NFL Old School Game of the Week: Young Rallies 49ers to Win over Manning's Colts

49ers quarterback Steve Young threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns while running for 60 yards and two touchdowns in the 49ers' comeback win over the Colts.

At halftime of the Week 7 game between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers, 49ers quarterback Steve Young was so exhausted that he ended up vomiting into a trash can.

Young would go to his head coach Steve Mariucci and suggested that maybe backup Ty Detmer finish the game for the 49ers.

It was a good thing for the 49ers did not do that as Young would lead San Francisco to one of its greatest comeback wins against the Colts in 1998.

The 49ers came into the game with a 4-1 record as the season began with a thrilling 36-30 overtime win over the New York Jets on Garrison Hearst's game-winning 96-yard touchdown run in overtime(To read about that game, click on the link which is highlighted here: https://oldschoolsportsblog.blogspot.com/2024/09/nfl-old-school-game-of-week-hearsts-96.html).

The 49ers' offense was humming to start the season as Young threw for at least 300 yards in all five games with a wide receiver corps that features J.J. Stokes, Terrell Owens, and Jerry Rice as San Francisco averaged 32.8 points per game in the first five games of the 1998 season.

The 49ers were probably licking their chops as they prepared to face the Colts, who came into the game with a 1-5 record with a defense that had given up an average of 26.5 points per game up to this point in the 1998 season.

The Colts were in rebuild mode with first-year head coach Jim Mora, who took over in Indianapolis after a one-year hiatus following a decade-long stint with the New Orleans Saints, as the Colts had finished with the league's worst record in 1997 at 3-13 to earn the rights to the #1 overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft.

The Colts would use that pick to select quarterback Peyton Manning, son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning, who had thrown for 11,021 yards and 89 touchdowns in his four years at the University of Tennessee.

Manning had shown signs of his potential in the first six games of the 1998 season as he threw for 1,364 yards and six touchdowns but also a league-high 14 interceptions as the Colts were 18 point underdogs as they traveled to the Bay Area to take on the 49ers.

 The 49ers would get the ball to start the game as they hold the ball for over nine minutes as they drove from their 25-yard-line to the Colts' two-yard-line where they had a 1st & goal only to go backwards as they lost seven yards on the next three plays, forcing San Francisco to settle for a 27-yard field goal attempt by Wade Richey.

However, Richey's kick would sail wide left of the uprights as the 49ers came away with no points after a 17-play, 66-yard drive as the Colts would begin their opening possession of the game at their 35-yard-line after 49ers guard Ray Brown was called for an unnecessary roughness penalty after the missed field goal.

It would take the Colts just one play to get into the end zone as running back Marshall Faulk took a handoff from Manning and outran the San Francisco defense to give Indianapolis a 7-0 lead with 5:33 to go in the first quarter.

The 49ers would pick up one 1st down before punting the ball back to the Colts when Reggie Roby's punt bounced off the helmet of Colts defensive back Rico Clark and into the arms of free safety Jason Belser, who was not the designated returner, who would stun everybody with a 53-yard return to give Manning the ball at the San Francisco seven-yard-line.

After a run by Faulk went for three yards, Manning fired a four-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Harrison to increase the Colts' lead to 14-0 with 2:02 remaining in the first quarter.

Following a San Francisco three-and-out, the Colts got the ball back at their 16-yard-line as they would embark on a 12-play, 84-yard drive where Manning completed six of nine passes for 76 yards with the last completion being a six-yard touchdown to give Indianapolis a shocking 21-0 lead with 10:56 to play in the second quarter.

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning completed 18 of 30 passes for 231 yards and threw touchdowns and zero interceptions.

Desperately needing points, the 49ers would start their next drive at their 32-yard-line as Young would complete three straight passes for 43 yards to move San Francisco to the Indianapolis 25-yard-line where Young would then throw three straight incomplete passes as Richey would come in to make a 43-yard field goal to put the 49ers on the scoreboard as to make it a 21-3 game in favor of the Colts.

The 49ers defense would force a three-and-out to give their offense the ball back at the Colts' 46-yard-line as Young led the San Francisco offense to the Indianapolis five-yard-line when two controversial calls helped San Francisco as they would cut further into the Colts' lead.

The first call came on 3rd & goal when Young had a pass intended for Owens be picked off in the end zone by Colts cornerback Jeff Burris, who ran the interception back to the San Francisco 32-yard-line only to have it nullified as Burris was called for holding, giving the 49ers a 1st & goal at the Indianapolis two-yard-line.

After Hearst was dropped for an one-yard loss, Young threw a pass for Stokes in the left corner of the end zone when Colts defensive back Monty Montgomery pushed Stokes out of bounds before the receiver could get his second foot down to complete the catch.

However, the officials ruled that Stokes would have gotten his second foot inbounds if Montgomery had not pushed him out of bounds, aka "the force out" rule which existed through the 2007 season, thus the catch was good for a three-yard touchdown to trim the Colts' lead to 21-10 with 1:54 to go before halftime.

Manning would throw three straight incomplete pass on the Colts' ensuing possession as the 49ers would once again start in a drive in Indianapolis territory as San Francisco would take over at the Colts' 42-yard-line with 88 seconds before the end of the first half.

Two catches by Stokes for 21 yards helped the 49ers move to the Colts' 15-yard-line when for the second time in the half, the Colts had an interception wiped out by a holding penalty as Montgomery was called for holding Owens in the end zone as strong safety Robert Blackmon picked off the pass, resulting in a 1st & goal for the 49ers at the Colts' 10-yard-line.

Following an incomplete pass on 1st down, Young found Owens for the 10-yard touchdown to make it a one-score game at 21-17 with three seconds left in the first half as the reeling Colts would get the ball to start the second half.

After both teams punted on their opening possessions of the first half, the Colts had the ball at their 39-yard-line when Manning threw a short pass to Harrison, who spun out of a tackle attempt by 49ers cornerback Antonio Langham at the Indianapolis 45-yard-line, to race for his third touchdown of the game to push the Colts' lead back to double digits at 28-17 with 10:41 to go in the third quarter.

The 49ers would then drive to the Colts' 42-yard-line until Hearst lost the football after a hit by Colts linebacker Antony linebacker Antony Jordan as defensive end Kendel Shello would make the recovery as Manning and the Indianapolis offense would get the ball at the San Francisco 42-yard-line after a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on was called on the 49ers.

A 15-yard pass to tight end Ken Dilger and an eight-yard pass to running back Lamont Warren would help set up a 38-yard field goal by Mike Vanderjagt to increase the Colts' lead to 31-17 with 6:28 remaining in the third quarter.

The 49ers would have a second drive that move into Colts territory end in a turnover as Young completed a 11-yard pass to Owens, who fumbled the football as Belser would recover the fumble to give the Colts the ball at their 24-yard-line.

The Colts would advance to the 49ers' 47-yard-line before punting the ball back to the 49ers who would take over at their nine-yard-line with 14:09 remaining in regulation and needed two touchdowns to tie the game.

The 49ers would drive down the field on the left arm of Young who completed six of eight passes for 83 yards on the 10-play, 91-yard drive that ended with Young running it in for a one-yard touchdown on a quarterback bootleg to cut the lead to 31-23 as Randy Kirk's snap on the extra point was bobbled by the holder,  Detmer who was then tackled by Colts cornerback Tyrone Poole.

After an Indianapolis three-and-out, the 49ers got the ball at their 47-yard-line as Young completed a six-yard pass to Owens which was followed by a holding penalty that pushed San Francisco back to its 43-yard-line with a 2nd & 14 when Young connected with Stokes for 21 yards to move the sticks.

Young would then complete a 13-yard pass to running back Chuck Levy to give the 49ers a 1st down at the Colts' 23-yard-line where after an incomplete pass, Young would then produce a run reminiscent of his famous touchdown run against the Minnesota Vikings in 1988, as Young weaved through the Colts' defense than ran over at the Burris at the three-yard-line to score the 23-yard touchdown to make it a 31-29 game.

The 49ers then went for two to tie the game which they got when Young found Rice in the end zone to tie the game at 31 with 5:52 left in regulation.

J.J. Stokes would catch nine passes for 110 yards with one touchdown.

The Colts would begin their ensuing possession at their 26-yard-line as two passes from Manning to wide receiver Jerome Pathon that totaled 35 yards moved Indianapolis to the San Francisco 44-yard-line.

Following an nine-yard run by Faulk, the Colts had a 2nd & 1 at the 49ers' 35-yard-line when a run by Craig "Ironhead" Heyward went for an one-yard loss to set up 3rd & 2 when Faulk was dropped for no gain as the 49ers called timeout to stop the clock with 1:13 to go.

Mora would send in Vanderjagt to attempt a 53-yard field goal that would give the Colts the lead only for the kick to fall short of the uprights as the 49ers would take over at their 44-yard-line with 68 seconds left in regulation and a chance to win the game.

The drive would begin with a 12-yard pass from Young to Owens to give San Francisco a 1st down at the Colts' 44-yard-line, which was followed by a incomplete pass to bring up 2nd down when Young threw deep for Stokes, whose feet got tangled with Poole as the Colts cornerback would be called for pass interference to give the 49ers a 1st down at the Indianapolis 17-yard-line with 38 seconds to go.

Clearly in field goal range, the 49ers would run the ball three more times, picking up another 11 yards before calling on Richey to attempt a game-winning field goal from 24 yards out.

Unlike his miss from 27 yards out earlier in the game, Richey would split the uprights with his 24-yard field goal to give the 49ers their first lead of the game with five seconds to go in the game.

The Colts could not pull off a miracle touchdown on the ensuing kickoff as the game ended with the 49ers on top 34-31 to equal the third greatest comeback in San Francisco 49ers history.

The loss to the 49ers would be the third of eight losses decided by a touchdown or less for the Colts as they would finish the season with a 3-13 record as Manning played all 16 games to finish the season with 3,739 yards and 26 touchdowns but 28 interceptions.

However, brighter days were ahead for the Colts as they would put together on the greatest single season turnarounds in NFL history as they would go 13-3 the following season beginning a 12-year stretch where Indianapolis made the playoffs every year except 2001 as the Colts won eight division titles, two AFC championships and one Super Bowl as they defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI.

As for the 49ers, they would go on to finish the 1998 season with a 12-4 record to earn a seventh straight trip to the playoffs and 16th in 18 years as San Francisco would finally defeat the Packers in the playoffs with their 30-27 win over Green Bay in the Wild Card round thanks to Young's 25-yard touchdown pass to Owens with three seconds to go.

The 49ers' season would end the following week in the divisional round as they would fall to the Atlanta Falcons 20-18 in what would be the final postseason start in Young's career as a concussion following a violent hit by Arizona Cardinals cornerback Aeneas Williams in the third game of the 1999 season would end Young's professional football career after 15 plus seasons.

NFL Old School Game of the Week: Special Teams and Defense Help Chiefs to Shootout Win over Chargers

Chiefs strong safety Lloyd Burruss(34)intercepted three passes, returning two of them for touchdowns in the Chiefs' 42-41 win over the Chargers.

When somebody reads the stat line of the 1986 Week 7 game between the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs, they would probably assume that the Chargers won the game in a blowout as they had 290 more yards of total offense and 22 1st downs than the Chiefs did.

But that was not the case as the Chiefs pulled off a remarkable victory over their division rivals thanks to touchdowns from their defense and special teams.

The Chiefs came into the game looking to snap a two-game losing streak and get back over .500 as they held a 3-3 record under head coach John Mackovic who was in his fourth season as the Kansas City head coach who was trying to lead the Chiefs to the playoffs for the first time since 1971.

The Chiefs began the season with Todd Blackledge as the starting quarterback, who had struggled ever since he was taken with the #7 overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft ahead of future Hall-of-Famers Jim Kelly and Dan Marino, as Blackledge had thrown 25 interceptions compared to 12 touchdown passes in his first three seasons as he went back-and-forth with veteran Bill Kenney as the Chiefs starter.

Kansas City's strength in 1986 was its defense led by its outstanding secondary that featured the outstanding cornerback tandem of Albert Lewis and Kevin Ross plus hard hitting free safety Deron Cherry.

The other member of this starting secondary was strong safety Lloyd Burruss who would be making his return to the starting lineup after missing the previous two games with a hamstring injury as Kansas City prepared to face the famous "Air Coryell" offense of the Chargers.

San Diego came into the game hoping to end a five-game losing streak as the Chargers stood with a 1-5 record under head coach Don Coryell who was in his ninth season as the San Diego head coach having led the Chargers to back-to-back AFC Championship Games in 1980 + 81.

While the dynamic passing offense led by quarterback Dan Fouts, wide receiver Charlie Joiner and tight end Kellen Winslow still had some punch, the Chargers' defense was atrocious as they had given up an average of 26.5 points per game and 407.8 yards per game up to this point in the 1986 season.

