Permalink
Cannot retrieve contributors at this time
web-hack-mirror/mirror/1999/12/04/www.colts.com/InTheGame/PressRelease/tenmp/main_page.htm
Go to fileThis commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository.
1030 lines (1027 sloc)
76.3 KB
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>Main Page</title> | |
| <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0"> | |
| </head> | |
| <body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0"> | |
| <div align="left"> | |
| <table border="0" width="612" height="720" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="612" height="126" colspan="2"><map name="FPMap0"> | |
| <area href="../../guidelines.htm" shape="rect" coords="519, 100, 591, 122"> | |
| <area href="../../tools.htm" shape="rect" coords="446, 100, 513, 118"> | |
| <area href="../../pro_shop.htm" shape="rect" coords="364, 99, 435, 118"> | |
| <area href="../../home_page.htm" shape="polygon" coords="21, 99, 36, 93, 60, 85, 86, 82, 106, 80, 136, 80, 160, 80, 184, 82, 198, 82, 217, 84, 235, 89, 247, 93, 251, 98, 248, 103, 235, 108, 211, 114, 176, 118, 142, 119, 110, 119, 85, 117, 63, 114, 42, 110, 28, 106"></map><img rectangle="(364,99) (435,118) ../../pro_shop.htm" src="../../Headers/InTheGameHeader1.gif" alt="InTheGameHeader1.gif (22557 bytes)" border="0" usemap="#FPMap0" width="599" height="126"><img src="../../Headers/HeaderRightSide.gif" alt="HeaderRightSide.gif (634 bytes)" width="13" height="126"></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="34" height="781" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"><map name="FPMap1"> | |
| <area href="../football_101.htm" shape="rect" coords="16, 247, 98, 265"> | |
| <area href="season.htm" shape="rect" coords="16, 227, 98, 245"> | |
| <area href="../review.htm" shape="rect" coords="13, 205, 97, 225"> | |
| <area href="../GameDay/open.html" shape="rect" coords="14, 190, 97, 208"> | |
| <area href="main_page.htm" shape="rect" coords="15, 171, 98, 187"> | |
| <area href="../../team_info.htm" shape="rect" coords="13, 306, 108, 330"> | |
| <area href="../../dome.htm" shape="rect" coords="12, 274, 107, 297"> | |
| <area href="../../in_the_game.htm" shape="rect" coords="11, 142, 107, 165"> | |
| <area href="../../interactive.htm" shape="rect" coords="14, 109, 108, 133"> | |
| <area href="../../news.htm" shape="rect" coords="13, 77, 107, 100"> | |
| <area href="../../stable.htm" shape="rect" coords="12, 44, 108, 67"> | |
| <area href="../../tickets.htm" shape="rect" coords="11, 10, 107, 36"></map><img rectangle=" (13,205) (97, 225) ../review.htm" rectangle=" (14,190) (97, 208) ../GameDay/open.html" rectangle=" (15,171) (98, 187) main_page.htm" rectangle=" (13,306) (108, 330) ../../team_info.htm" rectangle=" (12,274) (107, 297) ../../dome.htm" rectangle=" (11,142) (107, 165) ../../in_the_game.htm" rectangle=" (14,109) (108, 133) ../../interactive.htm" rectangle=" (13,77) (107, 100) ../../news.htm" rectangle=" (12,44) (108, 67) ../../stable.htm" rectangle=" (11,10) (107, 36) ../../tickets.htm" src="../../Headers/InTheGameBarPlus1.gif" alt="InTheGameBarPlus1.gif (8328 bytes)" border="0" usemap="#FPMap1" width="117" height="340"><br> | |
| <img src="../../Headers/BottomBar.gif" alt="BottomBar.gif (1199 bytes)" width="117" height="206"></td> | |
| <td width="578" height="544" valign="top" style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px"> | |
| <div align="left"><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="100%"> | |
| <div align="left"> | |
| <table border="0" width="100%"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="100%" valign="top"><p align="center"><img src="Logos/headers/ColtsvsDolphins.gif" alt="ColtsvsBears.gif (6007 bytes)" width="333" height="50"></p> | |
| <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><small><small><a href="serieshist.htm">Series History</a> | |
| | <a href="coaches.htm">The Coaches</a> | <a href="connections.htm">Connections</a></small> | |
| <small>| <a href="season.htm">Statistics</a></small><br> | |
| <small><a href="../../Stable/Players.htm">Numerical Roster</a></small> <small>| <a href="quotables.htm">Colts Quotables</a></small> <small>| <a href="Notables.htm">Colts | |
| Notables</a></small></small><a href="depth.htm"><br> | |
| <small><small>Depth Chart</small></small></a> | |
| <small><small> | <a href="defstats.htm">Defensive Statistics</a></small></small><br> | |
| <a href="1page.htm"><small><small>Entire Press Release</small></small></a></font></p> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">November | |
| 29, 1999<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </span></font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">FOR | |
| IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">REGULAR | |
| SEASON GAME 12:<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (9-2) at MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-3) <o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </font></b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">DATE:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Sunday, December 5, 1999<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">SITE:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Pro Player Stadium<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">KICKOFF:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>1:00 p.m. (EST)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">CAPACITY:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>75,192<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| <br> | |
| </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">SURFACE:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Grass (PAT)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">With sole | |
| possession of the AFC Eastern Division lead at stake, the Indianapolis | |
| Colts, 9-2, meet the Miami Dolphins, 8-3, on Sunday, December 5 in Pro | |
| Player Stadium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Kickoff | |
| is 1:00 p.m. (EST).</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">After | |
| eleven games apiece and as the NFL calendar turns to its final regular | |
| season month, the Colts and Dolphins will square off for positioning | |
| in the league’s toughest division.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>These teams met on October 10 in Indianapolis, as Miami won a | |
| bitterly-contested 34-31 battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>A 39-point final quarter (Miami 25, Colts 14) provided one of | |
| the NFL’s most dramatic 1999 games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The Colts led, 17-9, entering the final frame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Miami cut the margin to two points twice, but the Colts | |
| responded by pushing the lead back to nine points both times, however | |
| the Dolphins scored 12 points in the final 3:20 to prevail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The key play occurred with 1:16 left as a sack-fumble of QB-Dan | |
| Marino at midfield was changed from a fumble lost on the field to an | |
| incompletion by instant replay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Miami | |
| used the ruling for the deciding score, a 2t Marino-to-WR-Oronde | |
| Gadsden pass with :27 remaining.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Sunday’s | |
| game marks the 61<sup>st</sup> meeting between the Colts and Dolphins, | |
| but represents only the sixth time the teams have met when each were | |
| at least four games over .500.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Three | |
| of those games occurred during the 1971 season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The 7-2 Colts dropped a 17-14 decision to the 7-1-1 Dolphins in | |
| the Orange Bowl on November 21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| Colts (9-3) reversed the outcome three weeks later by taking a 14-3 | |
