Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, IN
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Nov 15, 2015 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-4, 2-3 Away) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Indianapolis Colts (10-1, 6-0 Home) | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
Top Performers
Passing : M. Glennon (TB) - 349YDS, TD
Rushing : V. Ballard (IND) - 28CAR, 115YDS, TD
Receiving : T.Y. Hilton (IND) - 9REC, 112YDS, 3TD
INDIANAPOLIS - Coming off a big win, this was exactly the kind of game the Colts need to be wary of. The Colts looked out of sync, and worse yet, unprepared for the Buccaneer defense. They started the game off very poorly, gave Tampa Bay numerous chances, but eventually turned things around and held on to their win streak.
Indianapolis gave away two turnovers in the 1st quarter, one resulted in a Tampa Bay TD drive and a 7-0 deficit. T.Y. Hilton was hit hard by Safety Mark Barron and fumbled the ball on the Indianapolis 49, and Trent Richardson took a hard hit that knocked the ball loose and put him out of the game for the 1st half.
Things were spiraling out of control, but Andrew Luck kept calm and went right back at Tampa Bay. Another thing in the Colts favor was Tampa Bay QB Mike Glennon who just could not handle the pass rush. Glennon panicked in the face of pressure, and in the end made terrible decisions that ended up in 6INT on the day. Even when Glennon had time he was off target, causing two of his drive killing interceptions. Even after Tampa Bay managed a strip sack of Luck to set up a 1st and goal Glennon threw an interception in the endzone.
Hilton just couldn't be stopped around the endzone today.
Indianapolis went up 21-14 at the half, and then the Colts crushing ground game really took over. Vick Ballard stepped in for Richardson in the 1st half, and the Colts offense didn't skip a beat. Richardson came back in the second half and the two combined for 229 rushing yards on 53 carries. The Bucs were shut out in the 2nd half, and a tired Tampa Bay defense couldn't stop the Colts from scoring three more times in the 4th.
Indianapolis hosts Cleveland next week and they have a chance to clinch a playoff berth with a win. With the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots both at 8-3 the Colts would have to drop three of their next five to drop out of a first round BYE, with the way the team is playing it's highly unlikely the Broncos and Patriots will catch up.
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