Week #11
Sunday, Nov.25, at RCA Dome, 10:00am PDT
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San Francisco 49ers' defensive backs Rashad Holman (26) and Ahmed Plummer (rear) jump on teammate Zack Bronson (31) in the end zone to celebrate after Bronson intercepted a pass and ran it 48 yards for a touchdown, November 25, 2001 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning threw the interception pass. REUTERS/Brent Smith
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The 49ers probably didn't need a lot of help Sunday. The Colts gave them plenty, anyway.

San Francisco scored 23 points off turnovers, Garrison Hearst ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, and Jeff Garcia threw for two scores to lead San Francisco past Indianapolis 40-21.

It was the third consecutive loss for the Colts (4-6) their fourth straight at home - and this one was of their own making.

Peyton Manning threw three second-half interceptions, and the 49ers turned each of those gifts into a touchdown. He was 31-of-51 for 370 yards and one touchdown but threw a career high four interceptions and was pulled in the final two minutes.

When Mark Rypien was announced as Manning's replacement, the fans that were left cheered.

The turnovers weren't the Colts' only miscues - Indianapolis was called for two personal fouls in the first half and both led to scores for San Francisco.

Indianapolis missed tackles, broke down in coverage, and the 49ers (8-2) took advantage repeatedly to turn a 21-20 deficit into a rout. San Francisco's offense proved particularly efficient: At one juncture, it had run 35 plays and scored 27 points.

Garcia completed 14 of 22 passes for 179 yards and the two touchdowns, Terrell Owens caught six passes for 103 yards and TD, and Hearst averaged 8.8 yards on his 12 carries.

The Colts' woes began when Manning missed Trevor Insley with a pass, and Zack Bronson ran an interception back 48 yards for a touchdown. It was the fifth time this season Manning had an interception returned for a TD.

Six plays after that, Manning's pass bounced out of Insley's hands and to Rashad Holman for another interception. Two plays later, Garcia connected with Owens on a 35-yard TD pass that made it 33-21 seven seconds into the fourth quarter.

Then Ahmed Plummer intercepted another pass by Manning, and the 49ers got a 43-yard TD run from Hearst to seal the victory.

Running back Dominic Rhodes, playing in place of the injured Edgerrin James, gained 102 yards but lost a fumble at San Francisco's 27 when Indianapolis could have regained the lead early in the fourth quarter.

The Colts actually looked good at the outset, consuming more than half of the first quarter with a 14-play, 85-yard drive capped by Rhodes' 1-yard touchdown run.

But then Colts rookie safety Jason Doering, starting for the injured Idrees Bashir, was called for the first-half personal fouls that led to scores: Jose Cortez's 30-yard field goal and Garcia's 5-yard touchdown pass to J.J. Stokes that put the 49ers up 10-7.

The Colts regained the lead at 14-10 on Manning's touchdown toss to Marvin Harrison 1:57 before halftime.

Then the 49ers went back on top with a 28-yard touchdown run from Hearst - his first rushing score since Dec. 1, 1998 against Detroit. Hearst missed the past two seasons after breaking his leg in a playoff game in January 1999.

Manning followed with an interception, which led to Cortez's 46-yard field goal and a 20-14 halftime lead for the 49ers.

Rhodes pounded the ball into the end zone from a yard out early in the third quarter to give Indianapolis a 21-20 lead. That was the last thing that went right for the Colts.


 

   
 
FINAL
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
San Francisco
3
17
7
13
40
Indianapolis
7
7
7
0
21
   
    
SCORING SUMMARY SFO IND
1st Quarter
IND TD Dominic Rhodes (IND) rushed right side for a 1 yard touchdown. Extra point by Mike Vanderjagt (IND) is good.
0
7
SFO FG 30 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
3
7
2nd Quarter
SFO TD Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass right side complete to J.J. Stokes (SFO) for a 5 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
10
7
IND TD Peyton Manning (IND) pass right side complete to Marvin Harrison (IND) for a 15 yard touchdown. Extra point by Mike Vanderjagt (IND) is good.
10
14
SFO TD Garrison Hearst (SFO) rushed right side for a 28 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
17
14
SFO FG 46 yard field goal by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
20
14
3rd Quarter
IND TD Dominic Rhodes (IND) rushed up the middle for a 1 yard touchdown. Extra point by Mike Vanderjagt (IND) is good.
20
21
SFO TD Peyton Manning (IND) pass across the middle intercepted by Zack Bronson (SFO). Returned for a 48 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
27
21
4th Quarter
SFO TD Jeff Garcia (SFO) pass right side complete to Terrell Owens (SFO) for a 35 yard touchdown. 2-pts conversion failed.
33
21
SFO TD Garrison Hearst (SFO) rushed right side for a 43 yard touchdown. Extra point by Jose Cortez (SFO) is good.
40
21
    
    
 
TEAM STATISTICS
SFO
IND
FIRST DOWNS 18 32
Passing 9 21
Rushing 6 10
Penalty 3 1
 
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-7 4-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 1-2
 
TOTAL NET YARDS 340 491
Total plays 48 84
Average gain 7.1 5.8
 
NET YARDS RUSHING 171 127
Rushes 23 32
Average per rush 7.4 4.0
 
NET YARDS PASSING 169 364
Completion-attempted 14-22 31-51
Yards per pass 7.7 7.1
Sacked-yards lost 3-10 1-6
Had intercepted 1 4
 
PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-43.8 3-41.3
 
RETURN-YARDAGE 218 168
Punts-returns 1-14 4-32
Kickoffs-returns 4-130 5-123
Interceptions-returns 4-74 1-13
 
PENALTIES-YARDS 8-59 7-80
FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 1-1
    
   

Passing
49ERS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Jeff Garcia 14 22 179 63.6 8.14 3 10 2 1
COLTS CMP ATT YDS PCT YPA SACK SYDS TD INT
Peyton Manning 31 51 370 60.8 7.25 1 6 1 4

Rushing
49ERS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Garrison Hearst 12 106 8.8 43 2 0
Kevan Barlow 8 42 5.2 13 0 0
Fred Beasley 3 23 7.7 16 0 0
COLTS ATT YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Dominic Rhodes 27 104 3.9 17 2 0
Peyton Manning 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

Receiving
49ERS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Terrell Owens 6 103 17.2 35 1 0
J.J. Stokes 4 43 10.8 25 1 0
Eric Johnson 3 27 9.0 14 0 0
Garrison Hearst 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
COLTS REC YDS AVG LONG TD FUM
Marvin Harrison 8 128 16.0 39 1 0
Terrence Wilkins 8 87 10.9 23 0 0
Trevor Insley 5 62 12.4 26 0 0
Dominic Rhodes 6 43 7.2 18 0 0
Ken Dilger 3 28 9.3 10 0 0
Marcus Pollard 1 22 22.0 22 0 0

Kicking
49ERS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
Jose Cortez 2 2 100.0 -- 4 4 100.0 10
COLTS FGA FGM PCT LNG XPA XPM PCT PTS
Mike Vanderjagt 1 0 0.0 -- 3 3 100.0 3

Punting
49ERS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Jason Baker 6 42.5 -- -- -- --
COLTS PUNTS AVG LONG BLOCKED IN 20 TOUCHBACKS
Hunter Smith 3 41.3 -- -- -- --

Kick/Punt Returns
49ERS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
Vinny Sutherland 4 134 33.5 -- -- 1 14 14.0 -- --
COLTS KR YDS AVG LONG TD PR YDS AVG LONG TD
Terrence Wilkins 5 102 20.4 -- -- 4 24 6.0 -- --

Defense
49ERS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS INT/TD
Derek Smith 12 8 4 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Lance Schulters 7 6 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ahmed Plummer 6 6 0 0.0 0 0 2 -- --
Jamie Winborn 6 4 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chike Okeafor 5 3 2 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Julian Peterson 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jason Webster 5 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jeff Ulbrich 5 4 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Zack Bronson 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 1 -- --
Rashad Holman 4 4 0 0.0 0 0 1 -- --
Bryant Young 4 3 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
John Engelberger 4 4 0 1.0 6 1 0 -- --
Dana Stubblefield 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Bobby Setzer 2 1 1 0.0 0 1 0 -- --
George McCullough 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ronnie Heard 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
COLTS TOT SOLO AST SCK YDS FF INT YDS INT/TD
Rob Morris 9 6 3 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Jason Doering 9 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chad Bratzke 8 7 1 2.0 10 0 0 -- --
Jeff Burris 3 3 0 0.0 0 0 1 -- --
Nick Harper 3 2 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Mike Morton 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ellis Johnson 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chad Cota 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Ryan Phillips 2 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
T Brady 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Thomas Smith 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Mike Wells 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Chukie Nwokorie 1 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 -- --
David Macklin 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 -- --
Josh Williams 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 -- --

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