GAME THREAD: NFL: NEW ORLEANS (0-0) at INDIANAPOLIS (0-0)

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL TD IND
MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(ADAM VINATIERI KICK)

NEW ORLEANS 10
INDIANAPOLIS 41 0:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL
NEW ORLEANS 10
INDIANAPOLIS 41 0:51 LEFT, 4TH QTR

NOR BALL ON NOR 38 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM
PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI
KICK), 13:24. Drive: 8 plays, 58
yards in 4:32. Key plays: Manning
9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6
to New Orleans 45; Addai 5-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31.
INDIANAPOLIS 7-0
2ND QUARTER: NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN
(OLINDO MARE KICK), 3:28. NEW
ORLEANS 7-7
NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD, 8:34. Drive: 9
plays, 36 yards in 3:55. Key plays:
Moore 30-yard punt return to New
Orleans 48; Stecker 13-yard run on
3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW
ORLEANS 10-7
IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD, 14:15. Drive:
8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39. Key
plays: Manning 14-yard pass to
Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New
Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10
3RD QUARTER: IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM
VINATIERI KICK), 5:15. Drive: 8
plays, 71 yards in 4:07. Key plays:
Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans
47; Manning 42-yard pass to
Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New
Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10
IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON
MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
8:49. Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in
1:54. Key plays: Manning 19-yard
pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai
15-yard run to New Orleans 28.
INDIANAPOLIS 24-10
4TH QUARTER: IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD, 0:48. Drive:
5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18. Key
plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception
return to New Orleans 47; Manning
31-yard pass to Wayne to New
Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10
IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 46 YD PASS FROM PEYTON
MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
4:55. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in
2:45. Key plays: Manning 8-yard
pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to
Indianapolis 49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10
IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION
RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK),
14:05. INDIANAPOLIS 41-10

ATT:</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
NEW ORLEANS 10
INDIANAPOLIS 41 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

13:24 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans
45; Addai 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:28 NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (OLINDO MARE KICK).
NEW ORLEANS 7-7.
8:34 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards in 3:55.
Key plays: Moore 30-yard punt return to New Orleans 48; Stecker
13-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW ORLEANS 10-7.
14:15 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39.
Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10.

3RD QUARTER:

5:15 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans 47; Manning 42-yard pass
to Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10.
8:49 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai 15-yard
run to New Orleans 28. INDIANAPOLIS 24-10.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 47;
Manning 31-yard pass to Wayne to New Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10.
4:55 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 46 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:45.
Key plays: Manning 8-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis
49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10.
14:05 IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 41-10.

NEW ORLEANS - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 8 8
Passing 9 12
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 293 452
Total offensive plays 68 59
Average gain per play 4.3 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 164
Rushing attempts 26 29
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 187 288
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0
Gross passing yards 192 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-28-2 30-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 9.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-2 8-4-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.4 4-41.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.0 34.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 3-29
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-81 1-22
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-83
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-20 6-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:45 28:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BUSH 12 38 3.2 9 0 J ADDAI 23 118 5.1 15 1
D MCALLIST 10 38 3.8 12 0 K KEITH 5 32 6.4 13 0
A STECKER 2 21 10.5 13 0 D CLARK 1 14 14.0 14 0
D HENDERSO 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BREES 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BREES 28-41-192 2 0 23 P MANNING 18-30-288 0 3 45

Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-5. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JOHNSON 8 57 7.1 9 0 R WAYNE 7 115 16.4 45 2
M COLSTON 6 47 7.8 13 0 M HARRISON 4 83 20.8 42 1
R BUSH 4 7 1.8 7 0 J ADDAI 3 25 8.3 14 0
D HENDERSO 3 34 11.3 23 0 D CLARK 2 48 24.0 39 0
A STECKER 2 20 10.0 11 0 B UTECHT 1 19 19.0 19 0
D PATTEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 K KEITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
D MCALLIST 2 7 3.5 4 0
D BREES 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M GIORDANO 1 83 83.0 83 1
F KEIAHO 1 0 0.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S WEATHERF 5 242 48.4 0 2 61 H SMITH 4 166 41.5 0 1 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 1 30 30.0 30 0 T RUSHING 3 29 9.7 16 0
R BUSH 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 3 65 21.7 30 0 L LAWTON 1 22 22.0 22 0
J COOPER 1 8 8.0 8 0
B MILLER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
O MARE 1/1 1/2 A VINATIER 5/5 2/2
Dist.: (52) 34 Dist.: 33 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D BREES 1 1 0 0-0 M JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
A STECKER 1 0 0 0-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-1
J DAVID 0 0 1 0-1
E JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S FUJITA 9 8 1 0-0 M JACKSON 12 8 4 0-0
M SIMONEAU 8 5 3 0-0 G BRACKETT 9 8 1 0-0
R HARPER 8 5 3 0-0 K HAYDEN 9 6 3 0-0
C GRANT 5 5 0 0-0 B SANDERS 9 5 4 0-0
J DAVID 4 4 0 0-0 R MORRIS 7 7 0 0-0
J BULLOCKS 4 3 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 6 6 0 0-0
H THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 R MATHIS 5 4 1 1-5
S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 3 2 0-0
M MCKENZIE 3 2 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0
J CRAFT 2 2 0 0-0 R BROCK 3 2 1 0-0
W SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0
A LAKE 2 2 0 0-0 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 1 1 0 0-0
D REID 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 57,361</div>

