INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Peyton Manning provided the expected fireworks. Mike Vanderjagt’s leg sealed the win for the Indianapolis Colts.

Manning threw four touchdown passes and Vanderjagt kicked a 35-yard field goal with 2 seconds left to give the Colts a 31-28 win over Minnesota on Monday night. The kick capped a late duel between Manning and Daunte Culpepper – the two teams combined to score on five straight possessions after an unexpectedly low-scoring start between two offense-minded but relatively defenseless teams.

Manning, last year’s co-MVP, also used his legs on the nine-play, 55-yard drive for the winning score, scrambling for 15 yards and getting 15 more when Lance Johnstone was penalized for landing on him after he slid to the ground. Manning finished 23-of-29 for 268 yards.

The win ended a two-game skid for the Colts (5-3) and put them in a tie with Jacksonville for the lead in the AFC South. The Vikings (5-3) lost their second straight.

With the game tied 21-21, Manning threw a 19-yard TD pass to Marcus Pollard with 7:24 left.

But Culpepper, playing without injured star receiver Randy Moss, took the Vikings 65 yards on seven plays, with Onterrio Smith scoring on a 32-yard run with 2:54 left. Culpepper himself set it up by rolling out for 9 yards on fourth-and-1 from the Indianapolis 43, then scrambling another 10 yards on the next play.

Manning finished with two TD passes to Pollard and one each to Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark. Marvin Harrison got to 800 catches quicker than any receiver in NFL history and set another record when he caught his 664th pass from Manning early in the third quarter – the most ever by any passer-receiver combination.

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