NEW YORK JETS (11-5) At INDIANAPOLIS (10-6)
Saturday, 8 p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE – Indianapolis by 3
RECORD VS. SPREAD – NY Jets 9-7; Indianapolis 8-7-1
SERIES RECORD – Colts lead 41-28
LAST MEETING – Colts beat Jets 30-17, Jan. 24, 2010
LAST WEEK – Jets beat Bills 38-7, Colts beat Titans 23-20
JETS OFFENSE – OVERALL (11), RUSH (4), PASS (22)
JETS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (3), PASS (6)
COLTS OFFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (29), PASS (1)
COLTS DEFENSE – OVERALL (20), RUSH (25), PASS (13)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Teams meeting for third time since Dec. 2009. … Jets made playoffs despite losing three of last five. … New York was 6-2 in road games this season. … Jets have beaten Indy in two of three postseason matchups, including 16-7 win in 1969 Super Bowl. Jets lost to Colts 30-17 in last season’s AFC title game. … DE Shaun Ellis will break club record for most postseason games played. He’s tied with James Dearth (nine). … Coach Rex Ryan is 1-5 against Peyton Manning as Jets coach and Ravens defensive coordinator. … QB Mark Sanchez completed 41 of 68 for 539 yards with four TDs and two interceptions in playoffs last year. … Jets defense has allowed only one 100-yard runner this season (Bears’ Matt Forte, 113 yards on Dec. 26). … Three of top five active players in sacks will be on field – Jets’ Jason Taylor (131 1/2) and Trevor Pryce (91) and Colts’ Dwight Freeney (94). … New York punter Steve Weatherford played prep ball in Terre Haute, Ind., former home of Colts’ training camp. … Indy making record-tying ninth straight playoff appearance. … Colts have won four straight and three of last four in Jets series. … Manning is 8-5 all-time vs. Jets with 16 TDs and 13 INTs and is 6-3 all-time in home playoff games. … Manning needs 26 completions to pass Joe Montana (460) for second all-time in postseason and two TD passes to crack top five. . … Reggie Wayne (82 receptions) needs six catches to move into second in playoff history, passing Michael Irvin (87) and Andre Reed (85). Wayne also needs 41 yards receiving to pass Fred Biletnikoff (1,167) for fifth all-time. … Wayne (nine) needs two TD receptions to move into third all-time, behind Jerry Rice (22) and John Stallworth (12). … Colts were No. 1 in red zone TD efficiency, scoring 38 TDs in 56 chances (67.9 percent). … Indy also led NFL in third-down conversions in red zone, 56.3 percent, and in points scored in final two minutes of half, with 95. … Colts defense has held last four opponents to average of 79.8 y ards per game rushing, while Colts offense has three straight 100-yard rushing games. … K Adam Vinatieri is 35 of 38 on field goals vs. Jets in career.
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