约瑟夫·阿代（Joseph Addai）2次冲球达阵，亚当·维纳蒂里（Adam Vinatieri）3次点球命中，帮助印第安纳波利斯小马以30-24客场战胜休斯敦德州人，从而在新赛季保持不败，3战3捷。而德州人遭遇赛季首败，战绩被改写成2胜1负。

　　比赛中，德州人的明星接球手安德烈·约翰逊（Andre Johnson）因伤未能登场。比赛结束之后，伤病名单中又增加了3名进攻组的主力球员。同时防守截锋塞德里克·基林斯（Cedric Killings）在比赛中和小马接球手罗伊·霍尔（Roy Hall）头部相撞，被担架抬离场。

　　跑卫阿曼·格林（Ahman Green）在第二节的第一个进攻轮次中也弄伤了膝盖，他的替补伦·戴恩（Ron Dayne）因为肋部淤伤也不能登场，所以在比赛剩下的时间里德州人只能依靠第三跑卫萨姆康·加多（Samkon Gado）。约翰逊上周扭伤了膝盖，顶替他出场的新秀雅各布·琼斯（Jacoby Jones）在第三节肩部受伤离场。中锋史蒂夫·麦肯尼（Steve McKinney）在第四节因为膝盖扭伤离场。

　　德州人四分卫马特·绍布（Matt Schaub）传球33次成功27次，总传球236码，有1次传球达阵和2次传球被截。德州人全场仅冲球40码，加多冲球12码，有1次掉球。

　　曼宁全场29次传球成功20次，总传球273码，有1次传球达阵。阿代22次带球，总距离72码。

　　开场德州人接小马开球回攻84码达阵，取得7-0的领先。随后佩顿·曼宁（Peyton Manning）送出2码传球达阵给达拉斯·克拉克（Dallas Clark），双方战成7-7.

　　第二节德州人的克里斯·布朗（Kris Brown）33码外射门命中，将比分反超为10-7.接着，阿代冲球4码达阵，帮助小马将比分反超为14-10.

　　第三节，维纳蒂里的36码射门使小马将领先优势扩大到17-10，阿代的8码冲球达阵使得小马24-10领先。本节还剩2分45秒结束时，维纳蒂里的28码射门使客队领先了17分。

　　第四节前半段德州人曾依靠加多的1码冲球达阵将比分追近到17-27，安德烈·戴维斯（Andre Davis）的41码接传球为球队创造了这次机会。不过随后小马的维纳蒂里射中了个人在本场比赛中的第3个点球，帮助球队将领先优势扩大到30-17.比赛还剩2分53秒结束时，绍布给文塔·林奇（Vonta Leach）送出1码传球达阵，德州人将比分差距缩小为6分。比赛还剩19秒时，德州人再次获得球权，但是绍布被擒杀。

　　至此，包括上赛季的季后赛，小马已经连胜8场。

原文 

HOUSTON —— The Houston Texans entered Sunday's game without star receiver Andre Johnson.

By the end of their 30-24 loss to Indianapolis, they were without three more starters on offense and defensive tackle Cedric Killings was in a hospital after suffering a neck injury.

Joseph Addai ran for two touchdowns and Adam Vinatieri added three field goals to lead the Colts (3-0) over Houston (2-1) to remain undefeated.

Johnson sprained a knee last week and running back Ahman Green injured a knee on the first series of the second quarter. Backup Ron Dayne was inactive because of bruised ribs, so the Texans had to rely on third-stringer Samkon Gado for the rest of the game.

Rookie Jacoby Jones, who started for Johnson, left in the third quarter with a separated shoulder, and center Steve McKinney left with a knee sprain in the fourth quarter.

Killings was taken off the field on a stretcher after a head-first collision with Indianapolis receiver Roy Hall. The 310-pound Killings, playing special teams, hit Hall on a block as Jerome Mathis was returning a kickoff in the second quarter. The Texans said Killings suffered a neck injury and coach Gary Kubiak said he was moving his arms and legs and talking on the field.

"I've never really been a part of anything like that before," receiver Kevin Walter said. "It seemed like guys were going down one right after another like flies. We just need to get healthy. We need to get Andre back and we need to get everyone back and we'll be fine."

Said Kubiak: "It was a tremendous effort on everybody's part and we paid the price for it. We're pretty beat up."

Still, Houston got within 30-24 when Vonta Leach caught a 1-yard pass from Matt Schaub with 2:49 remaining in the game. The Texans got the ball back with 19 seconds left, but Schaub was sacked and time ran out.

"They played most of the game without their two best backs and then their best receiver and they continued to fight back," said Colts coach Tony Dungy. "We just couldn't get that right play to knock them out of things. But we made enough plays when we needed them."

Houston cut the lead to 27-17 on a 1-yard run by Gado early in the fourth quarter. That score was set up by a 41-yard catch by Andre Davis. Vinatieri's third field goal of the day had pushed the Colts' lead to 30-17 in the third period.

"You want to establish the run," Schaub said. "You look at the history of this league and the team that is able to establish and maintain the run throughout the game is usually going to win. For whatever reason, we weren't able to do that today."

Cornerback Dunta Robinson said he was proud of how the team didn't give up after getting down by 13 points in the fourth quarter.

"It's a new team. There's no quit in us," he said. "In the past the game might have gotten out of hand. But now we expect to win football games, no matter who we are playing, no matter who is injured."

The Texans had a chance to cut the lead to seven with about 5 minutes left in the third quarter when a 74-yard punt return by Jones got Houston to the Indianapolis 29. But on the next play, Schaub threw into triple coverage and was intercepted by Gary Brackett.

Peyton Manning found Reggie Wayne for a 64-yard pass, but was sacked on third down and the Colts settled for a field goal that made it 27-10.

Jones was injured on the return when he was tackled by punter Hunter Smith.

"It's real frustrating for an injury like that," Jones said. "I call them fluke injuries. The punter fell on top of me and that's a heavy punter, he's like 200 and something pounds."

Manning was 20-of-29 for 273 yards and a touchdown. Addai finished with 22 carries for 72 yards.

In the third quarter, a pass from Schaub bounced off the hands of Jones and Rocky Boiman made a diving interception. Four plays later, Addai bolted past DeMarcus Faggins and into the corner of the end zone for an 8-yard score to make it 24-10.

The Colts took their first lead when Addai jumped over a diving Faggins for a 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to make it 14-10. It capped an 11-play, 65-yard drive.

The Colts were forced to redo the opening kickoff after an offside penalty on the first try. Mathis only got to the 20 on the first one, but returned the second 84 yards for a touchdown.

Mathis, who returned two kickoffs for touchdowns in 2005, broke away from the pack and then cut to the outside to outrun the last two defenders and stroll in for the score.

Dallas Clark got in front of Michael Boulware for a 2-yard reception in the back of the end zone to tie it at 7 midway through the first quarter.