After being held in check for most of the day, Andrew Luck once again engineered some fourth quarter magic to lift the Indianapolis Colts to a 25-24 victory over the Cleveland Browns.
Luck had 208 on his 294 yards passing and both of his two touchdown passes in the second half as the Colts managed to rally from a 14-points deficit to pick up the win.
Trailing 24-19 with 3:46 remaining, Luck hit Donte Moncrief for 27 yards on third-and-7 backed up at their own 13-yard line to get their game-winning drive underway. The Colts then picked up 35 yards on a pass interference call against Buster Skrine to move into Cleveland territory.
The Browns forced the Colts into a fourth-and-one at the Cleveland 3-yard line. Boom Herron was stopped two yards shy of the first down off the initial surge but managed to find space on second effort to pick up the first down to set up first-and-goal with less than a minute to play.
Luck then connected with T.Y. Hilton on a 1-yard touchdown to give the Colts the lead. Brian Hoyer was intercepted on the Browns final possession to preserve the victory.
Isaiah Crowell scored on a 9-yard touchdown run to give the Cleveland Browns a 14-7 halftime lead over the Indianapolis Colts.
Brian Hoyer converted two key third downs to help lead the Browns to their go-ahead score. Hoyer hit Travis Benjamin for a 27-yard gain to push back into Colts territory and found Andrew Hawkins for 12 yards on third-and-8, which set up Crowell’s touchdown.
Rookie cornerback Justin Gilbert intercepted Luck and returned 23 yards for a touchdown to give the Browns a 14-point lead. It was the first interception of Gilbert’s career.
Andrew Luck was sacked by Desmond Bryant and stripped by Paul Kruger as he was being driven backward toward the turf. The ball squirted free into the end zone and was recovered by linebacker Craig Robertson to give the Browns a 7-0 lead.
Luck scored on an 11-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7-7.
Hoyer, who is attempting to hold off Johnny Manziel as Cleveland’s starter, completed just 14 of 31 passes for 140 yards and two interceptions. He’s thrown seven interceptions in the last three games.
