2001 · Week 3
Indianapolis Colts at New England Patriots
Sep 30, 2001 · Foxboro Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts 44–13. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Patriots had just a 31% chance going in. Patriots improve to 1-2; Colts fall to 2-1. Antowain Smith was the story of the game with 94 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 3 catches for 58 yards. Colts turned it over 4 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| IND | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 18 |
| 335 | Total yards | 345 |
| 253 | Passing yards | 168 |
| 82 | Rushing yards | 177 |
| 25/43 | Comp / Att | 13/23 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
IND
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 20/34 | 196 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Rypien | 5/9 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| Jerome Pathon | 1 | -8 | 0 |
| Edgerrin James | 17 | 55 | 0 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 4 | 21 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Pollard | 4 | 5 | 63 | 1 |
| Jerome Pathon | 5 | 11 | 57 | 0 |
| Edgerrin James | 6 | 7 | 38 | 0 |
| Marvin Harrison | 3 | 6 | 49 | 0 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Terrence Wilkins | 3 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Trevor Insley | 2 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ken Dilger | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 13/23 | 168 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 22 | 94 | 2 |
| Kevin Faulk | 9 | 48 | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 3 | 3 | 58 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 |
| David Patten | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |