SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 6, 2013
Colts 34, Seahawks 28: Andrew Luck tossed two touchdown passes to T.Y. Hilton and Indianapolis recovered from an early 12-point deficit to hand visiting Seattle its first loss of the season.
Hilton finished with 140 receiving yards and Donald Brown provided the go-ahead points with a 3-yard TD scamper with 8:55 remaining for the Colts (4-1). Cornerback Darius Butler’s interception with 1:23 remaining sealed Indianapolis’ third consecutive victory.
Russell Wilson passed for 210 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a career-high 102 yards for the Seahawks (4-1). Marshawn Lynch also rolled up a season-high 102 yards and Steven Hauschka kicked four field goals.
Hauschka converted kicks of 36 and 41 yards in the third quarter to give the Seahawks a 25-17 lead before Luck (16-for-29, 229 yards) hit Hilton with a 29-yard scoring pass, but the 2-point conversion failed. Hauschka added a 46-yarder with 35 seconds left in the third to make it 28-23 before Brown’s run, Luck’s two-point conversion pass to Reggie Wayne and Adam Vinatieri’s 49-yard field goal gave the Colts a 34-28 lead with 1:55 remaining.
Seattle scored 12 points in the opening 10 minutes before Luck teamed with Hilton on a 73-yard scoring play, and safety Delano Howell returned a blocked field goal 61 yards to give the Colts a 14-12 lead. Wilson connected on a 28-yard scoring pass to Jermaine Kearse to put the Seahawks ahead with 5:57 remaining in the half and Vinatieri kicked a 41-yard field goal five minutes later to pull the Colts within 19-17.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Colts standout LB Robert Mathis recorded his 100th NFL sack on the final play of the first half and added a second one later in the contest to raise his NFL-leading count to 9 1/2. … The 100-yard performance was the 23rd of Lynch’s career, while Hilton’s 100-yard receiving effort is his seventh. … Indianapolis DE Lawrence Guy blocked the field goal that Howell returned for a touchdown and Kearse blocked a punt that resulted in a safety.