 

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Indianapolis Colts needed barelyover a half to show there would be no Super Bowl hangover.

The Colts scored 24 consecutive points in the second half andopened up defense of their Super Bowl championship with animpressive 41-10 romp over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday inthe opening game of the NFL season.


Quarterback Peyton Manning shrugged off a lackluster first halfand carved up the Saints' defense following the intermission,leading four straight scoring drives as Indianapolis (1-0)improved to 8-1 in its last nine season openers.


The Super Bowl MVP, Manning completed 18-of-30 for 288 yards andthree touchdown passes. Reggie Wayne caught two TD passes andfinished with seven receptions for 115 yards. Marvin Harrisonadded 83 yards and one TD on four catches.


Second-year running back Joseph Addai bounced back from acrunching hit on the very first play from scrimmage to rush for118 yards and a touchdown. He also had three receptions for 25yards.


Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who led the league with 4,418passing yards in 2006, was bottled up by the Colts defense. Hefinished just 28-of-41 for 192 yards and two interceptions - thesecond one getting returned 82 yards by Matt Giordano in thefinal minute.


Saints second-yard Reggie Bush was limited to 45 total yards.

Neither high-powered offense distinguished itself in the opening30 minutes, leading to a 10-10 halftime tie.


But, after the Saints (0-1) went three-and-out on their firstpossession of the second half, the Colts took command.

Manning drove his team 71 yards in eight plays, highlighted by a42-yard pass to Marvin Harrison to the 2-yard line. Addaiburst in from there to give the Colts the lead for good, 17-10,with 9:45 to play in third quarter.


Indy's defense then forced another three-and-out and Manningneeded just four plays to cover 69 yards, capped by a 29-yardscoring strike to Wayne to extend the margin to 24-10 with 6:11left in the quarter.


After opening the first half 8-of-17 for 106 yards, Manning was5-of-6 for 102 yards on the first two drives of the second half.

Trailing by two touchdowns, the Saints finally were on the moveuntil linebacker Freddie Keiaho picked off Drew Brees and returnit to the Saints 47.


Manning hit Wayne for 31 yards on the very first play, settingup Adam Vinatieri for his second 33-yard field goal of the gameand a 27-10 lead 48 seconds into the final quarter.

Wayne hauled in his second TD pass from Manning - this time from45 yards - just over two minutes later as the lead ballooned to34-10 with 10:05 remaining.


Indianapolis broke on top, 7-0, when Manning hit Harrison for a27-yard touchdown with 1:36 left in the opening quarter. Itmarked the 107th time Manning and Harrison have hooked up on ascoring pass, extending their league record for the most TDs bya quarterback-receiver combination.


Jason David, who left the Colts to sign with the Saints in theoffseason, stripped Wayne and returned a fumble 55 yards to tieit at 7-7 with 11:32 left in the second quarter.

 

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Indianapolis Colts needed barelyover a half to show there would be no Super Bowl hangover.

The Colts scored 24 consecutive points in the second half andopened up defense of their Super Bowl championship with animpressive 41-10 romp over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday inthe opening game of the NFL season.


Quarterback Peyton Manning shrugged off a lackluster first halfand carved up the Saints' defense following the intermission,leading four straight scoring drives as Indianapolis (1-0)improved to 8-1 in its last nine season openers.


The Super Bowl MVP, Manning completed 18-of-30 for 288 yards andthree touchdown passes. Reggie Wayne caught two TD passes andfinished with seven receptions for 115 yards. Marvin Harrisonadded 83 yards and one TD on four catches.


Second-year running back Joseph Addai bounced back from acrunching hit on the very first play from scrimmage to rush for118 yards and a touchdown. He also had three receptions for 25yards.


Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who led the league with 4,418passing yards in 2006, was bottled up by the Colts defense. Hefinished just 28-of-41 for 192 yards and two interceptions - thesecond one getting returned 82 yards by Matt Giordano in thefinal minute.


Saints second-year back Reggie Bush was limited to 45 total yards.

Neither high-powered offense distinguished itself in the opening30 minutes, leading to a 10-10 halftime tie.


But, after the Saints (0-1) went three-and-out on their firstpossession of the second half, the Colts took command.

Manning drove his team 71 yards in eight plays, highlighted by a42-yard pass to Marvin Harrison to the 2-yard line. Addaiburst in from there to give the Colts the lead for good, 17-10,with 9:45 to play in third quarter.


Indy's defense then forced another three-and-out and Manningneeded just four plays to cover 69 yards, capped by a 29-yardscoring strike to Wayne to extend the margin to 24-10 with 6:11left in the quarter.


After opening the first half 8-of-17 for 106 yards, Manning was5-of-6 for 102 yards on the first two drives of the second half.

Trailing by two touchdowns, the Saints finally were on the moveuntil linebacker Freddie Keiaho picked off Drew Brees and returnit to the Saints 47.


Manning hit Wayne for 31 yards on the very first play, settingup Adam Vinatieri for his second 33-yard field goal of the gameand a 27-10 lead 48 seconds into the final quarter.

Wayne hauled in his second TD pass from Manning - this time from45 yards - just over two minutes later as the lead ballooned to34-10 with 10:05 remaining.


Indianapolis broke on top, 7-0, when Manning hit Harrison for a27-yard touchdown with 1:36 left in the opening quarter. Itmarked the 107th time Manning and Harrison have hooked up on ascoring pass, extending their league record for the most TDs bya quarterback-receiver combination.


Jason David, who left the Colts to sign with the Saints in theoffseason, stripped Wayne and returned a fumble 55 yards to tieit at 7-7 with 11:32 left in the second quarter.

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

13:24 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans
45; Addai 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:28 NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (OLINDO MARE KICK).
NEW ORLEANS 7-7.
8:34 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards in 3:55.
Key plays: Moore 30-yard punt return to New Orleans 48; Stecker
13-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW ORLEANS 10-7.
14:15 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39.
Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10.

3RD QUARTER:

5:15 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans 47; Manning 42-yard pass
to Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10.
8:49 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai 15-yard
run to New Orleans 28. INDIANAPOLIS 24-10.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 47;
Manning 31-yard pass to Wayne to New Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10.
4:55 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 45 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:45.
Key plays: Manning 8-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis
49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10.
14:05 IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 41-10.

NEW ORLEANS - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 8 8
Passing 9 12
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 293 452
Total offensive plays 68 59
Average gain per play 4.3 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 164
Rushing attempts 26 29
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 187 288
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0
Gross passing yards 192 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-28-2 30-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 9.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-2 8-4-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.4 4-41.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.0 34.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 3-29
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-81 1-22
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-83
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-20 6-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 0-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:45 28:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BUSH 12 38 3.2 9 0 J ADDAI 23 118 5.1 15 1
D MCALLIST 10 38 3.8 12 0 K KEITH 5 32 6.4 13 0
A STECKER 2 21 10.5 13 0 D CLARK 1 14 14.0 14 0
D HENDERSO 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BREES 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BREES 28-41-192 2 0 23 P MANNING 18-30-288 0 3 45

Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-5. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JOHNSON 8 57 7.1 9 0 R WAYNE 7 115 16.4 45 2
M COLSTON 6 47 7.8 13 0 M HARRISON 4 83 20.8 42 1
R BUSH 4 7 1.8 7 0 J ADDAI 3 25 8.3 14 0
D HENDERSO 3 34 11.3 23 0 D CLARK 2 48 24.0 39 0
A STECKER 2 20 10.0 11 0 B UTECHT 1 19 19.0 19 0
D PATTEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 K KEITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
D MCALLIST 2 7 3.5 4 0
D BREES 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M GIORDANO 1 83 83.0 83 1
F KEIAHO 1 0 0.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S WEATHERF 5 242 48.4 0 2 61 H SMITH 4 166 41.5 0 1 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 1 30 30.0 30 0 T RUSHING 3 29 9.7 16 0
R BUSH 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 3 65 21.7 30 0 L LAWTON 1 22 22.0 22 0
J COOPER 1 8 8.0 8 0
B MILLER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
O MARE 1/1 1/2 A VINATIER 5/5 2/2
Dist.: (52) 34 Dist.: 33 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D BREES 1 1 0 0-0 M JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
A STECKER 1 0 0 0-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-1
J DAVID 0 0 1 0-1
E JOHNSON 0 0 0 1-0

