LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME * Playoff * 01-09-2006 LA Memorial Coliseum Temp:25 Wind:10-20 *Internet* MVP:James,E 2004 Indianapolis (14-4) 7 14 14 0 3 38 2004 Cleveland (11-6) 7 14 7 7 0 35 1 Ind TD Manning,P 20 pass to Pollard,M (Vanderjagt) (4-74-2:23) 4:35 7-0 1 Cle TD McNabb 13 pass to Witten (Dawson) (3-80-1:43) 2:44 7-7 2 Ind TD Manning,P 13 pass to Wayne (Vanderjagt) (10-80-5:07) 12:37 14-7 2 Cle TD McGahee 1 run (Dawson) (13-83-7:39) 4:53 14-14 2 Ind TD Manning,P 5 pass to Redmond (Vanderjagt) (8-80-3:22) 1:31 21-14 2 Cle TD McNabb 78 pass to Evans,L (Dawson) (3-84-0:31) 0:56 21-21 3 Cle TD McNabb 15 pass to Evans,L (Dawson) (6-84-3:58) 10:55 21-28 3 Ind TD Manning,P 9 pass to Edwards,T (Vanderjagt) (12-89-5:21) 5:30 28-28 3 Ind TD McQuarters 74 punt return (Vanderjagt) (0-0-0:00) 2:35 35-28 4 Cle TD McNabb 2 pass to Evans,L (Dawson) (14-58-9:45) 5:02 35-35 5 Ind FG Vanderjagt 45 (8-51-4:20) 10:36 38-35 Ind Cle First Downs 26 20 Rushes 30-181 20-183 Passes 37-25-301 27-19-271 Sacked 1-11 2-14 Fumble 1 0 Penalties 8-53 5-49 Turnovers 0 0 Time 32:50 31:37 Third Down 9-15 3-7 Fourth Down 0-0 1-1 Net Offense 471 440 Injuries: Rushing Ind James,E 20-151 Toefield 2-13 Manning,P 4-11 Redmond 3-4 Glenn,T 1-2 Cle Dillon 15-156 McNabb 3-21 McGahee 2-6 Receiving Ind Harrison,M 6-67 Wayne 4-82 James,E 4-32 Edwards,T 4-41 Pollard,M 3-30 Redmond 2-9 Schobel,M 2-40 Cle Evans,L 7-154 Northcutt 5-33 Witten 5-56 McGahee 1-6 Robinson,K 1-22 Passing Ind Manning,P 37-25-301 4 TD Cle McNabb 27-19-271 4 TD Fumbles Ind Manning,P 1 Cle Recoveries Ind Steinbach 1 Cle Interceptions Ind Cle Sacks Ind Brock 1 Johnstone 1 Cle Mathis,R 1 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Ind Ponder ret of 24 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own34 14:52 Ind Manning-Wayne X B1 L-Straight/MP B1 tZo Pass 2 10 own34 14:47 Ind James,E 7/ob B3 Pitch-R B1 Z Key-James,E 3 3 own41 13:59 Ind Manning-James,E 5 P1 S-Out/SG B1 Z Key-James,E 1 10 own46 13:21 Ind Pen10(Saturday) B1 Trap-L B1 Z Key-James,E 1 20 own36 13:12 Ind James,E 11 P1 Sweep-R Ni sM Pass 2 9 own47 12:29 Ind Manning-Harrison 3 P1 S-Slant B1 tZ Pass 3 6 50 11:52 Ind Manning-Edwards, 10 P1 M-Hitch/SG/MP/Dump B1 Z Key-James,E 1 10 opp40 11:18 Ind Manning,P 6 B3 L-Straight B1 Z Key-James,E 2 4 opp34 10:39 Ind Sk-Mathis,R -11 B3 M-Slant Ni tZ Pass 3 15 opp45 10:05 Ind Manning-Edwards, X P1 L-Hitch/SG/MP B1 dZo Pass 4 15 opp45 9:59 Ind Smith,H 37,Northcutt -- Pt-side -- Return 1 10 own8 9:55 Cle McNabb 8 B1 M-Straight B1 M Key-Dillon/Bz1 2 2 own16 9:11 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 7 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Key-Dillon 1 10 own23 8:29 Cle McNabb-Witten X B1 M-Out B2 Z Pass 2 10 own23 8:22 Cle Dillon 5/ob B1 Pitch-L B2 M Key-Dillon 3 5 own28 7:41 Cle McNabb-Northcut 4 B1 S-Slant B2 tM Dbl-Witten 4 1 own32 7:02 Cle Stanley 42,McQuarter -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own26 6:58 Ind Manning-Redmond 4 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Key-James,E 2 6 own30 6:14 Ind Manning-Harrison 31 B1 L-Slant/MP B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp39 5:28 Ind Manning-Wayne 19 B1 M-Slant/MP B1 Z Stuff 1 10 opp20 4:45 Ind Manning-Pollard, 20/ B1 M-Out/MP B2 Z Run-James,E 7-0 KO 4:35 Cle Carter,K ret of 11 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 4:27 Cle Dillon 36 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Dbl-Witten 1 10 opp44 3:40 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 36/ob B1 L-Out B1 M Key-McGahee 1 8 opp8 2:54 Cle Pen5(Team) B1 M- B2 Z Pass 1 13 opp13 2:54 Cle McNabb-Witten 13/TD B1 M- B2 M Basic/Bz2 7-7 KO 2:44 Ind kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 2:44 Ind James,E 5 B3 Sweep-L B1 Z Key-James,E 2 5 own25 1:56 Ind James,E 9 B3 Dive B1 tZ Pass 1 10 own34 1:19 Ind Manning-Schobel, 32 B3 S-Slant B1 sM Pass 1 10 opp34 1:04 Ind James,E 10/ob B3 Pitch-R B1 M Key-James,E 1 10 opp24 0:18 Ind Pen5(Steinbach) B3 S-Flat Ni tM Pass 1 15 opp29 0:18 Ind Manning,P 0/F B3 S-Flat Ni tMo Pass 2nd Quarter 2 15 opp29 15:00 Ind James,E 15 P1 Draw Ni sMo Pass 1 10 opp14 14:14 Ind Pen10(Diem) B1 S-Cross Ni tM Pass 1 20 opp24 14:07 Ind Manning-Edwards, 9/o P1 M-Out Ni dMo Pass 2 11 opp15 13:34 Ind Manning,P 2 P1 L-Hitch B1 M Run-James,E 3 9 opp13 12:47 Ind Manning-Wayne 13/TD P1 M-Hitch/SG Ni tZo Pass/C 14-7 KO 12:37 Cle Carter,K ret of 10 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own17 12:32 Cle Dillon 0 B1 Pitch-L B1 tZ Key-Dillon 2 10 own17 11:45 Cle Pen9(Jones,L) B1 M-Straight/Dump B2 Z Pass 2 19 own8 11:40 Cle Dillon 5 B1 Sweep-L Ni dM Pass/C 3 14 own13 10:44 Cle McNabb-Robinson 22 P1 L-Straight/SG Di dZ Pass/C 1 10 own35 9:48 Cle McNabb-Northcut 7 B1 S-Slant B2 M Key-Dillon 2 3 own42 8:54 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 9 B1 S-Cross B2 tZ Basic 1 10 opp49 8:06 Cle McNabb-Dillon X B2 M-Seam/Dump B2 M Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp49 7:58 Ind Pen5(Freeney) B2 OffTkl-L B2 Z Key-Dillon 2 5 opp44 7:50 Cle McNabb-Witten 12/ob B1 M-Out B2 Z Pass 1 10 opp32 6:55 Cle McNabb-Dillon X B1 L-Out/Dump B2 M Key-Dillon 2 10 opp32 6:49 Cle McNabb-Northcut 6 B1 S-Flat B1 M Dbl-Witten 3 4 opp26 6:00 Cle Dillon 25 B1 Sweep-L B2 tM Dbl-Evans,L/A 1 1 opp1 5:02 Cle McGahee 1/TD B2 Dive/RS R1 tZ Goalline/A 14-14 KO 4:53 Ind kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 4:53 Ind Manning-Harrison 7 B3 M-Straight B1 dZ Pass 2 3 own27 4:16 Ind James,E 48 B3 Pitch-R B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp25 3:27 Ind Manning-Toefield X B1 S-Flat Ni dZo Pass/Bz1 2 10 opp25 3:22 Ind Toefield 10/ob B1 Sweep-R Ni dM Pass 1 10 opp15 2:38 Ind Toefield 3 B3 Dive/RS Ni M Basic/Bz3 2 7 opp12 2:00 Ind Manning-Schobel, 8/o B3 L-Out/Dump B1 M Run-James,E 1 4 opp4 1:42 Ind Redmond -1 B1 Dive/RS B1 M Stuff 2 5 opp5 1:36 