2008 Wild Card · Sat, Jan 3, 2009 · Qualcomm Stadium
Indianapolis Colts
17
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San Diego ChargersWinner
23
IND -1.5 upsetU 49 ✓
San Diego Chargers 23–17.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · IND
25/42, 310 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
7.4 expected points added · -3.4% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Indianapolis Colts
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Manning | 25/42 | 310 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.4 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Addai | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 1 | -2.8 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Dallas Clark | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 1.1 |
| Peyton Manning | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -0.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Session | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sanders | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Jennings | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Keiwan Ratliff | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Antoine Bethea | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Mathis | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyjuan Hagler | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Keiaho | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Bullitt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Antonio Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego Chargers
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- IND -1.5
- Closing total
- 49
- IND moneyline
- -128
- SD moneyline
- +118
Colts closed -1.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 49; the game landed 40 — under by 9.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Qualcomm Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 53°F, wind 8 mph
- Referee
- Ron Winter
- Rest
- IND 6 days · SD 6 days
- Coaches
- Tony Dungy vs Norv Turner