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S FUJITA 9 8 1 0-0 M JACKSON 12 8 4 0-0
M SIMONEAU 8 5 3 0-0 G BRACKETT 9 8 1 0-0
R HARPER 8 5 3 0-0 K HAYDEN 9 6 3 0-0
C GRANT 5 5 0 0-0 B SANDERS 9 5 4 0-0
J DAVID 4 4 0 0-0 R MORRIS 7 7 0 0-0
J BULLOCKS 4 3 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 6 6 0 0-0
H THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 R MATHIS 5 4 1 1-5
S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 3 2 0-0
M MCKENZIE 3 2 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0
J CRAFT 2 2 0 0-0 R BROCK 3 2 1 0-0
W SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0
A LAKE 2 2 0 0-0 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 1 1 0 0-0
D REID 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Barry Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Bryon Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 57,361 Time of Game: 2:56</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

13:24 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans
45; Addai 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:28 NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (OLINDO MARE KICK).
NEW ORLEANS 7-7.
8:34 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards in 3:55.
Key plays: Moore 30-yard punt return to New Orleans 48; Stecker
13-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW ORLEANS 10-7.
14:15 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39.
Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10.

3RD QUARTER:

5:15 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans 47; Manning 42-yard pass
to Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10.
8:49 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai 15-yard
run to New Orleans 28. INDIANAPOLIS 24-10.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 47;
Manning 31-yard pass to Wayne to New Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10.
4:55 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 45 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:45.
Key plays: Manning 8-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-3 to Indianapolis
49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10.
14:05 IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 41-10.

NEW ORLEANS - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 8 8
Passing 9 12
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 293 452
Total offensive plays 68 59
Average gain per play 4.3 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 164
Rushing attempts 26 29
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 187 288
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0
Gross passing yards 192 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-28-2 30-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 9.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-2 8-4-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.4 4-41.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.0 34.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 112
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 3-29
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-81 1-22
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-83
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-20 6-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:45 28:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BUSH 12 38 3.2 9 0 J ADDAI 23 118 5.1 15 1
D MCALLIST 10 38 3.8 12 0 K KEITH 5 32 6.4 13 0
A STECKER 2 21 10.5 13 0 D CLARK 1 14 14.0 14 0
D HENDERSO 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BREES 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BREES 28-41-192 2 0 23 P MANNING 18-30-288 0 3 45

Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-5. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JOHNSON 8 57 7.1 9 0 R WAYNE 7 115 16.4 45 2
M COLSTON 6 47 7.8 13 0 M HARRISON 4 83 20.8 42 1
R BUSH 4 7 1.8 7 0 J ADDAI 3 25 8.3 14 0
D HENDERSO 3 34 11.3 23 0 D CLARK 2 48 24.0 39 0
A STECKER 2 20 10.0 11 0 B UTECHT 1 19 19.0 19 0
D PATTEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 K KEITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
D MCALLIST 2 7 3.5 4 0
D BREES 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M GIORDANO 1 83 83.0 83 1
F KEIAHO 1 0 0.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S WEATHERF 5 242 48.4 0 2 61 H SMITH 4 166 41.5 0 1 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 1 30 30.0 30 0 T RUSHING 3 29 9.7 16 0
R BUSH 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 3 65 21.7 30 0 L LAWTON 1 22 22.0 22 0
J COOPER 1 8 8.0 8 0
B MILLER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
O MARE 1/1 1/2 A VINATIER 5/5 2/2
Dist.: (52) 34 Dist.: 33 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D BREES 1 1 0 0-0 R WAYNE 1 1 0 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 0 0 1-0 M JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
J DAVID 0 0 1 0-1 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S FUJITA 9 8 1 0-0 M JACKSON 12 8 4 0-0
M SIMONEAU 8 5 3 0-0 G BRACKETT 9 8 1 0-0
R HARPER 8 5 3 0-0 K HAYDEN 9 6 3 0-0
C GRANT 5 5 0 0-0 B SANDERS 9 5 4 0-0
J DAVID 4 4 0 0-0 R MORRIS 7 7 0 0-0
J BULLOCKS 4 3 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 6 6 0 0-0
H THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 R MATHIS 5 4 1 1-5
S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 3 2 0-0
M MCKENZIE 3 2 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0
J CRAFT 2 2 0 0-0 R BROCK 3 2 1 0-0
W SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0
A LAKE 2 2 0 0-0 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 1 1 0 0-0
D REID 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Barry Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Bryon Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 57,361 Time of Game: 2:56</div>

 

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The Indianapolis Colts needed barelyover a half to show there would be no Super Bowl hangover.

