Don Banks says Indy has the all time best ‘revenge game’
1. The Colts finally ride past the Patriots in the playoffs
Indianapolis and New England have provided the NFL with its glamour rivalry of the decade, and there was no more memorable meeting between the Patriots and Colts than the 2006 AFC title game in Indianapolis — the teams’ third playoff showdown in a four-season span. The Patriots had owned Peyton Manning and the Colts when it mattered most, beating Indy in the 2003 AFC title game in Foxboro, 24-14, and going through them again in 2004’s divisional round, 20-3. Both seasons, New England went on to win the Super Bowl.
When the Patriots raced to a 21-3 second-quarter lead in the 2006 AFC title game, it looked like another New England rout was in store. But the Colts revenge would not be denied. Indy stormed back into a 21-21 tie, and then the two teams traded punches and the lead until Joseph Addai’s 3-yard run gave the Colts a 38-34 margin with 1:00 remaining. Indy’s Marlin Jackson sealed the deal with an interception of Tom Brady in Colts territory, and this time, it was Manning and Indianapolis who used the victory as a springboard to a Super Bowl ring.
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