Week 7, 1997

played in New Jersey, NJ

50 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Indianapolis Colts	0	17	0	10	-	27
New Jersey Jets	17	3	3	0	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 NJY - Rod Smith 46 pass from Dave Schnell (Michele Akers extra point)
1Q: 09:11 NJY - Deion Sanders 40 interception return (Michele Akers extra point)
1Q: 00:23 NJY - Michele Akers 39 field goal
2Q: 09:14 IND - Lin Elliott 34 field goal
2Q: 03:44 IND - Matthew McConaughey 45 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 02:00 IND - Matthew McConaughey 33 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 00:03 NJY - Michele Akers 19 field goal
3Q: 04:22 NJY - Michele Akers 22 field goal
4Q: 11:10 IND - Matthew McConaughey 35 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
4Q: 01:41 IND - Lin Elliott 21 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:35 NJY - Rod Smith 46 pass from Dave Schnell (Michele Akers extra point)
1Q: 09:11 NJY - Deion Sanders 40 interception return (Michele Akers extra point)
1Q: 00:23 NJY - Michele Akers 39 field goal
2Q: 09:14 IND - Lin Elliott 34 field goal
2Q: 03:44 IND - Matthew McConaughey 45 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 02:00 IND - Matthew McConaughey 33 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
2Q: 00:03 NJY - Michele Akers 19 field goal
3Q: 04:22 NJY - Michele Akers 22 field goal
4Q: 11:10 IND - Matthew McConaughey 35 pass from Stan Humphries (Lin Elliott extra point)
4Q: 01:41 IND - Lin Elliott 21 field goal

Team Statistics IND NJY
Record 3-4 0-6
First Downs 20 17
- by Rushing 7 3
- by Passing 12 14
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 431 352
- Offensive Plays 67 52
- Yards per Play 6.43 6.77
Net Rushing Yards 130 85
- Rushing Attempts 32 20
- Yards per Rush 4.06 4.25
Net Passing Yards 301 267
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 21 - 1 32 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 316 267
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/15 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.60 8.34
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 1/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.6 4.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/47 2/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/14 2/26
Kick Returns/Yards 4/88 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 1/40
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 23
Time of Possession 32:53 27:07

Team Statistics	IND	NJY
Record	3-4	0-6
First Downs	20	17
- by Rushing	7	3
- by Passing	12	14
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	431	352
- Offensive Plays	67	52
- Yards per Play	6.43	6.77
Net Rushing Yards	130	85
- Rushing Attempts	32	20
- Yards per Rush	4.06	4.25
Net Passing Yards	301	267
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 21 - 1	32 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	316	267
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/15	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.60	8.34
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	1/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.6	4.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/47	2/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/14	2/26
Kick Returns/Yards	4/88	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	1/40
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 23
Time of Possession	32:53	27:07

Drive Charts

Indianapolis Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:29	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
1	11:50	0:52	OWN 8	3	2	Punt
1	10:17	1:15	OWN 20	3	0	Interception
1	9:02	2:41	OWN 34	3	8	Punt
1	0:16	6:09	OWN 18	12	65	Field Goal
2	6:16	3:04	OWN 30	7	70	Touchdown
2	2:14	0:27	OWN 47	2	53	Touchdown
3	12:28	2:45	OWN 16	5	39	Punt
3	4:15	3:34	OWN 21	7	15	Punt
4	14:47	3:48	OWN 19	7	81	Touchdown
4	8:24	6:48	OWN 27	13	69	Field Goal
4	1:23	1:23	OPP 47	2	1	Game

New Jersey Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:31	1:41	OWN 41	3	3	Punt
1	10:58	0:41	OWN 47	2	53	Touchdown
1	6:21	6:05	OWN 17	11	61	Field Goal
2	9:07	2:51	OWN 16	5	17	Punt
2	3:12	0:58	OWN 20	3	12	Interception
2	1:47	1:47	OWN 20	6	78	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:32	OWN 20	4	21	Punt
3	9:43	5:28	OWN 6	10	89	Field Goal
3	0:41	0:54	OWN 35	3	7	Punt
4	10:59	2:35	OWN 20	4	16	Punt
4	1:36	0:13	OWN 20	1	0	Interception

Game MVP: Stan Humphries, Indianapolis Colts

Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
James Stewart	15	61	4.07	17	2
Brian Mitchell	13	52	4.00	16	1
Stan Humphries	3	0	0.00	3	0
Roosevelt Potts	1	17	17.00	17	1

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Rudy Koncar	12	74	6.17	16	2
Moe Williams	4	1	0.25	2	0
Derrick Cullors	3	9	3.00	6	0
Rod Smith	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Stan Humphries	33	21	316	2/15	3	45	1	112.6

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dave Schnell	32	23	267	0/0	1	46	2	81.1

Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Earnest Byner	6	6	65	10.83	11	31	0
WR Matthew McConaughey	5	14	138	27.60	70	45	3
WR Johnnie Morton	4	6	66	16.50	13	32	0
TE Carlester Crumpler	2	3	23	11.50	1	20	0
RB James Stewart	2	2	15	7.50	3	9	0
WR Wendell Davis	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
FB Roosevelt Potts	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

New Jersey	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rod Smith	6	9	95	15.83	44	46	1
WR Derrick Alexander	5	7	52	10.40	20	14	0
RB Derrick Cullors	3	3	9	3.00	10	8	0
WR Isaac Byrd	3	5	59	19.67	41	36	0
RB Rudy Koncar	2	2	24	12.00	15	13	0
WR Leroy Thompson	1	1	19	19.00	7	19	0
FB Jim Branson	1	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Brian Kozlowski	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Antone Vinatieri	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0

Interception Statistics

Indianapolis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Rod Woodson	1	0	0.00	0
S David Tate	1	0	0.00	0

New Jersey	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Deion Sanders	1	40	40.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Indianapolis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Stan Humphries	1	0	0	0
Brad Hopkins	0	1	0	0

New Jersey	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Vernon Crawford	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Indianapolis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Don Silvestri	5	219	43.8	38.6	51	3

New Jersey	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	5	213	42.6	39.8	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Indianapolis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lin Elliott	2/2	0/0	0/0	34	3/3

New Jersey	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michele Akers	3/3	0/0	0/0	39	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steven Mason	2	14	7.0	0

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derrick Alexander	1	18	18.0	0
Ricky Parker	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steven Mason	3	70	23.3	0
Leon Johnson	1	18	18.0	0

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Indianapolis	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Billy Idol	7	3	17	23
ILB Ed McDaniel	5	3	18	30
S Rod Woodson	4	2	20	32
CB Chris Allerman	4	2	19	31
DE Tony Tolbert	3	1	17	24
S Floyd Fields	3	1	20	32
CB Ronde Barber	3	0	20	31
CB Marcus Wimberly	2	2	11	20
DT Ted Washington	2	1	17	17
DE Colin Powell	2	0	18	26
ILB James Farrior	2	0	10	11
DT Ellis Johnson	1	1	8	12
DT Chad Eaton	1	1	14	23
OLB Michael Knight	1	0	3	10
OLB Jeff Gooch	1	0	2	2
S Chance Baxter	1	0	0	2

New Jersey	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Damon Jordan	9	3	0.0	30	33
CB Deion Sanders	6	1	0.0	32	34
S Joey Tribbiani	6	1	0.0	32	35
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	5	1	0.0	24	35
CB Tyrone Poole	4	0	0.0	16	26
CB Antonio Langham	3	0	0.0	29	33
DE Regan Upshaw	3	0	0.0	17	16
DT Pat Williams	3	0	0.0	21	20
OLB Vernon Crawford	2	0	1.0	15	6
S Zack de la Rocha	2	2	0.0	31	35
OLB Derrick Rodgers	2	2	0.0	25	18
DT William Perry	2	1	0.0	28	30
DE David Grant	2	0	0.0	15	19
DE Darrell Davis	1	1	1.0	15	20
WR Derrick Alexander	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Nate Dingle	1	0	0.0	3	9
WR Isaac Byrd	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Jon Hesse	0	1	0.0	15	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Indianapolis	Block	Hurry	PPlay
S Floyd Fields	1	0	32
DE Colin Powell	0	1	26
DT Ted Washington	0	1	17

New Jersey	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Darrell Davis	1.0	0	0	20
OLB Vernon Crawford	1.0	0	0	6
DT William Perry	0.0	1	0	30
DE Regan Upshaw	0.0	1	0	16
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	0.0	0	1	35

