The banged-up Indianapolis Colts lost another key player to injury Sunday and a 26-24 road game to the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.
Second-year wide receiver Austin Collie was carted off the field on a stretcher after a scary collision with two Eagles defenders in the second quarter. Team president Bill Polian told CBS Sports that Collie was awake and alert in the locker room and the preliminary diagnosis was a concussion.
The Colts were already playing without several key injured starters, including tight end Dallas Clark, running back Joseph Addai and cornerback Jerraud Powers.
Despite trailing 13-0 at the outset due to sloppy defense, the Colts rallied to take a halftime lead at 17-16. Peyton Manning threw a TD pass to Jacob Tamme. After the Collie collision resulted in a personal-foul penalty, the Colts capitalized with a Javarris James scoring run. Adam Vinatieri kicked a 37-yard field goal just before the end of the first half.
But the Eagles (5-3) scored 10 second-half points and maintained ball control for much of the time in the final quarters. The Colts (5-3) finally rallied late on another James TD run with 1:50 remaining but Asante Samuel intercepted Manning in the final seconds, Samuel?s second INT of the game, to end it.
The Eagles have won 12 in a row after the bye. David Akers? fourth field goal gave Philadelphia a 19-17 lead, then quarterback Michael Vick broke loose on a 32-yard scramble near the end of the third quarter to set up a 1-yard TD sneak early in the fourth.
The Colts had a 13-game November win streak snapped. They fall into a tie with idle Tennessee for first place in the AFC South.
Philadelphia wide receiver DeSean Jackson caught seven passes for 109 yards, including a 58-yarder. He started the scoring with a 9-yard TD catch in the opening quarter.
Vick ran for 75 yards on just nine carries as the Eagles amassed 196 yards rushing. The statistic is consistent with the other two Colts losses, both on the road, when Houston ran for 257 yards and Jacksonville gained 174.
Vick also was efficient throwing the ball as he completed 17-of-29 passes for 218 yards and one TD without an interception.
Manning completed 30-of-51 passes for 287 yards with one TD and two interceptions.
The Colts return home next week to host Cincinnati. The Eagles are at Washington next Monday.
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