Peyton Manning threw for over 300 yards and two touchdown passes as the Indianapolis Colts outlasted the host Washington Redskins 27-24 on Sunday night.
Manning finished 25 of 38 for 307 yards and threw scoring passes of 57 yards to Pierre Garcon and 5 yards to Austin Collie for the Colts (4-2).
Joseph Addai rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries before leaving with a shoulder injury early in the fourth quarter.
Ryan Torain ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns for Washington (3-3), which couldn't take full advantage of three Indianapolis fumbles in the second half.
Donovan McNabb was 29 of 45 for 246 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. A one-handed pick by Aaron Francisco with 24 seconds to play snuffed out the Redskins’ last hope.
McNabb capped a 12-play, 92-yard drive with an 8-yard scoring pass to rookie Keiland Williams to pull Washington within 27-24 with 2:46 to play.
Trailing 17-7 at the half, Washington got back in the game on Manning's fumble early in the second half. Torain plowed in from 1 yard out four plays later to cut the deficit to 17-14.
The Colts needed just 1 minute, 57 seconds to respond. Addai capped a four-play, 66 yard march with a 13-yard run to extend the lead to 24-14 with 9:21 left in the third. Addai set up the score with a 45-yard run.
A pair of scoring passes by Manning and a 43-yard field goal by Vinatieri staked the Colts to the 17-7 halftime lead. The margin could have greater but Vinatieri missed field goals of 38 and 48 yards.
Indianapolis | Washington | |
Joseph Addai | Player | Ryan Torain |
17 | Attempts | 20 |
128 | Yards | 100 |
7.5 | Avg Yards | 5.0 |
1 | Touchdowns | 2 |
46 | Long | 25 |
Indianapolis | Washington | |
Pierre Garcon | Player | Santana Moss |
4 | Receptions | 8 |
103 | Yards | 77 |
25.8 | Avg Yards | 9.6 |
1 | Touchdowns | 0 |
57 | Long | 18 |
Yards | Scoring | Defense | ||||||
Team | Tot | Rus | Pas | TD | FG | INT | Sacks | FF |
Indianapolis | 469 | 170 | 299 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 |
Washington | 335 | 113 | 222 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 |