Buccaneers-Colts Capsule
Nov 25, 2015 - 7:30 PM TAMPA BAY (5-5) at INDIANAPOLIS (5-5)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE - Colts by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Buccaneers 6-4, Colts 5-5
SERIES RECORD - Colts lead 7-5
LAST MEETING - Buccaneers beat Colts 24-17, Oct. 3, 2011
LAST WEEK - Buccaneers beat Eagles 45-17; Colts beat Falcons 24-21
AP PRO32 RANKING - Buccaneers No. 17, Colts No. 12
BUCCANEERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (9), RUSH (2), PASS (23).
BUCCANEERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (13), RUSH (14), PASS (13).
COLTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (18), RUSH (20), PASS (15).
COLTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (27), RUSH (21), PASS (29).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Tampa Bay has won two straight and three of last four. ... Bucs have three road wins this season. ... QB Jameis Winston threw five touchdown passes last week, giving him 15 for season, four short of tying Bucs' rookie record. ... Tampa Bay has forced at least one turnover in 17 consecutive games, longest active streak in NFL. ... RB Doug Martin is tied with Warrick Dunn for second-most 100-yard games (11) in franchise history and needs 59 yards to become second 1,000-yard rusher in league in 2015. ... Win would tie Colts' longest winning streak (three) and put them over .500 for second time this season. ... Forty-year-old QB Matt Hasselbeck is 3-0 in relief of Andrew Luck, who is expected to miss Sunday's game with lacerated kidney and partially torn abdominal muscle. ... Hasselbeck needs five pass attempts to surpass John Unitas (5,186) for 19th, and 24 passes to move past Boomer Esiason (5,205) for No. 18 on NFL's career list for attempts. ... RB Frank Gore needs 42 yards from scrimmage to move past Hall of Famer Jim Brown (14,811). ... WR Andre Johnson needs 35 yards receiving to move into NFL's top 10 for career. ... K Adam Vinatieri can tie John Carney for ninth in league history with 301 games played. ... Fantasy Tip: Colts RB Ahmad Bradshaw could be sneaky play. He caught two TD passes last week after catching career-high six in 2014.
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