Week 17, 1993

played in Houston, AL

28 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Indianapolis Colts	7	17	0	3	-	27
Houston Texans	0	3	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:37 IND - Kenny Lofton 9 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 14:13 IND - Barry Foster 34 run (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 07:29 HOU - Chris Jacke 49 field goal
2Q: 05:07 IND - Lionel Manuel 40 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 00:26 IND - Lin Elliott 45 field goal
4Q: 07:47 HOU - Carl Pickens 19 pass from David Klingler (Chris Jacke extra point)
4Q: 00:41 IND - Lin Elliott 40 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:37 IND - Kenny Lofton 9 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 14:13 IND - Barry Foster 34 run (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 07:29 HOU - Chris Jacke 49 field goal
2Q: 05:07 IND - Lionel Manuel 40 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 00:26 IND - Lin Elliott 45 field goal
4Q: 07:47 HOU - Carl Pickens 19 pass from David Klingler (Chris Jacke extra point)
4Q: 00:41 IND - Lin Elliott 40 field goal

Team Statistics IND HOU
Record 11-5 10-6
First Downs 17 14
- by Rushing 4 4
- by Passing 13 9
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 319 265
- Offensive Plays 66 67
- Yards per Play 4.83 3.96
Net Rushing Yards 107 107
- Rushing Attempts 34 23
- Yards per Rush 3.15 4.65
Net Passing Yards 212 158
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 20 - 0 43 - 23 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 233 165
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/21 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 6.63 3.59
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/17 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.7 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 1/15 2/19
Punt Returns/Yards 4/38 3/20
Kick Returns/Yards 1/20 3/78
Interception Ret./Yards 3/34 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:56 28:04

Team Statistics	IND	HOU
Record	11-5	10-6
First Downs	17	14
- by Rushing	4	4
- by Passing	13	9
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	319	265
- Offensive Plays	66	67
- Yards per Play	4.83	3.96
Net Rushing Yards	107	107
- Rushing Attempts	34	23
- Yards per Rush	3.15	4.65
Net Passing Yards	212	158
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 20 - 0	43 - 23 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	233	165
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/21	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	6.63	3.59
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/17	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.7	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	1/15	2/19
Punt Returns/Yards	4/38	3/20
Kick Returns/Yards	1/20	3/78
Interception Ret./Yards	3/34	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 22
Time of Possession	31:56	28:04

Drive Charts

Indianapolis Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:29	5:58	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
1	6:10	2:09	OWN 42	5	9	Punt
1	2:19	3:20	OWN 35	7	65	Touchdown
2	12:03	1:38	OWN 33	3	-4	Punt
2	7:24	2:52	OWN 35	6	65	Touchdown
2	2:46	2:28	OWN 20	8	52	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:08	OWN 20	5	12	Punt
3	9:05	1:17	OWN 44	3	2	Punt
3	6:24	1:20	OPP 35	3	8	Missed FG
3	4:43	2:01	OWN 29	3	8	Punt
4	13:50	1:56	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
4	7:37	2:09	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	3:23	1:16	OPP 45	3	2	Punt
4	1:39	1:03	OPP 27	3	4	Field Goal

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:31	OWN 38	3	8	Punt
1	7:31	1:21	OWN 27	3	25	Interception
1	4:01	1:42	OWN 3	6	18	Punt
2	13:59	1:56	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
2	10:25	3:01	OWN 25	5	43	Field Goal
2	4:32	1:46	OWN 20	6	29	Punt
2	0:18	0:18	OWN 45	1	0	Half
3	12:52	3:47	OWN 3	6	16	Punt
3	7:48	1:24	OWN 1	3	1	Punt
3	5:04	0:21	OWN 34	3	0	Punt
3	2:42	3:52	OWN 9	8	36	Punt
4	11:54	4:17	OWN 47	7	53	Touchdown
4	5:28	2:05	OWN 38	7	10	Interception
4	2:07	0:28	OWN 14	3	8	Interception
4	0:36	0:36	OWN 20	3	6	Game

Game MVP: Stan Humphries, Indianapolis Colts

Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Barry Foster	23	94	4.09	34	2	1
Ricky Ervins	9	4	0.44	4	0	0
Stan Humphries	1	7	7.00	7	0	0
Roosevelt Potts	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	19	88	4.63	28	2	0
David Klingler	4	19	4.75	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stan Humphries	29	20	233	3/21	2	40	0	116.0

