November 29, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REGULAR SEASON GAME 12:  INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (9-2) at MIAMI DOLPHINS (8-3)
DATE:  Sunday, December 5, 1999
SITE:  Pro Player Stadium
KICKOFF:  1:00 p.m. (EST)
CAPACITY:  75,192
SURFACE:  Grass (PAT)

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.  Kickoff is 1:00 p.m. (EST).

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.  These teams met on October 10 in Indianapolis, as Miami won a bitterly-contested 34-31 battle.  A 39-point final quarter (Miami 25, Colts 14) provided one of the NFL’s most dramatic 1999 games.  The Colts led, 17-9, entering the final frame.  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.  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.  Miami used the ruling for the deciding score, a 2t Marino-to-WR-Oronde Gadsden pass with :27 remaining.

Sunday’s game marks the 61^st 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.  Three of those games occurred during the 1971 season.  The 7-2 Colts dropped a 17-14 decision to the 7-1-1 Dolphins in the Orange Bowl on November 21.  The Colts (9-3) reversed the outcome three weeks later by taking a 14-3 win in Memorial Stadium over Miami (9-2-1).  After dropping an upset game to New England, the 11-4 Colts met the 11-3-1 Dolphins in Miami for the AFC title.  Miami prevailed, 21-0.  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.  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.  The Colts went on to win the division in 1977.  This year’s first meeting pitted 2-1 teams.  Miami exited the Colts game and won four more outings before losing at Buffalo, 23-3.  Miami topped New England, 27-17, then lost, 20-0, at Dallas on Thanksgiving Day.  The Colts left the first Miami effort with a 2-2 mark, then peeled off seven straight wins to reach Sunday’s game.  Indianapolis    took a 13-6 home decision last week over the New York Jets.  The victory was the 100^th regular season win in the Indianapolis era for the Colts.  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.  The Colts will be shooting for their 10^th win of the season at Miami.  A win over the Dolphins would give the club its first double-digit victory season since 1977.  The Colts and Cardinals are the only two NFL teams that have failed to post a 10+ victory season from 1977 to the present.

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.  Buffalo, which has an open week, stands at 4-2.  After Miami, the Colts host New England, and the team finishes divisional play at Buffalo on January 2.  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. 

The Colts’ 9-2 record has been forged against solid competition in 1999.  Six of the Colts’ first eleven opponents owned or shared the division lead when they met the Colts.  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).  Here is a look at the AFC Eastern Division standings, along with other AFC clubs with a minimum of seven victories: 

Sunday’s game at Miami will the 199^th for Jim Mora as an NFL head coach.  He joined the Colts in 1998 after producing a 93-74 regular season record (0-4 in playoffs) with New Orleans from 1986-96.  He stands 12-15 with the Colts following a 3-13 first season with the club.  Counting 62 games with the USFL Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars (48-13-1 record from 1982-84), Sunday’s game will be Mora’s 261^st as a professional head coach.  When he reaches his 200^th game, Mora will join 20 other coaches who have directed that many games.  Mora recorded his 100^th career NFL head coaching victory against Cincinnati (31-10) on October 24, becoming the 27^th field leader in league history to reach that plateau.  Mora currently stands at 105 career victories, tying him with Vince Lombardi and Tom Flores for 24^th-most in NFL history.  Mora has passed Bill Walsh (102) already this season.  Mora earned a 93-78 career mark with New Orleans from 1986-96.  His 93 wins still out-total the other eleven Saints head coaches combined (93-92).  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.  Mora has now directed the Colts to their longest in-season winning streak since 1975 (nine wins).  The seven-game winning streak is the second-longest current NFL streak.  Jacksonville has won eight straight games.  The Colts are in Year Two of the Mora/Bill Polian football regime.  Polian joined the Colts on December 22, 1997, one day after the club finished a 3-13 year.  Polian, a four-time Executive of the Year award winner from The Sporting News, tabbed Mora two weeks later.  A total of only 12 players remain with the Colts prior to the arrival of Polian and Mora in Indianapolis (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) .  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.  A win Sunday at Miami would tie Mora and the Colts for the 8^th-best one-season victory jump in the NFL’s 80 seasons. 

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The Colts-Jets game was a battle where points and yards were a premium, while field position helped decide the outcome.  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.  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.  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.  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.  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.  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).  James also had his four-game 100+ rushing streak end.  He has seven 100+ rushing games this season, one behind RB-Eric Dickerson’s club-record eight in 1988.  James is 258-1080, 7 TDs rushing/46-467, 2 TDs receiving for a total of 1,547 yards from scrimmage.  James ranks 1^st in NFL rushing attempts, 1^st in AFC yards, 2^nd in the NFL, T2^nd in AFC rushing TDs, T4^th in the NFL, 1^st in NFL yards from scrimmage.  James is 453 yards from scrimmage shy of producing the 32^nd 2,000+ yards from scrimmage season in NFL history.  A total of 18 players have accomplished the feat 31 times.  In all 31 cases, that player earned a Pro Bowl bid.  James is the youngest NFL player ever to rush for 1,000 yards.  Manning is 225-368-2952, 21 TDs/12 ints. passing for a 91.9 rating.  Manning ranks 3^rd in AFC attempts, 5^th in the NFL, 1^st in AFC completions, 3^rd in the NFL, 1^st in AFC percentage (61.1), 6^th in the NFL, 1^st in NFL passing yards, 1^st in AFC yards per attempt (8.02), 3^rd in the NFL, 1^st in AFC touchdowns, 2^nd in the NFL, 1^st in AFC rating (91.9), 5^th in the NFL.  WR-Marvin Harrison is 74-1114, 12 TDs receiving to rank 2^nd in AFC receptions, 3^rd in the NFL, 1^st in NFL reception yardage and touchdown receptions.  Harrison’s 12 touchdowns rank 1^st in AFC total touchdowns, 2^nd in the NFL.  Harrison is 185 yards shy of surpassing WR-Raymond Berry’s club-record 1,298 receiving yards in 1960.  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).  The James-Manning-Harrison trio stands to become only the second 1,000-3,000-1,000 seasonal act in Colts history.  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).  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.  Indianapolis has produced an AFC-leading 307 points, the 3^rd-best total in the NFL.  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.  The Colts have not been held to single digits in scoring in any game this year and look to produce only the 13^th season in club history when the club scored in double digits in each game.  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.  A key component to the club’s scoring pace is K-Mike Vanderjagt, who ranks 2^nd in NFL scoring with 101 points.  Vanderjagt is two points behind Miami K-Olindo Mare.  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.   

Here is a look at how the Colts’ offense and defense has performed against 1999 opponents:

PERSONNEL REPORT:  WR-Jerome Pathon (shoulder), OG-Steve McKinney (appendix) were doubtful; DE-Mark Thomas (ankle) was questionable; WR-E.G. Green (knee), TE-Ken Dilger (head), DT-Ellis Johnson (knee) were probable for the Jets game.                 Pathon, McKinney, RB-Leeland McElroy and WR-Chad Plummer were Friday inactivated players for the Jets game.   QB-Kelly Holcomb, DB-Paul Miranda, RB-Scott Greene and DL-Chukie Nwokorie were Sunday inactivated players for the Jets game.

