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INDIANAPOLIS -- NEW ENGLAND (7-2) at INDIANAPOLIS (6-3) Sunday, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC OPENING LINE -- Colts by 2½ RECORD VS. SPREAD -- New England 5-4, Indianapolis 7-2 SERIES RECORD -- Patriots lead 48-29 LAST MEETING -Patriots beat Colts 43-22, Jan. 11, 2014 LAST WEEK -- Patriots had bye, beat Broncos 43-21, Nov. 2; Colts had bye, beat Giants 40-24, Nov. 3 AP PRO32 RANKING -- Patriots No. 1, Colts No. 7 PATRIOTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (9), RUSH (19), PASS (8). PATRIOTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (16), RUSH (22), PASS (14). COLTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (1), RUSH (14), PASS (1). COLTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (18), RUSH (9), PASS (27). STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Patriots have won four straight in series dating to 2010, beating three different Colts quarterbacks. ... New England is scoring 40.2 points during five-game winning streak. ... One more win will assure Pats of 14th consecutive non-losing record, longest active streak. Only two other coaches have done that: Tom Landry (20) and Curly Lambeau (14). ... New England has NFL best 38-14 record in November since 2001. ... Since making first career start against Colts, Tom Brady is 11-4 with 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions versus Indy. ... Brady's next 300-yard game will break tie with Brett Favre for No. 4 on NFL's career list and tie Dan Marino (63) for third. ... Patriots DE Chandler Jones and Colts DT Arthur Jones are brothers. ... LB Rob Ninkovich has league-high 13 fumble recoveries since 2010. ... Colts have won six of seven since last Sunday night appearance and are 2-2 in prime time this season. ... Andrew Luck has topped 300 yards in seven consecutive games but has thrown seven interceptions in two previous meetings with Patriots. ... Indy has topped 400 yards in game eight times this season, tying single-season franchise record. ... WR T.Y. Hilton needs 63 yards for second straight 1,000-yard season and nine catches to surpass Marvin Harrison (196) for most receptions over first three seasons of Colts career. ... Defense has allowed opponents league low 30.2 percent on third-down conversions. ... Kicker Adam Vinatieri has made 26 consecutive field goals. He needs three to pass Mike Vanderjagt for second in franchise history. Vinatieri also needs eight points for his 17th 100-point season, which would break tie with Jason Elam for most in NFL history, and two points to become fourth NFL player with 2,100 career points. --- AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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