Colts 40-21 Patriots (8 Nov, 2005) Box Score

Indianapolis Colts

8-0, 5-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
IND	7	14	10	9	40
NE	7	0	7	7	21

New England Patriots

4-4, 2-2 home

Indianapolis Passing


Peyton Manning
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
28/37	321	8.7	3	1	0-0	117.1
28/37	321	8.7	3	1	0-0	117.1

New England Passing


Tom Brady
Doug Flutie
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
22/33	265	8.0	3	1-18	121.4
3/7	20	2.9	0	1-13	50.3
25/40	254	7.1	3	2-31	108.9

Indianapolis Rushing


Edgerrin James
Peyton Manning
Dominic Rhodes
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
34	104	3.1	1	9
3	24	8.0	0	12
1	4	4.0	1	4
38	132	3.5	2	12

New England Rushing


Corey Dillon
Tom Brady
Mike Cloud
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
12	40	3.3	13
1	-1	-1.0	-1
1	-5	-5.0	-5
14	34	2.4	13

Indianapolis Receiving


Marvin Harrison
Reggie Wayne
Brandon Stokley
Bryan Fletcher
Edgerrin James
Dallas Clark
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	128	14.2	2	48
9	124	13.8	1	29
4	34	8.5	0	13
2	22	11.0	0	16
3	9	3.0	0	6
1	4	4.0	0	4
28	321	11.5	3	48

New England Receiving


David Givens
Deion Branch
Troy Brown
Daniel Graham
Ben Watson
Corey Dillon
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	64	16.0	0	35
5	58	11.6	1	17
5	57	11.4	1	19
5	41	8.2	1	31
3	36	12.0	0	23
3	29	9.7	0	16
25	285	11.4	3	35

Indianapolis Fumbles


Montae Reagor
Jason David
team

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

New England Fumbles


Doug Flutie
Corey Dillon
Tom Brady
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
3	2	0

Indianapolis Defense



Gary Brackett
Marlin Jackson
Nick Harper
Cato June
Robert Mathis
Raheem Brock
Mike Doss
Bob Sanders
Jason David
Corey Simon
Montae Reagor
Rob Morris
Joseph Jefferson
Dallas Clark
Kelvin Hayden
Jonathan Welsh
David Thornton
Gerome Sapp
Larry Tripplett
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	46	2	0	2	0	0

New England Defense



Mike Vrabel
Tedy Bruschi
Rosevelt Colvin
Asante Samuel
Eugene Wilson
Michael Stone
Randall Gay
Willie McGinest
Duane Starks
Chad Brown
Ty Warren
Mike Wright
Vince Wilfork
Ellis Hobbs
Jarvis Green
Matt Chatham
Monty Beisel
Stephen Neal
Daniel Graham
Tully Banta-Cain
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	6	0	0	1	0	0
10	5	0	0	0	0	0
9	6	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	2	0	0
7	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
90	62	0	0	3	0	0

Indianapolis Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Indianapolis Interceptions

New England Interceptions


Mike Vrabel
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	-1	0
1	-1	0

Indianapolis Kick Returns


Dominic Rhodes
Joseph Jefferson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	87	29.0	37
1	11	11.0	11
4	98	24.5	37

New England Kick Returns


Bethel Johnson
Ellis Hobbs
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	118	16.9	25
1	24	24.0	24
8	142	17.8	25

Indianapolis Punt Returns


Troy Walters
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

New England Punt Returns


Tim Dwight
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	29	29.0	29	0
1	29	29.0	29	0

Indianapolis Kicking


Mike Vanderjagt
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	35	4/4	10
2/2	100.0	35	4/4	10

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Indianapolis Punting


Hunter Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	49	49.0	0	0	49
1	49	49.0	0	0	49

New England Punting


Josh Miller
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	143	47.7	0	1	55
3	143	47.7	0	1	55

Gillette Stadium

2:00 AM, 8 November 2005

Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 68,756

Referees:
Bernie Kukar

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Houston	9	6	.600	347	327
Indianapolis	7	8	.467	318	359
Jacksonville	3	12	.200	277	396
Tennessee	3	12	.200	284	417

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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