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SERIES HISTORY:   The Colts and Dolphins are meeting for the 61^st time, with Miami owning a 41-19 series advantage over the Colts, the most wins by any opponent in Colts history.  Miami took a heated 34-31 decision over Indianapolis on October 10 in the RCA Dome to stretch its series winning streak to three games.  The Colts dropped a 34-31 decision to Miami at home before a soldout crowd of 56,810 when QB-Dan Marino hit a 2t pass with WR-Oronde Gadsden with :27 remaining.  The Colts opened the scoring with a 41-yard K-Mike Vanderjagt field goal 3:41 into the contest.  The club was poised to take a 10-0 lead on its second drive, but RB-Edgerrin James (22-81 rushing) fumbled on a first-down rush at the Miami one.  The Dolphins parlayed the miscue into a 37-yard K-Olindo Mare field goal.  Miami gained a 6-3 lead on its first drive of the second quarter as Mare connected on a 27-yard effort.  His kick was set up by a defensive stand at the Indy 11.  QB-Peyton Manning (17-24-274, 3 TDs/1 int.) countered with a 33t strike to WR-Marvin Harrison (3-91, 1 TD) to cap an eight-play, 76-yard drive.  Miami ended the half with a 21-yard Mare field goal as the Colts defense would not yield after a first-and-goal from its 3.  Manning staked the Colts to a 17-9 lead on the club’s first second-half possession.  He teamed with TE-Marcus Pollard (4-64, 2 TDs) on a 9t pitch 6:26 into the period.  A wild fourth-quarter that saw 39 points scored started early as Marino (25-38-393, 2 TDs) hit WR-Tony Martin on a 28t pass 1:52 into the quarter.  After a two-point pass failed, KOR-Terrence Wilkins raced 97 yards with the ensuing kickoff for a 24-15 Colts lead.  RB-Cecil Collins (21-76, 1 TD) cut the count to 24-22 3:07 later on a 25t burst.  Manning offset the score just 1:31 later by hitting Pollard on a 32t pass to cap a four-play, 67-yard drive.  K-Olindo Mare got Miami within 31-25 with 3:20 to go with a 43-yard field goal.  A holding call negated a Colts first down two plays later, and Indy chose to take a safety with 1:54 left as Manning ran out of the end zone from the team’s 13.  Down 31-27, Miami gained advantage at its 36 with 1:50 left.  The key play came seconds later at 1:16 when a sack-fumble of Marino was overturned by instant replay at midfield.  Marino found Gadsden for 48 yards to the Indy 2 on fourth-and-10, then hit Gadsden two plays later for the 34-31 win.  Miami swept the seasonal series in 1998, taking a 24-15 win in Indianapolis on 9/6, then posting a 27-14 win at home on 11/15.  The last Colts series win was 12/14/97, 41-0 in the RCA Dome.  The Colts last won in Miami on October 8, 1995, when QB-Jim Harbaugh engineered a come-from-behind win as the Colts trailed, 24-3, in the third period before winning 27-24 in overtime.  The Colts are 4-8 overall at Joe Robbie/Pro Player Stadium.  The series has been contested more closely since 1992 than in past stretches.  Miami owns a 10-6 mark over those 16 games.  Miami is 5-2 at home, while the Colts are 4-5 at home.  Each team has produced a shutout, along with notching a four-game series winning streak.  There has been one overtime game, seven games decided by six points or less and the point differential over the last 15 games is but 40 points (Miami leads, 361-321).  NOTABLES:  QB-Dan Marino (992-600-7224, 51 TDs/16 ints.) is career leader vs. Colts in comp-att-yds-TDs...6 300+ games are the most vs. Colts...48 att. at Miami 9/15/85 rank as 4th-most vs. Colts in one game...30 comp. 11/6/94 was only the 3rd 30+ individual comp. game ever allowed by Colts...7 career 70+ comp. pct. games are twice as many as any other QBs who ever met Colts...Marino has started 32 of 33 possible career games vs. Colts 1983-99 (missing only 10/24/93 with achilles injury)...his 22 career victories against the Colts are the most by him against any team and are the most against the Colts by any opposing QB... Colts-Dolphins have met 59 times in regular season history (most by Colts vs. any opponent) and once in AFC title game...Miami rushed for 137 yards and had gross passing total of 135 yards in 9/6/98 opening win at Indy, only the 4th time in 33 series games under Marino that Miami had more rushing yards than passing yards...in 11 of 26 regular season Colts-Miami meetings prior to Marino’s arrival, the Dolphins had more yards via the rush than with the pass...the Dolphins were 9-2 in those 11 pre-Marino games and are 4-0 in games with Marino where they rushed for more yards than they passed.

TELEVISION/RADIO:   CBS SPORTS (WISH-TV, Channel 8 in Indianapolis) broadcasts with Verne Lundquist, Dan Dierdorf and Bonnie Bernstein.    WFBQ (94.7-FM) is the Colts’ flagship with Bob Lamey, Mark Herrmann and Ted Marchibroda.

CONFERENCE CALLS:  Peyton Manning and Jim Mora at 11:30 a.m. (EST).  Jimmy Johnson at 10:30 a.m. (EST) and Zach Thomas at 11:45 a.m. (EST).

NEXT WEEK:  The Colts host New England on Sunday, December 12 at 1:00 p.m. (EST).                      _________________________________________________________________________________       

THE COACHES:   JIM MORA became head coach of the Colts on January 12, 1998.  Mora earned a 93-74 regular season record with New Orleans from 1986-96.  Mora now ranks as only the 27^th coach in NFL history to reach 100 career victories.  Mora’s decade of success was unprecedented in New Orleans history, as he took over a franchise whose nine prior head coaches failed to produce a winning season in 19 years.  Mora’s Saints won 10 or more games on four occasions (12-3, 1987; 10-6, 1988; 11-5, 1991; 12-4, 1992).  His 1991 team won the NFC Western Division title.  Mora guided New Orleans into the playoffs four times.  Entering the 1999 season, Mora has more victories than all Saints head coaches combined (90).  He fell just nine wins shy of producing 100 wins during his first 10 seasons as a head coach.  Mora’s 91 victories during his first 10 years rank as the 9th-best career start in NFL history (105, Don Shula, Colts/Miami; 103, John Madden, Oakland; 101, Mike Ditka, Chicago; 101, Joe Gibbs, Washington; 98, Bud Grant, Minnesota; 97, George Allen, LA Rams/Washington; 94, Marty Schottenheimer, Cleveland/ Kansas City; 92, Bill Parcells, NY Giants/New England).  At the time of his departure from the Saints, Mora stood as the most tenured head coach in all of professional sports.  He is one of only 20 head coaches in NFL history to have 10 or more consecutive seasons of service with the same team.  Under Mora, 17 Saints earned a total of 36 all-NFL or all-NFC selections, while 18 Saints earned a total of 36 Pro Bowl appearances.

Mora’s first professional head coaching stint was with the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars of the USFL, where he compiled a 48-13-1 record from 1983-85.  His 1983 unit was 16-4 before losing the title game to Michigan, 24-22.  The Stars rebounded to post a 19-2 record in 1984, then bested Arizona, 23-3, for the USFL Championship.  Mora repeated the title in 1985, as the Stars went 13-7-1 and topped Oakland, 28-24, for the crown.  He was the winningest head coach in USFL history and had NFL head coaching offers from Philadelphia and the St. Louis Cardinals before he joined the Saints.  Prior to the USFL, Mora had seven different collegiate and NFL posts.  He was LB Coach at Stanford in 1967, then served in all defensive capacities at Colorado during his 1968-73 stint.  He joined Dick Vermeil’s staff at UCLA as LB Coach in 1974, then moved to the University of Washington as defensive coordinator under Don James from 1975-77.  He toiled as DL Coach with the Seattle Seahawks from 1978-81, then moved to New England for one season as defensive coordinator.  Mora played TE/DE at Occidental and had a three-year hitch as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.  The son of a film television editor, Mora was born May 24, 1935 in Los Angeles, Calif.

