NFL: KANSAS CITY at INDIANAPOLIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- KANSAS CITY 0 3 7 0 10 INDIANAPOLIS 0 3 7 3 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 47 YD, 6:05. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Page interception at Indianapolis 37. KANSAS CITY 3-0 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD, 13:42. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Dawson 10-yard fumble return to Kansas City 13. KANSAS CITY 3-3 3RD QUARTER: IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 3 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK), 7:43. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:48. Key plays: Addai 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 36; Addai 17-yard run plus 3-yard personal foul penalty on Chiefs' Pollard to Kansas City 3. INDIANAPOLIS 10-3 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 19 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (DAVE RAYNER KICK), 13:38. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 5:55. Key plays: Croyle 7-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Kansas City 37; Croyle 12-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 45; Croyle 18-yard pass to Gonzalez to Indianapolis 22. KANSAS CITY 10-10 4TH QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 24 YD, 14:57. INDIANAPOLIS 13-10 ATT: 57,294</div>
NFL: KANSAS CITY at INDIANAPOLIS <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL KANSAS CITY 10 INDIANAPOLIS 13 FINAL</div>
NFL: KANSAS CITY at INDIANAPOLIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- KANSAS CITY 0 3 7 0 10 INDIANAPOLIS 0 3 7 3 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 6:05 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 47 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Page interception at Indianapolis 37. KANSAS CITY 3-0. 13:42 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Dawson 10-yard fumble return to Kansas City 13. KANSAS CITY 3-3. 3RD QUARTER: 7:43 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 3 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:48. Key plays: Addai 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 36; Addai 17-yard run plus 3-yard personal foul penalty on Chiefs' Pollard to Kansas City 3. INDIANAPOLIS 10-3. 13:38 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 19 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 5:55. Key plays: Croyle 7-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Kansas City 37; Croyle 12-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 45; Croyle 18-yard pass to Gonzalez to Indianapolis 22. KANSAS CITY 10-10. 4TH QUARTER: 14:57 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 24 YD. Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in 6:56. Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Addai to midfield; Manning 11-yard pass to Wayne to Kansas City 39; Manning 19-yard pass to Wayne to Kansas City 27; Manning 12-yard pass to Utecht to Kansas City 12; Manning 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Kansas City 2. INDIANAPOLIS 13-10. KANSAS CITY - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS KANSAS CITY INDIANAPOLIS FIRST DOWNS 11 16 Rushing 3 5 Passing 8 9 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-15-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 234 216 Total offensive plays 56 61 Average gain per play 4.2 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 72 66 Rushing attempts 27 27 Average gain per rush 2.7 2.4 Tackles for loss-yards 3-8 4-20 NET YARDS PASSING 162 150 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-7 2-13 Gross passing yards 169 163 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-19-0 32-16-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.6 4.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-36.8 6-39.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 34.4 37.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 16 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-12 2-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-62 3-57 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-33 2-10 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 2-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 Rushing 0 1 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 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 1-3 2-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:23 27:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS KANSAS CITY INDIANAPOLIS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P HOLMES 19 55 2.9 10 0 J ADDAI 21 72 3.4 17 1 K SMITH 8 17 2.1 5 0 P MANNING 