Ind Manning-Redmond 5/TD B1 M-Hitch/Dump B1 dM Stuff 21-14 KO 1:31 Cle Carter,K ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own16 1:27 Cle McNabb-Witten X B1 M-Out Ni dZ Pass 2 10 own16 1:23 Cle Dillon 6 B1 Sweep-L Ni M Pass 3 4 own22 1:13 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 78/TD B1 S-Slant B2 tM Pass/Bz1 21-21 KO 0:56 Ind kick downed -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 0:56 Ind James,E 9 P1 Sweep-R Di dM Pass 2 1 own29 0:31 Ind Manning-Harrison X P1 L-Out/SG/HO Di vM Pass 3 1 own29 0:26 Ind James,E 7 P1 Dive Ni dZ Pass 1 10 own36 0:18 Ind Manning-Wayne X B3 B-Post/ND/NS/MP Ni dZ Pass 2 10 own36 0:10 Ind Manning-Harrison X B3 L-Hitch Di dZ Pass 3 10 own36 0:04 Ind James,E 7 B3 Draw Di vZ Pass 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Cle Carter,K ret of 13 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own16 14:53 Cle McNabb-Northcut X B1 S-Slant B1 Z Key-Dillon 2 10 own16 14:50 Cle McNabb 13 B1 S-Out B2 M Pass 1 10 own29 13:55 Cle Dillon 5 B1 Pitch-L B2 Z Key-Dillon 2 5 own34 13:00 Cle Dillon 46 B1 Pitch-L B2 M Pass 1 10 opp20 11:58 Cle McGahee 5 B1 Sweep-L B2 M Basic 2 5 opp15 11:08 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 15/TD B1 S-Flat B2 M Run-Dillon 21-28 KO 10:55 Ind Ponder ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own11 10:51 Ind Manning-James,E 5 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-James,E 2 5 own16 10:16 Ind James,E 4 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Run-James,E 3 1 own20 9:30 Ind Manning-Pollard, 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZo Pass 1 10 own27 8:54 Ind Manning-Harrison 8 B1 M-Seam/MP/Dump B1 Z Basic/Bz1 2 2 own35 8:20 Ind Manning-Wayne 23 B1 L-Cross/MP Ni tZo Pass 1 10 opp42 7:36 Ind James,E 3/Pen15(Warr B1 Dive B1 Z Run-James,E 1 10 opp24 7:28 Ind Manning-Harrison X B1 L-Slant B1 dZ Pass 2 10 opp24 7:19 Ind Manning-Harrison 5 B1 S-Slant B1 tZo Pass/C 3 5 opp19 6:37 Cle Pen10(Adams,A) P1 Pitch-R B2 dMo Pass/C 1 9 opp9 6:28 Ind James,E 0 B3 Sweep-R B2 M Key-James,E 2 9 opp9 5:46 Ind Manning-Edwards, X P1 M-/Dump Ni dMo Pass/C 3 9 opp9 5:36 Ind Manning-Edwards, 9/T P1 M-Straight/SG/MP B1 Mo Dbl-Harrison,M 28-28 KO 5:30 Cle Carter,K ret of 12 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own15 5:20 Cle McNabb-Witten 18 B1 M-Seam B1 Z Run-McNabb/Lo 1 10 own33 4:28 Cle Sk-Brock -7 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Key-Dillon 2 17 own26 3:42 Cle Dillon 4 B1 Pitch-L B2 dM Dbl-Evans,L 3 13 own30 2:47 Cle McNabb-Northcut X B1 L-Out Ni dM Pass/C 4 13 own30 2:41 Cle Stanley 44,McQuarter -- Pt-deep -- Return 35-28 KO 2:35 Cle Carter,K ret of 12 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own18 2:27 Cle Dillon 9 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Pass 2 1 own27 1:32 Cle McNabb-Evans,L X B1 L-Straight B1 dM Basic 3 1 own27 1:26 Cle McNabb-Northcut X B2 S-Slant B2 tZ Key-Dillon 4 1 own27 