JIMMY JOHNSON was named general manager/head coach of Miami on January 11, 1996.  Johnson joined Miami after posting a 51-37 mark with Dallas from 1989-93.  He directed the Cowboys to Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII victories over Buffalo.  Dallas was 39-11 in his last 50 games.  Johnson led Miami to an 8-8 finish in 1996, a 9-7 mark in 1997 and a 10-6 record in 1998.  Johnson is 8-3 in post-season play.  Johnson has succeeded NFL legends Tom Landry (270-178-6) and Don Shula (347-173-6).  Johnson led the University of Miami to a 52-9 mark from 1984-88, winning the national title in 1987.  A native of Port Arthur, Texas,  he played collegiately at Arkansas.               

LAST GAME:   The Colts took sole possession of first place in the AFC East after gaining a 13-6 victory over the New York Jets.  Indianapolis upped its mark to 9-2, 3-2 in the division with the hard-fought win.  The Colts were limited to a season-low in points and net yards.  A solid performance by the Indianapolis defense limited New York to 214 net yards and no points over the final 51:52 of the game.  K-John Hall booted 33- and 30-yard field goals to open the game.  His first boot culminated the Jets’ first possession, while the second came after a Colts fumble after their first play from scrimmage.  QB-Peyton Manning (23-31-198, 1 TD/2 ints. passing) put the Colts ahead in the final minute of the opening quarter by hitting TE-Marcus Pollard on a 2t pass.  On a day when points and possessions were a premium, the Colts suffered a goal-line interception on their next possession, but added a 22-yard field goal by K-Mike Vanderjagt :01 before the half.  After swapping punts to start the third quarter, Manning was intercepted at the New York 13 to end another threat.  Vanderjagt provided the final points with a 37-yard field goal 6:00 into the last quarter.  The Jets then moved from their 25 to the Indy 26 before losing possession on downs with 1:39 left.  The Colts kept the Jets bottled up by having New York start its final seven possessions inside its 25-yard line.  Vanderjagt booted his 14^th and 15^th consecutive field goals, breaking the prior club mark held by K-Cary Blanchard (13, two different times).  The Colts moved ahead of Miami (8-3) in the divisional standings.  A raucous crowd of 56,689 provided the Colts with their sixth straight sellout.

CONNECTIONS:   Miami Spec. Teams Coach Mike Westhoff was with the Colts 1982-84 and coached at Indiana State in 1977... Miami Vice Chairman Don Shula coached Colts 1963-69 and is tied with Ted Marchibroda as all-time winningest head coach (73 wins)...Miami Def. Coord./LB Coach George Hill was Colts Def. Coord. 1985-88...Colts director of player personnel George Boone was assistant coach for the University of Kentucky while Dophins WR Coach Larry Seiple played for the Wildcats…Colts Fla. natives include DT-Tony McCoy (Orlando/Evans HS/Univ. of Fla.), DT-Ellis Johnson (Wildwood/Wildwood HS/Univ. of Fla.), DE-Chad Bratzke (Brandon, Bloomingdale HS in Valrico), WR-E.G. Green (Ft. Walton Beach/Ft. Walton Beach HS/Fla. State), LB-Mike Peterson (Gainesville/Santa Fe HS/Univ. of Fla.), RB-Edgerrin James (Immokalee/Immokalee HS/Univ. of Miami)… WR-Chad Plummer is Tallahassee native…QB-Steve Walsh attended Univ. of Miami…DB-Paul Miranda attended Central Fla. ...FS-Shawn Wooden and C-Tim Ruddy played at Notre Dame...Asst. Trainer Troy Maurer was intern with Colts 1989...RB-Autry Denson played at Notre Dame...Colts RB Coach Gene Huey and Miami DE-Trace Armstrong were together 1987 at Arizona State …Def. Asst. Randy Shannon was LB Coach at UM when RB-Edgerrin James was Hurricane…OL Coach Paul Boudreau served 1987-93 at New Orleans under Jim Mora…DL Coach Cary Godette coached at Carolina under Def. Coord. Vic Fangio and Asst. HC/DB Coach George Catavolos…Catavolos served at Tennessee with Kicking Coach Doug Blevins and Off. Coord. Kippy Brown…Off. Coord. Tom Moore served at Georgia Tech with Def. Coach Bill Lewis…QB-Peyton Manning (Newman HS) and DB-Patrick Surtain (Karr HS) faced each other as prepsters in New Orleans…LB-Jeff Brady and DB-Terrell Buckley played at Green Bay 1992…Brady and TE-Hunter Goodwin played at Minnesota 1996-97…DL Coach Todd Grantham and LB-Ray Hill were associated at Michigan State…LB-Cornelius Bennett and WR-Tony Martin were teammates with Atlanta 1998…COLTS-DOLPHINS COLLEGE TEAMMATES:   WR-Marvin Harrison/K-Olindo Mare (Syracuse)…FS-Shawn Wooden/LB-Bertrand Berry (Notre Dame)…RB-Edgerrin James/WR-Yatil Green (Miami)…WR-Jerome Pathon/QB-Damon Huard (Washington)…OG-Waverly Jackson/QB-Jim Druckenmiller (Va. Tech).

