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Colts 24, Jets 23
Manning's the man
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peyton Manning passed for three touchdowns Sunday, including 14 yards to Marcus Pollard with 24 seconds o go, lifting the Indianapolis Colts over the New York Jets 24-23.
The Colts (2-8) drove 80 yards on their final possession. Tight end Pollard appeared stopped just short of the goal line, but stretched his arms into the end zone before he hit the ground, tying the game. Mike Vanderjagt, whose missed field goal at the end of the first half led to one New York touchdown, then kicked the extra point to snap a four-game Jets winning streak.
Manning, the first pick in this year's draft, also had touchdown passes of 4 yards to Torrance Small in the first quarter and 38 yards to Marvin Harrison in the third period and finished 26-of-44 for 276 yards.
After Pollard's touchdown, the Jets reached their 47-yard line before Vinny Testaverde fumbled the snap and the Colts' Al Fontenot recovered with six seconds remaining.
The Jets (6-4) seemed to have the game in control after Aaron Glenn returned a missed field goal by Vanderjagt an NFL-record 104 yards for a touchdown. Glenn also had a fourth-quarter interception.
The Jets scored 10 points in the last 22 seconds of the first half, starting with a 25-yard field goal by John Hall that put them up 16-10. The Colts reached the New York 46 after a 15-yard run by Manning, but with one second to go, a 63-yard field goal attempt by Vanderjagt was short.
Glenn caught the ball 4 yards deep in the end zone and returned it for a touchdown, breaking the NFL record of 101 yards by Philadelphia's Al Nelson against Dallas in 1971.
After the Colts cut a 23-10 New York halftime lead to 23-17 and threatened midway through the final period, Glenn grabbed a deep pass by Manning at the Jets 20.
Testaverde, unbeaten in his first six starts with New York, was intercepted once, on his first pass of the game, and sacked four times. But he used big plays for each of the first three scores by the Jets, including a 26-yard pass to Wayne Chrebet that set up the first of three field goals by Hall.
The touchdown pass from Manning to Small gave Indianapolis a 10-3 lead after one quarter, but the Jets tied it with a 63-yard completion to Chrebet. On the next New York possession, Testaverde hit Chrebet for 15 yards and Keyshawn Johnson for 22 and 33 yards, setting up a 40-yard field goal by Hall for a 13-10 lead.
Hall's third field goal, the 25-yarder late in the half, came 12 plays after Otis Smith's interception off Manning, and the 104-yard return by Glenn gave the Jets the 23-10 lead at the half.
In the third quarter, then the Colts drove 49 yards in less than two minutes and scored on a 38-yard pass from Manning to Harrison, who got in front of Glenn in the end zone for a touchdown.
Summary
NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
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NY JETS 3 20 0 0 23
INDIANAPOLIS 10 0 7 7 24 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QUARTER: IND - FG, MIKE VANDERJAGT 31 YD, 4:43. Drive: 7 plays, 19
yards in 2:36. Key plays: Belser 19-yard
interception return to New York 33; Manning
7-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-6 to New York
22. INDIANAPOLIS 3-0
NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 37 YD, 8:21. Drive: 7 plays, 38 yards
in 3:38. Key plays: Testaverde 26-yard pass to
Chrebet on 3rd-and-6 to Indianapolis 27; Martin
8-yard run to Indianapolis 19. NY JETS 3,
INDIANAPOLIS 3
IND - TD, TORRANCE SMALL 4 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 11:35. Drive: 6 plays,
40 yards in 3:14. Key plays: Bailey 44-yard
kickoff return plus 15-yard personal foul
penalty on Jets' Hall to New York 40; Manning
11-yard pass to Harrison to New York 18; Faulk
11-yard run to New York 7. INDIANAPOLIS 10-3
2ND QUARTER: NYJ - TD, WAYNE CHREBET 63 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE
(JOHN HALL KICK), 0:58. Drive: 7 plays, 74
yards in 4:23. Key plays: Byars 10-yard run to
New York 45; Testaverde 7-yard pass to Anderson
on 3rd-and-6 to Indianapolis 44. NY JETS 10,
INDIANAPOLIS 10
NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 40 YD, 6:29. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards
in 3:44. Key plays: Testaverde 22-yard pass to
Johnson to New York 40; Testaverde 15-yard pass
to Chrebet to Indianapolis 45; Testaverde
33-yard pass to Johnson to Indianapolis 4. NY
JETS 13-10
NYJ - FG, JOHN HALL 25 YD, 14:38. Drive: 12 plays, 62
yards in 5:00. Key plays: Testaverde 18-yard
pass to Johnson to Indianapolis 45; Martin
10-yard run to Indianapolis 34; 5-yard holding
penalty on Colts Barber on 3rd-and-8 for first
down to Indianapolis 27. NY JETS 16-10
NYJ - TD, AARON GLENN 104 YD RETURN OF ATTEMPTED FIELD
GOAL (JOHN HALL KICK), 15:00. NY JETS 23-10
3RD QUARTER: IND - TD, MARVIN HARRISON 38 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 8:32. Drive: 4 plays,
49 yards in 1:32. Key plays: Bailey 12-yard
punt return to New York 49; Manning 2-yard pass
to Dilger on 3rd-and-1 to New York 38. NY JETS
23-17
4TH QUARTER: IND - TD, MARCUS POLLARD 14 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING
(MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 14:36. Drive: 15 plays,
80 yards in 2:40. Key plays: Manning 12-yard
pass to Harrison to Indianapolis 38; Manning
18-yard pass to Faulk on 4th-and-15 to New York
49; Manning 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York
36; Manning 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New York
24. INDIANAPOLIS 24-23
TEAM STATISTICS
NYJ IND
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FIRST DOWNS 20 24
Rushing 7 7
Passing 11 16
Penalty 2 1
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11 9-15
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-1
TOTAL NET YARDS 369 343
Total plays 65 69
Average gain 5.7 5.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 157 90
Rushes 33 24
Average per rush 4.8 3.8
NET YARDS PASSING 212 253
Completed-attempted 12-28 26-44
Yards per pass 6.6 5.6
Sacked-yards lost 4-37 1-23
Had intercepted 1 2
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-47.3 4-41.0
RETURN YARDAGE 132 131
Punts-returns 2-9 2-25
Kickoffs-returns 5-126 3-87
Interceptions-returns 2-minus 3 1-19
PENALTIES-YARDS 6-50 8-55
FUMBLES-LOST 3-1 1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION 32:08 27:52
PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals: NY Jets (John Hall 47); Indianapolis (Mike
Vanderjagt 63).
NY Jets rushing: Curtis Martin 28-134, Keith Byars 3-21, Vinny
Testaverde 2-2.
Indianapolis rushing: Marshall Faulk 20-69, Peyton Manning 4-21.
NY Jets passing: Vinny Testaverde 12-28 for 249 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD.
Indianapolis passing: Peyton Manning 26-44 for 276 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD.
NY Jets receiving: Keyshawn Johnson 5-107, Wayne Chrebet 4-112, Fred
Baxter 1-21, Richie Anderson 1-7, Curtis Martin 1-2.
Indianapolis receiving: Marvin Harrison 9-128, Marshall Faulk 8-70,
Ken Dilger 4-22, Jerome Pathon 2-28, Torrance Small 2-14, Marcus
Pollard 1-14.
NY Jets tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Aaron Glenn 9-0-0, Victor
Green 5-3-0, Bryan Cox 6-1-0, Pepper Johnson 4-1-0, Anthony Pleasant
3-2-0, James Farrior 3-1-0, Ray Mickens 3-0-0, Jerome Henderson
3-0-0, Rick Lyle 2-0-0, Corwin Brown 2-0-0, Otis Smith 1-1-0, Jason
Ferguson 1-1-0, Dwayne Gordon 1-0-0, Ernie Logan 1-0-0, Bobby
Hamilton 1-0-0, Carl Hansen 1-0-0, Kevin Williams 1-0-0, Team 0-0-1.
Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Tony Mccoy 9-2-1,
Tim Hauck 8-2-0, Michael Barber 8-2-1, Tyrone Poole 5-1-0, Bert Berry
3-3-1, Jeff Burris 3-2-0, Elijah Alexander 3-0-0, Jason Belser 2-1-0,
Ellis Johnson 1-2-0, Al Fontenot 2-0-0, Andre Royal 2-0-0, Steve
Morrison 1-1-0, Larry Chester 1-0-0, Bernard Whittington 1-0-1.
Interceptions: NY Jets (Aaron Glenn 1 for minus 3 yards, Otis Smith 1
for 0 yards); Indianapolis (Jason Belser 1 for 19 yards).
Fumbles lost: NY Jets (Vinny Testaverde).
Opponent's fumbles recovered: Indianapolis (Al Fontenot).
Officials: Referee-Mike Carey, Umpire-Neil Gereb, Head linesman-Sid
Semon, Line judge-Charles Stewart, Back judge-Kirk Dornan, Side
judge-Doug Toole, Field judge-David Warden.
A: 55,520; T: 2:10.