1992 Cowboys 38 - 2003 Colts 31

Peyton Manning was outstanding, but Troy Aikman was even better, throwing for five TD passes against the Colts defense. The first four possessions in the game all netted scores, as both offenses are very high octane. The Colts were done in by a run defense that might be best described as a steaming pile of poo, and their increasingly desperate attempts to stop Emmitt Smith left them wide open to big pass plays, over and over again... The decisive play occurred as the Colts had driven to the Cowboys 30 with 3 minutes left and the score knotted at 31. A safety blitz on 3rd and ten sacked Manning back to the 38, and I opted to punt. Dallas then proceeded to drive the field and win the game

1992 Dallas 38, 2003 Indianapolis 31
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1992 Dallas	10	0	14	14	0	38
2003 Indianapolis	3	10	10	8	0	31

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:12	1992 Dallas	J.Novacek 14 yd. pass from T.Aikman (L.Elliott kick)	7-0 DAN
1	6:11	2003 Indianapolis	M.Vanderjagt 41 yd. field goal	7-3 DAN
1	0:20	1992 Dallas	L.Elliott 23 yd. field goal	10-3 DAN
2	10:44	2003 Indianapolis	R.Williams 1 yd. run (M.Vanderjagt kick)	10-10 INA
2	0:00	2003 Indianapolis	M.Vanderjagt 28 yd. field goal	13-10 INA
3	11:52	1992 Dallas	A.Harper 9 yd. pass from T.Aikman (L.Elliott kick)	17-13 DAN
3	10:34	2003 Indianapolis	J.Mungro 2 yd. run (M.Vanderjagt kick)	20-17 INA
3	7:33	1992 Dallas	A.Harper 45 yd. pass from T.Aikman (L.Elliott kick)	24-20 DAN
3	3:17	2003 Indianapolis	M.Vanderjagt 41 yd. field goal	24-23 DAN
4	13:15	2003 Indianapolis	W.Harris 82 yd. intercept (M.Harrison Pass)	31-24 INA
4	7:15	1992 Dallas	J.Novacek 4 yd. pass from T.Aikman (L.Elliott kick)	31-31 INA
4	0:15	1992 Dallas	M.Irvin 28 yd. pass from T.Aikman (L.Elliott kick)	38-31 DAN

Team Statistics
	1992 Dallas	2003 Indianapolis
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-15-1-25	6-16-0-22
Third Down Efficiency	7-12-58%	3-10-30%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-2-100%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-28-86%	17-21-81%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	448-66-6.8	342-57-6.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	170	73
Total Rushes	29	22
Average Per Rush	5.9	3.3
Passes Completed/Attempted	22/36 (61.1%)	22/30 (73.3%)
Net Yards Passing	278	269
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.9	10.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/8	5/36
Punts/Average	2/47.0	3/42.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/26	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	5/112	4/153
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/82
Penalties/Yards	5/30	5/35
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	0/0	1/0
Time of Possession	32 mins 27 secs	28 mins 14 secs
Average Drive Start	DAN 33	INA 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1992 Dallas
Troy Aikman	36	22	286	61.1	7.9	5	13.9	1	2.8	45	1/8	114.1
2003 Indianapolis
Peyton Manning	30	22	305	73.3	10.2	0	0	0	0	41	5/36	105.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1992 Dallas
Emmitt Smith	27	147	5.4	16	0	0	0/0
Tommie Agee	1	10	10.0	10	0	0	0/0
Curvin Richards	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0/0
2003 Indianapolis
Edgerrin James	16	59	3.7	16	0	0	1/0
James Mungro	2	2	1.0	2	1	0	0/0
Ricky A. Williams	2	11	5.5	10	1	0	0/0
Dominic Rhodes	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Peyton Manning	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1992 Dallas
Daryl Johnston	5	30	6.0	10	0	0
Alvin Harper	5	112	22.4	45	2	0
Michael Irvin	4	84	21.0	29	1	0
Jay Novacek	3	22	7.3	14	2	0
Emmitt Smith	3	22	7.3	12	0	0
Kelvin Martin	2	16	8.0	9	0	0
2003 Indianapolis
Brandon Stokley	6	97	16.2	31	0	0
Marvin Harrison	5	77	15.4	41	0	1
Dallas Clark	3	38	12.7	13	0	0
Reggie Wayne	2	11	5.5	16	0	0
Marcus Pollard	2	25	12.5	15	0	0
Troy Walters	2	41	20.5	29	0	0
Edgerrin James	2	16	8.0	10	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1992 Dallas
Lin Elliott	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
2003 Indianapolis
Mike Vanderjagt	0/0	1/1	0/0	2/2	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1992 Dallas
Mike Saxon	2	47.0	47.0	0	1	49	0
2003 Indianapolis
Hunter Smith	3	42.0	26.7	1	0	45	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
Kelvin Martin	5	112	22.4	27	0
2003 Indianapolis
Brad Pyatt	4	153	38.3	90	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
Kelvin Martin	2	0	26	13.0	14	0
2003 Indianapolis
Brad Pyatt	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1992 Dallas
Thomas Everett	6	0	0
Robert Jones	6	2	0
Larry Brown Jr.	5	1	0
Kevin Smith	5	0	0
Ken Norton	5	0	0
Dixon Edwards	4	0	0
Russell Maryland	4	0	0
James Washington	3	0	0
Issiac Holt	3	0	0
Darren Woodson	2	0	0
Jimmie S. Jones	2	2	0
Jim Jeffcoat	1	0	0
Tony Tolbert	1	0	0
2003 Indianapolis
Rob Morris	12	0	0
Marcus Washington	9	0	0
Walt Harris	6	0	0
Nick Harper	5	0	0
Mike Doss	4	0	0
Idrees Bashir	3	0	0
David Thornton	2	0	0
Dwight Freeney	2	0	0
Larry Tripplett	2	0	0
Clifton Crosby	1	0	0
Robert Mathis	1	1	0
Marcus Pollard	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1992 Dallas
2003 Indianapolis
Walt Harris	1	82	82.0	82	1

Game Story

In a back-and-forth game the visitors from Dallas bested Indianapolis by the score of 38 to 31. Emmitt Smith led all rushers, carrying the ball 27 times for 147 yards. Dallas was in control on third down, converting on 7 of 12 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Indianapolis 170 to 73 yards. The game saw 7 lead changes before Dallas finally prevailed. Dallas had a good start outscoring Indianapolis 10 to 3 in the first quarter. Indianapolis was ahead at halftime 13 to 10. Dallas led after three quarters 24 to 23. Peyton Manning threw 30 times for 305 yards for Indianapolis, in a losing cause.

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