| win in Memorial Stadium over Miami (9-2-1).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>After dropping an upset game to New England, the 11-4 Colts met | |
| the 11-3-1 Dolphins in Miami for the AFC title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Miami prevailed, 21-0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>On | |
| December 14, 1975, the 8-4 Colts earned a 10-7 overtime win over | |
| visiting Miami (9-3), then went on to earn the division crown with a | |
| 10-4 record.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The final | |
| series meeting when both clubs sported solid winning records came on | |
| December 5, 1977, when the 8-3 Dolphins topped the 9-2 Colts, 17-6 in | |
| Miami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Colts went on | |
| to win the division in 1977.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This | |
| year’s first meeting pitted 2-1 teams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Miami exited the Colts game and won four more outings before | |
| losing at Buffalo, 23-3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Miami | |
| topped New England, 27-17, then lost, 20-0, at Dallas on Thanksgiving | |
| Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Colts left the | |
| first Miami effort with a 2-2 mark, then peeled off seven straight | |
| wins to reach Sunday’s game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Indianapolis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>took a 13-6 home decision last week over the New York Jets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The victory was the 100<sup>th</sup> regular season win in the | |
| Indianapolis era for the Colts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This | |
| marks the first time since the final week of the 1987 season that the | |
| Colts have owned first place this late in a season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The Colts will be shooting for their 10<sup>th</sup> win of the | |
| season at Miami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A win | |
| over the Dolphins would give the club its first double-digit victory | |
| season since 1977.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| Colts and Cardinals are the only two NFL teams that have failed to | |
| post a 10+ victory season from 1977 to the present.</font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Indianapolis | |
| upped its division record to 3-2 with last Sunday’s win, tying Miami | |
| for the second-best record within the AFC East at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Buffalo, which has an open week, stands at 4-2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>After Miami, the Colts host New England, and the team finishes | |
| divisional play at Buffalo on January 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Between the Patriots and Bills games, the Colts host Washington | |
| on December 19, then travel to Cleveland for a December 26 affair with | |
| the Browns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="text-indent:0in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The | |
| Colts’ 9-2 record has been forged against solid competition in 1999.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Six of the Colts’ first eleven opponents owned or shared the | |
| division lead when they met the Colts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The Colts are 5-1 against those six teams (beat 0-0 Buffalo on | |
| 9/12, 31-14; lost to 1-0 New England on 9/19, 31-28; beat 1-0 San | |
| Diego on 9/26, 27-19; beat 4-2 Dallas on 10/31, 34-24; beat 5-2 Kansas | |
| City on 11/7, 25-17; beat 5-3 New York Giants on 11/14, 27-19).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Here is a look at the AFC Eastern Division standings, along | |
| with other AFC clubs with a minimum of seven victories:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></p> | |
| <div align="left"> | |
| <table border="1" width="100%"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Record</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Week 13</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Week 14</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Week 15</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Week 16</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Week 17</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">AFC</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">NFC</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Div</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>COLTS</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>9-2</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>at Mia</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>NE</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>WASH</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>at Cle</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>at Buf</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>6-2-0</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>3-0-0</b></font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><b>3-2-0</b></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Miami</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">8-3</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">COLTS</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at NYJ</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">SD</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">NYJ</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Wash</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6-2-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">3-2-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Buffalo</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">8-4</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Open</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">NYG</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">ar Ariz</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at NE</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">COLTS</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6-4-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-0-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">4-2-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">New England</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6-5</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">DAL</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Colts</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Phil</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">BUF</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">BALT</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">4-5-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-0-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-4-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">NY Jets</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">4-7</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at