Jets Foil Colts' Bid for Undefeated Season

Manning, fellow Indy starters watch as team goes 14-1
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 27, 2009 6:28 PM CST
Jets Foil Colts' Bid for Undefeated Season
Indianapolis Colts coach Jim Caldwell looks on during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Jets in Indianapolis, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.   (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

The Indianapolis Colts kept saying 16-0 didn't matter. Apparently it didn't. The previously unbeaten Colts (14-1) pulled Peyton Manning and a handful of other starters with a 15-10 lead and 5:36 left in the third quarter, and the Jets took advantage to rally for a 29-15 victory tonight in Indianapolis, ending ended the NFL's longest regular-season winning streak at 23.

Brad Smith opened the second half with a 106-yard kickoff return to give New York (8-7) a 10-9 lead. The Colts regained the lead at 15-10 when Donald Brown scored on a 1-yard run. But after Manning left, Marques Douglas returned a fumble from Manning's replacement, Curtis Painter, 1 yard for a score. The Jets sealed it with a 43-yard field goal and Thomas Jones' 1-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. (More NFL stories.)

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