Colts 20-15 Patriots (12 Dec, 1999) Box Score

New England Patriots

7-6, 3-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					15
IND					20

Indianapolis Colts

11-2, 6-1 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
31/44	379	8.6	1	1	5-35	94.8
31/44	344	8.6	1	1	5-35	94.8

Indianapolis Passing


Peyton Manning
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
15/27	186	6.9	2	0	1-8	101.8
15/27	178	6.9	2	0	1-8	101.8

New England Rushing


Terry Allen
Drew Bledsoe
Lamont Warren
Kevin Faulk
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	23	1.9	15
4	18	4.5	5
2	12	6.0	7
2	4	2.0	3
20	57	2.9	15

Indianapolis Rushing


Edgerrin James
Peyton Manning
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
20	101	5.1	14
5	8	1.6	11
25	109	4.4	14

New England Receiving


Terry Glenn
Shawn Jefferson
Troy Brown
Lamont Warren
Ben Coates
Vincent Brisby
Tony Carter
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	148	16.4	0	52
7	76	10.9	1	19
3	53	17.7	0	28
4	39	9.8	0	14
4	34	8.5	0	21
2	25	12.5	0	18
2	4	2.0	0	2
31	379	12.2	1	52

Indianapolis Receiving


Marvin Harrison
Marcus Pollard
Terrence Wilkins
Ken Dilger
Edgerrin James
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	118	19.7	0	52
3	32	10.7	1	23
3	18	6.0	0	9
1	10	10.0	0	10
2	8	4.0	1	6
15	186	12.4	2	52

New England Fumbles


Terry Allen
Drew Bledsoe
Lawyer Milloy
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
2	0	1

Indianapolis Fumbles


Peyton Manning
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
2	1	0

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Chris Slade
Ty Law
Henry Thomas
Chris Carter
Lawyer Milloy
Tedy Bruschi
Kato Serwanga
Brandon Mitchell
Tebucky Jones
Willie McGinest
Tony George
Chris Sullivan
Steve Israel
Ferric Collons
Chad Eaton
Andy Katzenmoyer
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	36	1	0	1	0	0

Indianapolis Defense



Cornelius Bennett
Chad Cota
Tony Blevins
Tyrone Poole
Jeff Burris
Ellis Johnson
Mike Peterson
Jason Belser
Billy Austin
Chad Bratzke
Mark Thomas
Larry Chester
Mike Barber
Bertrand Berry
Bernard Whittington
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
14	10	0	0	0	0	0
8	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	2	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
73	55	5	0	2	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Indianapolis Interceptions


Tyrone Poole
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	11	0
1	11	0

New England Kick Returns


Kevin Faulk
Tony Simmons
Tebucky Jones
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	48	24.0	28
2	37	18.5	20
1	24	24.0	24
5	109	21.8	28

Indianapolis Kick Returns


Terrence Wilkins
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	54	18.0	23	0
3	54	18.0	23	0

New England Punt Returns


Troy Brown
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	69	17.3	22	0
4	69	17.3	22	0

Indianapolis Punt Returns


Terrence Wilkins
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	10	10.0	10	0
1	10	10.0	10	0

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	28	0/0	9
3/3	100.0	28	0/0	9

Indianapolis Kicking


Mike Vanderjagt
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	31	2/2	8
2/2	100.0	31	2/2	8

New England Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	222	44.4	1	2	49
5	222	44.4	1	2	49

Indianapolis Punting


Hunter Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	237	47.4	1	0	59
5	237	47.4	1	0	59

5:00 AM, 12 December 1999

Attendance: 56,975

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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