The Colts scored 24 consecutive points in the second half andopened up defense of their Super Bowl championship with animpressive 41-10 romp over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday inthe opening game of the NFL season.


Quarterback Peyton Manning shrugged off a lackluster first halfand carved up the Saints' defense following the intermission,leading four straight scoring drives as Indianapolis (1-0)improved to 8-1 in its last nine season openers.


"Our execution was better (in the second half)," Manning said."We never really got into a good rhythm in the first half. Wehad a lot of first downs, second downs, third downs, but theywere doing a great job forcing us to punt. We had some3rd-and-longs due to penalties, and we really wanted to be sharpto start the second half."


The Super Bowl MVP, Manning completed 18-of-30 for 288 yards andthree touchdown passes. Reggie Wayne caught two TD passes andfinished with seven receptions for 115 yards. Marvin Harrisonadded 83 yards and one TD on four catches.


Cornerback Jason David, a former Colt who signed with the Saintsin the offseason, was victimized on all three touchdowns.

"We don't really do that (pick on one player)," Manning said."When you have Marvin and Reggie, you're always going to try andget it to them. If you have a good day, then they say thatyou're picking on one guy, but believe me, we're always tryingto get it to one of those two guys."


David did return a fumble by Wayne 55 yards for a touchdown inthe first half but he was burned by Wayne twice in the secondhalf.


"A lot of my problem is just looking in the backfield," Davidsaid. "Whenever you've got your eyes in the backfield, you'realways going to miss the receiver."


Second-year running back Joseph Addai bounced back from acrunching hit on the very first play from scrimmage to rush for118 yards and a touchdown. He also had three receptions for 25yards.


"The offensive line was doing a great job," Addai said. "(Thedefense)has got to be nervous when you have players like Reggieand Marvin on the outside and Peyton as quarterback. It makesit kind of easy."


Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who led the league with 4,418passing yards in 2006, was bottled up by the Colts defense. Hefinished just 28-of-41 for 192 yards and two interceptions - thesecond one getting returned 82 yards by Matt Giordano in thefinal minute.


"I think there was a couple of times when we tried to force itdown the field a little bit we really should have stuck with thecompletion throw," Brees said. "They got on us a few timeswith their pass rush. If we could have had just a split-secondlonger on a couple of plays, something might have opened up downthe field.


"You've got to give them credit. They were ready to play."

Saints second-year back Reggie Bush was limited to 45 totalyards.


Neither high-powered offense distinguished itself in the opening30 minutes, leading to a 10-10 halftime tie.


"It was a game where, at halftime, I thought we did a number ofthings right defensively," Saints coach Sean Payton said. "Westruggled to generate the offense we wanted early in the game,and then it carried over into the second half. That'sdisappointing, and it's disappointing in the way it finished."

After the Saints (0-1) went three-and-out on their firstpossession of the second half, the Colts took command.

Manning drove his team 71 yards in eight plays, highlighted by a42-yard pass to Marvin Harrison to the 2-yard line. Addaiburst in from there to give the Colts the lead for good, 17-10,with 9:45 to play in third quarter.


Indy's defense then forced another three-and-out and Manningneeded just four plays to cover 69 yards, capped by a 29-yardscoring strike to Wayne to extend the margin to 24-10 with 6:11left in the quarter.


After opening the first half 8-of-17 for 106 yards, Manning was5-of-6 for 102 yards on the first two drives of the second half.

Trailing by two touchdowns, the Saints finally were on the moveuntil linebacker Freddie Keiaho picked off Brees and return itto the Saints 47.


Manning hit Wayne for 31 yards on the very first play, settingup Adam Vinatieri for his second 33-yard field goal of the gameand a 27-10 lead 48 seconds into the final quarter.

Wayne hauled in his second TD pass from Manning - this time from45 yards - just over two minutes later as the lead ballooned to34-10 with 10:05 remaining.


"It was a great start to the second half, coming out and gettingthat touchdown," Manning said. "Our defense played great allnight and our offense gave them their only touchdown. Reggiehad three touchdowns tonight; he caught two and gave them one."

Indianapolis broke on top, 7-0, when Manning hit Harrison for a27-yard touchdown with 1:36 left in the opening quarter. Itmarked the 107th time Manning and Harrison have hooked up on ascoring pass, extending their league record for the most TDs bya quarterback-receiver combination.

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS (0-1) at INDIANAPOLIS (1-0)

<h3>Super Bowl champ Colts open at home against Saints</h3>



New Orleans (10-6) at Indianapolis (12-4) Thursday 8:30 pm EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) - For the first time in his illustriouscareer, Peyton Manning will enter a season as a Super Bowlchampion.


Led by Manning and their explosive offense, the IndianapolisColts begin defense of their Super Bowl title Thursday nightwhen they host the New Orleans Saints in the opening game of theNFL season.


Arguably the NFL's best quarterback who traditionally came upshort in the postseason, Manning silenced all his critics lastseason in leading the Colts to their first championship sincethe franchise relocated to Indianapolis prior to the 1984season.


Manning capped his playoff run by being named the Most ValuablePlayer of Super Bowl XLI as the Colts posted a 29-17 victoryover the Chicago Bears.


It also was another banner regular season for Manning, who ledthe league with 31 touchdown passes and was second with 4,397yards through the air.


With Manning and Pro Bowl wide receivers Marvin Harrison andReggie Wayne leading the way, the Colts were third in the leaguein scoring last season, averaging 26.7 points.


There is one change for the Colts this season with Joseph Addaitaking over as the featured back. As a rookie last season,Addai rushed for 1,081 yards and seven touchdowns whilesplitting time with Dominic Rhodes.


The Colts are accustomed to fast starts, going 14-2 in Septemberover the last five seasons. They also are the only team to go9-0 in back-to-back seasons.


Indianapolis has won seven of its last eight season openers.

While the Colts hoisted the Lombardi Trophy, the Saints were theNFL's feel-good story in 2006 after winning the NFC South andcoming within a game of meeting the Colts in the Super Bowl.

The Saints' resurgence was led by NFL Coach of the Year SeanPayton and Pro Bowl quarterback Drew Brees.


An offensive mastermind, Payton put together an offense that wasactually more explosive than the Colts. New Orleans led theleague in total offense, averaging 391.5 yards while rankingfifth in scoring at 25.8 points.


After signing as a free agent, Brees enjoyed a monster firstseason in New Orleans. He led the league with 4,418 passingyards and was third with 26 scoring strikes.


Brees' favorite target was wide receiver Marques Colston, whohad 70 receptions for 1,038 yards and eight touchdowns as arookie.


Brees is looking forward to facing the Colts.


"I mean, people think we can hang with these guys," Brees toldthe New Orleans Times-Picayune. "Even if they didn't, itwouldn't matter what they thought because as a team we're veryconfident. We know what we can do. We're not satisfied wherewe finished the season last year. And we've been lookingforward to this opportunity for a long time."


The Saints also have two capable running backs in DeuceMcAllister and Reggie Bush. McAllister rushed for 1,057 yardsand 10 touchdowns last season while Bush gained 565 yards on theground and caught 88 passes for 742 yards.


With both teams featuring explosive offenses, it figures to be achallenge for both squads defensively.


Indianapolis struggled for much of last season, ranking 23rd inscoring defense by allowing 22.5 points per game. New Orleanswas slightly better, giving up 20.1 points per contest.

"This is like must-see TV," Saints cornerback and former ColtJason David told the Baton Rouge Advocate. "It's two excitingoffenses with great players. You've got a lot of star power onoffense. At any given time a big play can happen. If I was afan, I wouldn't miss a snap."


In the last meeting between the teams in September 2003, Manningthrew for six touchdowns - all in the first three quarters - tolead the Colts to a 55-21 victory.

 

Re: NFL: NEW ORLEANS (0-0) at INDIANAPOLIS (0-0)

What a way to start a season. That 46 yard TD pass to Wayne was so beautiful. </p>

A QB will probably be the MVP this season. </p>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

13:24 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans
45; Addai 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:28 NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (OLINDO MARE KICK).
NEW ORLEANS 7-7.
8:34 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards in 3:55.
Key plays: Moore 30-yard punt return to New Orleans 48; Stecker
13-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW ORLEANS 10-7.
14:15 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39.
Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10.

3RD QUARTER:

5:15 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans 47; Manning 42-yard pass
to Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10.
8:49 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai 15-yard
run to New Orleans 28. INDIANAPOLIS 24-10.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 47;
Manning 31-yard pass to Wayne to New Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10.
4:55 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 45 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:45.
Key plays: Manning 7-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis
49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10.
14:05 IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 41-10.

