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Indianapolis Colts running back Joseph Addai - Source: Reuters -
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The Indianapolis Colts kept their unbeaten record with a 20-17 victory over the Houston Texans on Monday when Kris Brown was wide to the left on a potentially game-tying 42-yard field goal attempt.
The win was the 17th consecutive regular season triumph for the Colts, who have started the current season 8-0.
Houston (5-4) held a 17-13 lead over their AFC South rivals early in the fourth quarter but Indianapolis rallied to go ahead 20-17 on Joseph Addai's two-yard run with 7:11 to play.
The Texans had one final chance and quarterback Matt Schaub led them from their 15 to the Colts 24 with a second to play. But Brown, who had earlier made a 56-yard field goal, could not send the game into overtime.
Colts quarterback Peyton Manning completed 34 of 50 passes for 318 yards and one touchdown, a seven-yard toss to Addai in the first quarter.
Indianapolis held a 13-0 second quarter lead before quarterback Matt Schaub sparked Houston to 17 consecutive points.
Along with Brown's long field goal, the Texans scored on Schaub's one-yard pass to Ryan Moats in the third and Steve Slaton's one-yard run in the fourth.
Schaub hit on 32 of 43 pass attempts for 311 yards but was intercepted twice.
