INDIANAPOLIS – For the Colts, Peyton Manning was one of the most celebrated and gifted players in club history. He directed offenses that were prolific throughout his career.
Manning's playing career with the club ended on Wednesday. Here is part one of a two-part look at his accomplishments:
MANNING NOTABLE MOMENTS
April 18, 1998 – Selected as first overall pick in NFL Draft.
August 8, 1998 – First NFL pass was 48-yard TD strike to Marvin Harrison at Seattle
(preseason).
September 6, 1998 – Made debut vs. Miami in 24-15 loss.
October 4, 1998 – Won first regular-season game against San Diego, 17-12.
January 16, 2000 – First playoff game with club was 19-16 loss to Tennessee.
November 11, 2001 – Missed one play with injury vs. Miami, the only one missed until 2011.
September 28, 2003 – Had club-record six touchdown passes in 55-21 win at New Orleans.
October 6, 2003 – Led 38-35 OT win at Tampa Bay as team erased 35-14 deficit in last four
minutes, an NFL first.
January 2, 2004 – Won first NFL Most Valuable Player honor (shared with Steve McNair).
September 26, 2004 – Had five TD passes as club threw on game's first 22 plays in 45-31 win
over Green Bay and QB-Brett Favre.
October 31, 2004 – Set club record with 472 passing yards at Kansas City.
December 26, 2004 – Set NFL seasonal record with 49th TD pass (to Brandon Stokley) vs. San Diego, a mark held by QB-Dan Marino.
January 10, 2005 – Won second NFL MVP award.
October 17, 2005 – Hit 86th TD pass to Marvin Harrison to set NFL duo mark for QB-WR.
September 10, 2006 – Faced Eli Manning, at NY Giants in first game pitting brothers as QBs.
January 21, 2007 – Helped Colts to 38-34 win over New England in AFC Championship game
to earn berth in Super Bowl XLI. Team trailed 21-3 in posting best-ever title game comeback.
February 4, 2007 – Named MVP as Colts defeated Chicago, 29-17, in Super Bowl XLI for
franchise's first World Championship since 1970.
January 2, 2009 – Won third MVP award, joining QB-Brett Favre as only three-time recipients.
December 6, 2009 – 27-17 win over Tennessee extended NFL record with 7th straight 12 -win
season.
December 13, 2009 – 28-16 win over Denver set NFL record with 22 straight regular season
victories; was club's 114th decade win, setting another NFL record.
December 17, 2009 – Colts set NFL mark for consecutive wins (23) and decade wins (115) in
NFL record seventh fourth-quarter comeback of season, 35-31 at Jacksonville.
January 9, 2010 – Became NFL's only four-time MVP winner.
February 7, 2010 – Club fell in Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17 to New Orleans.
MANNING MISCELLANEOUS
Targets of 399 touchdowns (Regular season): 112, Marvin Harrison; 67, Reggie Wayne; 44, Dallas Clark; 34, Marcus Pollard; 15, Austin Collie; Brandon Stokley; 11, Edgerrin James; 10, Pierre Garcon; 9, Joseph Addai; 7, Anthony Gonzalez; Ken Dilger; Torrance Small; Terrence Wilkins; 6, Jerome Pathon; 5, Blair White; Bryan Fletcher; 4, Marshall Faulk; Dominic Rhodes; Jacob Tamme; Troy Walters; 3, Qadry Ismail; James Mungro; 2, E.G. Green; Ben Utecht; Ricky Williams; 1, Jim Finn; Trevor Insley; Kenton Keith; Dan Klecko; Luke Lawton; Aaron Moorehead; Gijon Robinson; Tom Santi; Lamont Warren; Mike Roberg.
COLTS RECORDS (Regular season)
Career
Games played: 208
Consecutive games played: 208
Passing touchdowns: 399
Passing yards: 54,828
Pass attempts: 7,210
Pass completions: 4,682
Completion pct.: 64.9
Passer rating: 94.9
300-yard games: 63
Season
Passing touchdowns: 49 (2004)
Passing yards: 4,700 (2010)
Pass attempts: 679 (2010)
Pass completions: 450 (2010)
Completion pct.: 68.8 (2009)
Passer rating: 121.1 (2004)
300-yard games: 9
Game
Passing touchdowns: 6 (at New Orleans, 9/28/2003; at Detroit, 11/25/2004)
Passing yards: 472 (at Kansas City, 10/31/2004)
Pass completions: 40 (at Houston, 9/12/2010)
Completion pct.: 87.5 (14-of-16, vs. Tennessee, 12/30/2007)
NFL CAREER RANKINGS
Wins: Fourth (141)
Touchdown passes: Third (399)
Yards: Third (54,828)
Completions: Third (4,682)
Attempts: Fourth (7,210)
Completion pct.: Fifth (64.9)
Passer rating: Sixth (94.9)
*PERFECT RATING GAMES *(158.3 passer rating games)
vs. Denver, 1/4/2004 – 22-26-377, 5 TDs, 41-10 win (playoffs)
at New Orleans, 9/28/2003 – 20-25-314, 6 TDs, 55-21 win
at Philadelphia, 11/10/2002 – 18-23-319, 3 TDs, 35-13 win
vs. New England, 10/22/2000 – 16-20-268, 3 TDs, 30-23 win
COLTS RECORD WITH PEYTON MANNING AT QB (Regular season)
Games: 208
Record: 141-67 (.678)
Home: 76-28 (.731)
Away: 65-39 (.625)
On Grass: 46-28 (.622)
On Turf: 95-39 (.709)
vs. AFC: 107-49 (.686)
vs. NFC: 34-18 (.654)
In overtime: 3-2 (.600)
With 0 TD passes: 14-12 (.538)
With 3 or more TDs: 50-14 (.781)
With 0 interceptions: 72-13 (.847)
With 3 or more interceptions: 1-14 (.067)
With 299 yards passing or less: 103-42 (.710)
With 300 yards passing or more: 38-25 (.603)
MANNING FIRSTS
NFL appearance – August 8, 1998 preseason game at Seattle, 24-21 loss.
NFL regular season game – September 6, 1998 vs. Miami, 24-15 loss.
Pass attempt – September 6, 1998 vs. Miami, to RB-Marshall Faulk on first offensive play.
Completion – September 6, 1998 vs. Miami, to RB-Marshall Faulk for 15 yards.
Interception – September 6, 1998 vs. Miami, by CB-Terrell Buckley in second quarter.
Passing touchdown – September 6, 1998 vs. Miami, to WR-Marvin Harrison for 6 yards.
Rushing touchdown – September 26, 1999 at San Diego for 12 yards.
Comeback win – November 15, 1998 vs. NY Jets, 24-23 win (14t pass to TE-Marcus Pollard).
Playoff appearance – January 16, 2000 vs. Tennessee, 19-16 loss (Divisional Playoffs).
Playoff win – January 4, 2004 vs. Denver, 41-10 (Divisional Playoffs).
Super Bowl appearance – February 4, 2007 vs. Chicago, 29-17 win in Dolphin Stadium.
