The Indianapolis Colts scored first in the exciting Monday Night Football and they scored last to pull out a victory over the Miami Dolphins 27-23 improving to 2-0 on the season.
Peyton Manning and the offense took little time to score as he found a wide open Dallas Clark on the first play from scrimmage and they connected on an 80 yard touchdown to give the Colts a 7-0 lead.
The Dolphins responded with an 9 play 75 yard drive that chewed up 6:06 off the clock and Ronnie Brown tied the game up taking a snap out the wildcat formation and running into the endzone from 14 yards out. The teams would exchange field goals 3 field goals apiece in the second quarter and neither team could find the endzone during the third quarter and were tied at 13.
In the fourth quarter Ronnie Brown broke the tie running the ball in from 3 yards out to put the Dolphins ahead 20-13. The Colts would answer that score with a 15 yard touchdown run by rookie Donald Brown to tie it up for the fourth time during the game. The Dolphins would once again take the lead but this time it was on field goal with less than 4 minutes left to go up 23-20.
You never leave Manning and the Colts with any time to tie or win the game because he will win it which was evident last night when he hooked up with Pierre Garcon for a 48 yard pitch and catch to give the Colts the lead for good at 27-23.
The Dolphins drove down the field and had a chance for the win when Chad Pennington threw a perfect pass to Tedd Ginn, Jr. in the back of the endzone but Ginn could not come down with it and Pennington then threw a pick to end the game.
The Colts only had the ball for 14:53 minutes during the entire game and they ran only 35 plays to Miami's 84. But Manning took advantage of every opportunity completing 14 of 23 passes for 303 yards and 3 touchdowns. Dallas Clark had 7 catches for 183 yards and the games first score.
The Dolphins ran the ball a whole heck of alot with Ronnie Brown finishing with 24 carries for 136 yards and 2 tds. Ricky Williams touted the ball 19 times for 69 yards. Ginn had a hell of a ball game catching 11 passes for 108 yards but he did drop the game winning touchdown.
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