Visitor: Indianapolis Colts

Home: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Date: October 6, 2003

Monday Night Football

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 4 OT Final

IND 0 0 7 28 3 38

TB 14 7 7 7 0 35

Visitor playmakers:

K Mike Vanderjagt, RB Ricky Williams, WR Marvin Harrison, RB James Mungro

Home playmakers:

DB Ronde Barber, WR Keenan McCardell, WR Reggie Barlow, RB Michael Pittman, DB Mike Doss, DT Ellis Wyms

Network: ABC (NFL Network rebroadcast)

Announcers: Al Michaels, John Madden

Pregame: No

Halftime: No

Postgame: No

Commercials: No

Grade: Excellent

Notes: With Indianapolis down three touchdowns against the NFL's stingiest defense with four minutes left in regulation, the Colts quarterback pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in league history.

Indianapolis became the first team in NFL history to win after trailing by 21 or more points with less than four minutes to play in regulation.

The Colts, at 5-0 off to their best start since 1977, sent the game into overtime on Ricky Williams' 1-yard touchdown run with 35 seconds left in regulation. Marvin Harrison set up the tying score with a 52-yard reception to the Tampa Bay 5.

Vanderjagt had missed a potential winning field goal from 40 yards wide right a play earlier, but Tampa Bay's Simeon Rice was called for leaping and landing on a teammate and the Colts got another chance. Vanderjagt made the second kick -- barely, as it went off the right upright and through after being deflected at the line by a Tampa Bay player.

Manning had crucial third-down completions of 8 yards to Harrison, 16 yards to Reggie Wayne and 9 yards to Troy Walters to keep the winning drive alive. Harrison's 37-yard TD catch put the Colts, who trailed 21-0 at halftime, on the scoreboard early in the third quarter.

Williams, part had a 1-yard TD run three minutes into the fourth quarter. James Mungro scored on a 3-yard run for the Colts with 3:37 remaining, the touchdown that started the comeback.

Tampa Bay (2-2) had a final chance to win at the end of regulation, but Martin Gramatica's 62-yard field goal attempt was tipped and fell just beyond the line of scrimmage. He also was short on a 60-yard attempt at the end of the first half.

Manning was 34 of 47 for 386 yards, two touchdowns and one interception, which Ronde Barber returned 29 yards to give Tampa Bay a 35-14 lead with 5:09 left in regulation.

Keenan McCardell caught TD passes of 74 and 15 yards from Brad Johnson. Johnson, who finished 26 of 39 for 318 yards, tossed a 3-yard pass to Reggie Barlow to put the Bucs up three touchdowns early in the second quarter and freed the Tampa Bay defense to unleash an all-out pass rush on Manning, who did a good job of getting rid of the ball and only got sacked once.

Running time: 2:37 (2 discs)