4 -3 -0.8 1 0 K KEITH 2 -3 -1.5 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B CROYLE 19-27-169 0 1 21 P MANNING 16-32-163 1 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 2-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BOWE 7 64 9.1 19 1 R WAYNE 4 75 18.8 38 0 T GONZALEZ 4 46 11.5 18 0 J ADDAI 4 34 8.5 17 0 K SMITH 3 34 11.3 16 0 B UTECHT 3 26 8.7 12 0 K WILSON 2 10 5.0 6 0 D CLARK 3 15 5.0 9 0 J WEBB 1 5 5.0 5 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 0 E KENNISON 1 4 4.0 4 0 C THORPE 1 6 6.0 6 0 P HOLMES 1 1 1.0 1 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J PAGE 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D COLQUITT 5 184 36.8 0 1 44 H SMITH 6 238 39.7 0 0 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E KENNISON 2 12 6.0 7 0 T RUSHING 2 16 8.0 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J WEBB 3 62 20.7 23 0 C THORPE 3 57 19.0 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- D RAYNER 1/1 1/3 A VINATIER 1/1 2/4 Dist.: (43) 47 (45) Dist.: (49) (38) 27 24 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B CROYLE 1 1 0 0-0 R WAYNE 1 0 0 0-0 S PARKER 1 0 0 0-0 P MANNING 1 0 0 1-0 T HALI 0 0 1 0-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0 M COE 0 0 0 0-1 K DAWSON 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B POLLARD 7 6 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 9 7 2 0-0 D EDWARDS 6 6 0 0-0 K HAYDEN 8 6 2 0-0 J ALLEN 6 5 1 0-0 B SANDERS 7 6 1 0-0 T HALI 5 4 1 1-7 G BRACKETT 7 4 3 0-0 N HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0 R BOIMAN 6 4 2 0-0 D JOHNSON 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 5 5 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 4 3 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 4 1 0-0 T LAW 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 4 1 3 1-4 J PAGE 3 1 2 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0 R EDWARDS 1 1 0 1-6 R BROCK 3 2 1 1-3 G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0 J THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0 D REID 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0 J REED 1 1 0 0-0 Q PITCOCK 1 0 1 0-0 B SAPP 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 57,294</div>
INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning and Adam Vinatierishrugged off dismal performances to keep their team from anunwanted spot in the record book. Vinatieri kicked a 24-yard field goal with three seconds to playas the Indianapolis Colts held off the Kansas City Chiefs,13-10, on Sunday. It was the 20th game-winning field goal for Vinatieri, who hadblown a 29-yard game-winning attempt in last week's 23-21 lossto the San Diego Chargers. Overcoming his worst effort of the season, Manning was perfecton the final drive in preventing Indianapolis (7-3) fromabsorbing its third straight defeat. No team in NFL history ever has lsot three consecutive gamesafter starting the season 7-0. Failing to throw a touchdown pass for the first time thisseason, Manning completed all four of his attempts for 59 yardson the winning drive. He finished 16-of-32 for 163 yards and aninterception. Indy coach Tony Dungy made a gutsy call with his team facing a4th-and-1 at the 3-yard line at the two-minute warning. With the Colts appearing to try and lure Kansas City offsides,Manning took the snap and picked up the first down on aquarterback sneak. The Chiefs were out of timeouts and Manning took a knee threetimes before Vinatieri came on for the winning kick. Vinatieri, who entered this one by making 30-of-31 career fieldgoal attempts in the RCA dome, had missed his first two chancesSunday. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle completed 18-of-26 for 148yards and a touchdown in his first NFL start. An ugly first half ended in an unlikely 3-3 tie. Manning endured one of the worst halves of his career, finishing6-of-16 for 62 yards and one interception. After completinghis first two passes for 42 yards, Manning struggled throughoutthe half as the Chiefs, led by defensive end Jered Allen,applied continuous pressure. Croyle was sacked and fumbled the ball away late in the firsthalf, giving the Colts the ball at the Chiefs 13-yard line. Manning, however, was unable to get the ball into the end zoneand Indianapolis had to settle for a 27-yard field goal byVinatieri to tie it at 3-3. That ended a streak of three consecutive misses by Vinatieri,who earlier misfired on attempts of 49 and 38 yards. Kansas City's Dave Rayner booted a 47-yards for a 3-0 lead with8:55 left in the half, but he also missed a pair of field goalsin the second quarter. The Chiefs (4-6) lost their third straight game.