QB-PEYTON MANNING (1998 – 326-575-3739, 26 TDs/28 ints.; 1999 – 225-368-2952, 21 TDs/12 ints., 91.9 rating; TOTAL – 551-943-6691, 47 TDs/40 ints.) produced the finest rookie QB season in NFL history...1998:  Manning set Colts and NFL rookie records in comps., atts., yards, TDs and cons. games with a TD pass (13)...Manning’s comps., atts. and yards set club seasonal records, while his 26 scoring passes tied for the second-most (Earl Morrall, 1968) in Colts history behind John Unitas (32, 1959)...Manning also set NFL rookie records with 4 300+ and 4 3-TD games...Manning became the only QB in Colts history to take every snap (982 plays) during an entire season…Manning became only the 3rd Colts QB with a 3000+ season (3, Unitas-3481, 1963; 3428, 1967; 3099, 1960; 3, Jones-3134, 1980; 3104, 1976; 3094, 1981) and the first since 1981...Manning became only the 4th Colts QB with 20+ TD passes in a season (8, Unitas-32, 1959; 25, 1960; 24, 1957; 23, 1962 and 1965; 22, 1966; 20, 1963 and 1967; 3, Jones-24, 1976; 23, 1980; 21, 1981; 1, Earl Morrall-26, 1968) and the first since 1981.  1999:  Manning was 21-33-284, 2 TDs/ints. vs. Buf. 9/12/99 to gain 1^st opening-day win…he was 18-30-223, 3 TDs/2 ints. at NE 9/19…he was 29-54-404, 2 TDs/1 int. at SD 9/26…Manning set Colts single-game yardage total at SD and joined Unitas (401 vs. Atlanta 9/17/67) as the only Colts QBs with 400+ career games…Manning became the 6th-youngest NFL player at age 23 to notch a 400+ game (4 times, Dan Marino, Miami, 1984; 2 times, Bernie Kosar, Cleveland, 1986 and Drew Bledsoe, New England, 1994; 1 time, Jacky Lee, Houston, 1961 and David Woodley, Miami, 1981)…54 atts. marked 3^rd-most in club history (59, George at Wash. 11/7/93; 57, Trudeau vs. NYJ 9/28/86), but it was the only one of those outings that produced a Colts win…29 comps. were 1 shy of personal-best 30 vs. NE 11/1/98, and he had 1^st career TD rush (12t) at SD…Manning earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for game at SD, his 2^nd such nomination (also 11/15/98 vs. NYJ, 24-23 win)…Manning was 17-24-274, 3 TDs/1 int. vs. Miami 10/10…Manning had career-best 130.9 rating vs. Miami…Manning was 21-35-210, 1 TD/int. at NYJ 10/17…he was 17-33-284, 2 TDs/1 int. vs. Cin. 10/24…he was 22-34-313, 1 TD vs. Dallas 10/31…Manning was 21-33-290, 1 TD/int. vs. KC 11/7 and was 20-35-237, 2 TDs/1 int. at NYG 11/14…he was 16-26-235, 3 TDs at Phil. 11/21 and 23-31-198, 1 TD/2 ints. vs. NYJ 11/28, upping his streak to 24 cons. games with a TD pass, the longest active streak in NFL…it marks only the 12^th 20+-game streak in NFL history (47, John Unitas, Colts, 1956-60; 30, Dan Marino, Miami, 1985-87; 28, Dave Kreig, Seattle, 1983-85; 27, Chris Chandler, Atlanta, 1997-99; 25, Daryle Lamonica, Oakland, 1968-70; 24, Frank Ryan, Cleveland, 1965-67; 23, Sonny Jurgensen, Washington, 1966-68; 22, Cecil Isbell, Green Bay, 1941-42; 21, Warren Moon, Houston, 1990-91; 21, Jeff Blake, Cincinnati, 1994-95; 20, Dan Fouts, San Diego, 1979-80)…the win at NYJ was Manning’s 3^rd career 4^th-qtr. comeback win, the Dallas effort was his 4^th and KC was his 5^th (also 11/15/98 vs. NYJ, 24-23; at SD 9/26/99, 27-19)…Manning has 6 career 100+ rating games (130.9 vs. Miami 10/3/99; 129.5 at Phil. 11/21/99; 128.7 vs. Cin. 12/13/98; 117.5 at SF 10/18/98; 105.0 at Balt. 11/29/98; 104.0 vs. Dallas 10/31/99)…Manning topped 5,000-yard passing mark at NYJ in his 21^st career game, the fastest pace in club history…Manning topped 4,000 passing yards with game vs. Buf., his 17^th career game…it was the fastest pace to 4,000 yards in Colts history (23 games, George; 24, Unitas; 26, Morrall; 26, Mike Pagel; 26, Trudeau; 27, Jim Harbaugh; 30, Jones)…Manning’s Red Zone TD:Int ratio is 26:4…Manning now has TD passes in 26 of 27 career games…Manning had his 2^nd 3-TD outing with WR-Marvin Harrison at NE (also 10/18/98 at SF), and his 19 career TD hook-ups with Harrison represent the most by and QB-receiver tandem in the club’s Indianapolis era and the 7th-most in club history (the club record is 63 by Unitas/WR-Raymond Berry)…Manning has produced 10 20-point halves in past 21 games and has 19 TD hook-ups with Harrison in 23 games...Manning ranks 1^st in AFC comps., 3^rd in NFL, 3^rd in AFC atts., 5^th in NFL, 1^st in AFC comp. pct. (61.1), 6^th in NFL, 1^st in NFL yards, 1^st in AFC yds./att. (8.02), 3^rd in NFL, 1^st in AFC touchdown passes, 2^nd in NFL… Manning’s 91.9 rating ranks 1^st in AFC, 5^th in NFL…Manning has 6 300+ efforts in 27 career games…6 300+ games ranks 4^th in Colts history (26, Unitas; 8, Jones; 7, George)…he has 7 career 40+ attempt games to rank 5^th in Colts history (9, Trudeau; 8, Unitas; 8, Jones; 8, George)…Manning has directed 4 4^th-qtr. comeback wins in 1999, tying the seasonal-most held by Trudeau (4, 1989)…the other seasonal-mosts in Colts history are 3 by Unitas (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1970), Pagel (1983), George (1990); Trudeau (1992) and Harbaugh (1995)…the club seasonal-most is 5 in 1989 and 1990 and 4 in 1992… Manning has 200+ passing yards in 20 of 27 games, 250+ yards in 12 of 27 games…he has never attempted fewer than 23 passes in a game and has had 50+ comp. pct. games 24 of 27 times, 55+ comp. pct. games 19 times and 60+ comp. pct. games 13 times… Manning has 259.9 yds/game avg. for last 18 games (368-609-4678, 35 TDs)…Manning had at least one TD pass and 200 yards in each of the first 10 games, and the only other streaks longer than Manning’s to start a season were in 1984 (12, Dan Marino, Miami; 12, Neal Lomax, St. Louis)…21 TD passes by Manning mark the 14^th 20+ TD season by a Colts QB (8, Unitas – 32, 1959; 25, 1960; 24, 1957; 23, 1962, 1965; 22, 1966; 20, 1963, 1967;  3, Jones – 24, 1976; 23, 1980; 21, 1981; 2, Manning – 26, 1998; 20, 1999; 1, Morrall – 26, 1968)…Unitas (1959-60, 62-63, 65-67), Jones (1980-81) and Manning (1998-99) are the only Colts with cons. 20+ TD passing seasons…Manning has had a long completion exceeding 40 yards in 8 of 11 games and has not had a game in 1999 with a completion shorter than 23 yards (50 yards vs. Buf. 9/12; 42 at NE 9/19; 46 at SD 9/26; 43 vs. Mia. 10/3; 56t vs. Cin. 10/24; 54 vs. Dal. 10/31; 57t at NYG 11/14; 80t at Phil. 11/21).

PEYTON MANNING - BY THE NUMBERS

GAMES TO 6,000 YARDS:  24, Manning, 34, Unitas, George; 36, Trudeau; 38, Harbaugh; 40, Jones; 42, Pagel
GAMES TO 7,000 YARDS:  39, Unitas, George; 41, Trudeau; 44, Jones, Harbaugh; 48, Pagel
GAMES TO 8,000 YARDS:  42, Unitas; 45, George; 49, Jones; 50, Harbaugh, 53, Trudeau

