Conference Finals, 2015

played in New England, MA

27 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Indianapolis Colts	7	6	0	0	-	13
New England Patriots	3	14	7	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:08 IND - Dwayne Allen 8 pass from Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 04:09 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 31 field goal
2Q: 13:09 NED - Eric Ebron 10 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 08:34 NED - Julian Edelman 27 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 04:59 IND - Adam Vinatieri 45 field goal
2Q: 00:18 IND - Adam Vinatieri 32 field goal
3Q: 02:20 NED - Julian Edelman 23 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 08:08 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:08 IND - Dwayne Allen 8 pass from Andrew Luck (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 04:09 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 31 field goal
2Q: 13:09 NED - Eric Ebron 10 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 08:34 NED - Julian Edelman 27 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
2Q: 04:59 IND - Adam Vinatieri 45 field goal
2Q: 00:18 IND - Adam Vinatieri 32 field goal
3Q: 02:20 NED - Julian Edelman 23 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski extra point)
4Q: 08:08 NED - Stephen Gostkowski 43 field goal

Team Statistics IND NED
Record 12-7 15-3
First Downs 23 25
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 16 18
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 443 442
- Offensive Plays 75 65
- Yards per Play 5.91 6.80
Net Rushing Yards 154 115
- Rushing Attempts 26 23
- Yards per Rush 5.92 5.00
Net Passing Yards 289 327
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 28 - 3 41 - 29 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 299 335
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/10 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.90 7.79
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 6.2
4th Down Conversions 2/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/55 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/29 2/13
Kick Returns/Yards 2/40 3/82
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 31:02 28:58

Team Statistics	IND	NED
Record	12-7	15-3
First Downs	23	25
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	16	18
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	443	442
- Offensive Plays	75	65
- Yards per Play	5.91	6.80
Net Rushing Yards	154	115
- Rushing Attempts	26	23
- Yards per Rush	5.92	5.00
Net Passing Yards	289	327
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 28 - 3	41 - 29 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	299	335
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/10	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.90	7.79
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	6/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	6.2
4th Down Conversions	2/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/55	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/29	2/13
Kick Returns/Yards	2/40	3/82
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 25
Time of Possession	31:02	28:58

Drive Charts

Indianapolis Colts
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:57	5:59	OWN 16	12	84	Touchdown
1	4:01	1:39	OWN 20	4	12	Interception
2	13:02	2:16	OWN 33	3	3	Punt
2	8:22	3:31	OWN 20	9	52	Field Goal
2	2:53	2:43	OWN 26	8	59	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:33	OWN 20	7	77	Interception
3	7:10	2:07	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	2:06	2:35	OWN 26	8	35	Punt
4	8:01	2:08	OWN 20	4	14	Punt
4	5:09	2:14	OWN 20	8	34	Interception
4	2:17	2:17	OWN 38	9	43	Game

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:03	OWN 28	3	9	Punt
1	6:58	2:57	OWN 33	5	53	Field Goal
1	2:22	4:20	OWN 32	10	68	Touchdown
2	10:46	2:24	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
2	4:51	1:58	OWN 20	5	18	Punt
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 36	1	10	Half
3	11:27	4:17	OWN 20	8	41	Punt
3	5:03	2:57	OWN 17	8	83	Touchdown
4	14:31	6:30	OWN 20	13	54	Field Goal
4	5:53	0:44	OWN 24	6	37	Punt
4	2:55	0:38	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt

Game MVP: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
DeMarco Murray	17	67	3.94	11	1	0
Andrew Luck	9	87	9.67	13	5	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dion Lewis	18	105	5.83	22	4
Brandon Bolden	3	9	3.00	3	0
Ronnie Hillman	2	1	0.50	1	0

Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Andrew Luck	47	28	299	2/10	1	41	3	58.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tom Brady	41	29	335	1/8	3	37	0	119.4

Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR T.Y. Hilton	12	18	166	13.83	57	41	0
WR Donte Moncrief	6	9	77	12.83	27	24	0
TE Dwayne Allen	5	6	35	7.00	10	12	1
RB DeMarco Murray	2	3	-2	-1.00	2	0	0
WR Phillip Dorsett	2	6	9	4.50	1	10	0
TE Coby Fleener	1	2	14	14.00	5	14	0
WR Andre Johnson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julian Edelman	11	15	115	10.45	52	27	2
WR Calvin Johnson	5	7	51	10.20	18	16	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	4	7	108	27.00	82	37	0
RB Dion Lewis	4	5	28	7.00	14	11	0
WR Aaron Dobson	2	2	13	6.50	0	10	0
WR Matthew Slater	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	4	4.00	4	4	0
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	1
TE Scott Chandler	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Brandon LaFell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Indianapolis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Devin McCourty	2	0	0.00	0
CB Tarell Brown	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Indianapolis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kendall Langford	0	0	1	0

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ronnie Hillman	1	0	0	0
Tre Jackson	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Indianapolis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pat McAfee	4	216	54.0	40.8	64	2

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Colton Schmidt	5	223	44.6	30.8	52	2

Kicking Statistics

Indianapolis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Adam Vinatieri	2/2	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Stephen Gostkowski	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
T.Y. Hilton	3	29	9.7	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dion Lewis	2	13	6.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Indianapolis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
T.Y. Hilton	1	24	24.0	0
Donte Moncrief	1	16	16.0	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Matthew Slater	3	82	27.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Indianapolis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Clayton Geathers	8	0	0.0	22	42
CB Vontae Davis	7	0	0.0	23	42
OLB Robert Mathis	5	2	1.0	23	42
CB D'Joun Smith	5	0	0.0	8	28
DE Kendall Langford	4	2	0.0	17	21
ILB Bjoern Werner	4	2	0.0	17	30
OLB Jerrell Freeman	4	0	0.0	21	33
S Dwight Lowery	3	1	0.0	23	40
CB Greg Toler	3	0	0.0	23	39
DT David Parry	2	1	0.0	11	21
WR Phillip Dorsett	2	0	---	---	---
ILB D'Qwell Jackson	1	1	0.0	16	19
DT Deion Horner	1	1	0.0	13	21
CB Darius Butler	1	0	0.0	2	5
QB Andrew Luck	1	0	---	---	---
DE Billy Winn	1	0	0.0	14	26
ILB Amarlo Herrera	1	0	0.0	3	5
DE Ropati Pitoitua	0	1	0.0	8	22

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jamie Collins	7	1	0.0	21	41
OLB Dont'a Hightower	7	0	0.0	9	22
DT Malcom Brown	5	1	1.0	18	44
CB Tarell Brown	5	0	0.0	26	49
S Devin McCourty	4	1	0.0	26	49
CB Logan Ryan	4	1	0.0	26	49
S Duron Harmon	4	0	0.0	22	45
ILB Jerod Mayo	3	5	0.0	26	49
CB Rashaan Melvin	3	3	0.0	11	22
DE Jabaal Sheard	3	2	0.0	22	46
DE Chandler Jones	2	1	1.0	23	41
DT Chris Jones	2	2	0.0	16	20
S Nate Ebner	2	1	0.0	4	13
OLB Jon Bostic	2	0	0.0	10	13
DT Dominique Easley	1	0	0.0	8	5
DE Geneo Grissom	1	0	0.0	7	11
S Patrick Chung	0	1	0.0	4	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Indianapolis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Robert Mathis	1.0	0	0	42
OLB Jerrell Freeman	0.0	3	2	33
DE Billy Winn	0.0	2	0	26
DE Kendall Langford	0.0	1	0	21
ILB Bjoern Werner	0.0	0	1	30

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Chandler Jones	1.0	3	0	41
DT Malcom Brown	1.0	0	0	44
DE Jabaal Sheard	0.0	1	1	46
ILB Jerod Mayo	0.0	1	0	49

Pass Defense Statistics

Indianapolis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Vontae Davis	5	0	42
S Clayton Geathers	5	0	42
OLB Robert Mathis	4	0	42
CB Greg Toler	4	0	39
CB D'Joun Smith	4	0	28
S Dwight Lowery	2	1	40
ILB Bjoern Werner	2	1	30
OLB Jerrell Freeman	2	0	33
DT David Parry	1	0	21

