Colts rally & Saints conquer the cold on Wild Card Saturday

Andrew Luck threw three of his four touchdowns in the 2nd half, scored on a fumble return, and connected with a wide-open T.Y. Hilton on a 64-yard TD pass to give the Indianapolis Colts a 45-44 wild-card victory over the Kansas City Chiefs after rallying from being down by 28 points. Indianapolis (12-5) became only the second playoff team to rally from that big a deficit, according to STATS. Buffalo rallied from 32 points to beat Houston 41-38 in January of 1993, though that one required overtime.




Shayne Graham's 32-yard field goal, the fourth of the game for the recent addition to the New Orleans Saints, won the wild-card game on the final play, 26-24 over the Philadelphia Eagles. Quarterback Drew Brees threw the touchdown that helped guide the Saints to a 34-yard drive for the winning kick. New Orleans had been 0-5 in postseason games outside of their hometown since entering the league in 1967. The Saints (12-5) will head to Seattle to face the NFC's top-seeded Seahawks next Saturday. Seattle prevailed in the regular season, 34-7.