5 5-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 2-34.0 5-45.0 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 36.5 36.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) -2 76 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2--5 1-45 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 4-129 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-3 6-31 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-21 10-78 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 TOUCHDOWNS 3 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 0 Interceptions 1 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 2 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-1 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-1 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-2 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-4-50% 1-2-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:12 23:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS INDIANAPOLIS SAN DIEGO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ADDAI 22 56 2.5 10 0 L TOMLINSO 21 76 3.6 16 1 K KEITH 4 19 4.8 9 0 L NEAL 2 15 7.5 10 0 P RIVERS 1 0 0.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P MANNING 34-56-328 6 2 39 P RIVERS 13-24-104 2 0 19 Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-17. Sacked-Yards Lost: None RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R WAYNE 10 140 14.0 14 1 L TOMLINSO 4 21 5.3 12 0 B FLETCHER 8 55 6.9 12 0 A GATES 3 26 8.7 14 0 C THORPE 5 41 8.2 10 0 V JACKSON 2 28 14.0 19 0 A MOOREHEA 4 39 9.8 16 0 C CHAMBERS 2 17 8.5 12 0 B UTECHT 3 30 10.0 10 0 L NAANEE 2 12 6.0 9 0 J ADDAI 3 16 5.3 12 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 1 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C SESSION 2 3 1.5 3 0 A CROMARTIE 3 9 3.0 21 0 S PHILLIPS 1 18 18.0 18 0 M WILHELM 1 4 4.0 4 0 C HART 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- H SMITH 2 68 34.0 0 1 40 M SCIFRES 5 225 45.0 0 3 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 D SPROLES 1 45 45.0 45 1 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C THORPE 5 101 20.2 40 0 D SPROLES 3 125 41.7 89 1 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- A VINATIER 1/1 0/2 N KAEDING 2/2 1/1 Dist.: (42) (29) Dist.: 33 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 0 0 0 0-1 P RIVERS 2 1 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ G BRACKETT 7 7 0 0-0 C HART 11 10 1 0-0 B SANDERS 5 4 1 0-0 M WILHELM 11 9 2 0-0 R BOIMAN 5 0 5 0-0 S COOPER 8 7 1 0-0 K HAYDEN 4 4 0 0-0 A CROMARTIE 6 6 0 0-0 K DAWSON 4 4 0 0-0 J WILLIAMS 6 4 2 0-0 A BETHEA 4 2 2 0-0 D FLORENCE 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 M MCCREE 4 3 1 0-0 C SESSION 3 3 0 0-0 E WEDDLE 4 3 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 2 1 0-0 S MERRIMAN 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 2 2 0 1-10 S PHILLIPS 3 2 1 0-0 T JENNINGS 2 2 0 0-0 J CESAIRE 3 2 1 0-0 Q PITCOCK 2 2 0 0-0 M HARRIS 2 2 0 1-13 - TEAM 1 1 0 1-8 I OLSHANSKY 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0 C POLK 1 1 0 1-4 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0 R BINGHAM 1 1 0 0-0 S GREGORY 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Gene Steratore, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head Linesman-Paul Weidner, Line Judge-Tom Barnes, Field Judge-Doug Rosenbaum, Side Judge-Barry Anderson, Back Judge-Tony Steratore. Att: 67,726 Time of Game: 3:24</div>
NFL: INDIANAPOLIS at SAN DIEGO <div class="pre">NFL INDIANAPOLIS AT SAN DIEGO NOTE: RESENDING BOX TO CORRECT TEAM STATS FOR SAN DIEGO.</div>
