Vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-2) DATE: Sunday, November 21, 2010 SITE: Gillette Stadium KICKOFF: 4:15 P.M
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REGULAR SEASON GAmE 10 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (6-3) vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (7-2) DATE: Sunday, November 21, 2010 SITE: Gillette Stadium KICKOFF: 4:15 p.m. (EST) CAPACITy: 68,756 SURFACE: FieldTurf Renewing one of the National Football League’s most prominent ri - valries, the Indianapolis Colts, 6-3, visit the New England Patriots, 7-2, COLTS 2010 S CHEDULE on Sunday, November 21. Kickoff for the contest in Gillette Stadium, REGULAR SEASON broadcast by CBS Sports and Westwood One, is 4:15 p.m. (EST). DAy DATE OPPONENT TImE /R ESULT The Colts and Patriots will be meeting for the eleventh time since the Sun. Sept. 12 at Houston Texans L 24-34 2003 season. Eight of the past nine Indianapolis-New England games has Sun. Sept. 19 NEW yORK GIANTS W 38-14 been contested before a nationally-televised audience, with the Colts own - ing a 5-4 edge in those battles. Three of the games have been playoff af - Sun. Sept. 26 at Denver Broncos W 27-13 fairs, with two of those battles deciding the AFC champion. The Patriots Sun. Oct. 3 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 28-31 topped the Colts on January 18, 2004, 24-14 in Foxborough, to win the Sun. Oct. 10 KANSAS CITy CHIEFS W 19- 9 conference title. New England beat Indianapolis the next season in the Sun. Oct. 17 at Washington Redskins W 27-24 Divisional Playoffs, 20-3 on January 16, 2005 in Gillette Stadium. Indi - mon. Nov. 1 HOUSTON TEXANS W 30-17 anapolis took consecutive November contests in Foxborough, 40-21 on Sun. Nov. 7 at Philadelphia Eagles L 24-26 November 7, 2005 and 27-20 on November 5, 2006. Both wins extended Sun. Nov. 14 CINCINNATI BENGALS W 23-17 the Colts’ record to 8-0. Indianapolis prevailed over New England, 38- Sun. Nov. 21 at New England Patriots 4:15 p.m. 34, in the AFC Championship Game on January 21, 2007, earning a berth Sun. Nov. 28* SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 8:20 p.m. in Super Bowl XLI. New England ended the Colts’ series winning streak with a 24-20 verdict in the RCA Dome on November 4, 2007, in a meeting Sun. Dec. 5* DALLAS COWBOyS 4:15 p.m. of the best undefeated records in NFL history (8-0, New England; 7-0, Thu. Dec. 9 at Tennessee Titans 8:20 p.m. Colts). Indianapolis produced an 18-15 home win on November 2, 2008, Sun. Dec. 19* JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 p.m. and the Colts earned a 35-34 comeback victory last November 15 in Lucas Sun. Dec. 26 * at Oakland Raiders 4:05 p.m. Oil Stadium. That contest was the 18th consecutive regular-season victory Sun. Jan. 2* TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 p.m. for Indianapolis, and the club (23) would go on to eclipse New England’s All Times Local to Indianapolis *Time Subject to Change league mark of 21 consecutive regular-season wins established from 2006- 08. The first of these nationally-televised outings was a 27-24 Patriots CBS Sports telecasts with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms. 1070-The home win in the 2004 opener. The teams are meeting for the sixth con - secutive season in November. The Colts reach Sunday’s fray after a 23- Fan/HANK-Fm, 97.1 broadcasts with Bob Lamey, Will Wolford and 17 home victory last Sunday over Cincinnati. New England earned a Kevin Lee (field reporter). Westwood One broadcasts nationally with 39-26 victory last Sunday at Pittsburgh. Howard David and Tony Boselli . The Colts and Patriots stand as the winningest organizations since the mEDIA SITE: Please visit www.colts.com/media for updated releases, start of the 1999 season. Indianapolis owns a 134-51 regular-season record quotes, feature clippings, etc. The username and password is ‘media.’ during that span, while New England boasts a mark of 127-58. The Colts have an NFL-best 10 playoff appearances since 1999, including a league- best eight consecutive post-season berths, while the Patriots’ seven appear - COLTS mEDIA SCHEDULE NOVEmBER 17-19 ances are the third-most. The Colts and Patriots each won five consecutive Wednesday - Open Locker Room 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. division titles (2003-07), before finishing second in their respective divi - Head Coach Jim Caldwell 12:45 p.m. sions in 2008. Indianapolis and New England are two of nine organiza - Practice 2:00-4:00 p.m. tions to win five or more consecutive divisional flags since the NFL Tom Brady Conference Call TBA Merger in 1970 (7, LA Rams, NFC West, 1973-79; 6, Minnesota, NFC Bill Belichick Conference Call 11:30 a.m. Central, 1973-78; 6, Pittsburgh, AFC Central, 1974-79; 5, Oakland, AFC Thursday - Open Locker Room 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. West, 1972-76; 5, Chicago, NFC Central, 1984-88; 5, San Francisco, NFC Head Coach Jim Caldwell 12:45 p.m. West, 1986-90; 5, Dallas, NFC East, 1992-96; 5, Indianapolis, AFC South, Practice 2:00-4:00 p.m. 2003-07; 5, New England, AFC East, 2003-07). Both clubs added division Friday - Head Coach Jim Caldwell 10:45 a.m. titles last year, and six by the clubs lead all other teams since the 2002 Re - Practice 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. alignment. Indianapolis had 115 victories from 2000-09, while New Eng - Open Locker Room 1:00-1:45 p.m. land had 113 to rank among the most victories in a decade by an NFL team. *Please view the club’s regular-season media policy for practice avail ability. 2010 T EAm RANKINGS OFFENSE RANKING DEFENSE RANKING Total Rush Pass CONF. NFL Total Rush Pass CONF. NFL Colts 379.3 90.4 288.9 2-15- 3 4-27- 3 344.2 133.2 211.0 8-14- 5 18-29-10 Patriots 338.7 106.7 232.0 11-12- 7 18-17-15 390.8 113.0 277.8 15- 9-15 29-18-30 From November, 2003 to December, 2009, the Colts produced a regu - NFL record as the only franchise to win seven or more consecutive regu - lar-season record of 81-19, tying New England (2003-09) for the NFL’s lar-season games in six consecutive seasons (8, 2004; 13, 2005; 9, 2006; best 100-game regular-season mark. Indianapolis’ winning ways include 7 and 6, 2007; 9, 2008; 14, 2009). Additionally, the Colts posted their a 39-12 record in AFC South play, while the club has owned or shared the eighth consecutive 10+-victory season, setting the 2nd-longest such streak lead in 118 of 146 weeks of the division’s existence. The Colts won five in NFL history (16, San Francisco, 1983-98). The Colts extended their AFC South championships from 2003-07, the best divisional-title streak league mark to seven consecutive seasons (2003-09) with 12+ victories. in club history. The Colts were wire-to-wire divisional leaders during the PERSONNEL REPORT: DB-Bob Sanders (biceps), WR-Austin Col - 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009 seasons. The club’s nine playoff berths in the lie (concussion) were out ; RB-Joseph Addai (neck) was doubtful ; LB-Pat 2000-09 decade tied the NFL record set by Dallas (9) in the 1970s. Indi - Angerer (illness), LB-Gary Brackett (toe), TE-Brody Eldridge (rib), RB- anapolis is the only team since 2002 Realignment to earn annual double- Mike Hart (ankle), DT-Antonio Johnson (knee), OT-Charlie Johnson digit victory totals and playoff berths. From 2008-09, the Colts set an NFL (back), DB-Jerraud Powers (foot), LB-Clint Session (elbow), TE-Jacob record with 23 consecutive regular-season victories (21, New England, Tamme (back), DB-Justin Tryon (foot), WR-Blair White (shoulder) were 2006-08). The streak was the sixth 10+-game regular-season winning questionable for the last game. Deactivated players for the last game streak in franchise history (23, 2008-09; 13, 2005; 11, 1964; 11, 1975-76; were White, Tryon, Addai, Hart, Session, Brackett, Collie and Sanders. 11, 1999; 10, 2005-06), the fourth since 1999. Indianapolis extended its COLTS -P ATRIOTS SERIES NOTES New England owns a 42-28 regular season series advantage over the Colts, and the Patriots have taken two of three playoff games between the REGULAR SEASON SERIES HISTORy clubs. These teams met last November 15 in Indianapolis. Overcoming (P ATRIOTS LEAD COLTS 42-28) a 24-point first-half New England assault and two 17-point deficits, in - GAmE -By -G AmE SINCE 1998 cluding one in the final quarter, Indianapolis rallied for a 35-34 victory DATE LOCATION RESULT COLTS NE over the Patriots. QB-Peyton Manning was 28-44-327, 4 TDs/2 ints., di - 9/13/98 @New England L 6 29 recting the Colts to 21 fourth-quarter points, including two TD drives in 11/ 1/98 Indianapolis L 16 21 the final four minutes. Manning teamed with WR-Reggie Wayne (10-126, 9/19/99 @New England L 28 31 2 TDs; 20t, 1t) on two scoring tosses, the final one coming with :13 left to 12/12/99 Indianapolis W 20 15 provide the winning tally. Manning hit RB-Joseph Addai on at 15t toss to 10/ 8/00 @New England L 16 24 open the game and WR-Pierre Garcon on a 29t pass early in the fourth 10/22/00 Indianapolis W 30 23 quarter to start the comeback. New England had leads of 24-7, 31-14 and 34-21 before the Colts rallied.