NYG</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">MIA</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Dal</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Mia</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">SEA</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">3-6-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">1-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-4-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"> </td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"> </td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"> </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Jacksonville</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10-1</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">PIT</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">DEN</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Cle</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Ten</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">CIN</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">4-0-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">4-1-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Tennessee</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">9-2</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Balt</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">OAK</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">ATL</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">JACK</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Pit</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">7-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">7-0-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Seattle</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">8-3</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Oak</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">SD</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at Den</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">KC</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">at NYJ</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6-1-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">2-2-0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" align="center"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">3-1-0</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div> | |
| <p style="text-indent:.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| Sunday’s game at Miami will the 199<sup>th</sup> for Jim Mora as an | |
| NFL head coach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>He joined | |
| the Colts in 1998 after producing a 93-74 regular season record (0-4 | |
| in playoffs) with New Orleans from 1986-96.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He stands 12-15 with the Colts following a 3-13 first season | |
| with the club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Counting | |
| 62 games with the USFL Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars (48-13-1 record | |
| from 1982-84), Sunday’s game will be Mora’s 261<sup>st</sup> as a | |
| professional head coach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When | |
| he reaches his 200<sup>th</sup> game, Mora will join 20 other coaches | |
| who have directed that many games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mora recorded his 100<sup>th</sup> career NFL head coaching | |
| victory against Cincinnati (31-10) on October 24, becoming the 27<sup>th</sup> | |
| field leader in league history to reach that plateau.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mora currently stands at 105 career victories, tying him with | |
| Vince Lombardi and Tom Flores for 24<sup>th</sup>-most in NFL history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mora has passed Bill Walsh (102) already this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mora earned a 93-78 career mark with New Orleans from 1986-96.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>His 93 wins still out-total the other eleven Saints head | |
| coaches combined (93-92).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In | |
| 1987, Mora’s second season, he helped the Saints roll off a | |
| franchise-record nine straight wins when the team had never won more | |
| than three straight during its first 20 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Mora has now directed the Colts to their longest in-season | |
| winning streak since 1975 (nine wins).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The seven-game winning streak is the second-longest current NFL | |
| streak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Jacksonville has | |
| won eight straight games.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>The Colts are in Year Two of the Mora/Bill Polian football | |
| regime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Polian joined the | |
| Colts on December 22, 1997, one day after the club finished a 3-13 | |
| year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Polian, a four-time | |
| Executive of the Year award winner from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The | |
| Sporting News</i>, tabbed Mora two weeks later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">A total of only 12 | |
| players remain with the Colts prior to the arrival of Polian and Mora | |
| in Indianapolis </b>(DTs-Tony McCoy, Bernard Whittington and Ellis | |
| Johnson; DB-Jason Belser, TEs-Ken Dilger, Marcus Pollard and Bradford | |
| Banta; QB-Kelly Holcomb; WR-Marvin Harrison; LB-Bertrand Berry; | |
| OTs-Tarik Glenn and Adam Meadows)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: | |
| normal"> </b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Under the | |
| Polian/Mora guidance and the stewardship of Owner and C.E.O. Jim | |
| Irsay, the Colts stand at the brink of one of the better one-season | |
| turnarounds in NFL history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A | |
| win Sunday at Miami would tie Mora and the Colts for the 8<sup>th</sup>-best | |
| one-season victory jump in the NFL’s 80 seasons.<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <h3 style="tab-stops:.5in" align="center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">THE | |
| BEST IMPROVEMENTS IN PRO FOOTBALL HISTORY</font></h3> | |
| <div align="left"> | |
| <table border="0" width="100%"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Improvement</font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> Team</font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Record<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span></font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Head | |
| Coach</font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Previous | |
| Record</font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| <td> | |
| <h1><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Playoffs | |
| – Round</font></h1> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">9 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1963 | |
| Oakland Raiders</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">0-4</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Al | |
| Davis<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1962<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> | |
| </span>1-13</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">9 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1929 | |
| New York Giants</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">13-1-1</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">LeRoy | |
| Andrews</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1928<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> | |
| </span>4-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>7-2</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">8 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1997 | |
| New York Jets</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> 9-7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Bill | |
| Parcells</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1996<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> | |
| </span>1-15</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">8 | |
| games</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">1992 | |
| COLTS</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">9-7</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Ted | |