RB-EDGERRIN JAMES joined Colts after being the 4^th overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, the 13^th RB selected by the club in the 1^st round since 1953 (1953, Billy Vessels; 1955,  Alan Ameche; 1956, Lenny Moore; 1961, Tom Matte; 1964, Marv Woodson; 1965, Mike Curtis; 1967, Jim Detwiler; 1970, Norm Bulaich; 1971, Don McCauley; 1980, Curtis Dickey; 1981, Randy McMillan; 1994, Marshall Faulk)…James was 26-112, 1 TD rushing/4-14 receiving for 126 yds./scrim. vs. Buf. 9/12, posting the  4^th 100+ rookie rushing debut in Colts history (Ameche 9/25/55 vs. Chi., 21-194, 1 TD; McMillan 16-146 at NE 9/6/81; Faulk 23-143, 3 TDs vs. Hou. 9/4/94) and the 8^th Colts RB to post a 100+ game on opening day…he was 32-118, 1 TD rushing/1-9 receiving at NE 9/19…James joined Ameche and Faulk as the only Colts with cons. 100+ games to start a career (Ameche, 21-194, 1 TD vs. Chi. 9/25/55 and 21-153 vs. Det. 10/1/55; Faulk, 23-143, 3 TDs vs. Hou. 9/4/94 and 18-104 at TB 9/11/94)…James became only the 8th NFL RB to debut a career with cons. 100+ outings (Ameche, Colts:  21-194 vs. Chic. 9/25/55, 21-153 vs. Det. 10/1/55; Earl Campbell, Houston:  15-137 at Atl. 9/3/78; 22-111 at KC 9/10/78; William Andrews, Atlanta:  30-167 at NO 9/2/79, 24-121 at Phila. 9/10/79; Ottis Anderson, St. Louis: 21-193 vs. Dal. 9/2/79, 31-109 at NYG 9/9/79; Billy Sims, Detroit:  22-153 vs. LA 9/7/80, 20-134 vs. GB(M); Faulk, Colts:  22-143 vs. Hou. 9/4/94, 18-104 at TB 9/11/94; Charlie Garner, Philadelphia:  16-111 at SF 10/2/94, 28-122 vs. Wash. 10/9/94)…James was 17-46 rushing at SD 9/26…he had 1t rushes vs. Buf. and at NE, joining Ameche as the only Colt rookie RBs to open a career with cons. games with a TD rush (Ameche had rushing TDs in five straight games to start his career)…James set a club rookie record with 32 rushes at NE, surpassing the prior club rookie mark of 28 by RB-Rodney Culver at NE 12/6/92…James was 22-81 rushing vs. Miami 10/10…James was 26-111 rushing/4-20 rec. at NYJ 10/17 to produce 3^rd 100+ ground game…he was 26-52, 2 TDs rushing/1-33 rec. vs. Cincinnati 10/24 to produce 1^st multiple TD rushing game of career …James was 27-117, 1 TD rushing/7-92 rec. vs. Dallas 10/31 for career-best 209 yds/scrim., earning AFC Off. Player of the Week honors…James produced 11^th 80+/80+-yard rushing/receiving game in club history, only the 6^th Colt ever to do so (5, Faulk; 2, Mitchell, 1, Moore; 1, Matte, 1, Dickerson)…no Colt has ever had 100+/100+ game…James was 20-109 rushing/7-90, 1 TD rec. vs. KC 11/7, snaring 1^st career TD pass (30t) and producing 199 yds/scrim. (also the 12^th 80+/80+ game in Colts history)… James (twice) joins Faulk (twice) as the only Colts rookies with 80+/80+ games…James produced the 20^th 200+ yds/scrim. game in club history vs. Dal., joining Faulk (213, 22-86 rushing/ 8-127, 1 TD rec. vs. Wash. 10/23/94) and Moore (212, 13-185, 2 TDs rushing/ 1-27 rec. vs. GB at Milw.) as the only Colts rookies to do so…he was 16-108 rushing/5-72 receiving at NYG 11/14 for 180 yds/ scrim….James was 22-152, 2 TDs rushing/5-47, 1 TD receiving, 199 yds/scrim. at Phil. 11/21 for 4^th cons. 150+ game…James earned AFC Off. Player of the Week honors for game at Phil.…James’ 4 cons. games vs. KC, Dal. and at NYJ produced 209, 199, 180 and 199 yds/scrim., the best 4-game total in Colts history…James is the only Colt with 4 cons. 150+ yds/scrim. games…James had 72-yard burst at NYG, the longest non-scoring run in club history, while it tied the 5^th-longest rush in club history and tied the 4^th-longest by a Colts rookie…it was the longest rush in Colts’ Indpls. era (prior was 71t by RB-Albert Bentley at Raiders 12/21/86) …he became the 4^th Colts rookie ever with 3 TDs in a game with effort at Phil. (3, HB-Billy Vessels vs. Rams 11/25/56; 3, Faulk vs. Hou. 9/4/94; 3, WR-Marvin Harrison at KC 12/15/96)…James surpassed 1,000+ rushing yards at Phil. to notch the 12^th 1,000+ rushing season in club history, the 36^th ever by a NFL rookie, while he is the youngest rookie ever to do so (James was 21 years, 2 months, 20 days, 18 days younger than RB-Barry Sanders, who had his 1^st 1,000+ season in 1989 and hit that yardage mark at age 21 years, 4 months, 7 days)…James hit the 1,000+ mark on his 233^rd att., the 5^th-fastest pace in the 12 1,000+ seasons in Colts history (221 atts., Dickerson in 1987 and 1988; 225, Mitchell in 1975; 230, RB-Curtis Dickey in 1983), but the fastest rookie pace in club history (244, Faulk, 1994)…James (258-1080, 7 TDs) ranks 1^st in NFL rushing atts., 1^st in AFC yards, 2^nd in NFL, T2^nd in AFC rushing TDs, T4^th in NFL…32 atts. by James at NE marked 1^st 30+ att. game by a Colt since Dickerson at NE 12/8/91…James earned NFL Of. Rookie of the Month for September for three-game totals, the 1^st Indianapolis Colts rookie to win the monthly honor …James ranks 1^st in NFL yds/scrim.…his 7 100+ rushing games top the NFL, and the total sets new Colts rookie record (4, Faulk, 1994)…the 7 100+ rushing game rank as 2^nd-highest seasonal total in club history (8, Dickerson, 1988)…4 cons. 100+ games ties the club mark held by Dickerson (G8-11, 1987)…James is 2 100+ games shy of tying NFL rookie marks of RBs-Ottis Anderson (9, 1979, St. Louis), George Rogers (9, 1981, New Orleans); Dickerson (9, 1983, LA Rams) and Curtis Martin (9, 1995, New England)…James (1,547) has notched the 38^th 1,000+ yds/scrim. season in club history, but only the 5^th by a Colts rookie (1,804, Faulk 314-1,282, 11 TDs rushing/52-522, 1 TD rec., 16 games:  112.75 yds/game, 3^rd-best in club history; 1,102, Ameche 213-961, 9 TDs rushing/27-141 rec., 12 games:  91.83 yds/game, 29^th-best; 1,063, McMillan 149-597, 3 TDs rushing/50-466, 1 TD rec., 16 games:  66.44 yds/game, 32^nd-best; 1,004, Dickey 176-800, 11 TDs rushing/25-204, 2 TDs rec., 14 games:  71.71 yds/game, 38^th-best)…James’ 1,547 yards rank as the 10^th-best yds/scrim. seasonal total in Colts history…James’ 258 atts. rank as 2^nd-highest rookie total in club history (314, Faulk, 1994)…James (9) has scored the 3^rd-most seasonal TDs by a Colts rookie (13, Dickey, 1980, 12, Faulk, 1994) and he is 1 shy of producing the 25^th 10+ TD season in club history (20, Moore, 1964; 15, Moore, 1961; Mitchell, 1975; 15, Dickerson, 1988; 14, Moore, 1958; 14, Berry, 1959; 14, Faulk, 1995; 13, Moore, 1960; 13, RB-Tom Matte, 1969; 13, Dickey, 1980; 12, Matte, 1967; 12, Faulk, 1994; 12, Harrison, 1999; 11, Moore, 1957; 11, WR-Jimmy Orr, 1962; 11, RB-Don McCauley, 1976; 11, WR-Roger Carr, 1976; 11, McCauley, 1976; 10, Berry, 1960; 10, Orr, 1965; 10, Matte, 1968; 10, RB-Norm Bulaich, 1971; 10, Dickey, 1981; 10, Faulk, 1998)…1 more TD by James would place him and Harrison as only the 4^th 10+ TD seasonal tandem in Colts history (13, Moore/10, Berry, 1960; 15, Mitchell/11, McCauley, 1975; 11, Carr/11, McCauley, 1976)…Colts are 6-1 when James has 100+ rushing yards, the club’s overall mark when having a 100+ rusher is 78-32…here is the club’s record with all rushers with min. 6 100+ games (7-0, Ameche, 1.000; 6-0, Moore, 1.000; 6-0, McMillan, 1.000; 14-2, Mitchell, .875; 6-1, James, .857; 15-9, Dickerson, .625;  8-6, Faulk, .571; 1-5, Dickey, .167)…Dickerson’s 8 100+ rushing games in 1988 yielded a 5-3 record…James needs 453 yards from scrimmage to produce the 32^nd 2,000+ yards from scrimmage season in NFL history…18 prior NFL players have combined to produce 31 2,000+ yards from scrimmage seasons and in all 31 cases, that player earned a Pro Bowl nomination…James has 26 10+-yard rushes, 12 15+-yard rushes and 7 20+-yard rushes and has had long runs exceeding 10+ yards in 10 of 11 games.