NFL: KANSAS CITY at INDIANAPOLIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- KANSAS CITY 0 3 7 0 10 INDIANAPOLIS 0 3 7 3 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 6:05 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 47 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 2:02. Key plays: Page interception at Indianapolis 37. KANSAS CITY 3-0. 13:42 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 27 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 1:22. Key plays: Dawson 10-yard fumble return to Kansas City 13. KANSAS CITY 3-3. 3RD QUARTER: 7:43 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 3 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards in 4:53. Key plays: Addai 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Kansas City 36; Addai 17-yard run plus 3-yard personal foul penalty on Chiefs' Pollard to Kansas City 3. INDIANAPOLIS 10-3. 13:38 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 19 YD PASS FROM BRODIE CROYLE (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards in 5:55. Key plays: Croyle 7-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-6 to Kansas City 34; Croyle 12-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-1 to Indianapolis 45; Croyle 18-yard pass to Gonzalez to Indianapolis 22. KANSAS CITY 10-10. 4TH QUARTER: 14:57 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 24 YD. Drive: 14 plays, 61 yards in 6:56. Key plays: Manning 17-yard pass to Addai to midfield; Manning 11-yard pass to Wayne to Kansas City 39; Manning 19-yard pass to Wayne to Kansas City 27; Manning 12-yard pass to Utecht to Kansas City 12; Manning 1-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Kansas City 2. INDIANAPOLIS 13-10. KANSAS CITY - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS KANSAS CITY INDIANAPOLIS FIRST DOWNS 11 16 Rushing 3 5 Passing 8 9 Penalty 0 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-15-27% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 234 216 Total offensive plays 56 61 Average gain per play 4.2 3.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 72 66 Rushing attempts 27 27 Average gain per rush 2.7 2.4 Tackles for loss-yards 3-8 4-20 NET YARDS PASSING 162 150 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-7 2-13 Gross passing yards 169 163 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-19-0 32-16-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.6 4.4 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-36.8 6-39.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 34.4 37.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 16 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-12 2-16 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-62 3-57 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-33 2-10 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 1 Rushing 0 1 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 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 1-3 2-4 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 32:23 27:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS KANSAS CITY INDIANAPOLIS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- P HOLMES 19 55 2.9 10 0 J ADDAI 21 72 3.4 17 1 K SMITH 8 17 2.1 5 0 P MANNING 4 -3 -0.8 1 0 K KEITH 2 -3 -1.5 3 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B CROYLE 19-27-169 0 1 21 P MANNING 16-32-163 1 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: B CROYLE 2-7. Sacked-Yards Lost: P MANNING 2-13. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D BOWE 7 64 9.1 19 1 R WAYNE 4 75 18.8 38 0 T GONZALEZ 4 46 11.5 18 0 J ADDAI 4 34 8.5 17 0 K SMITH 3 34 11.3 16 0 B UTECHT 3 26 8.7 12 0 K WILSON 2 10 5.0 6 0 D CLARK 3 15 5.0 9 0 J WEBB 1 5 5.0 5 0 K KEITH 1 7 7.0 7 0 E KENNISON 1 4 4.0 4 0 C THORPE 1 6 6.0 6 0 P HOLMES 1 1 1.0 1 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J PAGE 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D COLQUITT 5 184 36.8 0 1 44 H SMITH 6 238 39.7 0 0 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- E KENNISON 2 12 6.0 7 0 T RUSHING 2 16 8.0 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J WEBB 3 62 20.7 23 0 C THORPE 3 57 19.0 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- D RAYNER 1/1 1/3 A VINATIER 1/1 2/4 Dist.: (43) 47 (45) Dist.: (49) (38) 27 24 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B CROYLE 1 1 0 0-0 P MANNING 1 0 0 1-0 E KENNISON 1 1 0 0-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-0 S PARKER 1 0 0 0-0 M COE 0 0 0 0-1 T HALI 0 0 1 0-0 K DAWSON 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B POLLARD 7 6 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 9 7 2 0-0 D EDWARDS 6 6 0 0-0 K HAYDEN 8 6 2 0-0 J ALLEN 6 5 1 0-0 B SANDERS 7 6 1 0-0 T HALI 5 4 1 1-7 G BRACKETT 7 4 3 0-0 N HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0 R BOIMAN 6 4 2 0-0 D JOHNSON 5 4 1 0-0 M JACKSON 5 5 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 4 3 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 4 1 0-0 T LAW 3 3 0 0-0 R MATHIS 4 1 3 1-4 J PAGE 3 1 2 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0 R EDWARDS 1 1 0 1-6 R BROCK 3 2 1 1-3 G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0 J THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0 D REID 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0 J REED 1 1 0 0-0 Q PITCOCK 1 0 1 0-0 B SAPP 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman. Att: 57,294 Time of Game: 2:51</div>
INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning and Adam Vinatierishrugged off dismal performances to keep their team from anunwanted spot in the record book. Vinatieri kicked a 24-yard field goal with three seconds to playas the Indianapolis Colts held off the Kansas City Chiefs,13-10, on Sunday. It was the 20th game-winning field goal for Vinatieri, who hadblown a 29-yard game-winning attempt in last week's 23-21 lossto the San Diego Chargers. Overcoming his worst effort of the season, Manning was perfecton the final drive in preventing Indianapolis (8-2) fromabsorbing its third straight defeat. No team in NFL history ever has lsot three consecutive gamesafter starting the season 7-0. Failing to throw a touchdown pass for the first time thisseason, Manning completed all four of his attempts for 59 yardson the winning drive. He finished 16-of-32 for 163 yards and aninterception. Indy coach Tony Dungy made a gutsy call with his team facing a4th-and-1 at the 3-yard line at the two-minute warning. With the Colts appearing to try and lure Kansas City offsides,Manning took the snap and picked up the first down on aquarterback sneak. The Chiefs were out of timeouts and Manning took a knee threetimes before Vinatieri came on for the winning kick. Vinatieri, who entered this one by making 30-of-31 career fieldgoal attempts in the RCA dome, had missed his first two chancesSunday. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle completed 18-of-26 for 148yards and a touchdown in his first NFL start. An ugly first half ended in an unlikely 3-3 tie. Manning endured one of the worst halves of his career, finishing6-of-16 for 62 yards and one interception. After completinghis first two passes for 42 yards, Manning struggled throughoutthe half as the Chiefs, led by defensive end Jered Allen,applied continuous pressure. Croyle was sacked and fumbled the ball away late in the firsthalf, giving the Colts the ball at the Chiefs 13-yard line. Manning, however, was unable to get the ball into the end zoneand Indianapolis had to settle for a 27-yard field goal byVinatieri to tie it at 3-3. That ended a streak of three consecutive misses by Vinatieri,who earlier misfired on attempts of 49 and 38 yards. Kansas City's Dave Rayner booted a 47-yards for a 3-0 lead with8:55 left in the half, but he also missed a pair of field goalsin the second quarter. The Chiefs (4-6) lost their third straight game.
INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning and Adam Vinatierishrugged off dismal performances to keep their team from anunwanted spot in the record book. Vinatieri kicked a 24-yard field goal with three seconds to playas the Indianapolis Colts held off the Kansas City Chiefs,13-10, on Sunday. It was the 20th game-winning field goal for Vinatieri, who hadblown a 29-yard game-winning attempt in last week's 23-21 lossto the San Diego Chargers. Overcoming his worst effort of the season, Manning was perfecton the final drive in preventing Indianapolis (8-2) fromabsorbing its third straight defeat. No team in NFL history ever has lsot three consecutive gamesafter starting the season 7-0. Failing to throw a touchdown pass for the first time thisseason, Manning completed all four of his attempts for 59 yardson the winning drive. He finished 16-of-32 for 163 yards and aninterception. Indy coach Tony Dungy made a gutsy call with his team facing a4th-and-1 at the 3-yard line at the two-minute warning. With the Colts appearing to try and lure Kansas City offsides,Manning took the snap and picked up the first down on aquarterback sneak. The Chiefs were out of timeouts and Manning took a knee threetimes before Vinatieri came on for the winning kick. Vinatieri, who entered this one by making 30-of-31 career fieldgoal attempts in the RCA dome, had missed his first two chancesSunday. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle completed 18-of-26 for 148yards and a touchdown in his first NFL start. An ugly first half ended in an unlikely 3-3 tie. Manning endured one of the worst halves of his career, finishing6-of-16 for 62 yards and one interception. After completinghis first two passes for 42 yards, Manning struggled throughoutthe half as the Chiefs, led by defensive end Jered Allen,applied continuous pressure. Croyle was sacked and fumbled the ball away late in the firsthalf, giving the Colts the ball at the Chiefs 13-yard line. Manning, however, was unable to get the ball into the end zoneand Indianapolis had to settle for a 27-yard field goal byVinatieri to tie it at 3-3. That ended a streak of three consecutive misses by Vinatieri,who earlier misfired on attempts of 49 and 38 yards. Kansas City's Dave Rayner booted a 47-yards for a 3-0 lead with8:55 left in the half, but he also missed a pair of field goalsin the second quarter. The Chiefs (4-6) lost their third straight game.
INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Peyton Manning and Adam Vinatierishrugged off dismal performances to keep their team from anunwanted spot in the record book. Vinatieri kicked a 24-yard field goal with three seconds to playas the Indianapolis Colts held off the Kansas City Chiefs,13-10, on Sunday. It was the 20th game-winning field goal for Vinatieri, who hadblown a 29-yard game-winning attempt in last week's 23-21 lossto the San Diego Chargers and missed his first two attemptsSunday. "I wanted to have a good game after last week," Vinatieri said."I started off a little rocky. Statistically I've had somebetter weeks, that's for sure, but the only important stat rightnow is that we are 8-2 and we got the win." Overcoming his worst effort of the season, Manning was perfecton the final drive in preventing Indianapolis (8-2) fromabsorbing its third straight defeat. No team in NFL history ever has lost three consecutive gamesafter starting the season 7-0. Failing to throw a touchdown pass for the first time thisseason, Manning completed all four of his attempts for 59 yardson the winning drive. He finished 16-of-32 for 163 yards and aninterception. "Certainly, our defense did a great job holding their offensedown," Manning said. "We didn't have to score a lot of points.We had some drives where we made some plays, but we certainly<div class="pre">weren't as good offensively as we wanted to be.</div> "When you hold the other team's offense to 10 points, you feellike you should win the game pretty soundly, not necessarilywith a last-second field goal." Indy coach Tony Dungy made a gutsy call with his team facing a4th-and-1 at the 3-yard line at the two-minute warning. With the Colts appearing to try and lure Kansas City offsides,Manning took the snap and picked up the first down on aquarterback sneak. "We did some fake snap count stuff, to make them think maybe wewere just trying to draw them off," Manning said. "Maybe theygot a little heavy in their stances, thinking that we weren'treally going to run it. We got a good surge and got (the firstdown) pretty cleanly." "It was inches to go and they've got a big, strong quarterback,"Kansas City coach Herm Edwards said. "If they miss, it wasgoing to be a tie game and we were going to have the ball at our3-yard line. So, you've got to make that decision and theymade the right one." The Chiefs were out of timeouts and Manning took a knee threetimes before Vinatieri came on for the winning kick. "In retrospect, I should have done that last week," Dungy said."We had a measurement of about the same distance, we had thetimeouts. The only difference is that last week we were behind,this week we were tied. ... You learn things from the weekbefore and this week, we played it a little better." Vinatieri, who entered this one by making 30-of-31 career fieldgoal attempts in the RCA dome, had missed his first two chancesSunday. Chiefs quarterback Brodie Croyle completed 18-of-26 for 148yards and a touchdown in his first NFL start. Kansas City (4-6)lost their third straight game. "I thought Brodie, for the most part, did a pretty good job in atough environment," Edwards said. "but we've got to grow fromhere. We've got to be more productive offensively." An ugly first half ended in an unlikely 3-3 tie. Manning endured one of the worst halves of his career, finishing6-of-16 for 62 yards and one interception. After completinghis first two passes for 42 yards, Manning struggled throughoutthe half as the Chiefs, led by defensive end Jered Allen,applied continuous pressure. Croyle was sacked and fumbled the ball away late in the firsthalf, giving the Colts the ball at the Chiefs 13-yard line. Manning, however, was unable to get the ball into the end zoneand Indianapolis had to settle for a 27-yard field goal byVinatieri to tie it at 3-3. That ended a streak of three consecutive misses by Vinatieri,who earlier misfired on attempts of 49 and 38 yards. Kansas City's Dave Rayner booted a 47-yards for a 3-0 lead with8:55 left in the half, but he also missed a pair of field goalsin the second quarter. The Chiefs (4-6) lost their third straight game.