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
David Klingler	43	23	165	1/7	1	22	3	41.3

Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Matthew McConaughey	7	12	67	9.57	20	18	0
WR Lionel Manuel	6	7	98	16.33	21	40	1
WR Kenny Lofton	3	4	28	9.33	1	12	1
RB Barry Foster	3	3	33	11.00	7	15	0
TE Jesse Anderson	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
TE Mike Mularkey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Roosevelt Potts	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Bo Jackson	7	9	17	2.43	18	21	0
FB Tommy Vardell	4	6	28	7.00	12	15	0
WR Desmond Howard	3	6	19	6.33	5	10	0
WR James Jett	3	8	27	9.00	0	10	0
TE Derek Brown	2	3	17	8.50	0	14	0
WR Carl Pickens	2	7	33	16.50	18	19	1
WR Greg McMurtry	1	3	2	2.00	0	2	0
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	22	22.00	8	22	0

Interception Statistics

Indianapolis	Ints	Yards	Avg
ILB John Offerdahl	1	0	0.00
S Rod Woodson	1	21	21.00
S Chet Brooks	1	13	13.00

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Indianapolis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Stan Humphries	1	0	0
Brad Hopkins	0	1	0
Jerry Ball	0	0	1

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
David Klingler	1	1	0	0
Skip McClendon	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Indianapolis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	8	382	47.8	45.3	65	5

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kent Sullivan	8	374	46.8	37.0	54	1

Kicking Statistics

Indianapolis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lin Elliott	2/3	2/3	0/0	45	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	1/1	1/1	0/0	49	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Tasker	4	38	9.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Desmond Howard	3	20	6.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kenny Lofton	1	20	20.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Desmond Howard	3	78	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Indianapolis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB John Offerdahl	11	3	0.0	22	43
CB Vinnie Clark	5	5	0.0	17	34
S Chet Brooks	5	2	0.0	23	43
S Rod Woodson	5	0	0.0	23	44
DT Jerry Ball	4	0	1.0	15	31
OLB Carlos Jenkins	4	0	0.0	15	19
CB Todd Lyght	3	1	0.0	23	44
DE Tony Tolbert	2	1	0.0	22	39
DE Duncan MacLeod	2	1	0.0	18	30
ILB Eddie Johnson	2	0	0.0	5	16
CB Eugene Daniel	1	0	0.0	23	44
S Danny Copeland	1	0	0.0	3	12
OLB Joe Kelly	0	1	0.0	7	18
DT Jerome Brown	0	1	0.0	18	36
DT Dick Chapura	0	1	0.0	12	17

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S David Fulcher	8	1	0.0	31	29
OLB Kenny Tippins	5	4	0.0	25	15
S Le Roy Butler	5	2	0.0	32	26
DE Warren Powers	5	1	0.0	23	21
CB David Pool	5	0	0.0	31	27
CB Donnell Woolford	4	1	0.0	26	24
DT Bert Tharpe	3	0	1.0	10	25
OLB Mo Lewis	3	2	0.0	31	29
ILB Glenn Cadrez	3	1	0.0	15	9
CB Anthony Florence	3	0	0.0	13	24
ILB Marvin Jones	3	0	0.0	23	10
DE Skip McClendon	2	2	0.5	21	23
DT Gilbert Brown	2	0	0.0	21	7
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1	3	1.5	24	25
OLB Jack Del Rio	1	0	0.0	11	11
FB Tommy Vardell	1	0	---	---	---
WR Carl Pickens	1	0	---	---	---
WR James Jett	1	0	---	---	---
S Jim Cain	1	0	0.0	6	17

Pass Rush Statistics

Indianapolis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jerry Ball	1.0	0	0	31
DT Jerome Brown	0.0	2	2	36
S Rod Woodson	0.0	1	1	44
DE Duncan MacLeod	0.0	1	1	30

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1.5	0	0	0	25
DT Bert Tharpe	1.0	1	0	0	25
DE Skip McClendon	0.5	0	0	1	23
OLB Jack Del Rio	0.0	0	1	0	11
DE Kurt Ploeger	0.0	0	1	0	9
DE Warren Powers	0.0	0	1	0	21
DE Antonio Edwards	0.0	0	1	0	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Indianapolis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Carlos Jenkins	4	0	0	19
ILB John Offerdahl	3	1	1	43
CB Todd Lyght	3	1	0	44
S Chet Brooks	3	0	1	43
CB Vinnie Clark	3	0	0	34
CB Eugene Daniel	2	2	0	44
ILB Eddie Johnson	2	0	0	16
S Rod Woodson	1	0	1	44
OLB Joe Kelly	1	0	0	18
S Danny Copeland	1	0	0	12

Houston	Caught	PPlay
CB Anthony Florence	3	24
CB David Pool	3	27
S Le Roy Butler	3	26
S David Fulcher	2	29
CB Donnell Woolford	2	24
OLB Mo Lewis	2	29
ILB Marvin Jones	2	10
DE Warren Powers	1	21
OLB Kenny Tippins	1	15
S Jim Cain	1	17

Blocking Statistics

Indianapolis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Everett	2	10	34	0	32
Eric Andolsek	2	8	34	1	32
Howard Cross	1	1	21	1	23
Harold Green	1	1	8	0	7
Brad Hopkins	0	5	34	0	32
Ian Beckles	0	4	34	1	32
Jeff Criswell	0	2	34	0	32
Roosevelt Potts	0	2	20	0	17

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brian Holloway	3	8	22	0	42
Vlade Divac	2	5	23	0	44
Todd Peat	1	3	10	0	13
Kevin Belcher	1	1	23	0	43
Jim Dombrowski	1	1	23	0	44
Todd Rucci	0	1	13	1	31

Special Teams Tackles

Indianapolis	Tackles	STPlays
Ricky Ervins	1	27
Frankie Smith	1	27
Eddie Johnson	1	18
Jesse Anderson	1	15
Rod Milstead	1	11
Eugene Daniel	1	10

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Desmond Howard	1	21
Jim Cain	1	20
Jerry Bell	1	18
Rich Erenberg	1	14
Harper LeBel	1	9

Participation

Indianapolis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Eugene Daniel	---	---	23	44	10	77
Ian Beckles	34	32	---	---	11	77
Rod Woodson	---	---	23	44	2	69
Todd Lyght	---	---	23	44	1	68
Chet Brooks	---	---	23	43	1	67
John Offerdahl	---	---	22	43	1	66
Jeff Criswell	34	32	---	---	---	66
Eric Andolsek	34	32	---	---	---	66
Stan Humphries	34	32	---	---	---	66
Steve Everett	34	32	---	---	---	66
Brad Hopkins	34	32	---	---	---	66
Tony Tolbert	---	---	22	39	1	62
Jerome Brown	---	---	18	36	2	56
Matthew McConaughey	27	28	---	---	---	55
Jerry Ball	---	---	15	31	8	54
Lionel Manuel	25	23	---	---	4	52
Howard Cross	21	23	---	---	8	52
Vinnie Clark	---	---	17	34	1	52
Barry Foster	25	26	---	---	---	51
Duncan MacLeod	---	---	18	30	1	49
Roosevelt Potts	20	17	---	---	12	49
Ricky Ervins	9	6	---	---	27	42
Carlos Jenkins	---	---	15	19	8	42
Eddie Johnson	---	---	5	16	18	39
Kenny Lofton	15	14	---	---	9	38
Jesse Anderson	11	9	---	---	15	35
Frankie Smith	---	---	2	3	27	32
Dick Chapura	---	---	12	17	---	29
Joe Kelly	---	---	7	18	1	26
Anthony Edwards	8	6	---	---	10	24
Danny Copeland	---	---	3	12	8	23
Mike Mularkey	1	1	---	---	20	22
Mike Stevens	---	---	4	10	8	22
Steve Tasker	0	0	---	---	20	20
Harold Green	8	7	---	---	5	20
Burnell Dent	---	---	0	0	16	16
Leonard Burton	0	0	---	---	11	11
Rod Milstead	0	0	---	---	11	11
J.D. Cannon	0	0	---	---	11	11
Randy Plump	0	0	---	---	11	11
Lin Elliott	0	0	---	---	9	9
Klaus Wilmsmeyer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Todd Blackledge	0	0	---	---	3	3
Anthony Davis	---	---	1	1	---	2
Ray Brown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff George	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brian Holloway	22	42	---	---	5	69
Jim Dombrowski	23	44	---	---	---	67
Vlade Divac	23	44	---	---	---	67
David Klingler	23	44	---	---	---	67
Kevin Belcher	23	43	---	---	---	66
Bo Jackson	22	44	---	---	---	66
Anthony Florence	---	---	13	24	27	64
Mo Lewis	---	---	31	29	3	63
Carl Pickens	22	41	---	---	---	63
David Fulcher	---	---	31	29	1	61
David Pool	---	---	31	27	3	61
Le Roy Butler	---	---	32	26	3	61
Ricardo McDonald	---	---	24	25	8	57
Kenny Tippins	---	---	25	15	16	56
Desmond Howard	7	27	---	---	21	55
Donnell Woolford	---	---	26	24	3	53
James Jett	18	35	---	---	---	53
Todd Rucci	13	31	---	---	9	53
Tyji Armstrong	15	22	---	---	11	48
Warren Powers	---	---	23	21	2	46
Skip McClendon	---	---	21	23	1	45
Greg McMurtry	11	17	---	---	17	45
Jim Cain	---	---	6	17	20	43
Bert Tharpe	---	---	10	25	5	40
Tommy Vardell	9	20	---	---	8	37
Marvin Jones	---	---	23	10	3	36
Glenn Cadrez	---	---	15	9	10	34
Antonio Edwards	---	---	12	11	10	33
Gilbert Brown	---	---	21	7	5	33
Owen Gill	1	0	---	---	26	27
Todd Peat	10	13	---	---	4	27
Kurt Ploeger	---	---	15	9	2	26
Jerry Bell	5	2	---	---	18	25
Derek Brown	4	10	---	---	10	24
Jack Del Rio	---	---	11	11	1	23
Rich Erenberg	1	2	---	---	14	17
Brian Allred	---	---	4	10	1	15
Charles McRae	1	2	---	---	9	12
Bill Brown	0	1	---	---	9	10
Harper LeBel	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kent Sullivan	0	0	---	---	9	9
Hal Garner	---	---	0	0	6	6
Bernie Parmalee	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	4	4
Ed Luther	0	0	---	---	---	0
Billy Joe Hobert	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	46	3.5
Middle	19	60	3.2
Right	2	1	0.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	66	11.0
Middle	14	30	2.1
Right	3	11	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stan Humphries	29	20	2	1	3	0	4	1	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
David Klingler	43	23	2	6	3	4	4	4	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	26	6.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	79	8.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	88	8.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	40	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	95	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	6	70	4.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Matthew McConaughey	12	7	2	67	0	28
WR Lionel Manuel	7	6	0	98	2	23
WR Kenny Lofton	4	3	1	28	0	14
RB Barry Foster	3	3	0	33	0	26
TE Mike Mularkey	1	0	0	0	0	1
TE Jesse Anderson	1	1	0	7	0	9
FB Roosevelt Potts	1	0	0	0	0	17

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Bo Jackson	9	7	0	17	1	44
WR James Jett	8	3	0	27	0	35
WR Carl Pickens	7	2	1	33	0	41
FB Tommy Vardell	6	4	0	28	0	20
WR Desmond Howard	6	3	0	19	0	27
WR Greg McMurtry	3	1	2	2	0	17
TE Derek Brown	3	2	0	17	0	10
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	0	22	1	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Barry Foster	1	5	5.00	4.09

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Stan Humphries	1	1	9	9.00	8.03

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
David Klingler	2	2	19	9.50	3.84

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kenny Lofton	1	1	9	9.00	7.00

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Bo Jackson	1	1	0	0.00	1.89
WR Carl Pickens	1	1	19	19.00	4.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Rushes	Conversions
Barry Foster	6	1
Stan Humphries	1	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	4	2
David Klingler	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stan Humphries	9	5	4

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
David Klingler	11	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Matthew McConaughey	5	3	2
WR Kenny Lofton	2	1	1
TE Mike Mularkey	1	0	0
WR Lionel Manuel	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Desmond Howard	3	1	0
WR James Jett	3	1	1
RB Bo Jackson	2	1	0
FB Tommy Vardell	1	0	0
TE Tyji Armstrong	1	1	1
WR Carl Pickens	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)