To make matters worse for the Chargers, they were going to face wide receiver Stephone Paige who had torched them for a then NFL record 309 yards on eight catches in their previous meeting with the Chiefs, a 38-34 defeat in the final game of the 1985 regular season.

It looked like it was going to deja vu all over again as on the first play of the Chiefs' second drive of the game, Paige caught a 45-yard touchdown from Blackledge to give Kansas City an early 7-0 lead that was set up by a blocked punt by Lewis.

The Chargers would begin their ensuing possession at their 25-yard-line as Fouts would complete his next six passes for 43 yards despite being taken out for one play after a hard hit by Chiefs linebacker Tim Coefield to help San Diego advance to the Kansas City 25-yard-line where they faced a 4th & 1 situation as Coryell decided to go for the 1st down.

It looked like the gamble would not pay off as running back Gary Anderson was stopped short of the line to gain but the Chargers would catch a break as Chiefs strong safety Lloyd Burruss jumped offsides on the play resulting in a San Diego 1st down at the Kansas City 20-yard-line.

Following a 13-yard run by Tim Spencer on the next play from scrimmage, Fouts connected with Anderson for a seven-yard touchdown to help tie the game at seven with 3:41 left in the first quarter.

Chargers running back Gary Anderson had 240 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns.

Both teams would exchange punts as the game moved into the second quarter when Burruss began to atone for his penalty earlier in the game as he would intercept a Fouts pass to end a Chargers drive that had advanced into Kansas City territory.

The Chiefs would not be able to cash in on the turnover as they punted the ball back to the Chargers who would take over at their 45-yard-line when Burruss struck again, this time intercepting a pass intended for running back Lionel James, and running it back 56 yards for the touchdown to give Kansas City a 14-7 lead.

To add injury to insult, James sprained his ankle on the play and was lost for the game as running back Buford McGee would take his place as the Chargers' kick returner on the ensuing kickoff.

McGee would field the kick at his five-yard-line before stumbling and fumbling the ball as Ross would scoop up the ball and ran it in for a 21-yard touchdown, the second touchdown in 12 seconds for the Chiefs, which increased Kansas City's lead to 21-7.

The Chargers would respond with a nine-play, 75-yard drive where Fouts go a perfect 5-of-5 for 57 yards on the drive, connecting with Winslow three times for 41 yards, to set up a one-yard touchdown run by McGee to trim the Chiefs' lead to 21-14 with 4:41 to go in the second quarter.

After a Kansas City three-and-out, the Chargers got the ball back at their 33-yard-line as an incomplete pass and a eight-yard run by McGee would bring up a 3rd & 2 when Fouts threw a pass that bounced off the hands of tight end Pete Holohan and into the arms of Burruss as the defensive back set a NFL record for most interceptions in a quarter with his third pick of the game.

Burruss would then tie the record for most interceptions returned for a touchdown in a single game as his 47-yard return for a touchdown extended Kansas City's lead to 28-14 with 2:42 to go before halftime.

A 33-yard return by Anderson on the ensuing kickoff gave the Chargers great field position as a 24-yard pass from Fouts to Anderson would set up a 30-yard field goal by Rolf Benirschke to cut the Chiefs' lead to 28-17 with just 66 seconds to go in the first half.

The Chiefs would get the ball back at their 14-yard-line for their ensuing possession as they looked to add on to their lead before the end of the half as they had all three timeouts left in their pocket.

However, disaster would strike on the first play from scrimmage as Blackledge's screen pass intended for running back Boyce Green was intercepted by Chargers defensive end Leslie O'Neal, who only needed to run five yards for the touchdown cut the Kansas City lead to 28-24 with 55 seconds to go in the half.

The Chiefs would then run the ball to run out the clock on the first half following a 38-point second quarter which saw three interceptions return for touchdowns as well as a fumble returned for a touchdown.

San Diego would get the ball to start the second half as Mark Herrmann would take over for Fouts, who had been dizzy even since the hart hit by Coefield on the Chargers' first touchdown drive of the game, as the Chargers would go three-and-out to punt the ball back to the Chiefs, who would take over at the San Diego 20-yard-line after a 48-yard return by Jeff Smith on the ensuing punt.

When the Chiefs' offense came back onto the field, they did so with Kenney at quarterback as he replaced Blackledge who was benched after a first half in which he completed six of 15 passes for 69 yards as Kansas City complied just 87 yards of offense in the first 30 minutes of the game.

The move to Kenney paid dividends as he would find Paige in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown to push the Chiefs' lead back to double digits at 35-24 just 2:03 into the second half.

Chiefs wide receiver Stephone Paige only caught three passes for 66 yards but two of those catches were for touchdowns.

The Chargers would answer back with a 12-play, 80-yard drive as Herrmann completed five of six passes for 55 yards on a drive that ended with a two-yard touchdown run by Anderson to make it an one-possession game again at 35-31 with 6:46 to go in the third quarter.

Following a Kansas City punt, the Chargers got the ball back at their 20-yard-line as Herrmann would lead San Diego down to the Chiefs' six-yard-line where they would have a 1st & goal situation at the start of the fourth quarter.

However, the Chargers could not punch into the end zone as they would settle for a 21-yard field goal by Benirschke to make it a 35-34 game as Kansas City would begin its next possession at their 20-yard-line.

After picking up one 1st down, Kenney would complete a 27-yard pass to tight end Walt Arnold to move Kansas City into Chargers territory at the San Diego 43-yard-line where on the next play, Kenney would escape the pressure from Chargers linebacker Thomas Benson and hit Henry Marshall for 28 yards and a 1st down at the Chargers' 15-yard-line.

Paige would then run a reverse for 12 yards to the San Diego three-yard-line as Mike Pruitt would run for two yards to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Green to push the Chiefs' lead to 42-34 with 10:18 to go in the fourth quarter.

With no two-point conversion in the NFL in 1986, the Chargers needed two scores and a stop from their defense in order to take the lead as San Diego would begin its next drive at their 15-yard-line.

The Chargers would drive to the Kansas City 42-yard-line until Herrmann threw a bomb intended for Anderson that was intercepted by Lewis to kill the San Diego drive and give the Chiefs the ball at their two-yard-line.

The Chargers' defense would force a three-and-out to give their offense the ball back at the Chiefs' 34-yard-line where it took them five plays to get into the end zone as Herrmann fired a 12-yard touchdown pass to Anderson to make it a one-point game again at 42-41 with 3:42 to go in the game.

The Chiefs would pick up one 1st down before punting the ball back to the Chargers who would take over in Kansas City territory as Anderson's 30-yard punt return gave San Diego the ball at the Chiefs' 47-yard-line with 55 seconds left in the game.

Herrmann would complete an eight-yard run to Anderson to start the drive which was followed by a six-yard run by the quarterback to give the Chargers a 1st down at the Kansas City 33-yard-line as San Diego needed a few more yards to get into Benirschke's range for a game-winning field goal.

Herrmann would then throw two straight incomplete passes to set up 3rd & 10 when Herrmann threw a pass intended for wide receiver Trumaine Johnson that drew a pass interference penalty on Chiefs cornerback Greg Hill to give the Chargers a 1st down at the Chiefs' 17-yard-line.

Even though there was still 28 seconds to go, Coryell decided to send in the field goal unit here as the Chargers had no timeouts remaining as Benirschke would attempt a 35-yard field goal that would give San Diego its first lead of the game.

But Benirschke would miss the field goal as his kicked sailed wide left of the uprights, allowing the Chiefs to run out the clock by taking a knee as Kansas City would come away with the 42-41 win despite being outgained 512 to 222 on total offense while giving up 35 1st downs compared to the 13 the Kansas City offense made.

One week after the loss to the Chiefs, the Chargers would fire Coryell and elevate wide receivers coach Al Saunders to the head coaching position as San Diego would finish the season with a 4-12 record, the team's worst record in over a decade.

As for the Chiefs, they would ride the rest of the regular season with Kenney as the team's starting quarterback as the win over the Chargers began a four-game winning streak, which was followed by a three-game losing streak, and then another three-game winning streak to end the season with a 10-6 record as Kansas City earned a spot in the AFC playoffs for the first time in 15 years.

The win that clinched the playoff spot for the Chiefs was very similar to this game as Kansas City overcame a 515-171 margin on total offense by scoring touchdowns on a blocked punt, a blocked field goal, and a kickoff return to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 24-19 in the final game of the regular season.

