1ST HALF NOTES;
Colts start from their 15.Wide receiver Reggie Wayne makes a big third down catch to the 29. Peyton Manning takes a hit from linebacker Ray Lewis. Wide receiver Pierre Garcon gets free after a pump fake from Manning.Colts are first and goal to go. Easy catch for tight end Dallas Clark in the end zone for the touchdown. Indy goes up 7-0. The Ravens rookie cornerback Lardarius Webb fumbles the kick return. A challenge flag comes out from the Ravens on a close call on the fumble as to whether or not Webb’s knee touched the ground before the ball dropped out. The ruling was that Webb was down before fumbling the ball. Ravens start from their 21.Running back Ray Rice gets a few yards on the run on the first play. Joe Flacco completes to wide receiver Kelley Washington for the first down to the 35.. Rice takes the ball to the 37. Rice carries to the 42.Fullback Le’Ron McClain gets the first down.Wide receiver Derrick Mason makes the reception for another first down to the Indy 50. Joe Flacco passes to running back Willis McGahee up to the Indy 35. Rice takes it to the 27. Billy Cundiff is good on the field goal for Baltimore to make it 7-3
Colts take the kick to the 24. Manning is picked by safety Dawan Landry on a tipped pass to Dallas Clark. Ravens take over at the Indy 29. Flacco’s pass almost picked by safety Melvin Bullitt. Cornerback Tim Jennings gets good coverage on Mason. Cundiff gets another field goal to make the score 7-6 for the Colts. Indy scrimmages from the 11 after a penalty on the return. Running back Joseph Addai to the 27 on the run. Tight end Tom Santi makes the catch, his first of the year.Tom Santi gets a long completion past midfield field to the Baltimore 47. Manning to Addai, short of the first down. 4th and 1 from the 39. Addai gets the first on the next run.A holding call on the Colts Jeff Saturday. Indy punts and the Ravens start from their 9. McGahee gets a few yards on first down. End of the first quarter.
Flacco to Rice and he doesn’t get much. The Ravens have to punt from their end zone. The Colts take it to the 35. A penalty takes off ten yards on the return. Manning completes to wide receiver Pierre Garcon, for 5 yards. Manning completes to Austin Collie, the rookie wide receiver from B.Y.U. to near mid field.Rookie running back Donald Brown gets 6 yards, then Santi takes a pass to the 42. Manning intercepted by safety Ed Reed who takes it back to the Ravens 40. Running back Le’Ron McClain runs it to the 47. Ray Rice runs it to the Indy 42. Rice takes it to the 36. Rice gets a long run to the 22. Ravens fail,on 3rd and seven after an Indy blitz. Billy Cundiff gets a field goal to put Baltimore ahead 9-6.
Running back Chad Simpson takes the kick to the Indy 19. Addai runs it to the 37 and Tom Santi catches the pass to the 37. Reggie Wayne makes a catch to the 19 of the Ravens. Addai takes it the 12. Garcon takes the pass to the 5. Addai into the end zone for the touchdown. Colts go up 14-9, with 1;23 left till the half. Ravens take the kick to near the 30. Tight end Todd Heap takes the ball for a few yards,. Mason to near the 40 of Baltimore and Ray Rice gets a few more yards. Derrick Mason takes the pass to the Indy 34. Rice to the 17 of the Colts on the pass reception. Billy Cundiff with the field goal from 36 is good again. Indy leads by 14-12.
2ND HALF NOTES;
Ravens take the ball in the second half and Flacco is nearly picked by linebacker Gary Brackett and the Ravens kick to the Colts after failing to move the ball. Colts take over at their 33. Manning to Santi near mid field for the first down. Addai to the 48. Reggie Wayne inside the 30 on the completion. Addai to the 20. Garcon completes to the 12. Brown gets a few yards on the run. Tom Santi gets hit and fumbles as he was going for the end zone on hits by Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. The Ravens start at their 5. Long pass to Derrick Mason is complete midfield, a 45 yard play. McGahee fumbles the ball but they maintain possession. The challenge flag is thrown by the Colts. Ravens are at the 32 of Indy. Rice gets inside the 20 for the first down. Tom Santi has a neck injury. Flacco complete to wide receiver Mark Clayton, to near the 10. Cundiff is wide on a field goal, as Indy still leads 14-12. Santi is back in the game for the Colts. Addai gets to the 26 of the Colts. Pass goes off the hands of Dallas Clark. Colts kick from their 15. Ravens start from their 35. Rice gets a yard. Flacco completes to Todd Heap to he 45 . Derrick Mason drops what should be a sure fire completion . Mason to the Indy 40 on the next play. The third quarter ends. Rice to the 32 to start the 4th quarter. Flacco completes to tight end L.J. Smith inside the Indy 30. Flacco completes to Derrick Mason to the Indy 15. Mason again gets the pass and takes it to the Colts 1 yard line. Gary Brackett stops McGahee at the 1. McGahee is stopped again at the 2. Cundiff is good on a 20 yard field goal, as The Ravens go up 15-14 in the 4th quarter.
Colts take over possession at their 32. Wayne takes it to the 40 of the Ravens. Pierre Garcon takes the ball to the 42 of Baltimore. Reggie Wayne takes it all the way to the Ravens 10. Wayne to the 7 on the next play. Tom Santi drops a pass he should have had. Reggie Wayne can’t make the next catch. Matt Stover is good from 25 yards to make it 17-15 for Indianapolis. 7 minutes remain in the 4th quarter. The Ravens scrimmage and Rice gets to the Baltimore 42. Rice gets a long run of 22 yards to the Colts 35. Mason makes the pass reception to the 17 of Indy. Mason gets a few more yards. Gary Brackett picks off Flacco with 2;42 remaining.Cornerback Fabian Washington hurt on the sidelines for Baltimore. Pierre Garcon makes a good catch with Ray Lewis delivering a good hit. Colts 3rd and one and he throws it to Reggie Wayne near the first down , but a measurement is needed on the Manning bootleg play. The play is reviewed by the official. It is a first down for the Colts and the Ravens are out of time outs. with 2;19 to go. Addai gets to the Indy 30. Colts to punt and get a time out with 28 seconds to go. The Ravens Ed Reed fumbles the ball trying a lateral pass which went forward while falling. A video review is looked at to decide if the play is a fumble. Colts get possession of the ball and the Colts remain undefeated !!!!
GAME SUMMARY;
The Colts now have 8 consecutive 10 win seasons. The 49rs had 16 from 1983 to 1998. This was also the Colts 19th straight regular season victory, which is the second longest streak in N.F.L. history. Baltimore was 0-4 in the red zone. The Ravens have lost 5 of seven after a 3-0 start. Indianapolis president Bill Polian continues, as he always has, to find players every year ,so that there seems to be very little drop off in the quality of the team. The Colts re- tool, but they never go through a rebuilding project, as they are an annual threat for championship contention.This year is just another example of how solid and consistent they have been, shortly after drafting Peyton Manning out of Tennessee first overall in 1998.