Pass Defense Statistics

Indianapolis	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Billy Idol	5	0	23
CB Chris Allerman	4	0	31
ILB Ed McDaniel	3	0	30
CB Ronde Barber	3	0	31
OLB Jeff Gooch	2	0	2
S Rod Woodson	1	1	32
OLB Michael Knight	1	0	10
S Floyd Fields	1	0	32
ILB James Farrior	1	0	11
CB Marcus Wimberly	1	0	20
S Chance Baxter	1	0	2
S David Tate	0	1	11

New Jersey	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Antonio Langham	3	3	0	33
S Joey Tribbiani	3	1	0	35
CB Deion Sanders	3	0	1	34
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	3	0	0	35
ILB Damon Jordan	3	0	0	33
CB Tyrone Poole	3	0	0	26
S Zack de la Rocha	1	0	0	35
ILB Nate Dingle	1	0	0	9
OLB Derrick Rodgers	1	0	0	18
ILB Jon Hesse	0	1	0	8
CB Chris Canty	0	1	0	3

Blocking Statistics

Indianapolis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Russ Freeman	5	6	0	32	0	35
Steve Everett	3	7	1	32	2	35
Dwayne White	2	7	0	32	0	35
Brad Hopkins	2	5	0	32	0	35
Steve Scifres	0	2	0	32	0	35
Roosevelt Potts	0	1	0	17	0	17
Carlester Crumpler	0	1	0	23	0	21

New Jersey	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Max Lane	2	4	20	32
Brian De Marco	1	5	20	32
Tim Ruddy	1	4	20	32
Dermontti Dawson	1	2	20	32
Jim Branson	1	2	14	17
Brian Kozlowski	1	2	18	24
Norm Fowler	0	1	20	32

Special Teams Tackles

Indianapolis	Tackles	STPlays
Brian Mitchell	1	23
Leon Johnson	1	16

New Jersey	Tackles	STPlays
Nate Dingle	3	16
Moe Williams	1	22
Jim Branson	1	19
Robert Clark	1	14

Participation

Indianapolis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dwayne White	32	35	---	---	7	74
Steve Scifres	32	35	---	---	7	74
Stan Humphries	32	35	---	---	---	67
Steve Everett	32	35	---	---	---	67
Russ Freeman	32	35	---	---	---	67
Brad Hopkins	32	35	---	---	---	67
Matthew McConaughey	28	31	---	---	---	59
Rod Woodson	---	---	20	32	3	55
Floyd Fields	---	---	20	32	3	55
Marcus Wimberly	---	---	11	20	24	55
Johnnie Morton	23	31	---	---	---	54
Ronde Barber	---	---	20	31	3	54
Roosevelt Potts	17	17	---	---	19	53
Brian Mitchell	14	15	---	---	23	52
Chris Allerman	---	---	19	31	2	52
Ed McDaniel	---	---	18	30	3	51
Earnest Byner	15	23	---	---	11	49
Carlester Crumpler	23	21	---	---	4	48
Colin Powell	---	---	18	26	3	47
Tony Tolbert	---	---	17	24	4	45
Billy Idol	---	---	17	23	3	43
Ted Washington	---	---	17	17	4	38
Chad Eaton	---	---	14	23	1	38
Derrick Walker	10	9	---	---	18	37
James Stewart	18	17	---	---	---	35
Michael Knight	---	---	3	10	21	34
James Farrior	---	---	10	11	5	26
Leon Johnson	5	4	---	---	16	25
Wendell Davis	6	7	---	---	10	23
Chad Bratzke	---	---	5	14	4	23
Ellis Johnson	---	---	8	12	2	22
Steven Mason	1	0	---	---	18	19
David Tate	---	---	1	11	6	18
Jeff Gooch	---	---	2	2	11	15
Chance Baxter	---	---	0	2	12	14
Lin Elliott	0	0	---	---	8	8
Aiden Laster	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dashawn McCarthy	0	0	---	---	7	7
Hector Mathis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Don Silvestri	0	0	---	---	5	5
Cedric White	---	---	0	1	3	4
Rick Mirer	0	0	---	---	2	2
Scott Conover	0	0	---	---	---	0
Charlie Ward	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Jersey	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	24	35	11	70
Deion Sanders	---	---	32	34	3	69
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	31	35	3	69
Joey Tribbiani	---	---	32	35	2	69
Damon Jordan	---	---	30	33	3	66
Antonio Langham	---	---	29	33	2	64
William Perry	---	---	28	30	2	60
Dermontti Dawson	20	32	---	---	8	60
Norm Fowler	20	32	---	---	8	60
Tyrone Poole	---	---	16	26	17	59
Dave Schnell	20	32	---	---	---	52
Tim Ruddy	20	32	---	---	---	52
Max Lane	20	32	---	---	---	52
Brian De Marco	20	32	---	---	---	52
Jim Branson	14	17	---	---	19	50
Brian Kozlowski	18	24	---	---	7	49
Derrick Alexander	16	29	---	---	4	49
Rod Smith	18	29	---	---	---	47
Derrick Rodgers	---	---	25	18	3	46
Pat Williams	---	---	21	20	2	43
David Grant	---	---	15	19	5	39
Darrell Davis	---	---	15	20	---	35
Rudy Koncar	12	21	---	---	2	35
Regan Upshaw	---	---	17	16	2	35
Nate Dingle	---	---	3	9	16	28
Isaac Byrd	8	20	---	---	---	28
Jon Hesse	---	---	15	8	5	28
Moe Williams	4	1	---	---	22	27
Vernon Crawford	---	---	15	6	6	27
Antone Vinatieri	1	4	---	---	17	22
Leroy Thompson	1	4	---	---	16	21
Derrick Cullors	5	10	---	---	6	21
Chris Canty	---	---	3	3	15	21
Robert Clark	3	1	---	---	14	18
Ricky Parker	---	---	1	4	11	16
Jessie Yan	---	---	0	1	10	11
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	8	8
Charles McRae	0	0	---	---	8	8
Pellom LeVeck	0	0	---	---	8	8
Curtis Lundy	0	0	---	---	8	8
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	5	5
Percy Snow	---	---	0	0	5	5
Ken O'Brien	0	0	---	---	3	3
Patrick Hunter	---	---	0	0	---	0
Randall McDaniel	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tony Banks	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	19	3.8
Middle	20	60	3.0
Right	6	52	8.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	58	4.5
Middle	7	27	3.9
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Stan Humphries	33	21	6	2	1	6	2	1	1

