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Box Score: Indianapolis Colts at Atlanta Falcons

Posted: Sun December 6, 1998 at 4:24 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

INDIANAPOLIS 14 7 0 0 21 ATLANTA 7 14 7 0 28 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: IND - TD, MARSHALL FAULK 11 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 3:08. Drive: 3 plays, 26 yards in 1:28. Key plays: Montgomery 8-yard fumble return to Atlanta 26; 13-yard roughing-the-passer penatly on Falcons' Dronett to Atlanta 14. INDIANAPOLIS 7-0 IND - TD, TORRANCE SMALL 30 YD PASS FROM PEYTON MANNING (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 9:24. Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Manning 11-yard pass to Dilger on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 39. INDIANAPOLIS 14-0 ATL - TD, TONY MARTIN 40 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 11:50. Drive: 5 plays, 81 yards in 2:26. Key plays: Chandler 19-yard pass to Martin to Atlanta 39; Chandler 20-yard pass to Mathis to Indianapolis 40. INDIANAPOLIS 14-7 2ND QUARTER: IND - TD, MARSHALL FAULK 3 YD RUN (MIKE VANDERJAGT KICK), 9:50. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards in 5:13. Key plays: Manning 6-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 48; Manning 8-yard pass to Small to Atlanta 31; Faulk 8-yard run to Atlanta 21; Manning 18-yard pass to Dilger to Atlanta 3. INDIANAPOLIS 21-7 ATL - TD, JAMAL ANDERSON 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 13:39. Drive: 9 plays, 74 yards in 3:49. Key plays: Chandler 13-yard pass to Martin to Atlanta 39; Chandler 12-yard pass to Martin to Indianapolis 43; Chandler 21-yard pass to Anderson on 3rd-and-15 to Indianapolis 27; Chandler 22-yard pass to Anderson to Indianapolis 5. INDIANAPOLIS 21-14 ATL - TD, CHRIS CHANDLER 3 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 15:00. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 0:32. Key plays: Chandler 9-yard pass to Christian to Atlanta 43; Chandler 32-yard pass to Martin plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Colts' Hauck to Indianapolis 19; Chandler 16-yard pass to Mathis to Indianapolis 3. INDIANAPOLIS 21, ATLANTA 21 3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, TERANCE MATHIS 3 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 1:43. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards in 1:26. Key plays: Buchanan 18-yard interception return to Indianapolis 14; Chandler 10-yard pass to T Martin to Indianapolis 4. ATLANTA 28-21 4TH QUARTER: NONE TEAM STATISTICS IND ATL
FIRST DOWNS 17 27 Rushing 6 8 Passing 9 15 Penalty 2 4 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-9 4-10 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 244 394 Total plays 48 68 Average gain 5.1 5.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 85 137 Rushes 21 35 Average per rush 4.0 3.9 NET YARDS PASSING 159 257 Completed-attempted 19-27 20-28 Yards per pass 5.9 7.8 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 5-40 Had intercepted 2 1 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-51.5 3-46.3 RETURN YARDAGE 30 135 Punts-returns 0-0 3-29 Kickoffs-returns 0-0 3-88 Interceptions-returns 1-30 2-18 PENALTIES-YARDS 8-57 8-65 FUMBLES-LOST 1-1 3-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 24:23 35:37 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Atlanta (Morten Andersen 47). Indianapolis rushing: Marshall Faulk 19-76, Peyton Manning 1-7, Torrance Small 1-2. Atlanta rushing: Jamal Anderson 30-122, Chris Chandler 4-14, Bob Christian 1-1. Indianapolis passing: Peyton Manning 19-27 for 159 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD. Atlanta passing: Chris Chandler 20-28 for 297 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD. Indianapolis receiving: Marshall Faulk 7-37, Ken Dilger 5-45, Torrance Small 2-38, Jerome Pathon 2-16, E.g. Green 2-14, Marcus Pollard 1-9. Atlanta receiving: Tony Martin 7-140, Jamal Anderson 4-58, Terance Mathis 4-51, O.j. Santiago 3-33, Bob Christian 1-9, Brian Kozlowski 1-6. Indianapolis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Michael Barber 8-2-0, Monty Montgomery 8-0-2, Tyrone Poole 6-0-0, Tim Hauck 5-1-0, Ellis Johnson 4-1-1, Bert Berry 3-2-0, Anthony Jordan 2-3-0, Jason Belser 4-0-0, Steve Morrison 2-2-0, Tony Mccoy 3-0-0, Rico Clark 2-1-0, Elijah Alexander 2-0-0, Jeff Herrod 1-0-0, Jason Chorak 1-0-0, Kendel Shello 1-0-1, Van Tuinei 1-0-1. Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Jessie Tuggle 7-3-0, William White 5-0-0, Travis Hall 4-1-0, Henri Crockett 3-2-0, Craig Sauer 3-0-0, Michael Booker 3-0-0, Cornelius Bennett 3-0-0, Ray Buchanan 1-2-0, Eugene Robinson 1-1-0, John Burrough 1-0-0, Ronnie Bradford 1-0-0, Shane Dronett 1-0-0, Lester Archambeau 1-0-0. Interceptions: Indianapolis (Rico Clark 1 for 30 yards); Atlanta (Craig Sauer 1 for 0 yards, Ray Buchanan 1 for 18 yards). Fumbles lost: Indianapolis (Marshall Faulk); Atlanta (O.j. Santiago). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Indianapolis (Monty Montgomery); Atlanta (Chuck Smith). Officials: Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Back judge-Don Dorkowski, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Paul Baetz. A: 61,141; T: 2:56.


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