Wild Card Round: Indianapolis Colts at Miami Dolphins (Pro Player Stadium), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat December 30, 2000 at 12:33pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Indianapolis Colts at Miami Dolphins at Pro Player Stadium is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Indianapolis Colts and Miami Dolphins are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Pro Player Stadium shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Indianapolis Colts versus Miami Dolphins in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Indianapolis Colts-Miami Dolphins cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Titans | 13-3 | W4 |
| Baltimore Ravens | 12-4 | W7 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-7 | W2 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-9 | L2 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | L1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 3-13 | L5 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 11-5 | W1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 10-6 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 9-7 | L3 |
| Buffalo Bills | 8-8 | W1 |
| New England Patriots | 5-11 | L1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland Raiders | 12-4 | W1 |
| Denver Broncos | 11-5 | W1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7-9 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 6-10 | L1 |
| San Diego Chargers | 1-15 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | L1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 10-6 | W1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6-10 | L1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 4-12 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 11-5 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-6 | L1 |
| Detroit Lions | 9-7 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W4 |
| Chicago Bears | 5-11 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 12-4 | W5 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 11-5 | W2 |
| Washington Redskins | 8-8 | W1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 5-11 | L2 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 3-13 | -- |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 314141717 |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0071723 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 32 yard field goal | 3-0 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 26 yard field goal | 6-0 |
| Colts | Jerome Pathon 17 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Ken Dilger pass from Peyton Manning ) | 14-0 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Lamar Smith 2 yard rush ( Olindo Mare kick) | 14-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Olindo Mare 38 yard field goal | 14-10 |
| Colts | Mike Vanderjagt 50 yard field goal | 17-10 |
| Dolphins | Jed Weaver 9 yard pass from Jay Fiedler ( Olindo Mare kick) | 17-17 |
| OT | ||
| Dolphins | Lamar Smith 17 yard rush | 17-23 |
Miami Dolphins defeated Indianapolis Colts 23-17 at Pro Player Stadium in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Dolphins: Lamar Smith 17 yard rush. Top line of the day: Peyton Manning: 194 pass yards on 17-of-32, 1 TD, 0 INT. Miami Dolphins advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Miami Dolphins walked out of Pro Player Stadium as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Indianapolis Colts will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 23-17. A one-score game throughout. The decisive points came on the fewest possible margin, which is how these matchups usually resolve. The final scoring play came from Dolphins: Lamar Smith 17 yard rush. Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Miami Dolphins advance to the divisional round.
Miami Dolphins 23, Indianapolis Colts 17. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 73193. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 3 scoring plays. OT: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Peyton Manning: 194 pass yards on 17-of-32, 1 TD, 0 INT
- Lamar Smith: 209 rush yards on 40 carries
- Jerome Pathon: 5 catches for 69 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Pro Player Stadium. Final: Indianapolis Colts 17, Miami Dolphins 23, with Miami Dolphins taking the result by 6. **First quarter**
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 32 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 26 yard field goal
- Colts: Jerome Pathon 17 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Ken Dilger pass from Peyton Manning )
Third quarter
- Dolphins: Lamar Smith 2 yard rush ( Olindo Mare kick)
Fourth quarter
- Dolphins: Olindo Mare 38 yard field goal
- Colts: Mike Vanderjagt 50 yard field goal
- Dolphins: Jed Weaver 9 yard pass from Jay Fiedler ( Olindo Mare kick)
Overtime
- Dolphins: Lamar Smith 17 yard rush
Top performers
- Peyton Manning: 194 pass yards on 17-of-32, 1 TD, 0 INT
- Lamar Smith: 209 rush yards on 40 carries
- Jerome Pathon: 5 catches for 69 yards
| Colts | Dolphins | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 14 | 26 |
| Total Yards | 293 | 434 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 17/32 | 19/34 |
| Pass yards | 194 | 185 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 3 |
| Sacks taken | 0 | 2 |
| Sack yards lost | 0 | 9 |
| Net pass yards | 194 | 176 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 23 | 48 |
| Rush yards | 99 | 258 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 2 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 1 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 10 | 55 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | |||||
| Peyton Manning | 17/32 | 194 | 1 | 0 | |
| MIA | |||||
| Jay Fiedler | 19/34 | 185 | 1 | 3 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | ||||
| Edgerrin James | 21 | 107 | 0 | 34 |
| Peyton Manning | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Hunter Smith | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| MIA | ||||
| Lamar Smith | 40 | 209 | 2 | 24 |
| Jay Fiedler | 7 | 43 | 0 | 11 |
| Tony Martin | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | ||||
| Jerome Pathon | 5 | 69 | 1 | 25 |
| Marvin Harrison | 5 | 63 | 0 | 30 |
| Edgerrin James | 3 | 33 | 0 | 13 |
| Ken Dilger | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| Marcus Pollard | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| MIA | ||||
| O.J. McDuffie | 4 | 57 | 0 | 19 |
| Oronde Gadsden | 4 | 38 | 0 | 13 |
| Tony Martin | 2 | 21 | 0 | 12 |
| Lamar Smith | 3 | 18 | 0 | 8 |
| J.J. Johnson | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Autry Denson | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| Jed Weaver | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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