However, the Chiefs' foray into the playoffs would be a short one as Blackledge started in placed of an injured Kenney as Kansas City fell to the New York Jets 35-15 in the AFC Wild Card Game as Mackovic would be fired a few days later after the loss to the Jets.

NFL Old School Game of the Week: Jags Beat Colts on Scobee's Walk-Off Field Goal

Josh Scobee(10) runs around the field after his game-winning 59-yard field goal.

In Week 4 of the 2010 NFL season, the Indianapolis Colts traveled to Florida to take on their division rival, the Jacksonville Jaguars in a key early season showdown when it came to who would win the AFC South division that year.

The Colts came into the game with a 2-1 record under second-year head coach Jim Caldwell who was hoping to lead Indianapolis back to the Super Bowl as nine months earlier the Colts fell to the New Orleans Saints 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV.

The Colts still had quarterback Peyton Manning at quarterback, who had led Indianapolis to eight straight playoff appearances including six division titles and a win in Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears, with his top targets being wide receiver Reggie Wayne and tight end Dallas Clark who were both coming off 100 catch seasons in 2009.

On the other side were the Jaguars who came into the game with a 1-2 record having suffered back-to-back 25-point losses as Jacksonville looked to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2007.

Jacksonville was led by head coach Jack Del Rio, who has in his eighth season as the Jaguars' head coach, as the Jags' offense was led by quarterback David Garrard and running back Maurice Jones-Drew, which had struggled up to this point in the season as it averaged just 13.3 points per game through the first three games of the season.

However, the Jaguars had great confidence that they could move the ball against the Colts as Jones-Drew had rushed over for 100 yards four times against Indianapolis since his rookie season back in 2006.

The Colts would get great field position to start the game as Dante Moore returned the opening kickoff 33 yards to the Indianapolis 41-yard-line as Manning would complete all six of his passes for 43 yards on a 11-play, 59-yard drive that culminated with a two-yard touchdown run by Joseph Addai to give Indy a 7-0 lead.

The Jaguars would begin their opening possession of the game with five straight carries by Jones-Drew for 26 yards before Garrard completed two passes in a row with the second pass going for 21 yards to wide receiver Mike Thomas as the nine-play, 76-yard drive would end with a 25-yard touchdown run by Garrard to tie the score at seven with 3:39 left in the first quarter.

Following an Indianapolis three-and-out, the Jaguars would get the ball at the Colts' 45-yard-line as Jacksonville would run the ball on seven consecutive plays with Jones-Drew getting most of the work as he carried the ball six times for 26 yards including an one-yard touchdown to give Jacksonville a 14-7 lead with 13:40 to go in the second quarter.

The Colts would respond on the right arm of Manning whose favorite target on this drive would be Wayne as he would catch four passes for 53 yards on the 11-play, 85-yard drive that was capped off with a seven-yard touchdown pass from Manning to Clark to make it 14-14 midway through the second quarter.

Colts wide receiver Reggie Wayne caught a team record 15 passes for 196 yards and scored one touchdown.

Neither team would score again before the end of the first half as the Jaguars would get the ball to start the second half only to punt the ball back to the Colts who would take over at their 31-yard as Manning would complete four of his next five passes for 37 yards to move Indianapolis to the Jacksonville 23-yard-line as the Colts seemed poised to retake the lead.

However, Manning would throw an interception as his pass bounced off the hands of tight end Brady Elleridge and into the hands of Jaguars defensive back Anthony Smith, whose 47-yard return would give Jacksonville the ball at the Indianapolis 49-yard-line.

It would take the Jaguars seven plays to get into the end zone as Garrard fired a 15-yard touchdown pass to tight end Mercedes Lewis to give Jacksonville a 21-14 lead with 4:37 left in the third quarter.

The Colts would start their next drive at their 26-yard-line as Manning would complete his next five passes for 35 yards to move Indianapolis to the Jacksonville 19-yard-line until a quarterback sack by Jaguars defensive end Jeremy Mincey for a four-yard loss would bring up a 2nd & 14 situation when the Colts would commit their second turnover of the game.

Manning would complete a 13-yard pass to Wayne, who while stretching to get the 1st down, lost the football as Jaguars free safety Gerald Alexander would scoop up the fumble and run it 43 yards to the Indianapolis 47-yard-line.

The Jaguars would go three-and-out to punt the ball back to the Colts who would take over at their four-yard-line when Wayne would begin his atonement for the fumble on the previous drive.

