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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 Indianapolis ColtsW2002 Indianapolis Colts↗

NFL · AFC South · 10–6 (.625) · 2nd in division · PF 349 · PA 313 · Coach Tony Dungy · Lost Wild Card

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 4200Peyton Manning

Rushing (yds)

1. 989Edgerrin James
2. 336James Mungro
3. 148Peyton Manning

Receiving (yds)

1. 1722Marvin Harrison
2. 716Reggie Wayne
3. 478Marcus Pollard

Sacks

1. 13Dwight Freeney
2. 7Brad Scioli
3. 6Chad Bratzke

Interceptions

1. 3Mike Peterson
2. 2Walt Harris
3. 2Idrees Bashir

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1044	950
EPA per play	+0.01	-0.06
Pass EPA per play	+0.08	-0.07
Rush EPA per play	-0.10	-0.05
Success rate	43.9%	43.7%
Pass rate	59.1%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (17 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	W 28–25	1–0	Alltel Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs Miami Dolphins	L 13–21	1–1	RCA Dome
2002-09-22	3	@ Houston Texans	W 23–3	2–1	Reliant Stadium
2002-10-06	5	vs Cincinnati Bengals	W 28–21	3–1	RCA Dome
2002-10-13	6	vs Baltimore Ravens	W 22–20	4–1	RCA Dome
2002-10-21	7	@ Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–28	4–2	Heinz Field
2002-10-27	8	@ Washington Redskins	L 21–26	4–3	FedExField
2002-11-03	9	vs Tennessee Titans	L 15–23	4–4	RCA Dome
2002-11-10	10	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 35–13	5–4	Veterans Stadium
2002-11-17	11	vs Dallas Cowboys	W 20–3	6–4	RCA Dome
2002-11-24	12	@ Denver Broncos	W 23–20 OT	7–4	Invesco Field at Mile High
2002-12-01	13	vs Houston Texans	W 19–3	8–4	RCA Dome
2002-12-08	14	@ Tennessee Titans	L 17–27	8–5	The Coliseum
2002-12-15	15	@ Cleveland Browns	W 28–23	9–5	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-12-22	16	vs New York Giants	L 27–44	9–6	RCA Dome
2002-12-29	17	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	W 20–13	10–6	RCA Dome
2003-01-04	WC	@ New York Jets	L 0–41		Giants Stadium