EDGERRIN JAMES - BY THE NUMBERS

WR-MARVIN HARRISON (1996 - 64-836, 8 TDs; 1997 - 73-866, 6 TDs; 1998 - 59-776, 7 TDs; 1999 – 74-1114, 12 TDs) is 270-3,592, 33 TDs receiving for career...Harrison has receptions in all 55 career games, the best career start by any WR in Colts history …the best overall streak of cons. games with a reception to start a career is 77 games by RB-Marshall Faulk...the 55-game streak by Harrison stands as 4th-longest in Colts history (77, Faulk 1994-98; 62, WR-Jessie Hester 1990-93; 58, WR-Jimmy Orr, 1961-65) ...Harrison was 8-121, 2 TDs vs. Buf. 9/12 for his 4^th career 100+ game and his 2^nd cons. 100+ effort on opening day…Harrison teamed with WR-E.G. Green (5-124 receiving) and RB-Edgerrin James (26-112, 1 TD rushing) to produce only the 3^rd game in club history with 2 100+ receivers and a 100+ rusher in same game  (11/9/75 at Buffalo, RB-Lydell Mitchell 27-112, WRs-Glenn Doughty 3-102 and Roger Carr 2-136; 10/27/85 vs. Green Bay, RB-Randy McMillan 24-126, WRs-Matt Bouza 6-109 and Wayne Capers 5-104)…Harrison and Green produced only the 6^th and 7^th 100+ opening-day performances in Colts history (10-149, 2 TDs, WR-Raymond Berry vs. Det. 9/28/58; 8-126, TE-John Mackey vs. Atl. 9/17/67; 13-130, RB-Joe Washington at KC 9/2/79; 7-105, 2 TDs, WR-Bill Brooks vs. Cin. 9/13/87; 5-102, Harrison vs. Mia. 9/6/98)...Harrison had led the club in receptions, yards and TDs in each of his 1st 2 seasons, but could not extend the streak to 3 years following injury last year…Harrison was 7-105, 3 TDs at NE 9/19 to post 6^th career 100+ game and 3^rd career 3-TD game (3 TDs also 12/15/96 at KC and 10/18/98 at SF)…Harrison is 1 of 7 Colts with 3 TDs receiving in a game (TE-Jim Mutscheller, Berry (twice), RB-Lenny Moore, Orr (twice), WR-Roger Carr, TE-Ken Dilger), but he is the only one with 3 career 3-TD outings…Harrison had 2 TD snares vs. Buf. and 3 at NE for 5 in 2 games, the fastest seasonal start by a Colts receiver since 4 in 1^st 2 games by E-Dee Mackey in 1962…he is the 3^rd Colt with cons. multiple TD games (2 cons. games by Berry 10/30/60 at Dallas and 11/6/60 vs. GB; 2 cons. games by Orr 10/24/65 vs. LA Rams and 10/31/65 at SF)…Harrison was 13-196, 1 TD at SD 9/26 to produce 3^rd cons. 100+ game, joining Berry (6, G5-10, 1960) as the only Colts with 3+ cons. 100+ games…13 receptions tied club mark held by Mitchell (vs. NYJ 12/15/74) and RB-Joe Washington (at KC 9/2/79), but Harrison is 1^st Colts WR to achieve that feat…Harrison is 1^st Colt to open a season with 3 100+ games…he was 3-91, 1 TD vs. Miami 10/10 and 6-40 at NYJ 10/17…he was 8-156, 1 TD vs. Cincinnati 10/24, including 56t snare he was 6-85, 1 TD vs. Dallas 10/31…he was 7-93 vs. KC 11/7 and 6-109, 2 TDs (19t, 57t) at NYG 11/14…he was 5-60, 1 TD at Phil. 11/21 and 5-58 vs. NYJ 11/28…Harrison has 19 TD snares from Manning in 23 games…19 hookups with Manning rank as 7^th-most in club history by a QB/receiver tandem…33 career TDs rank as 6^th-most in Colts history (68, Berry; 50, Orr; 48, Moore; 40, Mutscheller; 38, TE-John Mackey)…with 33t snare vs. Miami, Harrison became 1^st Colt since WR-Willie Richardson (G10-13, 1968) to have TD receptions in 4 cons. game and he joined Richardson, Berry (twice) and Mackey to tie for 7^th-longest streak of cons. games with a TD reception in Colts history…Harrison has become the 1^st Colt since 1958 (Moore) to have 5 100+ games in a season…5 100+ games is a season is T2nd-best seasonal performance in club history (7, Berry, 1960; 5, Moore, 1958; 4, Berry, 1959; Moore, 1959 and 1960; 4, Orr, 1962)…Harrison ranks 2^nd in AFC receptions, 3^rd in NFL, 1^st in NFL yards, and 1^st in NFL TD receptions… Harrison ranks 1^st in overall AFC TDs, 2^nd in NFL…Harrison has had multiple receptions in 54 of 55 career games, 5+ receptions in 29 games and 6+ receptions in 21 outings…he has had 60+ yards in receptions in 27 of 55 outings…Harrison earned AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September the 4^th-ever monthly citing ever for an Indianapolis Colt (RB-Eric Dickerson, December 1988; QB-Jim Harbaugh, October 1995; K-Cary Blanchard, November 1996)…Harrison has set his career-best with 12 TD receptions, the season-most total ever by a Colts player during the Indianapolis era…Harrison joins Berry (14, 1959; 10, 1960), Orr (11, 1962; 10, 1965) and Carr (11, 1976) as the only Colts with 10+ TD receptions in a season…Harrison held 13.1 yds/rec. avg. on 14 TDs (14-183) 1996-97 prior to Manning, but holds 26.4 yds/rec. avg. on 19 TDs (19-502) 1998-present with Manning…Harrison has 7 TD snares of 20+ yards in 1999, the most from 20+ yards out in a season since 7 by Mackey in 1966…the most TD receptions from 20+ yards in a season in club history is 9 by Carr (1976), 8 by Moore (1960), 7 by Berry (1960), Orr (1962) and Mackey (1963, 1966)…15 of 33 career TD receptions by Harrison exceed 20 yards, here is the breakdown of all Colts with 30+ career TD receptions with snares exceeding 20 yards:  Berry (26 of 68); Orr (29 of 50); Moore (28 of 48); Mutscheller (19 of 40); Mackey (29 of 38)…Harrison holds 27.7 avg. on 12 TDs (12-332) in 1999…here are the best yardage avgs. among all Colts receivers with 9+ TD grabs in a season:  14 TDs, Berry (15.7 avg., 1959); 11, Carr (40.5, 1976); 11, Orr (31.5, 1962); 10, Berry (34.3, 1960); 10, Orr, (20.3, 1965); 9, Mackey (53.8, 1966); 9, Moore (42.8, 1960); 9, Butler (28.4, 1981); 9, Berry (17.4, 1958)…Harrison’s 1056 yards mark career seasonal-best…he has produced his 4^th 50+ reception season, tying the 3^rd-best total in club history (7, Berry, 1958-62, 65-55; 6, Brooks, 1986-92; 4, Mitchell, 1974-77; 4, Jessie Hester, 1990-93; 4, WR-Sean Dawkins, 1994-97; 4, Faulk, 1994-96, 98), while 4 cons. by Harrison ranks as T3^rd-best in club history (6, Brooks, 1986-92; 5, Berry, 1958-62; 4, Mitchell, 1974-77; 4, Hester, 1990-93; 4, Dawkins, 1994-97)…Harrison (270) ranks in 9^th-place in Colts career receptions…Harrison (3,592) ranks 8^th in club career reception yardage…Harrison has TD receptions in 8 different games this season to rank behind Berry (10, 1959) for the most number of games in a season with a TD snare…on 9 other occasions, a Colts player had TD receptions in 7 different games… Harrison is 13 receptions shy of moving past Faulk (86, 1998) for the most seasonal receptions in Colts history…Harrison (12 TDs) produced the 24^th 10+ TD season in club history (20, Moore, 1964; 15, Moore, 1961; Mitchell, 1975; 15, Dickerson, 1988; 14, Moore, 1958; 14, Berry, 1959; 14, Faulk, 1995; 13, Moore, 1960; 13, RB-Tom Matte, 1969; 13, Dickey, 1980; 12, Matte, 1967; 12, Faulk, 1994; 11, Moore, 1957; 11, WR-Jimmy Orr, 1962; 11, RB-Don McCauley, 1976; 11, WR-Roger Carr, 1976; 11, McCauley, 1976; 10, Berry, 1960; 10, Orr, 1965; 10, Matte, 1968; 10, RB-Norm Bulaich, 1971; 10, Dickey, 1981; 10, Faulk, 1998) and he could be joined by RB-Edgerrin James (9 TDs)…1 more TD by James would place him and Harrison as only the 4^th 10+ TD seasonal tandem in Colts history (13, Moore/10, Berry, 1960; 15, Mitchell/11, McCauley, 1975; 11, Carr/11, McCauley, 1976)

