The Minnesota Vikings won the toss on Sunday night and elected to defer, so the Indianapolis Colts got the ball first.
Jonathan Taylor gashed the Vikings for 22 yards on his first three carries — with a 22-yard third-down reception by Kyren Granson mixed in — but inexplicably fumbled the first-down handoff from the 30.
Harrison Smith recovered it and the Vikings were in business.
Little did we know then, but that was about as close as the Colts would get to an offensive touchdown on the night. They did reach the 23-yard line early in the fourth quarter when Matt Gay made it a 14-10 game with 12:41 left — but that’s all the further the Indianapolis offense advanced on a night it was outgained 415-227 and lost the time-of-possession battle, 36:54-23:06.