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Manning, Colts Get Back On Track With Rout

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By PAUL NEWBERRY, The Associated Press

Published: November 23, 2007

ATLANTA - Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts looked more like themselves Thursday night.

All it took was a trip to Atlanta.

Manning threw three touchdown passes, Antonio Gonzalez had 105 yards receiving and the defending Super Bowl champions, after getting stunned with 10 quick points by the Falcons, rebounded for a 31-13 victory.

Indianapolis (9-2) had struggled the past three weeks, losing twice and pulling out a lackluster win against Kansas City at home. The Colts' malaise carried over to the first quarter at the Georgia Dome, with the Falcons striking for Morten Andersen's 34-yard field goal and Joey Harrington's 48-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White.

But any thoughts the Falcons (3-8) had of pulling off a huge upset were quickly wiped out by Manning. He threw all three of his TD passes in the second quarter, going 23 yards to Reggie Wayne, 8 yards to Dallas Clark and 5 yards to Ben Utecht.

Manning was 22-for-32 for 272 yards.

Atlanta running back Warrick Dunn became the 22nd player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards.

Dunn's 2-yard run up the middle came early in the second quarter, giving him 26 yards on seven carries for the game and an even 10,000 yards in his career. He finished the game with 70 yards.

The Georgia Dome crowd gave him a standing ovation, fireworks went off and Dunn made sure to grab the ball.

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