| Marchibroda</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-tab-count: 1; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">1991<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>1-15</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-tab-count: 1; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </b></span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">8 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1988 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>12-4<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>Sam Wyche</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1987<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>4-11</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – SB XXIII (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">8 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1976 | |
| New England<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Patriots</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">11-3<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Chuck | |
| Fairbanks</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1975<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>3-11</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Wildcard (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">8 | |
| games</font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1975 | |
| COLTS</font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">10-4<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>Ted | |
| Marchibroda</font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1974<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> | |
| </span>2-12</font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoBodyText2"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Divisional (L)</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1992 | |
| San Diego Chargers<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">11-5</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Bobby | |
| Ross<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1991<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>4-12</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Divisional (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1991 | |
| Denver Broncos</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">12-4</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Dan | |
| Reeves</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1990<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>5-11</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – AFC Title (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1983 | |
| San Francisco<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>49ers</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">10-6</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Bill | |
| Walsh</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1982<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>3-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>6</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – NFL Title (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1983 | |
| Denver Broncos</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> 9-7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Dan | |
| Reeves</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1982<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> | |
| </span>2-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Wildcard (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1983 | |
| Los Angeles Rams</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> 9-7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>John | |
| Robinson</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1982<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> | |
| </span>2-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Divisional (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">7 | |
| games</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">1983 | |
| COLTS</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">7-9</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-tab-count: 1; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Frank | |
| Kush</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">1982<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> | |
| </span>0-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>8-1</b></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-tab-count: 1; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </b></span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1981 | |
| San Francisco 49ers</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>13-3</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Bill | |
| Walsh</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1980<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>6-10</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – SB XVI (W)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1980 | |
| Detroit Lions</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> 9-7</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Monte | |
| Clark</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1979<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> | |
| </span>2-14</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>No<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1970 | |
| Miami Dolphins<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>10-4</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Don | |
| Shula</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1969<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>3-10-1</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Wildcard (L)<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1963 | |
| San Diego Chargers</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>11-3</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Sid | |
| Gillman</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1962<span style="mso-tab-count: | |
| 1"> </span>4-10</span></font></td> | |
| <td> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – AFL Champions<o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">7 | |
| games</span></font></td> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1933 | |
| New York Giants</span></font></td> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>11-3</span></font></td> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Steve | |
| Owen</span></font></td> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>1932<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> | |
| </span>4-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>6-2</span></font></td> | |
| <td><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Yes | |
| – Conference (L)</span></font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div> | |
| <p style="text-indent:.5in"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">The | |
| Colts-Jets game was a battle where points and yards were a premium, | |
| while field position helped decide the outcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>New York limited the Colts to season-lows in points (13) and | |
| yards (287), but Indianapolis held the Jets scoreless over the final | |
| 51:52 of the game, while forcing the Jets to start their final seven | |
| drives inside their 25-yard line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>After falling behind, 6-0, on two K-John Hall field goals (33, | |
| 30 yards), QB-Peyton Manning (23-31-198, 1 TD/2 ints. passing) hit | |
| TE-Marcus Pollard on a 2t pass in the final minute of the opening | |
| quarter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The second New | |
| York score was set up by a fumble, and the Colts struggled further | |
| with interceptions twice in the Jets’ Red Zone in the second and | |
| third quarters.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Manning was intercepted in the New York end zone and at the | |
| Jets’ 13, but K-Mike Vanderjagt added field goals of 22 and 37 yards | |
| for the final margin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A | |