Roster (62)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	Brock Huard	QB	6-4	232	Washington	3	ACT
11	Cory Sauter	QB	6-4	216	Minnesota	4	ACT
18	Peyton Manning	QB	6-5	230	Tennessee	4	ACT
36	Jim Finn	FB	6-0	245	Penn	3	ACT
42	Detron Smith	FB	5-10	229	Texas A&M	6	ACT
20	Autry Denson	RB	5-10	203	Notre Dame	3	ACT
23	James Mungro	RB	5-9	214	Syracuse	0	ACT
30	Shyrone Stith	RB	5-8	205	Virginia Tech	2	CUT
32	Edgerrin James	RB	6-0	219	Miami	3	ACT
35	Ricky Williams	RB	5-7	195	Texas Tech	0	ACT
15	Adam Herzing	WR	6-3	190	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	0	ACT
83	Qadry Ismail	WR	6-0	196	Syracuse	9	RES
84	Drew Haddad	WR	5-11	187	Buffalo	2	ACT
86	Troy Walters	WR	5-8	171	Stanford	2	ACT
87	Reggie Wayne	WR	6-0	203	Miami	1	ACT
88	Marvin Harrison	WR	6-0	185	Syracuse	6	ACT
48	Justin Snow	TE	6-3	245	Baylor	2	ACT
80	Joe Dean Davenport	TE	6-6	268	Arkansas	2	ACT
81	Marcus Pollard	TE	6-3	255	Bradley University; Seward County Community Coll	7	ACT
85	Jermaine Wiggins	TE	6-2	260	Georgia; Marshall	3	ACT
85	Mike Roberg	TE	6-4	258	Idaho	1	ACT
61	Rob Murphy	C	6-5	310	Ohio State	3	ACT
63	Jeff Saturday	C	6-2	295	North Carolina	4	ACT
21	Walt Harris	CB	5-11	196	Mississippi State	6	ACT
25	Nick Harper	CB	5-10	182	Fort Valley State College	2	ACT
26	Rodregis Brooks	CB	5-9	185	UAB	2	CUT
27	David Macklin	CB	5-10	197	Penn State	2	ACT
29	Joseph Jefferson	CB	6-1	202	Western Kentucky	0	ACT
31	Clifton Crosby	CB	5-10	179	Maryland	3	ACT
68	Josh Mallard	DE	6-2	265	Georgia	0	ACT
79	Raheem Brock	DE	6-4	274	Temple	0	ACT
91	Chukie Nwokorie	DE	6-3	288	Purdue	3	ACT
92	Chad Bratzke	DE	6-5	270	Eastern Kentucky	8	ACT
93	Dwight Freeney	DE	6-1	268	Syracuse	0	ACT
99	Brad Scioli	DE	6-3	280	Penn State	3	ACT
75	Larry Tripplett	DT	6-2	293	Washington	0	ACT
95	David Pugh	DT	6-2	270	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
96	Josh Williams	DT	6-3	285	Michigan	2	ACT
97	James Cannida	DT	6-2	305	Nevada	4	ACT
20	Joe Walker	FS	5-10	204	Nebraska	1	ACT
28	Idrees Bashir	FS	6-2	198	Memphis	1	ACT
34	Jason Doering	FS	6-0	201	Wisconsin	1	ACT
37	Eric Vance	FS	6-2	218	Vanderbilt	5	ACT
40	Brian Leigeb	FS	6-2	207	Central Michigan	1	ACT
56	Tupe Peko	G	6-4	305	Michigan State; Cerritos College	1	ACT
64	Rick DeMulling	G	6-4	304	Idaho	1	ACT
71	Ryan Diem	G	6-6	320	Northern Illinois	1	ACT
13	Mike Vanderjagt	K	6-5	218	West Virginia; Allan Hancock College	4	ACT
54	Donnel Thompson	MLB	6-0	237	Wisconsin	2	ACT
94	Rob Morris	MLB	6-2	243	BYU	2	ACT
98	Sam Sword	MLB	6-1	244	Michigan	3	ACT
50	David Thornton	OLB	6-2	233	North Carolina	0	ACT
51	Greg Favors	OLB	6-1	244	Mississippi State	4	ACT
52	Mike Peterson	OLB	6-1	226	Florida	3	ACT
53	Marcus Washington	OLB	6-3	244	Auburn	2	ACT
17	Hunter Smith	P	6-2	209	Notre Dame	3	ACT
26	David Gibson	SS	6-1	210	USC	2	ACT
41	Cory Bird	SS	5-10	213	Virginia Tech	1	RES
69	Pete Pierson	T	6-5	303	Washington	8	CUT
73	Adam Meadows	T	6-5	290	Georgia	5	ACT
74	Waverly Jackson	T	6-2	343	Virginia Tech	5	ACT
78	Tarik Glenn	T	6-5	332	California	5	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Jeff Saturday	Rob Murphy
FB	Detron Smith	Jim Finn
LG	Rick DeMulling	Rob Murphy
LT	Tarik Glenn	Waverly Jackson
QB	Peyton Manning	Brock Huard
RB	Edgerrin James	James Mungro
RG	Ryan Diem	Rob Murphy
RT	Adam Meadows	Waverly Jackson
TE	Marcus Pollard	Joe Dean Davenport
WR	Marvin Harrison	Reggie Wayne	Troy Walters

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Idrees Bashir	Jason Doering
LCB	Walt Harris	Nick Harper
LDE	Chad Bratzke	Raheem Brock
LDT	Brad Scioli	Josh Williams
LLB	Mike Peterson	David Thornton
MLB	Rob Morris	Sam Sword
RCB	David Macklin	Clifton Crosby
RDE	Dwight Freeney	Josh Mallard
RDT	Larry Tripplett	James Cannida
RLB	Marcus Washington	Sam Sword
SS	David Gibson	Joe Walker

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Hunter Smith
K	Mike Vanderjagt
KR	Troy Walters
LS	Justin Snow
P	Hunter Smith
PR	Troy Walters	Drew Haddad

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Peyton Manning	QB	1998	6	$46.3M	$7.7M	$11.6M	14.7%
Marvin Harrison	WR	2000	4	$24.5M	$6.1M	$11.5M	9.8%
Dwight Freeney	ED	2002	5	$9.0M	$1.8M	$6.0M	2.5%
Reggie Wayne	WR	2001	5	$6.1M	$1.2M	$2.4M	1.8%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (4)

Date	Trade
2002-04-15	IND → SL: Terrence Wilkins SL → IND: 2002 round 6 pick 183, James Lewis
2002-04-19	IND → SEA: 2002 round 5 pick 146 SEA → IND: Brock Huard
2002-09-01	IND → NOR: 2003 round 7 pick 239 NOR → IND: Ricky Williams
2002-09-24	IND → TB: 2004 round 7 pick 228 TB → IND: David Gibson