Blanchard kicks the Colts to victory
At Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday, Indianapolis Colts’ kicker Carey Blanchard went 4 for 4 and the Colts beat the San Diego Chargers, 19-16, for their third victory of the season.
The Colts backup QB Paul Justin replaced starter Jim Harbaugh because Harbaugh punched out former Bills’ QB Jim Kelly and broke his throwing hand. Justin did a great job replacing Harbaugh. He threw for 229 yards on 17 of 28 passing with a 3-yard TD to Lamont Warren and he had no interceptions.
The Colts also got a good day from RB Marshall Faulk, who rushed for 78 yards on 22 carries. As a team, the Colts rushed for 126 total yards.
As for the Chargers, they had two crucial turnovers on strip, sack and fumbles against QB Stan Humphries. LB Quentin Coryatt and Tony McCoy had the strip and sacks. DE Dan Footman has been terrorizing QBs this season. He had three sacks in this game and has 9.5 sacks on the season, which leads the AFC and is third in the league.
Humphries threw for 221 yards in this game with 2 TDs to WR Tony Martin, who caught five passes for 79 yards. The Chargers only rushed the ball 16 times but had 111 yards. RB Gary Brown had 60 yards on 9 carries.
Next week, the Colts (3-5) will take on the tough Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home next Sunday, while the Chargers (1-7) travel to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals.