Wild Card Round: Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts (RCA Dome), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sat January 6, 2007 at 4:35pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts at RCA Dome 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. Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in RCA Dome shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Kansas City Chiefs versus Indianapolis Colts 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 Kansas City Chiefs-Indianapolis Colts 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 12-4 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 10-6 | W3 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-10 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens | 13-3 | W4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | L3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-8 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | W1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-8 | L3 |
| Tennessee Titans | 8-8 | L1 |
| Houston Texans | 6-10 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 14-2 | W10 |
| Denver Broncos | 9-7 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2-14 | L9 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | W1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | W3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7-9 | W1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | W5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 5-11 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 13-3 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | W4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | L3 |
| Detroit Lions | 3-13 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | L1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | W2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-12 | L1 |
2007-01-06 AFC Wildcard Game Kansas City Chiefs vs Indianapolis Colts
1/6/2007 Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts AFC Wild Card Playoff
2007 Wild card Chiefs vs Colts
Nintendo AFC wild card Saturday intro 2006-07 Kansas City Chiefs vs Indianapolis Colts 
2006 Chiefs @ Colts AFC Wild Card HighlightsKansas City Chiefs None, Indianapolis Colts None
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 00888 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 69162323 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Adam Vinatieri 48 yard field goal | 0-3 |
| Colts | Adam Vinatieri 19 yard field goal | 0-6 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Adam Vinatieri 50 yard field goal | 0-9 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Joseph Addai 6 yard rush ( Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0-16 |
| Chiefs | Tony Gonzalez 6 yard pass from Trent Green ( Kris Wilson pass from Trent Green ) | 8-16 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colts | Reggie Wayne 5 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Adam Vinatieri kick) | 8-23 |
Indianapolis Colts defeated Kansas City Chiefs 23-8 at RCA Dome in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Colts: Reggie Wayne 5 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Adam Vinatieri kick). Top line of the day: Peyton Manning: 268 pass yards on 30-of-38, 1 TD, 3 INT. Indianapolis Colts advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Indianapolis Colts walked out of RCA Dome as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Kansas City Chiefs will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 23-8. The final scoring play came from Colts: Reggie Wayne 5 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Adam Vinatieri kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Indianapolis Colts advance to the divisional round.
Indianapolis Colts 23, Kansas City Chiefs 8. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 57215. Q1: 2 scoring plays. Q2: 1 scoring play. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Peyton Manning: 268 pass yards on 30-of-38, 1 TD, 3 INT
- Joseph Addai: 122 rush yards on 25 carries
- Dallas Clark: 9 catches for 103 yards
Wild Card Round, played at RCA Dome. Final: Kansas City Chiefs 8, Indianapolis Colts 23, with Indianapolis Colts taking the result by 15. **First quarter**
- Colts: Adam Vinatieri 48 yard field goal
- Colts: Adam Vinatieri 19 yard field goal
Second quarter
- Colts: Adam Vinatieri 50 yard field goal
Third quarter
- Colts: Joseph Addai 6 yard rush ( Adam Vinatieri kick)
- Chiefs: Tony Gonzalez 6 yard pass from Trent Green ( Kris Wilson pass from Trent Green )
Fourth quarter
- Colts: Reggie Wayne 5 yard pass from Peyton Manning ( Adam Vinatieri kick)
Top performers
- Peyton Manning: 268 pass yards on 30-of-38, 1 TD, 3 INT
- Joseph Addai: 122 rush yards on 25 carries
- Dallas Clark: 9 catches for 103 yards
| Chiefs | Colts | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 7 | 28 |
| Total Yards | 126 | 435 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 14/24 | 31/39 |
| Pass yards | 107 | 252 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 2 | 3 |
| Sacks taken | 4 | 1 |
| Sack yards lost | 25 | 5 |
| Net pass yards | 82 | 247 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 17 | 40 |
| Rush yards | 44 | 188 |
| Rush TD | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 2 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | 2 | 3 |
| Penalty yards | 13 | 40 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | |||||
| Trent Green | 14/24 | 107 | 1 | 2 | |
| IND | |||||
| Peyton Manning | 30/38 | 268 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hunter Smith | 1/1 | -16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 13 | 32 | 0 | 6 |
| Dante Hall | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 |
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Trent Green | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
| IND | ||||
| Joseph Addai | 25 | 122 | 1 | 14 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 13 | 68 | 0 | 25 |
| Peyton Manning | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAN | ||||
| Larry Johnson | 5 | 29 | 0 | 13 |
| Kris Wilson | 2 | 29 | 0 | 24 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 25 | 1 | 9 |
| Dante Hall | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| IND | ||||
| Dallas Clark | 9 | 103 | 0 | 21 |
| Marvin Harrison | 2 | 48 | 0 | 42 |
| Reggie Wayne | 5 | 36 | 1 | 11 |
| Joseph Addai | 7 | 26 | 0 | 16 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 |
| Aaron Moorehead | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| Ben Utecht | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Bryan Fletcher | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 |
| Rocky Boiman | 1 | -16 | 0 | -16 |
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