Sunday, September 17, 1989
Indianapolis Colts 17, Los Angeles Rams 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts (0-2-0) | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles Rams (2-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| IND | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | RAM | Mike Lansford 40 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| IND | Dean Biasucci 19 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| RAM | Henry Ellard 29 yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Lansford kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | IND | Clarence Verdin 82 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Dean Biasucci kick) | 10 | 10 |
| IND | Eric Dickerson 2 yard rush (Dean Biasucci kick) | 17 | 10 | |
| RAM | Henry Ellard 17 yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Lansford kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 3rd | RAM | Henry Ellard 6 yard pass from Jim Everett (Mike Lansford kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4th | RAM | Greg Bell 2 yard rush (Mike Lansford kick) | 17 | 31 |
| IND | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-120-1 | 28-97-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-33-266-1-1 | 28-35-368-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-16 |
| Net pass yards | 266 | 352 |
| Total yards | 386 | 449 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-38 | 6-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Eric Dickerson | IND | 21 | 116 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Chris Chandler | IND | 20 | 33 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Clarence Verdin | IND | 2 | 83 | 1 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brooks | IND | 5 | 64 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Weathers | IND | 4 | 33 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Andre Rison | IND | 2 | 16 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Albert Bentley | IND | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Pat Beach | IND | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Henry Ellard | RAM | 12 | 230 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jim Everett | RAM | 28 | 35 | 368 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Greg Bell | RAM | 22 | 68 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Flipper Anderson | RAM | 3 | 79 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Pete Holohan | RAM | 4 | 25 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Robert Delpino | RAM | 4 | 21 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Buford McGee | RAM | 4 | 21 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ron J. Brown | RAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| O'Brien Alston | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Michael Ball | IND | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Albert Bentley | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jon Hand | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ezra Johnson | IND | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clarence Verdin | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ron J. Brown | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Gray | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||