NEW ORLEANS - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 8 8
Passing 9 12
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 293 452
Total offensive plays 68 59
Average gain per play 4.3 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 164
Rushing attempts 26 29
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 187 288
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0
Gross passing yards 192 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-28-2 30-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 9.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-2 8-4-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.4 4-41.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.0 34.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 123
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 3-29
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-81 1-22
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-94
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-20 6-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:45 28:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BUSH 12 38 3.2 9 0 J ADDAI 23 118 5.1 15 1
D MCALLIST 10 38 3.8 12 0 K KEITH 5 32 6.4 13 0
A STECKER 2 21 10.5 13 0 D CLARK 1 14 14.0 14 0
D HENDERSO 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BREES 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BREES 28-41-192 2 0 23 P MANNING 18-30-288 0 3 45

Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-5. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JOHNSON 8 57 7.1 9 0 R WAYNE 7 115 16.4 45 2
M COLSTON 6 47 7.8 13 0 M HARRISON 4 83 20.8 42 1
R BUSH 4 7 1.8 7 0 J ADDAI 3 25 8.3 14 0
D HENDERSO 3 34 11.3 23 0 D CLARK 2 48 24.0 39 0
A STECKER 2 20 10.0 11 0 B UTECHT 1 19 19.0 19 0
D PATTEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 K KEITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
D MCALLIST 2 7 3.5 4 0
D BREES 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M GIORDANO 1 83 83.0 83 1
F KEIAHO 1 11 11.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S WEATHERF 5 242 48.4 0 2 61 H SMITH 4 166 41.5 0 1 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 1 30 30.0 30 0 T RUSHING 3 29 9.7 16 0
R BUSH 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 3 65 21.7 30 0 L LAWTON 1 22 22.0 22 0
J COOPER 1 8 8.0 8 0
B MILLER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
O MARE 1/1 1/2 A VINATIER 5/5 2/2
Dist.: (52) 34 Dist.: 33 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D BREES 1 1 0 0-0 R WAYNE 1 1 0 0-0
A STECKER 1 0 0 0-0 M JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 0 0 1-0 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-1
J DAVID 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S FUJITA 9 8 1 0-0 M JACKSON 12 8 4 0-0
M SIMONEAU 8 5 3 0-0 G BRACKETT 9 8 1 0-0
R HARPER 8 5 3 0-0 K HAYDEN 9 6 3 0-0
C GRANT 5 5 0 0-0 B SANDERS 9 5 4 0-0
J DAVID 4 4 0 0-0 R MORRIS 7 7 0 0-0
J BULLOCKS 4 3 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 6 6 0 0-0
H THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 R MATHIS 5 4 1 1-5
S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 3 2 0-0
M MCKENZIE 3 2 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0
J CRAFT 2 2 0 0-0 R BROCK 3 2 1 0-0
W SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0
A LAKE 2 2 0 0-0 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 1 1 0 0-0
D REID 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Barry Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Bryon Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 57,361 Time of Game: 2:56</div>

 

NFL: NEW ORLEANS at INDIANAPOLIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW ORLEANS 0 10 0 0 10
INDIANAPOLIS 7 3 14 17 41 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

13:24 IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 27 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards in 4:32.
Key plays: Manning 9-yard pass to Clark on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans
45; Addai 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 31. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

3:28 NOR - TD, JASON DAVID 55 YD FUMBLE RETURN (OLINDO MARE KICK).
NEW ORLEANS 7-7.
8:34 NOR - FG, OLINDO MARE 34 YD.
Drive: 9 plays, 36 yards in 3:55.
Key plays: Moore 30-yard punt return to New Orleans 48; Stecker
13-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Indianapolis 33. NEW ORLEANS 10-7.
14:15 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 1:39.
Key plays: Manning 14-yard pass to Addai to Indianapolis 29; Manning
39-yard pass to Clark to New Orleans 32. NEW ORLEANS 10-10.

3RD QUARTER:

5:15 IND - TD, JOSEPH ADDAI 2 YD RUN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards in 4:07.
Key plays: Clark 14-yard run to New Orleans 47; Manning 42-yard pass
to Harrison on 3rd-and-7 to New Orleans 2. INDIANAPOLIS 17-10.
8:49 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 28 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 4 plays, 69 yards in 1:54.
Key plays: Manning 19-yard pass to Utecht to midfield; Addai 15-yard
run to New Orleans 28. INDIANAPOLIS 24-10.

4TH QUARTER:

0:48 IND - FG, ADAM VINATIERI 33 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 1:18.
Key plays: Keiaho 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 47;
Manning 31-yard pass to Wayne to New Orleans 16. INDIANAPOLIS 27-10.
4:55 IND - TD, REGGIE WAYNE 45 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:45.
Key plays: Manning 7-yard pass to Wayne on 3rd-and-2 to Indianapolis
49. INDIANAPOLIS 34-10.
14:05 IND - TD, MATT GIORDANO 83 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (ADAM VINATIERI KICK).
INDIANAPOLIS 41-10.