| stingy Colts defense limited the Jets to 214 net yards and 28:02 time | |
| of possession, while holding RB-Curtis Martin to 19-83 rushing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Colts RB-Edgerrin James was 24-74 rushing/7-53 receiving, | |
| snapping his four-game streak of 180+ yards from scrimmages (209 vs. | |
| Dallas 10/31; 199 vs. Kansas City 11/7; 180 at NY Giants 11/14; 199 at | |
| Philadelphia 11/21).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>James | |
| also had his four-game 100+ rushing streak end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>He has seven 100+ rushing games this season, one behind RB-Eric | |
| Dickerson’s club-record eight in 1988.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>James is 258-1080, 7 TDs rushing/46-467, 2 TDs receiving for a | |
| total of 1,547 yards from scrimmage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>James ranks 1<sup>st</sup> in NFL rushing attempts, 1<sup>st</sup> | |
| in AFC yards, 2<sup>nd</sup> in the NFL, T2<sup>nd</sup> in AFC | |
| rushing TDs, T4<sup>th</sup> in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in NFL yards | |
| from scrimmage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: | |
| normal">James is 453 yards from scrimmage shy of producing the 32<sup>nd</sup> | |
| 2,000+ yards from scrimmage season in NFL history.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>A total of 18 players have accomplished the feat 31 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>In all 31 cases, that player earned a Pro Bowl bid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>James is the youngest NFL player ever to rush for 1,000 yards</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Manning is 225-368-2952, 21 TDs/12 ints. passing for a 91.9 | |
| rating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Manning ranks 3<sup>rd</sup> | |
| in AFC attempts, 5<sup>th</sup> in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC | |
| completions, 3<sup>rd</sup> in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC | |
| percentage (61.1), 6<sup>th</sup> in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in NFL | |
| passing yards, 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC yards per attempt (8.02), 3<sup>rd</sup> | |
| in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC touchdowns, 2<sup>nd</sup> in the | |
| NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC rating (91.9), 5<sup>th</sup> in the NFL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>WR-Marvin Harrison is 74-1114, 12 TDs receiving to rank 2<sup>nd</sup> | |
| in AFC receptions, 3<sup>rd</sup> in the NFL, 1<sup>st</sup> in NFL | |
| reception yardage and touchdown receptions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Harrison’s 12 touchdowns rank 1<sup>st</sup> in AFC total | |
| touchdowns, 2<sup>nd</sup> in the NFL.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Harrison is 185 yards shy of surpassing WR-Raymond Berry’s | |
| club-record 1,298 receiving yards in 1960.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Colts’ 39-year old | |
| reception yardage seasonal club record in the oldest in its category | |
| in the NFL(the next oldest are by WR-Charles Hennigan, Houston, 1961; | |
| FL-Bobby Mitchell, Washington, 1962).</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The James-Manning-Harrison trio stands to become only the | |
| second 1,000-3,000-1,000 seasonal act in Colts history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>The only other such Colts trio came in 1976 (289-1200, 5 TDs | |
| rushing by RB-Lydell Mitchell/207-343-3104, 24 TDs/9 ints. passing by | |
| QB-Bert Jones/43-1112, 11 TDs receiving by WR-Roger Carr).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>At their current averages per game, the Manning-James-Harrison | |
| trio projects to join 10 other offenses that have produced | |
| 1,000-4,000-1,000+ performers in one season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Indianapolis has produced an AFC-leading 307 points, the 3<sup>rd</sup>-best | |
| total in the NFL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| Colts have been held under 20 points but twice (16 at Jets 10/10; 13 | |
| vs. Jets 11/28), and have exceeded 25 points in every other game, a | |
| first since 1968.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The | |
| Colts have not been held to single digits in scoring in any game this | |
| year and look to produce only the 13<sup>th</sup> season in club | |
| history when the club scored in double digits in each game.<span style="mso-spacerun: | |
| yes"> </span>Eight of the prior 12 times that happened, the club reached | |
| the playoffs, and in five of those eight times (1958, 1959, 1964, 1968 | |
| and 1970) the team played for the NFL Championship or Super Bowl | |
| title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A key component to | |
| the club’s scoring pace is K-Mike Vanderjagt, who ranks 2<sup>nd</sup> | |
| in NFL scoring with 101 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Vanderjagt | |
| is two points behind Miami K-Olindo Mare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> | |
| </span>Vanderjagt is 32-32 PATs, 23-27 FGs, and he has converted his | |
| last 15 field goals, snapping the prior club mark of K-Cary Blanchard, | |
| who set the record two different times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Here | |
| is a look at how the Colts’ offense and defense has performed | |
| against 1999 opponents:</font></span></p> | |
| <div align="left"> | |
| <table border="1" width="100%" height="281"> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"></td> | |
| <td width="19%" height="24" colspan="2" align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">OPPOSING | |
| OFFENSE</font></b></td> | |
| <td width="22%" height="24" colspan="2" align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">COLTS | |
| ALLOWED</font></b></td> | |
| <td width="22%" height="24" colspan="2" align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">OPPOSING | |
| DEFENSE</font></b></td> | |
| <td width="23%" height="24" colspan="2" align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">COLTS | |
| GAINED</font></b></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Per | |
| Game Avgs</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Points</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Yards</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Points</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Yards</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Points</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Yards</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Points</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="30"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">Yards</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">9/12 | |
| BUF</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">0.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">000.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">14</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">321</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">0.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">000.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">31</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="18"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">393</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">9/19 | |
| at NE</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">30.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">396.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">31</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">400</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">28.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">368.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">28</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">344</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">9/26 | |
