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His fourth rushing touchdown of the game came in the second half. Smith on that drive. In the fourth quarter, with 10:16 remaining, the Colts scored another touchdown, this one a 5-yard pass from QB Peyton Manning to WR Reggie Wayne. After the teams exchanged punts again, the Colts had one final opportunity to take the lead with 2:17 left in the game, and the ball on their own 20 yard line. Colts rookie RB Joseph Addai had a career-high 85 yards rushing on 11 carries, and Redskins RB Ladell Betts carried the football 10 times for 52 yards. Indianapolis defeated the Chicago Bears 29–17 on February 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium to win their first Super Bowl since Super Bowl V in 1970.

Following their first-ever loss to the Texans, the Colts wrapped up the regular season at home against the Miami Dolphins. Bandwagoners need one thing – popularity. The next score for the Colts came in the second quarter, as RB Dominic Rhodes had a 2-yard run for a touchdown. © 2020 NFL Enterprises LLC. Then the clouds parted and we were gifted with the ever-talented Andrew Luck who seemed to be the one to deliver us from the depths of mediocrity…but alas, injuries have been difficult the last couple years for Indy. Surprisingly, the Titans took the lead early as rookie QB Vince Young ran 19 yards for a touchdown in what would be the first quarter's only score. Neither quarterback threw a touchdown pass, but both of them threw one interception each. Q1 – IND – 8:41 – Adam Vinatieri 48-yard FG (3–0 IND), Q1 – IND – 2:09 – Adam Vinatieri 19-yard FG (6–0 IND), Q2 – IND – 0:00 – Adam Vinatieri 50-yard FG (9–0 IND), Q3 – IND – 4:14 – Joseph Addai 6-yard TD run (Vinatieri kick) (16–0 IND), Q3 – KC – 0:08 – 6-yard TD pass from Trent Green to Tony Gonzalez (Kris Wilson 2-point conversion) (16–8 IND), Q4 – IND – 10:16 – 5-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Vinatieri kick) (23–8 IND).

When the Colts made it back to the Super Bowl, they lost to the Saints. Indianapolis would respond with 37-yard touchdown pass from QB Peyton Manning to WR Marvin Harrison. The Colts headed to Gillette Stadium for a highly-anticipated Sunday Night Football matchup with the New England Patriots in Week 9. Since I couldn’t think of a better segue, here we are at fan boys. Also of note, Colts WR Marvin Harrison had 8 catches in the game for 145 yards and two touchdowns. The 2006 Indianapolis Colts season was the 54th season for the team in the National Football League and 23rd in Indianapolis. The Colts' 32nd-ranked rushing defense allowed only 83 total rushing yards this game, and proved that their defense had dramatically improved from the regular season.

Colts RB Joseph Addai is fifth in the AFC with 527 rushing yards and leads all running backs with seven touchdowns. The drive concluded with QB Trent Green completing a 6-yard touchdown pass to TE Tony Gonzalez, along with a successful two-point conversion pass to FB Kris Wilson. Already banged up on defense, the Patriots lost SS Rodney Harrison to a shoulder injury in the first quarter, and he never returned to the game. The game was full of turnovers, and neither team could take care of the scoring opportunities. The Colts have now won at least 12 games in each of the past 4 seasons. The third quarter witnessed more scoring as Peyton Manning completed a touchdown drive on the first possession of the half, this one a 15-yard touchdown pass to TE Bryan Fletcher. The Jaguars, though, would get to within a touchdown late in the game on Byron Leftwich's 7-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Jones-Drew. Heading into this game, Indianapolis had never lost a game to the Texans, winning their first 9 games against them.

Rewinding the clock to Avengers Dissassembled we reveal how one of the main players in SECRET INVASION was replaced by a Skrull and what the fallout has been. The Colts reached the 4 yard line, and on third down, Manning attempted a pass to the endzone, but in a controversial situation, SS Roy Williams nudged TE Dallas Clark near the end zone, and while Clark fell down, Williams intercepted a Peyton Manning pass for the second time in his career, and gave the Cowboys the ball at their own 7 yard line. Colts QB Peyton Manning finished the game 21 of 27 for 205 yards passing with three touchdowns and Texans QB David Carr finished with 163 passing yards on completing 16 of 23 passes with one touchdown. Kicker Rob Bironas had very high winds at his back and he made the 60-yard field goal with a lot of help from wind. The Colts weren’t even bad the next year, it was just obvious they weren’t going to the Super Bowl…and that’s just not good enough for a frontrunner. Q2 – IND – 0:10 – 23-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Reggie Wayne (Adam Vinatieri kick) (7–0 IND), Q3 – DAL – 14:09 – Kevin Burnett 39-yard interception return TD (Vanderjagt kick) (7–7), Q3 – IND – 5:09 – 4-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning to Dallas Clark (Vinatieri kick) (14–7 IND), Q4 – DAL – 11:36 – Marion Barber 5-yard TD run (Vanderjagt kick) (14–14), Q4 – DAL – 6:00 – Marion Barber 1-yard TD run (Vanderjagt kick) (21–14 DAL). In the second quarter, Indianapolis took the lead with QB Peyton Manning completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to DT Dan Klecko. Indianapolis opened the regular season on the road against the New York Giants on September 10, 2006. Only the most popular team will do for that week. The Colts were up by 24 points after that last score.

That score, however, proved to be the last of the game as Indianapolis hung on for the victory, and improved their record to 3–0.

Colts QB Peyton Manning finished the game 29 of 36 for 282 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, while Bengals QB Carson Palmer was 14 of 28 for 176 passing yards. Indianapolis cut the deficit with six minutes left in the third quarter on QB Peyton Manning's 13-yard touchdown strike to WR Marvin Harrison. At the half, the Colts were in the lead, 14–10.

But with less than 11 minutes left in the game, the Eagles scored once more and reduced the Colts' lead to 10 points. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

I didn’t have to wait long for a Super Bowl appearance (and win), but I’ve been waiting for over a decade for the next Super Bowl win. Patriots QB Tom Brady fumbled the handoff to RB Laurence Maroney, the ball started rolling towards the goal line, went through a few pairs of Colts defenders' hands, and G Logan Mankins fell on it for a touchdown. The Colts then followed with a score of their own, a 1-yard TD pass from QB Peyton Manning to WR Reggie Wayne to take the lead with 11:14 left in the half. He had a 15-yard TD run, a 10-yard TD run, and another 15-yard TD run after that.

However, Houston managed to pull off a huge upset with Kris Brown's game-winning 48-yard field goal as time expired, giving Indianapolis their first ever loss against them. That score put the Colts up 21–7. But New York regained the lead, scoring on a Kevan Barlow 5-yard touchdown score. In the third quarter, the Colts struggled to find the end zone, yet it provided Adam Vinatieri to cement his immense value to the team as a free agent pickup. The first quarter was back-and-forth as each possession ended with turnover after turnover.

With the win, the Colts stayed undefeated and expanded their lead in the AFC South to two games over second place Jacksonville. The Patriots responded on the ensuing possession with a 6-yard touchdown pass to WR Jabar Gaffney in the back of the end zone. On the following Colts possession, Vinatieri came through yet again and converted a 20-yard field goal to put the Colts up by 8 points.

They can even look the same to people like you and I. Neither quarterback threw an interception, but Carr did fumble the football three times. Leftwich also threw two interceptions. [2] After Vinatieri's last of his five field goals that he made this game, he had made 34 field goals in his postseason career. Also of note, former Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt missed two of his three field goals during the game. Not to be confused with someone who has been a Steelers, Patriots or whichever team’s fan since 1993 or 1978, this person is relatively new (perhaps even from their team’s last super bowl appearance or Divisional Championship)…this guy is a step up on the band wagoner because they have at least seen their team reach the pinnacle or they’ve at least kept an eye on that team for a while. The frontrunner is like a bandwagoner, and can sometimes evolve from a bandwagoner, but only with the top team in their respective conference/league/division. Q1 – JAC – 12:19 – Maurice Jones-Drew 18-yard TD run (Josh Scobee kick) (7–0 JAC), Q1 – IND – 6:05 – Adam Vinatieri 41-yard FG (7–3 JAC), Q2 – IND – 8:18 – Dominic Rhodes 1-yard TD run (Vinatieri kick) (10–7 IND), Q2 – JAC – 5:45 – Fred Taylor 21-yard TD run (Scobee kick) (14–10 JAC), Q2 – JAC – 1:17 – Maurice Jones-Drew 48-yard TD run (Scobee kick) (21–10 JAC), Q2 – JAC – 0:00 – Josh Scobee 48-yard FG (24–10 JAC), Q3 – JAC – 14:48 – Maurice Jones-Drew 93-yard kick return TD (Scobee kick) (31–10 JAC), Q3 – JAC – 11:07 – Josh Scobee 34-yard FG (34–10 JAC), Q3 – JAC – 0:22 – Josh Scobee 46-yard FG (37–10 JAC), Q4 – IND – 11:13 – Peyton Manning 1-yard TD run (Vinatieri kick) (37–17 JAC), Q4 – JAC – 3:59 – Alvin Pearman 6-yard TD run (Scobee kick) (44–17 JAC).