Wayne would catch a 21-yard pass from Manning to start the drive which was followed by a 13-yard reception to move Indianapolis to its 38-yard-line as passes to Collie for 12 yards and Clark for 15 yards would bring the Colts to the Jaguars' 35-yard-line.

From there, Wayne would catch back-to-back passes totaling 29 yards as the Colts advanced to the Jacksonville six-yard-line where Addai would carry the ball for four yards then carry it for the two-yard touchdown that with the extra point tied the game at 21 with 7:35 remaining in the fourth quarter.

A 39-yard return by Tiquan Underwood would give the Jaguars great field position for their ensuing possession which began at their 43-yard-line as two straight running plays picked up six yards to set up 3rd & 4 when Underwood caught a 13-yard pass from Garrard that with a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Colts cornerback Jacob Lacey gave Jacksonville a 1st down at the Indianapolis 23-yard-line.

Five plays later, Garrard would hit Jones-Drew on an eight-yard touchdown pass to give the Jaguars a 28-21 lead with 2:09 left in regulation which for Jacksonville was an eternity considering the quarterback on the other team.

Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 105 yards on 26 carries.

After a 39-yard return by Justin Tryon on the ensuing kickoff gave the Colts the ball at their 35-yard-line, Manning would throw three straight incomplete passes as Indianapolis would face a do-or-die 4th & 10 situation when Manning hit Clark for 16 yards to give the Colts a fresh set of downs at the Jacksonville 49-yard-line.

On the next play from scrimmage, Manning would throw deep as he completed a 42-yard pass to Wayne to give the Colts a 1st & goal at the Jacksonville seven-yard-line as incomplete pass followed by a six-yard run by Addai would set up 3rd & goal from the one-yard-line when Manning found Collie in the end zone for the touchdown that with the extra point tied the game at 28 with 48 seconds left in regulation.

Taking over at their 23-yard-line, the Jaguars seemed content to send the game into overtime as Garrard would hand the ball off to Jones-Drew who ran for eight yards when Caldwell decided to call timeout with 36 seconds left as it looked like the Colts were trying to save as much time as possible for Manning to lead Indianapolis to a game-winning score in the final seconds.

The Jaguars would then go to the air on the next play from scrimmage as Garrard would throw an incomplete pass to set up 3rd & 2 when Garrard connected with Underwood for six yards to give Jacksonville a 1st down at their 37-yard-line.

Garrard would then find Underwood again, this time for 22 yards as Tiquan would go out of bounds at the Colts' 41-yard-line with 11 seconds to go as one more completion would put the Jaguars in range for a game-winning field goal.

That is when the Jaguars averted disaster as Garrard, under pressure from an Indianapolis pass rush, lofted a pass that looked like it was going to be intercepted by Colts cornerback Kelvin Hayden, only for Underwood to knock him down from behind while Hayden had his hands on the ball which resulted in an incompletion with five seconds left.

Del Rio decided to send in the field goal unit as Scobee would attempt a 59-yard field goal despite the fact that his career long was 53 yards which he had done three times up to this point in his career.

But Scobee's kick would easily split through the uprights as time expired as his team-record 59-yard field goal gave the Jaguars a 31-28 win over the Colts.

Jacksonville's win over the Colts would not be the only time the Jaguars had an exciting win on the final play of the game in 2010 as six weeks later the Jags would beat the Houston Texans 31-24 on Garrard's 50-yard "Hail Mary" touchdown pass to Mike Thomas(To read about that game, click on the link which is highlighted here: https://oldschoolsportsblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/nfl-old-school-game-of-week-jaguars.html).

However, the Jaguars would not make the playoffs as a 34-24 loss to the Colts in a Week 15 rematch would start a three-game losing streak for Jacksonville as the Jags would finish the season with a 8-8 record while the Colts would go on to win the AFC South with a 10-6 record in what would be their final playoff appearance with Manning as the quarterback.

As for Scobee, he would remain with the Jaguars for four more seasons until he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers right before the 2015 season began as two missed final goals in the final minutes of the Steelers' 23-20 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens would result in Scobee's release from the team as he would not kick for another team in the NFL.

Scobee's record of the longest field goal in Jaguars history would last until 2025 when Cam Little obliterated the record with a 68-yard field goal in a 30-29 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.