2014 Colts - Week 2

8:30PM ET - September 15th, 2014
Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, IN

Philadelphia Eagles at Indianapolis Colts
Sep 15, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Philadelphia Eagles (2-0, 1-0 Away)	0	7	0	7	14
Indianapolis Colts (1-1, 0-1 Home)	3	3	0	11	17

Top Performers

Passing : A. Luck (IND) - 227YDS, TD
Rushing : L.McCoy (PHI) - 18CAR, 91YDS, TD
Receiving : R.Wayne (IND) - 8REC, 100YDS

INDIANAPOLIS - After a huge win on the road in Week 1 the Colts would get an extra day to rest, and they would desperately need that extra day. Hosting the high flying Eagles at home for a Monday Night opener would not be easy without their starting center. Khaled Holmes suffered an abdominal tear in their season opener and would be out for at least two weeks.

The Colts defense struggled right from the opening drive, allowing the Eagles to run all over them and march right down to the goal. Luckily a defensive stop, tackling Riley Cooper on 3rd down to for a 4th & 2 would hold the Eagles to a field goal.

Andrew Luck managed to engineer a 13 play 79 yard drive, going 8/8, and find TY Hilton for a TD in the second quarter. Another FG by the Eagles, thanks to another stop inside the 20, would leave the teams 7-6 at the half. The Eagles offense, mainly Foles, were not particularly sharp in the first half. The running game worked very well, but once they got inside the 20 the Colts managed to shut them down.

Hilton's TD gave Indy the lead.

The second half featured some serious miscues by the Colts, and to some extend the officiating crew. The Colts offensive line just fell apart in the face of the Eagles blitzing, getting to Luck and stoning Richardson again and again. Long possessions by both sides ate up the 3rd and neither team could score.

The Colts managed to get inside the Philidelphia 20, but facing 4th & 5 they opted to go for it instead of taking the points and instantly regretted it. The offensive line folded under a blitz and Luck was sacked almost as soon as he had the ball. The Colts had another chance on offense, this time converting the 4th down, but a questionable INT gave the Eagles the ball back on the 36. SS Malcolm Jenkins stepped up and blocked off TY Hilton on a deep pass already in the air, and Cary Williams happily snatched it. The ref failed to call a blatant pass interference penalty, and the Eagles had a short field. The Colts defensive finally came up big and held the Eagles to a 30 yard FG.

Kelly's offense failed to find it's wings for most of the game.

With the 4th quarter about to hit the 2-minute warning the Eagles ran over the Colts with a LeSean McCoy TD run and a 2PT conversion to go up 17-7. Luck took the ball with a little over 2:00 on the clock and marched down the field with a 7 play 73 yard drive to punch it in from the 1 with Trent Richardson. Unfortunately the Eagles recovered the onside kick and the game was over.