1:23 Cle Stanley 42,McQuarter -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own31 1:19 Ind Manning,P 3 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-James,E 2 7 own34 0:25 Ind Manning-Pollard, 3 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Key-James,E 4th Quarter 3 4 own37 15:00 Ind Manning-Redmond X B1 M-Hitch B1 Z Key-James,E 4 4 own37 14:52 Ind Smith,H 42,Northcutt -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own42 14:47 Cle McNabb-Witten 10 B1 S-Flat B1 Z Key-Dillon 1 10 opp48 14:12 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 7/ob B1 S-Out B2 Z Pass 2 3 opp41 13:26 Cle McNabb-Witten 3 B1 S-Slant B2 M Pass 3 0 opp38 12:36 Cle Dillon -1 B1 Dive B1 tM Stuff 4 1 opp39 11:39 Cle Dillon 8 B1 OffTkl-L B2 tM Key-Dillon 1 10 opp31 10:43 Cle McNabb-Northcut 8 B2 S-Slant B2 M Key-Dillon 2 2 opp23 9:54 Cle McNabb-McGahee 6 B2 S-Flat B2 M Pass 1 10 opp17 9:01 Cle Dillon 8/ob B2 Sweep-L B2 Z Pass 2 2 opp9 8:06 Cle McNabb-Northcut 8 B2 S-Slant B2 Z Run-Dillon 1 1 opp1 7:20 Cle Dillon 0 B2 Dive R1 tM Goalline/A 2 1 opp1 6:28 Cle Pen10(Gurode) B2 Dive R1 tZ Goalline 2 11 opp11 6:19 Ind Pen6(Johnstone) B2 S-Slant B2 tZ Pass 1 5 opp5 6:13 Cle Dillon 0 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 5 opp5 5:16 Ind Pen3(Brock) B1 Trap-L B2 tZ Key-Dillon 2 2 opp2 5:07 Cle McNabb-Evans,L 2/TD B1 S-Flat R1 tM Goalline/A 35-35 KO 5:02 Ind Edwards,T ret of 36 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own40 4:51 Ind Manning-Harrison 13 B1 M-Seam B1 Z Run-James,E 1 10 opp47 3:57 Ind James,E 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Mo Key-James,E 2 10 opp47 3:03 Ind James,E 5 B1 Sweep-R B1 sM Pass 3 5 opp42 2:09 Ind Manning-James,E 9 P1 Screen Ni M Key-James,E 1 10 opp33 2:00 Ind James,E -1 P1 Trap-L/RS B1 M Key-James,E 2 11 opp34 1:52 Ind Manning-Wayne X B3 M-Slant Ni tM Pass 3 11 opp34 1:41 Ind Manning-Edwards, 13 P1 M-Isolate/SG B1 M Key-James,E 1 10 opp21 1:31 Ind Glenn,T 2 P1 OffTkl-L/RS B1 M Run-James,E 2 8 opp19 1:22 Ind James,E 0 P1 Trap-L/RS B1 M Key-James,E 3 8 opp19 0:48 Ind James,E 6 R1 Dive/RS B1 M Key-James,E 4 2 opp13 0:39 Ind FG Vanderjagt 30 no -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 0:35 Cle Sk-Johnstone -7 P1 B-Post Di vZ Prevent 2 17 own13 0:28 Cle McNabb 0 P1 QbKneel Qu vZ Prevent Overtime KO 15:00 Ind Ponder ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 14:56 Ind Manning-James,E 13 B3 M-Straight Ni dMo Pass 1 10 own34 14:11 Ind Manning-Wayne 27 B3 L-Straight Ni M Key-James,E 1 10 opp39 13:29 Ind Manning-Schobel, X B3 L-Straight/MP/Dump B1 M Basic/Bz1 2 10 opp39 13:24 Ind James,E 9/ob B3 Pitch-R B1 tZ Pass 3 1 opp30 12:44 Ind Redmond 6 B1 Dive B1 Z Run-James,E 1 10 opp24 12:04 Ind Redmond -1 B1 Trap-L B1 M Stuff 2 11 opp25 11:19 Ind James,E -3/ob B1 Sweep-R/RS B1 M Stuff 3 14 opp28 10:42 Ind Manning-Harrison X B1 L-Hitch/MP Ni tZo Pass/C 4 14 opp28 10:36 Ind FG Vanderjagt 45 goo -- FG -- Block 38-35