Indianapolis 7 6 0 0 — 13 Denver 0 7 3 21 — 31

First quarter

IND — Richardson 23 run (Gay kick), 10:52. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 4:08. Key Plays: Richardson 22 pass to Downs on 3rd-and-10; J.Taylor 15 run on 3rd-and-10.

Indianapolis 7, Denver 0.

Second quarter

IND — FG Gay 37, 14:49. Drive: 14 plays, 52 yards, 7:17. Key Plays: Z.Franklin 4 interception return to Indianapolis 30; Richardson 17 pass to Pittman on 3rd-and-5; J.Taylor 2 run on 3rd-and-3; J.Taylor 5 run on 4th-and-1; J.Taylor 10 run on 3rd-and-9.

Indianapolis 10, Denver 0.

DEN — Trautman 13 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 5:29. Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, 4:31. Key Plays: Nix 2 run on 3rd-and-1; Nix 11 pass to Mims on 3rd-and-8.

Indianapolis 10, Denver 7.

IND — FG Gay 49, :06. Drive: 6 plays, 15 yards, 1:32. Key Play: Richardson 18 pass to Granson.

Indianapolis 13, Denver 7.

Third quarter

DEN — FG Lutz 44, 5:18. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:56. Key Play: Nix 2 pass to McLaughlin on 3rd-and-7.

Indianapolis 13, Denver 10.

Fourth quarter

DEN — Adkins 15 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 13:51. Drive: 2 plays, 15 yards, 00:10.

Denver 17, Indianapolis 13.

DEN — Bonitto 50 fumble return (Lutz kick), 12:29.

Denver 24, Indianapolis 13.

DEN — Sutton 20 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 5:48. Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 1:51. Key Play: Surtain 4 interception return to Indianapolis 35.

Denver 31, Indianapolis 13.

IND DEN

First downs 18 13

Rushing 7 5

Passing 8 5

Penalty 3 3

Third down eff 4-15 6-17

Fourth down eff 2-4 0-0

Total net yards 310 193

Total plays 72 61

Avg gain 4.3 3.2

Net yards rushing 149 72

Rushes 32 27

Avg per rush 4.656 2.667

Net yards passing 161 121

Sacked yds lost 2-11 1-9

Gross yds passing 172 130

Completed att 17-38 20-33

Had intercepted 2 3

Yds pass play 4.025 3.559

Kickoffs e z TB 4-4-4 6-6-6

Punts avg 5-51.8 6-47.833

Punts blocked 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

Total ret yardage 45 101

Punt returns 2-36 3-97

Kickoff returns 0-0 0-0

Interceptions 3-9 2-4

penalties yds 8-69 6-58

Fumbles lost 3-3 0-0

Time of poss 31:32 28:28

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Indianapolis, Taylor 22-107, Richardson 7-46, Goodson 1-3, Sermon 1-3, Mitchell 1-(minus 10). Denver, Nix 8-23, McLaughlin 7-21, Williams 6-15, Estime 5-13, Mims 1-0.

Passing — Indianapolis, Richardson 17-38-2-172. Denver, Nix 20-33-3-130.

Receiving — Indianapolis, Pittman 6-58, Granson 3-47, Downs 3-32, Sermon 2-9, Gould 1-23, Taylor 1-4, Richardson 1-(minus 1). Denver, Mims 4-20, Sutton 3-32, McLaughlin 3-13, Trautman 2-20, Franklin 2-9, Krull 2-8, Williams 2-8, Adkins 1-15, Estime 1-5.

Punt returns — Indianapolis, Gould 2-36. Denver, Mims 3-97.

Kickoff returns — Indianapolis, None. Denver, None.

Tackles-assists-sacks — Indianapolis, Speed 7-6-0, Franklin 6-3-0, Stewart 3-2-0, Stuard 3-0-0, Blackmon 2-2-0, Cross 2-2-0, Jones 2-2-0, Buckner 2-1-1, Moore 2-0-0, Womack 2-0-0, Odeyingbo 1-0-0, Latu 0-2-0, Davis 0-1-0. Denver, B.Jones 8-1-0, Barton 4-4-0, Bonitto 3-2-.5, Cooper 3-0-0, Strnad 2-7-0, Tillman 2-1-1, Franklin-Myers 2-1-.5, Abrams-Draine 2-1-0, Elliss 2-0-0, Locke 2-0-0, Roach 1-5-0, McMillian 1-4-0, D.Jones 1-2-0, Allen 1-1-0, Surtain 1-0-0, Jackson 0-1-0.

Interceptions — Indianapolis, Cross 1-5, Franklin 1-4, Womack 1-0. Denver, Surtain 1-4, B.Jones 1-0.

Officials — Referee Carl Cheffers, Ump Brandon Cruse, HL Mike Carr, LJ Robin DeLorenzo, FJ Eugene Hall, SJ Nathan Jones, BJ Martin Hankins, Replay Kirt Shay.