Colts-49ers: Trickery a Day After Halloween Helps Colts Remain Unbeaten

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Published: November 2, 2009

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... go-ahead touchdown for the Colts, the first perfect rating achieved since Ken Dilger in 2001.

It was not Peyton Manning. Nope, it was running back (former high school quarterback) Joseph Addai.

That’s right—for the first time since Nov. 30, 2008, Manning was held without a throwing touchdown in a game. He left that duty on Sunday to the high school All-American quarterback, Addai.

It was Addai's first career passing TD as a pro, and the result was perfect. Reggie Wayne stretched himself out at the end line to keep both feet in bounds to give the Colts their first lead of the game seven seconds into the final quarter.

“I was just trying to get the ball out there,” Addai said. “In practice, I’m just kind of spotting up there, kind of looking, reading my keys. I don’t really have a key to read, but I kind of sit back there like a real quarterback.”

While Manning did finish the game 31-of-48 for 347 yards, things did not begin the way t...

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