MARVIN HARRISON - BY THE NUMBERS

WR-E.G. GREEN (1998 – 15-177, 1 TD; 1999 – 15-243) is 30-420, 1 TD for career, and he produced a 100+ game in his 1^st career start vs. Buf. 9/12…Green played in 11 games as rookie, then opened 1999 as starter…Green teamed with WR-Marvin Harrison (8-121, 2 TDs receiving) and RB-Edgerrin James (26-112, 1 TD rushing) to produce only the 3^rd game in club history with 2 100+ receivers and a 100+ rusher in same game  (11/9/75 at Buffalo, RB-Lydell Mitchell 27-112, WRs-Glenn Doughty 3-102 and Roger Carr 2-136; 10/27/85 vs. Green Bay, RB-Randy McMillan 24-126, WRs-Matt Bouza 6-109 and Wayne Capers 5-104)…Green and Harrison produced only the 6^th and 7^th 100+ opening-day performances in Colts history (10-149, 2 TDs, WR-Raymond Berry vs. Det. 9/28/58; 8-126, TE-John Mackey vs. Atl. 9/17/67; 13-130, RB-Joe Washington at KC 9/2/79; 7-105, 2 TDs, WR-Bill Brooks vs. Cin. 9/13/87; 5-102, Harrison vs. Mia. 9/6/98)…he was 5-61 at NE 9/19, 3-29 at SD 9/26 and 2-29 vs. NYJ 11/28.

TE-KEN DILGER (1995 - 42-635, 4 TDs; 1996 - 42-503, 4 TDs; 1997 - 27-380, 3 TDs; 1998 - 31-303, 1 TD; 1999 – 22-246, 1 TD) is 164-2,067, 13 TDs career to rank 4th among Colts TEs in career yards and TDs and 3^rd in receptions (John Mackey, 320-5127, 38; Jim Mutscheller, 220-3684, 40; Raymond Chester, 148-2122, 11)…Dilger has receptions in 60 of 72 career games, including multiple receptions in 43 outings…is one of only 4 Colts TEs ever to post a 40+ reception season (4, Mackey, 1965-68; 2, Kerry Cash, 1992-93; Mitchell,  1972)..Dilger was 3-25, 1 TD vs. Cin. 10/24, with 10t snare, 2-22 vs. Dal. 10/31 and 3-26 at NYG.

LT-TARIK GLENN started 16 games in 1998 for the 2nd consecutive season (1997 at RG), while RT-ADAM MEADOWS started the 1st 14 games and rookie LG-STEVE McKINNEY opened 16 games in 1998…Glenn, Meadows and McKinney are joined by C-LARRY MOORE, who started 5 games last year at RG and OG-WAVERLY JACKSON, who started 2 games last year…the line aims to continue pass protection that cut sacks allowed from 62 in 1997 to 22 last year (a club seasonal-best 1 for every 27.2 pass attempts, and the best ratio in the NFL last year)…Glenn (D1-97, Meadows (D2-97) and McKinney (D4-98) each had productive rookie seasons (16 starts apiece) and together helped QB-PEYTON MANNING take all 982 snaps in 1998, the 1^st Colts QB ever to accomplish that feat and the only NFL QB to do it in 1998…Glenn and McKinney took every offensive snap last year, and prior to Meadows’ injury, the club had started the same line configuration for 31 straight games…the line helped Manning be the 3^rd-toughest NFL QB to sack in 1998 (1 for every 27.1 atts., 597 dropbacks and 22 sacks)…only QBs-Troy Aikman (Dallas, 1:36.0, 324 dropbacks and 9 sacks) and Doug Flutie (Buffalo, 1:30.5, 366 dropbacks and 12 sacks) were tougher to sack than Manning… Manning had 33 atts. vs. Buf. 9/12 and 30 at NE 9/19 and was not sacked, while the club’s rushing attack produced 109 and 121 yards in 1^st 2 games…the line protected Manning well at SD 9/26, by not allowing a sack in 54 atts….Manning was sacked 2-10 vs. Miami 10/10, 1-6 vs. Cincinnati 10/24 , 1-13 vs. Dallas 10/31, 3-34 vs. KC 11/7 and 2-11 vs. NYJ 11/28 for only sacks allowed in 1999…Manning had 35 atts. at NYJ 10/17 and 35 at NYG 11/14 without a sack…McKinney underwent appendectomy prior to Phil. game 11/21 and was replaced by 1^st-year FA OG-JEFF SATURDAY…Colts rushed for 36-200 at Eagles for 1^st 200+ game since 1995…the club has surrendered just 10 seasonal sacks in 383 dropbacks (1 for every 38.3 attempts)…10 sacks allowed is NFL-low (the NFL avg. is 28.6)…the line has helped RB-Edgerrin James produce 7 100+ rushing games in 11 outings, to break RB-Marshall Faulk’s rookie seasonal record (4, 1994)…7 100+ games by James lead the NFL and are 2 behind NFL rookie record.