New Jersey	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dave Schnell	32	23	3	1	3	0	2	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	-8	-4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	127	14.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	7	81	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	14	4	116	8.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	8	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	17	145	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	114	16.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Matthew McConaughey	14	5	1	138	3	31
WR Earnest Byner	6	6	0	65	1	23
WR Johnnie Morton	6	4	0	66	1	31
TE Carlester Crumpler	3	2	0	23	1	21
RB James Stewart	2	2	0	15	0	17
WR Wendell Davis	1	1	0	13	0	7
FB Roosevelt Potts	1	1	0	-4	0	17

New Jersey	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rod Smith	9	6	2	95	2	29
WR Derrick Alexander	7	5	0	52	0	29
WR Isaac Byrd	5	3	0	59	1	20
RB Derrick Cullors	3	3	0	9	0	10
FB Jim Branson	2	1	1	0	0	17
RB Rudy Koncar	2	2	0	24	0	21
TE Brian Kozlowski	2	1	0	-1	0	24
WR Leroy Thompson	1	1	0	19	0	4
TE Antone Vinatieri	1	1	0	10	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brian Mitchell	4	14	3.50	4.00
James Stewart	2	7	3.50	4.07

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Stan Humphries	1	1	-4	-4.00	9.58

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dave Schnell	3	2	7	2.33	8.34

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Earnest Byner	1	1	-4	-4.00	10.83

New Jersey	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Jim Branson	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Rod Smith	1	1	3	3.00	10.56
WR Isaac Byrd	1	1	4	4.00	11.80

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Rushes	Conversions
Brian Mitchell	2	1
James Stewart	1	0

New Jersey	Rushes	Conversions
Moe Williams	1	0
Derrick Cullors	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Stan Humphries	11	8	6

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dave Schnell	6	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Matthew McConaughey	6	3	3
WR Earnest Byner	2	2	1
WR Wendell Davis	1	1	1
WR Johnnie Morton	1	1	1
RB James Stewart	1	1	0

New Jersey	Targ	Catch	Conversions
FB Jim Branson	2	1	0
WR Derrick Alexander	2	1	1
WR Rod Smith	1	0	0
WR Isaac Byrd	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,300 (86,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,800 (26,500)
End Zone 14,700 (19,100)
Mezzanine 8,400 (11,000)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (16,900)
Club Seats 6,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 5,100 (5,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,300 (86,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,800 (26,500)
End Zone	14,700 (19,100)
Mezzanine	8,400 (11,000)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (16,900)
Club Seats	6,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	5,100 (5,800)