Colts advance to the Super Bowl by beating the Patriots 38-34 in Indianapolis
Things were looking bad at halftime for the Colts as they were trailing 21-6. But a different team came out of the locker room in the second half as they outscored the Patriots 32-13 to win the game. This was a strange game as center Jeff Saturday and DT Dan Klecko each scored TDs for the Colts in this football game.Â
Peyton Manning had a great football game as he completed 27 of 47 passes for 349 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 interception. He also carried the football 2 times for 0 yards and a TD. Dominic Rhodes had a solid game running the ball as he carried it 14 times for 69 yards (4.9 ypc), but he lost a fumble in the endzone that was recovered by center Jeff Saturday for a TD. Rhodes also caught 4 passes for 38 yards. Rookie Joseph Addai also had a good game running the ball with 14 carries for 56 yards (4.0 ypc) with a TD run. TE Dallas Clark had another great game with 6 big catches for 137 yards. Reggie Wayne had a solid game with 5 grabs for 68 yards. Marvin Harrison had another rough game as he only caught 4 passes for 41 yards. He also dropped alot of passes that hit him in the hands. DT Dan Klecko caught 1 pass and it was for a 1-yard TD.
The defense didn’t play too well for the Colts. The Colts allowed the Patriots to carry the football 24 times for 93 yards (3.9 ypc). The Patriots also completed 21 of 34 passes for 226 net yards passing. But, Marlin Jackson sealed the Colts Super Bowl bid when he picked off Tom Brady with under 30 seconds left in the game.
The Colts are glad they have two weeks before their next game because they left everything they had on the field today and it paid off with an all expense paid trip to Miami to take on the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl.
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