Live blog: Colts lead Steelers 24-7 in third quarter
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Halftime
Philip Rivers has 153 passing yards and a TD to Zach Pascal. Jonathan Taylor has 49 rushing yards and 2 TDs. The Colts have 77 rushing yards.
Pittsburgh has been going nowhere: 100 passing yards for Ben Roethlisberger (41 at the end of the half) and 4 rushing yards. The Steelers’ highlight is a T.J. Watt strip sack that set up a 3-yard TD drive.
Second quarter
A 68-yard gain by Nyheim Hines on a screen pass is negated on an illegal block by Mark Glowinski.
Colts have it at their 19 after a punt with 1:48 left.
2-minute warning: Pittsburgh faces 3rd-and-10 at its 37.
Steelers start from their 9.
TOUCHDOWN: Philip Rivers hits Zach Pascal for 42 yards with 4:02 to go. Colts 21, Steelers 7
Pittsburgh goes 3-and-out. After a punt, Colts take over at Pittsburgh’s 43 with 4:50 to go.
Steelers start from their 25.
TOUCHDOWN: Jonathan Taylor keeps fighting and gets his 2nd score of the day, from 1 yard with 6:35 to go. That’s 10 overall TDs for Taylor in his rookie year. Colts 14, Steelers 7
T.Y. Hilton moves past Raymond Berry (9,275) for 3rd in Colts history in receiving yards. Marvin Harrison (14.580) and Reggie Wayne (14,345) remain ahead.
Philip Rivers hits T.Y. Hilton for 25 yards and into Steelers territory.
Colts start from their 15 after an illegal block on the kickoff return.
TOUCHDOWN: James Conner scores from 1 yard with 13:47 to go. Sub kicker Matt Wright gets the PAT. Colts 7, Steelers 7
TURNOVER: T.J. Watt gets Philip Rivers on the strip sack, and the Steelers are at the Colts 3. That’s two sacks for Watt against Chaz Green. That’s Indy’s first turnover since the third quarter in Week 12 against the Titans and Rivers’ first lost fumble this year.
Colts start from their 32 after a 26-yard punt return by Nyheim Hines.
First quarter
Khari Willis gets to Ben Roethlisberger for the sack.
Rigoberto Sanchez punts, and the Steelers have it at their 41 with 1:33 to go.
Jacoby Brissett alert! First down, Colts, on the 3rd-and-1 sneak.
Colts start from their 5 with 5:33 to go.
Steelers reach midfield, but the Colts stop them on 3rd-and-1. Justin Houston gets to Bennie Snell in the backfield.
Steelers start from their 27.
TOUCHDOWN: Jonathan Taylor goes in from 6 yards with 9:48 to go. First time this season that Pittsburgh has allowed an opening-drive touchdown. Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards. Colts 7, Steelers 0
Colts TE Jack Doyle plays great defense in the end zone to prevent a Steelers interception.
Colts have 4 straight plays of 10+-yard gains. First-and-goal at the 4.
Philip Rivers hits Michael Pittman Jr. on 3rd down, and Pittman takes it to Pittsburgh’s 41. 26-yard gain.
T.J. Watt gets a sack on the second play from scrimmage. He beats Chaz Green.
Colts start from their 30 with 14:33 to go.
3 plays, 3 Ben Roethlisberger incompletions on inside slants. Punt.
Steelers start from their 24.
Pregame
Colts inactives: T Anthony Castonzo, QB Jacob Eason, WR Dezmon Patmon, WR Marcus Johnson, CB Isaiah Rodgers. Braden Smith is on the COVID-19 list.
Steelers inactives: QB Josh Dobbs, K Chris Boswell, RB Anthony McFarland, LB Marcus Allen, LB Ola Adeniyi, DE Isaiah Buggs.
The Colts have had little late-week injury news this season, but they got a bad dose when tackles Braden Smith (COVID-19) and Anthony Castonzo (ankle/knee) were ruled out. The last time they were missing players this important, they suffered their most recent defeat, to the Tennessee Titans (DeForest Buckner and Denico Autry were out because of COVID-19 protocols).
The Steelers will be missing kicker Chris Boswell (groin) and linebackers Ulysees Gilbert III (ankle), Marcus Allen (stinger) and Olasunkanmi Adeniyi (shoulder). They were already missing LBs Devin Bush and Bud Dupree.
BetMGM believes the Colts’ missing players are more important. Indy has gone from a 2-point favorite to a 2-point underdog.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Live blog: Colts lead Steelers 21-7 at halftime