DE-CHAD BRATZKE had 11.0-72 sacks with NYG in 1998, along with 80 tackles, 57 solo…he started 42 games in last 3 years and played 1994-98 with NYG…Colts have only had 4 double-digit individuals since 1984 move to Indy (11.5, LB-Johnie Cooks, 1984; 10.0, DE-Jon Hand, 1989; 10.5, DE-Tony Bennett, 1995; 10.5, DE-Dan Footman, 1997)…Bratzke was 3.0-7 sacks vs. Buf. 9/12 to produce only the 12^th 3.0+ sack game by a Colt since 1982 (when sacks became official stat)…Bratzke is the 8^th Colt with an official 3.0+ sack game (4.5 sacks, Cooks at Raiders 11/25/84; 4.0 sacks, LB-Duane Bickett at NYJ 11/1/87 and LB-Chip Banks vs. Clev. 9/2/92; 3.5 sacks, Bickett at NE 12/6/92; 3.0 sacks, LB-Vernon Maxwell vs. Den. 9/11/83, NT-Leo Wisniewski at NYJ 11/11/84, Cooks vs. NE 11/18/84, Bickett vs. Clev. 9/26/93, LB-Tony Bennett vs. Mia. 11/26/95, Bennett at Buf. 9/21/97 and DT-Ellis Johnson at NYJ 12/7/97)…Bratzke had 2.0-10 sacks vs. Cincinnati 10/24 and 2.0-13 vs. Dallas 10/31….7 sacks is 10^th in AFC, …Bratzke has 3 multi-sack games and tied with 8 other Colts who notched 3 multiple sack games since 1972, while the multiple sack games in a season since then were 5 (DE-John Dutton, 1976; 4, Dutton, 1975; 4, DE-Fred Cook, 1975).

LB-CORNELIUS BENNETT was selected 2^nd overall in 1987 NFL Draft by Colts, but was dealt to Buffalo in 10/31/87 three-way trade with Rams involving RB-Eric Dickerson…Bennett started 173 of 174 career games with Bills (1987-95) and Atlanta (1996-98), and has played in 5 Super Bowls…Bennett inked with Colts on 3/1/99, 3,960 days after being drafted by the club…he joined Colts with career totals of 1,159 tackles, 852 solo, 63.5 sacks, 25 forced fumbles, 23 fumble recoveries and seven ints.…Bennett has 25 career fumbles recovered to rank T3rd-most in NFL history (29, DE-Jim Marshall, Min.; 28, LB-Rickey Jackson, NO/SF; 25, LB-Dick Butkus, Chi.; 24, DE-Kevin Greene, Rams/Pit./Car./ SF)…Bennett had 11-tackle outings 9/19 at NE and 9/26 at SD…he had 6 stops vs. Cincinnati 10/24 to top 1,200-tackle mark for career…Bennett notched 1^st sack as Colt vs. Dallas 10/31Bennett was playing for Buffalo Head Coach Marv Levy when Levy gained his 100^th career victory, he played for Atlanta Head Coach Dan Reeves, who also has 100+ career victories and he presented Colts Head Coach Jim Mora with a game ball after Cincinnati game for Mora’s 100^th career victory, thus Bennett has played for 3 of the 27 NFL coaches who have earned 100+ career victories…with 65.5 career sacks, Bennett has produced takedowns against 23 different teams (missing Ariz., Atl., Balt., Buf., Clev., Det., Jax., Tenn., Wash.) and 42 different QBs, while notching 11 multiple-sack games….Bennett had 4 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery at Phil. 11/21…he had 5 stops vs. NYJ 11/28 and has 82 tackles, 57 solo, 2-8 sacks, 2 FF and 1 FR with Colts to lead team in stops…he is gunning for his 6^th 100+-tackle season.

WR/KR-TERRENCE WILKINS is undrafted FA who provides outstanding speed to offense and special teams…Wilkins is 29-451, 3 TDs receiving, 29-710-24.5, 1 TD KOR and 30-272-9.1, 1 TD PR…he was 2-37 receiving at SD 9/26, including 26t reception with two broken tackles…he was 4-81 receiving, 2-14-7.0 PR and 4-153-38.3, 1 TD KOR vs. Miami 10/10 for 248 total yards…he had 43-yard reception vs. Miami, along with 97t KOR, the 7^th-longest in club history…he was 2-40, 1 TD receiving at NYJ 10/17, including 22t snare from QB-Peyton Manning to help erase 13-0 deficit in 16-13 win…he was 3-54 receiving vs. Cincinnati 10/24 during 1^st career start…he was 5-59 receiving vs. Dallas 10/31 in 2^nd career start and scored TD on fumble recovery and 3-26 vs. KC 11/7…he had 39t punt return at NYG 11/14 to become the 1^st Colt ever to score via PRt and KORt in same season…Wilkins is also 1^st Colt to score TDs via 4 different methods (reception, fumble recovery, PR, KOR)…he was 4-111, 1 TD receiving at Phil. 11/21, including 80t snare, 3^rd-longest rookie reception in Colts history (85t, RB-Marshall Faulk vs. Wash. 10/23/94; 84t, WR-Bill Brooks at SF 10/5/86)…he was 5-39 receiving vs. NYJ 11/28…Wilkins holds 52.8-yard avg. on 5 TDs discounting end zone fumble recovery, 44.0 avg. counting recovery…“Terrence Wilkins makes things happen with the ball, and we have to get him on the field.  He is a play-maker,” said Jim Mora…Wilkins is product of Bishop O’Connell HS in Arlington, VA, the same HS as Carolina Panthers KR-Eric Metcalf, whose eleven combined kick return TDs (9 punt, 2 KOR) rank 1^st in NFL history…Wilkins and Metcalf share the same HS coach (Jim Hayes), but they have never met.

K-MIKE VANDERJAGT is the 6th player who moved from the Canadian Football League to the Colts (E-Mel Embree, 1953 with Colts; E-Bernie Flowers, 1956; B-Jesse Thomas, 1955-57; RB-Billy Vessels, 1956; T-Ed George, 1975)...Vanderjagt hit 1st eight FGs to start his career to rank as the 3rd-best Colts career start, behind 9 cons. FGs by Ks-Raul Allegre (1983) and Cary Blanchard (1995)...he hit 6 FGs from 50+ range...6 50+ FGs tied the club seasonal record  (6,  Dean Biasucci, 1988)...he closed 1998 season with 27-31 FGs, with .871 FG pct. and missed boots came from 40, 52, 53, and 63 yards...Vanderjagt completed season with 3rd-best seasonal FG pct. of any rookie or 1st-year kicker in NFL history (.919, Richie Cunningham, Dallas, 1997; .880, Roger Ruzek, Dallas, 1987)...the only  other .800+ pcts. in Colts history are by Blanchard (.900, 1996), Biasucci (.889, 1987, .839, 1993) and Allegre (.857, 1983)...27 FGs ranked as 4th-best seasonal total in Colts history (36, Blanchard, 1996; 32, Blanchard, 1997; 30, Allegre, 1983)...he is 23-27 FGs in 1999, including 15 cons. over last 5 games (4-4 vs. Dallas 10/31; 4-4 vs. Kansas City 11/7; 2-2 at NYG 11/14; 3-3 at Phil. 11/21; 2-2 vs. NYJ 11/28) to set a new club record, surpassing K-Cary Blanchard who hit 13 cons. FGs on 2 different occasions…he has 4 4-FG games with Colts to tie K-Lou Michaels for 2^nd-most 4-FG games in club history (5, Blanchard), while club-record for most in a game is 5 (done 4 times)…Vanderjagt is only Colts kicker with 4 FGs in cons. games… …101 points by Vanderjagt rank 2^nd in NFL…he has notched the 13^th 100+-point season in Colts history (135, Blanchard, 1996; 120, RB-Lenny Moore, 1964; 117, Blanchard, 1997; 114, Biasucci, 1988; 112, Allegre, 1983; 109, K-Toni Linhart, 1976; 106, K-Lou Michaels, 1967; 104, K-Jim Martin, 1963; 104, Michaels, 1964; 104, Vanderjagt, 1998; 102, Michaels, 1968; 101, Michaels 1965).