GAME THREAD: NFL: NEW ENGLAND (8-0) at INDIANAPOLIS (7-0)

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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND (8-0) at INDIANAPOLIS (7-0)

    <h3>Patriots put perfect mark on line vs. unbeaten Colts</h3>



    New England (8-0) at Indianapolis (7-0) Sunday 4:15 pm EDT

    INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- One week after tapping into the overseasmarket, the NFL might want to consider pay-per-view.

    A historical matchup between the league's only two undefeatedteams is on tap Sunday when the steamrolling New EnglandPatriots visit the defending Super Bowl champion IndianapolisColts in what promises to be a ratings bonanza.


    It certainly isn't the most significant game of the decade butit may be the most eagerly anticipated. For the first time inthe 88-year history of the NFL, a pair of teams with records ofat least 7-0 will clash.


    That the game features the league's two best quarterbacks,Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, only adds to the luster.

    <div class="pre">Crunch these numbers: The Colts have won 12 straight games,</div>including their run through the playoffs last season. ThePatriots have been triumphant in 12 of their last 13, with thelone loss coming to - you guessed it - Indy, 38-34, in the AFCchampionship game.


    Perhaps mindful of blowing a 21-6 halftime lead to the Colts inthat game, New England went out and restocked its wide receivingcorps, bringing in Randy Moss, Wes Walker and Donte Stallworth.

    The results have been devastating for opponents as the Patriotswon their first eight games for the first time in team history.

    New England has been unstoppable, scoring 149 points in theirlast three games and registering at least 34 points in each oftheir eight wins - an NFL record - for an average victory marginof 25.5 points.


    Bolstered by his troika of receivers, Brady is putting uppinball numbers that not even all-world counterpart Manning hasapproached.


    Brady already has surpassed his career high with 30 touchdownsagainst just two interceptions, and he has tossed at least threeTD passes in each game. That has him on pace to shatterManning's single-season mark of 49 set in 2004.


    Moss already has 11 touchdowns and five 100-yard games,including his first four of the season, while Welker has beensizzling with 29 catches for 353 yards and five touchdowns inhis last three games.


    No team has been able to keep up with the Patriots, but none isbetter equipped than the Colts, who have beaten New Englandthree in a row.


    Behind Manning, the Colts have scored at least 29 points in sixof their seven games despite All-Pro receiver Marvin Harrisonmissing two games and playing sparingly in a third due to a kneeinjury.


    Harrison is expected to return Sunday but fellow wideout ReggieWayne has thrived in his absence, hauling in 16 passes for 299yards and a touchdown in the last two games.


    Second-year running back Joseph Addai has shown he can handlethe featured role, rushed for over 100 yards three times andscoring eight touchdowns.


    As proficient as the offense has been, Indy's defense has beenequally spectacular.


    In a two-game road swing at Jacksonville and Carolina, the Coltsallowed just two touchdowns in posting dominating 29-7 and 31-7victories, respectively.


    Led by safety Bob Sanders, Indianapolis features the top-rankedpass defense in the league, yielding just 165.4 yards per game.
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR

    IND BALL ON IND 16 YD LINE
    1ST AND 16</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 0 12:50 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG IND
    ADAM VINATIERI 50 YD ATTEMPT WIDE LEFT

    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 0 8:26 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 0 8:26 LEFT, 1ST QTR

    NWE BALL ON NWE 40 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 0 6:14 LEFT, 1ST QTR

    IND BALL ON IND 9 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL FG IND
    ADAM VINATIERI 21 YD

    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 3:05 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 2:57 LEFT, 1ST QTR

    NWE BALL ON NWE 38 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NEW ENGLAND 0 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 3 END, 1ST QTR

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 21 YD, 11:55. Drive:
    7 plays, 88 yards in 3:09. Key
    plays: Addai 21-yard run to
    Indianapolis 30; Manning 12-yard
    pass to Wayne to Indianapolis 42;
    Addai 12-yard run to New England
    46; 37-yard pass interference
    penalty on Patriots' Samuel to New
    England 9. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 0
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 14:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL TD NWE
    RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
    (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK)

    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 12:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 12:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR

    IND BALL ON IND 20 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 9:38 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL FG IND
    ADAM VINATIERI 25 YD

    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 6 7:34 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 6 7:25 LEFT, 2ND QTR

    NWE BALL ON NWE 26 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 6

    NWE BALL ON IND 23 YD LINE
    2ND AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 6 1:46 LEFT, 2ND QTR

    IND BALL ON IND 2 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL TD IND
    JOSEPH ADDAI 73 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
    (ADAM VINATIERI KICK)

    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 13 0:13 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL
    NEW ENGLAND 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 13 0:05 LEFT, 2ND QTR

    NWE BALL ON NWE 33 YD LINE
    1ST AND 10</div>
     
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    NFL: NEW ENGLAND at INDIANAPOLIS

    <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    NEW ENGLAND 0 7 7
    INDIANAPOLIS 3 10 13 HALFTIME

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 21 YD, 11:55. Drive:
    7 plays, 88 yards in 3:09. Key
    plays: Addai 21-yard run to
    Indianapolis 30; Manning 12-yard
    pass to Wayne to Indianapolis 42;
    Addai 12-yard run to New England
    46; 37-yard pass interference
    penalty on Patriots' Samuel to New
    England 9. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0
    2ND QUARTER: NWE - TD, RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM TOM BRADY
    (STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI KICK), 3:00.
    Drive: 13 plays, 62 yards in 6:05.
    Key plays: T Brady 14-yard pass to
    Moss to Indianapolis 44; Evans
    3-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to
    Indianapolis 17; T Brady 6-yard
    pass to Watson on 3rd-and-3 to
    Indianapolis 4. NEW ENGLAND 7-3
    IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 25 YD, 7:26. Drive:
    9 plays, 73 yards in 4:26. Key
    plays: Manning 14-yard pass to
    Addai to Indianapolis 42; Manning
    12-yard pass to Addai to New
    England 49; Keith 3-yard run on
    3rd-and-1 to New England 46;
    40-yard pass interference penalty
    on Patriots' Hobbs to New England
    6. NEW ENGLAND 7-6
    IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 73 YD PASS FROM PEYTON
    MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
    14:47. INDIANAPOLIS 13-7</div>
     

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