NEW ORLEANS - INDIANAPOLIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

FIRST DOWNS 18 20
Rushing 8 8
Passing 9 12
Penalty 1 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-15-40% 4-11-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 293 452
Total offensive plays 68 59
Average gain per play 4.3 7.7
NET YARDS RUSHING 106 164
Rushing attempts 26 29
Average gain per rush 4.1 5.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-9 0-0
NET YARDS PASSING 187 288
Times sacked: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0
Gross passing yards 192 288
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 41-28-2 30-18-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.5 9.6
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-2 8-4-3
PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.4 4-41.5
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 42.0 34.3
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 32 123
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-32 3-29
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-81 1-22
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-94
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 4-20 6-30
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 5
Rushing 0 1
Passing 0 3
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 5-5
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-2 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 31:45 28:15


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NEW ORLEANS INDIANAPOLIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
R BUSH 12 38 3.2 9 0 J ADDAI 23 118 5.1 15 1
D MCALLIST 10 38 3.8 12 0 K KEITH 5 32 6.4 13 0
A STECKER 2 21 10.5 13 0 D CLARK 1 14 14.0 14 0
D HENDERSO 1 5 5.0 5 0
D BREES 1 4 4.0 4 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D BREES 28-41-192 2 0 23 P MANNING 18-30-288 0 3 45

Sacked-Yards Lost: D BREES 1-5. Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JOHNSON 8 57 7.1 9 0 R WAYNE 7 115 16.4 45 2
M COLSTON 6 47 7.8 13 0 M HARRISON 4 83 20.8 42 1
R BUSH 4 7 1.8 7 0 J ADDAI 3 25 8.3 14 0
D HENDERSO 3 34 11.3 23 0 D CLARK 2 48 24.0 39 0
A STECKER 2 20 10.0 11 0 B UTECHT 1 19 19.0 19 0
D PATTEN 2 18 9.0 13 0 K KEITH 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
D MCALLIST 2 7 3.5 4 0
D BREES 1 2 2.0 2 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M GIORDANO 1 83 83.0 83 1
F KEIAHO 1 11 11.0 11 0

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
S WEATHERF 5 242 48.4 0 2 61 H SMITH 4 166 41.5 0 1 59

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 1 30 30.0 30 0 T RUSHING 3 29 9.7 16 0
R BUSH 1 2 2.0 2 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
L MOORE 3 65 21.7 30 0 L LAWTON 1 22 22.0 22 0
J COOPER 1 8 8.0 8 0
B MILLER 1 8 8.0 8 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
O MARE 1/1 1/2 A VINATIER 5/5 2/2
Dist.: (52) 34 Dist.: 33 33

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
D BREES 1 1 0 0-0 R WAYNE 1 1 0 0-0
E JOHNSON 1 0 0 1-0 M JACKSON 0 0 1 0-0
J DAVID 0 0 1 0-1 R MATHIS 0 0 1 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
S FUJITA 9 8 1 0-0 M JACKSON 12 8 4 0-0
M SIMONEAU 8 5 3 0-0 G BRACKETT 9 8 1 0-0
R HARPER 8 5 3 0-0 K HAYDEN 9 6 3 0-0
C GRANT 5 5 0 0-0 B SANDERS 9 5 4 0-0
J DAVID 4 4 0 0-0 R MORRIS 7 7 0 0-0
J BULLOCKS 4 3 1 0-0 F KEIAHO 6 6 0 0-0
H THOMAS 3 2 1 0-0 R MATHIS 5 4 1 1-5
S SHANLE 3 2 1 0-0 A BETHEA 5 3 2 0-0
M MCKENZIE 3 2 1 0-0 E JOHNSON 3 3 0 0-0
J CRAFT 2 2 0 0-0 R BROCK 3 2 1 0-0
W SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 D FREENEY 1 1 0 0-0
A LAKE 2 2 0 0-0 D HUGHES 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 1 1 0 0-0 K DAWSON 1 1 0 0-0
M GIORDANO 1 1 0 0-0
D REID 1 0 1 0-0

Officials: Referee-Barry Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-Phil Mckinnely, Line Judge-Bryon Boston, Field Judge-Terry
Brown, Side Judge-Rick Patterson, Back Judge-Billy Smith.

Att: 57,361 Time of Game: 2:56</div>

 

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