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National Football League
New England 38, Indianapolis 24
When: 8:20 PM ET, Thursday, October 4, 2018
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Temperature: 66°
Head Official: Shawn Hochuli
Attendance: 65878

Tom Brady racked up 341 passing yards and four total touchdowns, and the host New England Patriots put away the battered Indianapolis Colts 38-24 on Thursday night in Foxborough, Mass.

Trailing 24-3 at half, the Colts (1-4) climbed within 24-17 behind a pair of Andrew Luck touchdown passes and two Brady interceptions, each of which went off a teammate's hands.

But Brady, who finished 34 of 44, restored the lead to 14 with a 34-yard floater to a double-covered Josh Gordon with 9:19 remaining. It was Gordon's first score for New England and Brady's 500th career touchdown pass, eight back of Brett Favre for second on the all-time list. Peyton Manning is first with 539.

The Patriots (3-2) put it away just over two minutes later. One play after Jonathan Jones intercepted a pass that went off Colts wideout Zach Pascal's hands, Patriots rookie Sony Michel romped 34 yards to make it 38-17.

James White totaled 10 catches for 77 yards and a score. Julian Edelman had seven grabs for 57 yards in his first regular-season game since 2016. He missed 2017 with a torn ACL and the first four games this year due to a PED suspension.

Luck finished 38 of 59 for 365 yards, three TD passes and two picks while playing without five offensive starters, including wide receiver T.Y. Hilton. Equally banged-up on defense, the Colts ruled out nine players before kickoff and then lost three others to injury during the game.

Brady dissected Indy from the opening kickoff, starting 14 of 15 for 123 yards and two scores (one rushing), with the only incompletion an Edelman drop. Brady sandwiched TD tosses to Cordarrelle Patterson and White around a 1-yard QB sneak before the break.

The Colts managed just a 54-yard Adam Vinatieri field goal before halftime. Vinatieri missed an earlier attempt off the left upright from 38 yards.

Indianapolis tight ends Eric Ebron and Erik Swoope scored from 14 and 13 yards, respectively, in the second half. The latter was set up by an interception that went off Gronkowski's hands, 2 1/2 minutes after Patriots wideout Chris Hogan dropped a throw that was picked.

Ebron (nine catches, 105 yards, two TDs) tacked on a 1-yard TD catch with 1:11 left for the final margin.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Rushing
Indianapolis   New England
Nyheim Hines Player Sony Michel
15 Attempts 18
45 Yards 98
3.0 Avg Yards 5.4
0 Touchdowns 1
9 Long 34
Receiving
Indianapolis   New England
Eric Ebron Player James White
9 Receptions 10
105 Yards 77
11.7 Avg Yards 7.7
2 Touchdowns 1
28 Long 18
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Indianapolis 439 84 355 3 1 2 0.0 0
New England 438 97 341 5 1 2 1.0 1
Upcoming Games
  • New England will play their next game at home against Kansas City. The Patriots have a W/L % of .667 after a win and .500 after a loss.
  • Indianapolis will play their next game on the road against N.Y. Jets. The Colts have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .333 after a loss.