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tarell Brown	5	1	1	49
OLB Dont'a Hightower	4	0	0	22
OLB Jamie Collins	4	0	0	41
CB Logan Ryan	3	3	0	49
S Devin McCourty	2	1	2	49
ILB Jerod Mayo	2	1	0	49
DT Malcom Brown	2	0	0	44
DE Jabaal Sheard	1	0	0	46
S Nate Ebner	1	0	0	13
DE Chandler Jones	1	0	0	41
S Duron Harmon	1	0	0	45
DT Chris Jones	1	0	0	20
CB Rashaan Melvin	1	0	0	22

Blocking Statistics

Indianapolis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Hugh Thornton	1	4	26	0	49
Jack Mewhort	1	2	26	0	49
Jacob Leicester	1	2	11	0	30
Anthony Castonzo	0	5	26	1	49
Khaled Holmes	0	2	26	1	49
Cameron Donaldson	0	2	26	0	49

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Sebastian Vollmer	3	7	23	1	42
Bryan Stork	2	6	23	0	42
Nate Solder	2	5	23	0	42
Derek Newton	1	3	23	0	42
Tre Jackson	1	2	23	0	42

Special Teams Tackles

Indianapolis	Tackles	STPlays
Darius Butler	2	14
T.Y. Hilton	1	17
Greg Toler	1	10
Anthony Castonzo	1	6

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Tarell Brown	2	14
Eric Ebron	1	16
Brandon LaFell	1	14
Ryan Wendell	1	7

Participation

Indianapolis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T.Y. Hilton	23	47	---	---	17	87
Anthony Castonzo	26	49	---	---	6	81
Hugh Thornton	26	49	---	---	6	81
Dwayne Allen	20	43	---	---	14	77
Robert Mathis	---	---	23	42	10	75
Andrew Luck	26	49	---	---	---	75
Khaled Holmes	26	49	---	---	---	75
Jack Mewhort	26	49	---	---	---	75
Cameron Donaldson	26	49	---	---	---	75
Greg Toler	---	---	23	39	10	72
DeMarco Murray	24	48	---	---	---	72
Vontae Davis	---	---	23	42	3	68
Clayton Geathers	---	---	22	42	2	66
Dwight Lowery	---	---	23	40	2	65
Jerrell Freeman	---	---	21	33	4	58
Jacob Leicester	11	30	---	---	16	57
Donte Moncrief	13	28	---	---	11	52
Phillip Dorsett	18	26	---	---	6	50
Bjoern Werner	---	---	17	30	2	49
Billy Winn	---	---	14	26	2	42
Kendall Langford	---	---	17	21	2	40
D'Joun Smith	---	---	8	28	4	40
D'Qwell Jackson	---	---	16	19	3	38
Deion Horner	---	---	13	21	3	37
David Parry	---	---	11	21	1	33
Henry Anderson	---	---	7	15	9	31
Ropati Pitoitua	---	---	8	22	---	30
Andre Johnson	9	9	---	---	10	28
Coby Fleener	4	10	---	---	11	25
Darius Butler	---	---	2	5	14	21
Jonathan Newsome	---	---	1	9	9	19
Jack Doyle	5	2	---	---	7	14
Dezmen Southward	---	---	0	2	10	12
Amarlo Herrera	---	---	3	5	3	11
Josh Robinson	0	0	---	---	10	10
Micah Vishlitzky	---	---	1	0	8	9
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	---	---	6	6
Pat McAfee	0	0	---	---	6	6
Joe Reitz	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Hubbard	0	0	---	---	6	6
Wayne Syvrud	---	---	0	0	6	6
Antoine Kelley	0	0	---	---	6	6
Neal Sterling	3	2	---	---	---	5
Geoff Cuthbert	---	---	0	0	2	2
Matt Hasselbeck	0	0	---	---	---	0
Charlie Whitehurst	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tarell Brown	---	---	26	49	14	89
Devin McCourty	---	---	26	49	13	88
Jerod Mayo	---	---	26	49	3	78
Logan Ryan	---	---	26	49	2	77
Derek Newton	23	42	---	---	7	72
Jabaal Sheard	---	---	22	46	2	70
Duron Harmon	---	---	22	45	1	68
Chandler Jones	---	---	23	41	3	67
Julian Edelman	22	40	---	---	4	66
Tom Brady	23	42	---	---	---	65
Sebastian Vollmer	23	42	---	---	---	65
Rob Gronkowski	22	38	---	---	5	65
Nate Solder	23	42	---	---	---	65
Jamie Collins	---	---	21	41	3	65
Bryan Stork	23	42	---	---	---	65
Tre Jackson	23	42	---	---	---	65
Malcom Brown	---	---	18	44	2	64
Calvin Johnson	21	38	---	---	4	63
Dion Lewis	18	30	---	---	4	52
Rashaan Melvin	---	---	11	22	19	52
Jon Bostic	---	---	10	13	17	40
Chris Jones	---	---	16	20	2	38
Brandon Bolden	3	12	---	---	21	36
Aaron Dobson	13	23	---	---	---	36
Eric Ebron	6	14	---	---	16	36
Dont'a Hightower	---	---	9	22	2	33
Scott Chandler	5	7	---	---	17	29
Sealver Siliga	---	---	6	16	---	22
Geneo Grissom	---	---	7	11	4	22
Brandon LaFell	2	5	---	---	14	21
Nate Ebner	---	---	4	13	4	21
Patrick Chung	---	---	4	4	11	19
Matthew Slater	1	3	---	---	12	16
Dominique Easley	---	---	8	5	1	14
Stephen Gostkowski	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ryan Wendell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Josh Kline	0	0	---	---	7	7
Cameron Fleming	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joe Cardona	0	0	---	---	7	7
Colton Schmidt	0	0	---	---	5	5
Eric Martin	---	---	1	0	3	4
Ronnie Hillman	2	0	---	---	---	2
Hunter Pieters	0	0	---	---	2	2
Malcolm Butler	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jimmy Garoppolo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Shaq Mason	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	43	7.2
Middle	18	107	5.9
Right	2	4	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	41	6.8
Middle	9	52	5.8
Right	8	22	2.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Andrew Luck	47	28	6	2	2	6	5	1	3

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tom Brady	41	29	5	1	3	2	6	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	18	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	17	115	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	77	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	89	12.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	20	6.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	30	23	278	9.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	37	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR T.Y. Hilton	18	12	1	166	4	47
WR Donte Moncrief	9	6	0	77	2	28
TE Dwayne Allen	6	5	0	35	0	43
WR Phillip Dorsett	6	2	0	9	0	26
RB DeMarco Murray	3	2	0	-2	0	48
WR Andre Johnson	2	0	1	0	0	9
TE Coby Fleener	2	1	0	14	0	10

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julian Edelman	15	11	2	115	2	40
WR Calvin Johnson	7	5	0	51	0	38
TE Rob Gronkowski	7	4	0	108	3	38
RB Dion Lewis	5	4	0	28	0	30
WR Aaron Dobson	2	2	0	13	0	23
TE Scott Chandler	1	0	1	0	0	7
WR Matthew Slater	1	1	0	6	0	3
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0	0	0	5
RB Brandon Bolden	1	1	0	4	0	12
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	0	10	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
DeMarco Murray	2	7	3.50	3.94

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Brandon Bolden	1	3	3.00	3.00
Dion Lewis	1	2	2.00	5.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Andrew Luck	7	3	8	1.14	6.36

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tom Brady	4	3	19	4.75	8.17

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Dwayne Allen	2	1	8	4.00	5.83
WR T.Y. Hilton	2	1	1	0.50	9.22
WR Donte Moncrief	1	0	0	0.00	8.56
WR Phillip Dorsett	1	1	-1	-1.00	1.50

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Julian Edelman	3	2	9	3.00	7.67
TE Eric Ebron	1	1	10	10.00	10.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Indianapolis	Rushes	Conversions
Andrew Luck	1	0

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Ronnie Hillman	2	0
Dion Lewis	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Indianapolis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Andrew Luck	12	8	6

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tom Brady	9	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Indianapolis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donte Moncrief	4	3	2
WR T.Y. Hilton	3	1	1
TE Dwayne Allen	2	2	2
RB DeMarco Murray	1	1	0
TE Coby Fleener	1	1	1
WR Phillip Dorsett	1	0	0

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Julian Edelman	6	4	4
WR Matthew Slater	1	1	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	0
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)