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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).