2000 · Week 1
Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs
Sep 3, 2000 · Arrowhead Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Indianapolis Colts topped Kansas City Chiefs 27–14. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Colts only a 49% shot beforehand. Colts improve to 1-0; Chiefs fall to 0-1. Edgerrin James was the story of the game with 124 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 6 catches for 40 yards and 1 TD.
Team stats
| IND | KC | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 15 |
| 392 | Total yards | 286 |
| 273 | Passing yards | 212 |
| 119 | Rushing yards | 74 |
| 22/32 | Comp / Att | 16/37 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
IND
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 22/32 | 273 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Edgerrin James | 28 | 124 | 1 |
| Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar | 1 | -2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerrin James | 6 | 7 | 40 | 1 |
| Marvin Harrison | 9 | 12 | 115 | 0 |
| Jerome Pathon | 3 | 4 | 55 | 0 |
| E.G. Green | 2 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Ken Dilger | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 |
KC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Grbac | 16/37 | 212 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Richardson | 13 | 58 | 0 |
| Donnell Bennett | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| Frank Moreau | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Cloud | 2 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvester Morris | 3 | 7 | 58 | 0 |
| Tony Richardson | 2 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Derrick Alexander | 5 | 10 | 50 | 1 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 2 | 6 | 34 | 0 |
| Kevin Lockett | 2 | 7 | 29 | 0 |
| Donnell Bennett | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Kimble Anders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Drayton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |