The Indianapolis Colts lost a thrilling overtime road matchup on Sunday Night Football against the Kansas City Chiefs, 33-30.
The Indianapolis Colts (0-2) and Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) put in an early contender for Game of the Year on Sunday, as the host Chiefs came out victorious on Sunday Night Football by a score of 33-30 in overtime.
The game went back and forth from the beginning, featuring nearly 10 lead changes. Here's how it all went down.
FIRST QUARTER
Another game, another opening-drive touchdown for the Colts. They strung together an 11-play drive highlighted by five plays of 10-plus yards, culminating in a short one-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Daniel Jones to tight end Tyler Warren to go up 7-0 with 8:25 left in the first quarter.
The Chiefs responded with a 46-yard field goal by kicker Harrison Butker to make the score 7-3, Colts, with 6:09 left in the first quarter.
At this point, the game began to become eerily similar to the week before, as a Colts touchdown was answered by an opponent's score, which was then followed by a Jones interception. Just as the week before, the Chiefs scored a touchdown after the interception to take the lead, as Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes found tight end Travis Kelce from 13 yards out to take a 10-7 lead with 4:34 left in the first quarter.
SECOND QUARTER
The Colts refused to spiral as they did in last week's loss, as they put together an 11-play drive that amassed just 34 yards, but was good enough to result in a 42-yard field goal by Spencer Shrader to tie the game at 10. The drive was aided by a 38-yard kickoff return by Seth McGowan to put them in good field position.
The Colts got a break on the ensuing Chiefs drive, as Butker missed a 51-yard field goal, wide left.
At the end of a six-play, 28-yard drive, Shrader struck again, this time from 49 yards out, to give the Colts a narrow 13-10 lead with 9:44 remaining in the first half.
The Chiefs had one of their grittiest, most methodical drives of the game next, using a few 10-plus-yard completions in between short gains to get a goal-line connection from Mahomes to receiver Xavier Worthy for six. The extra point made it 17-13 with 2:25 remaining in the first half.
The Colts responded with their own touchdown with just under a minute remaining to give the game yet another lead change. With an eventful drive that featured a 23-yard defensive pass interference call against the Chiefs and offsetting unnecessary roughness penalties against Colts receiver Josh Downs and Chiefs corner L'Jarius Sneed, Colts running back Jonathan Taylor finished the drive with a 24-yard touchdown run down the right side. Shrader's extra point made it 20-17 with 0:59 left in the first half.
THIRD QUARTER
The Chiefs ate up seven minutes on the opening drive of the second half. The Colts got an incredibly impressive goal-line stop on third down near the end of a 14-play drive, but Mahomes found receiver Jalen Royals from a yard out on fourth down to reclaim the lead, 24-20.
The Colts were forced to punt at the end of a four-play drive, giving Kansas City almost complete ownership of the third quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER
The Chiefs began the fourth quarter with the culmination of another lengthy drive. They got a 28-yard field goal from Butker after 13 plays and 81 yards to go up 27-20 with 14:15 remaining in the game.
The Colts formulated their own lengthy drive, going 64 yards in 13 plays, featuring 26 yards on two catches by Downs, and being punctuated by a five-yard touchdown run down the left side by Taylor to tie the game at 27 with 5:37 remaining.
The Colts' defense came up with a huge stop on the ensuing drive, forcing Mahomes and the Chiefs to punt after a five-play drive.
With the pressure of a tie ballgame and just over three minutes remaining, the Colts kept their final drive alive on a critical 3rd-and-4 with a five-yard completion to Downs. Unfortunately, that's all they could muster, punting four plays later.
The Chiefs made it interesting with the clock dwindling, but ultimately, the Colts stopped them without scoring again, sending the game to overtime.
OVERTIME
The Chiefs had another long-running drive in their bag, going 55 yards in 11 plays to get a 31-yard kick out of Butker to go up 30-27 with 5:09 remaining in overtime.
One play into their first OT possession, Jones went 48 yards downfield to Laquon Treadwell, who bobbled the ball and slid to the ground, and fumbled, which was recovered by the Chiefs. The play was reviewed and determined that Treadwell was down by contact, with the Colts retaining possession at the Chiefs' 17-yard line. Ultimately, the Colts got a 38-yard field goal from Shrader to tie it at 30 with 3:11 remaining.
The Chiefs got some big plays out of running back Kenneth Walker III to keep the chains moving and get into Butker's range, as he drilled a 40-yard field goal with no time remaining, winning 33-30.