| at SD</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">34.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">266.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">19</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">274</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">7.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">172.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">27</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">468</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10/10 | |
| MIA</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">25.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">307.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">34</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">469</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">20.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">262.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">31</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">332</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10/17 | |
| at NYJ</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">15.6</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">290.8</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">13</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">281</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">20.6</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">352.2</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">16</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">318</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10/24 | |
| CIN</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">12.7</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">314.5</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">254</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">28.2</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">315.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">31</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">335</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">10/31 | |
| DAL</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">26.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">334.2</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">24</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">232</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">15.8</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">296.7</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">34</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">414</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">11/7 | |
| KC</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">24.7</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">320.1</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">17</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">319</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">13.4</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">277.6</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">25</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">375</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">11/14 | |
| at NYG</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">17.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">279.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">19</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">384</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">17.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">277.9</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">27</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">342</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">11/21 | |
| at Phil</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">14.9</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">228.5</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">17</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">214</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">21.2</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">334.1</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">44</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">455</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">11/28 | |
| NYJ</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">16.7</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">290.3</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">6</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">214</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">17.4</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">324.0</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">16</font></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">287</font></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| <tr> | |
| <td width="20%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">12/5 | |
| at Mia</font></td> | |
| <td width="9%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">19.9</font></td> | |
| <td width="10%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">286.9</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">18.5</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">269.8</font></td> | |
| <td width="11%" height="19"></td> | |
| <td width="12%" height="19"></td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div> | |
| <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: | |
| normal">PERSONNEL REPORT:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span></i></b>WR-Jerome Pathon (shoulder), OG-Steve McKinney | |
| (appendix) were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">doubtful</b>; | |
| DE-Mark Thomas (ankle) was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">questionable</b>; | |
| WR-E.G. Green (knee), TE-Ken Dilger (head), DT-Ellis Johnson (knee) | |
| were <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">probable</b> for the Jets | |
| game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span>Pathon, McKinney, RB-Leeland McElroy and WR-Chad Plummer were | |
| Friday inactivated players for the Jets game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span>QB-Kelly Holcomb, DB-Paul Miranda, RB-Scott Greene and DL-Chukie | |
| Nwokorie were Sunday inactivated players for the Jets game. <o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: | |
| normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </font></span></i></b></p> | |
| <p><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: | |
| normal">COLTS WEB SITE:</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span>For updated information throughout the week on the Colts, | |
| please check the club’s website at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">www.colts.com.</i></b> | |
| <o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </span></font></p> | |
| <p><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="2">Game | |
| press releases during the regular season will be available on Mondays | |
| after 3:00 p.m. (ET).</font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2"><o:p> | |
| </o:p> | |
| </font></b></font></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> | |
| </span></font></b></p> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"> | |
| <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"></o:p></b></span></font><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font size="2"></o:p> | |
| </font></b></font></span> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div><p align="center"> </p> | |
| <p align="center"> </p> | |
| <p align="center"><br> | |
| </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |