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It was the 19th career victory against the
Raiders for Rivers, who broke a tie with Hall of Famer John
Elway for most career starts (29) against the franchise. Rivers,
who completed 19 of 28 passes, also increased his touchdown
passes to 49 and passing yards to 7,347, already the most among
Raiders' opponents. Indianapolis (9-4) moved up to the sixth
seed in the AFC playoff race with its fifth road win in seven
tries this season.
T.Y. Hilton caught five passes for 86 yards and two touchdowns
for the Colts, who rolled up 456 yards in total offense,
including a season-best 212 rushing yards. Kenny Moore II led
the defense with a highlight-reel one-handed interception in the
end zone and also forced a fumble, and Khari Willis added a
53-yard interception return for a touchdown, the team's fourth
pick-six of the season.
Derek Carr passed for 316 yards and two touchdowns and rushed
for another score but was intercepted twice for Las Vegas (7-6).
Nelson Agholor caught five passes for 100 yards and a touchdown
for the Raiders, who fell to just 2-4 at Allegiant Stadium.
Rivers and Hilton hooked up for touchdown passes of seven and 41
yards to go with Rodrigo Blankenship field goals of 25 and 20
yards as Indianapolis built a 20-14 halftime lead.
The Raiders, who got touchdown passes of 47 yards from Carr to
Foster Moreau and 21 yards to Agholor in the first half, cut it
to 20-17 on a 25-yard field goal by Daniel Carlson to cap a
13-play, 68-yard drive to open the second half.
But the Colts needed just five plays to increase their lead back
to 10 points thanks to Taylor's 62-yard run off right tackle,
the longest offensive play of the season for Indianapolis.
Las Vegas cut it to 27-20 on Carlson's 23-yard field goal, but
the Colts answered with a 10-play, 75-yard drive with Taylor
again scoring on a 3-yard run off right tackle to make it 34-20.
One play later, Moore forced a fumble after a short completion
to Hunter Renfrow and Taylor Stallworth recovered at the Las
Vegas 26. Blankenship then booted a 35-yard field goal to
increase Indianapolis' lead to 37-20 with 6:50 to go.
The Colts then sealed the victory four plays later when Carr's
pass went off the hands of Jalen Richard to Willis who returned
it 53 yards up the left sideline to make it 44-20. Carr ended
the scoring with a five-yard touchdown run with 55 seconds left.
--Field Level Media
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