With the way they were playing, many thought this game was over, and I heard of many people who turned this game off thinking it was over.In the words of college football analyst Lee Corso, "not so fast my friends. The nature of this rivalry is somewhat ironic because while the Colts and Patriots were The Patriots and Colts met for the first time in NFL regular-season play at Harvard Stadium in week three of the Battling the Colts for the AFC East title, the Patriots traveled to Baltimore with a 6-3 record (including a 27-13 Colts victory in Foxborough in week one of the The Colts had been AFC East champs the previous three seasons, but were minus many of their best players due to trades and injuries, including Bert Jones and starting cornerbacks The Patriots lost to the Baltimore Colts 12-7 in Baltimore; it turned out to be the final meeting between the Patriots and the Baltimore Colts, as the team moved to Indianapolis for 1984. In this game, the Patriots ran out to a 21-3 lead in the 2nd quarter, but the Colts would pull off a fierce comeback to win 38-34, the largest comeback win in conference championship history at the time.The 8-0 Patriots faced the 7-0 Colts in the RCA Dome, the latest in a season that two undefeated teams had ever faced off. The two teams have met each other 81 times (including 5 postseason games), with the Indianapolis Colts winning 29 games and the New England Patriots winning 52 games. That was Manning's third interception of the game.The Colts entered Foxboro for a Monday Night Football matchup undefeated at 8-0. The Patriots erupted to a 31-10 lead in the third quarter. The Colts beat the Patriots, 40-21. They have met every year except once, in 2002, in this rivalry.
Grown adults were crying. Manning led the drive down the field, but a terrible play call would occur, as had happened in the previous year's matchup. Following that, Manning hit Marvin Harrison for a two-point conversion and tied the game at 21.The Colts on their next possession drove down the field, but running back Dominic Rhodes fumbled the ball in the endzone. It was also New England's last game in Baltimore until the In their first meeting at Indianapolis, the Patriots made their first trip to the Hoosier Dome and defeated the Colts 50-17. The Colts defense made a huge stop to get Manning the ball back, and he led them down to the Patriots' 24-yard line with under a minute left.Already in field goal range, you would have thought the Colts would have kept it conservative to tie the game at least and head to overtime with all the momentum.Manning had other thoughts and went for the win, but Patriots corner James Sanders had other thoughts of his own, picking off Manning with 32 seconds left in the game to seal the win. But a 58-yard Tom Brady bomb to The undefeated Indianapolis Colts again played the 6-2 New England Patriots in what was Tom Brady's first start at Lucas Oil Stadium. That carried over to a huge party in the streets of downtown Indianapolis following the game, as people couldn't believe what they just witnessed.January 21st, 2007, will forever go down in infamy for not just the Indianapolis Colts, but for any fan of the NFL.That date is a date any Colts fan will remember like a birthday, anniversary, or life-changing moment. The Colts were coming off wins over the Chiefs and Ravens. The hype around the city the week leading up to this game was bigger than any moment the city has ever seen.This was the big bad evil Patriots who have knocked the Colts out of the playoffs every year it seemed.