Indianapolis Colts Book Super Bowl XLIV Spot
The Indianapolis Colts have come from 17-6 behind at the 1:16 mark of the second quarter to defeat the New York Jets 30-17.
The turnaround came as Peyton Manning found Austin Collie in the end zone for a 16-yard TD just over a minute out from halftime. It was poor coverage from the Jets that allowed Collie to take the touchdown pass. A perfect pass when Manning went long for a 46-yard play to Collie a couple of plays earlier had setup the TD.
The Jets had established there first half lead thanks to two great passes from QB Mark Sanchez. The first came early in the second quarter when from the Jets 20-yard line Sanchez found Braylon Edwards wide open. Edwards had run a nice in and out fake to shake his defender and a pump fake from Sanchez gave him a crucial second to get the pass away from 15-yards. After Edwards caught the pass he accelerated to complete an 80-yard play. The extra point saw the Jets up 7-3.
The Jets second TD came when Sanchez found TE Dustin Keller for a 9-yard touchdown on a third and six play. Sanchez just got his pass away before the defender knocked him to the ground. The score was 14-6 after an extra point was slotted though the goals.
A Jay Feely field goal took the Jets to a 17-6 lead in the second quarter. That was the last score to come from the Jets.
The go-ahead TD came for the Colts with the clock at 8:03 in the third quarter. Manning found Pierre Garcon close to the right side out of bounds in the end zone for a 4-yard score.
This was followed by a 15-yard TD pass from Manning to Dallas Clark down the middle. Clark went over untouched after a fake to a running back made space downfield.
Late in the game Kelvin Hayden intercepted a Mark Sanchez pass to seal the win and send the Colts to Super Bowl XLIV to be played on February 7, 2010.
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