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Steve McNair death ruled a murder-suicide
Thursday, July 9
Manning connected with Anthony Gonzalez on a 12-yard scoring pass in the first quarter and hit Gonzalez again on a 9-yarder in the third, adding a toss to Reggie Wayne for a 2-point conversion.
Vinatieri's long field goal with 8:05 remaining in the game turned out to be the game-winner.
New England scored on a 6-yard run by BenJarvus Green-Ellis and field goals of 29, 35 and 25 yards by Stephen Gostkowski.
Manning completed 21-of-29 pass attempts for 254 yards, helping the Colts even their record at 4-4.
Matt Cassel was 25-of-34 passing for 204 yards for the Patriots (5-3). Cassel was intercepted once.