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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts may have salvaged their season Sunday.Barely.By avoiding their first 0-3 start in five years, Indy will not have to dig itself out of an historic hole to make the playoffs. Nope, all they have to do now is catch the Houston Texans, who have a one-game lead in the AFC South over three other teams that have combined for only two wins this season.Its huge, coach Chuck Pagano said after Sundays 26-22 victory over San Diego. Doomsday, soon thereafter. It isnt, but it is.Pagano was aware of how much more trouble Indy (1-2) could have been in with a third consecutive loss. Under the current playoff format, established in 1990, only five teams that have started 0-3 made the postseason. The last was the 1998 Buffalo Bills.So if the Colts do make it back to the playoffs, for the fourth time in five years, they will look back at T.Y. Hiltons tackle-breaking 63-yard TD reception with 1:17 to play as the turning point.Hilton had a huge day, catching eight passes for 174 yards and the winning score -- his best statistical day since the 2014 season. And he saved the game twice -- first with a spinning 8-yard catch on fourth-and-7 just after the 2-minute warning and then two plays later when Andrew Luck hit him in stride, allowing him to get free and zig-zag his way down the field.You need that first one to start stacking wins together, Luck said. Its hard to verbalize how important it is, but Im sure you can tell by my demeanor up here, it means a lot.Especially now that the Colts face a midseason trip to London, where they will take on Jacksonville with a chance to get back to .500.Meanwhile, for San Diego (1-2), things may have gotten a lot tougher.Starting inside linebacker Manti Teo left in the first quarter with an Achilles tendon injury. Coach Mike McCoy said after the game that the former Notre Dame star will go through more tests Monday morning to determine the severity of the injury.Here are some things learned from Sundays game:GOOD HANDS?: Indys defense snuffed out one possible score with less than 2 minutes to go in the first half, thanks to Erik Waldens strip sack. But on the ensuing series, the Chargers turned the tables by ripping the ball out of Lucks arms. Caraun Reid then scooped it up and ran it back for a 61-yard TD return for the tying score. Its the second straight week an opponent has scored off of a fumble by Luck -- a trouble spot Indy must get fixed.STRANGE DAYS: San Diego had its own problems with some strange calls. After taking a 55-yard field goal off the board when the Chargers were called for leverage, the Colts drove for a TD. Philip Rivers was 26 of 39 for 330 yards and was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after a 43-yard completion to the Colts 6-yard line that led to a field goal instead of a TD. Worse, Rivers may have set himself up for a fine when he said: Thats the most unfair penalty Ive ever gotten. Ive never gotten one like that. Ive never gotten one for really doing nothing. It maybe was the cleanest thing said on that field today and he (the official) was 30 yards away. From what I hear it looked like nothing on the TV, but I dont know. Playing smarter would help, too.INJURIES HURT: After losing playmaking receiver Keenan Allen in Week 1 and versatile running back Danny Woodhead in Week 2, the Chargers offense didnt look the same. Melvin Gordon followed up his first career 100-yard game by running 16 times for 35 yards and one TD, and Travis Benjamin had four catches for 82 yards. Rivers will have to continue spreading the ball around to make up for the absence of two key players.THE STREAK: Frank Gore looked as though he was finally going to end the Colts streak of consecutive games without a 100-yard rusher at 52. Not so fast. After running 13 times for 70 yards and one TD in the first half, the Colts played the second half without their starting right tackle or starting right guard because of back injuries. The result: Gore ran eight times for 12 yards and Indy will try to snap its 53-game streak in London.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFLAntonio Davis Jersey . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. Dewan Hernandez Jersey . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. https://www.cheapraptors.com/303a-alvin-robertson-jersey-raptors.html .Y. -- Knicks coach Mike Woodson said Wednesday that J. Toronto Raptors Pro Shop . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No. Terence Davis Jersey . -- Patrick Reed got an early start in golf.FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Jalen Hurts accounted for four touchdowns and Minkah Fitzpatrick had three interceptions as No. 1 Alabama extended its nation-best winning streak to 18 games with a 49-30 victory over No. 16 Arkansas on Saturday night.The win is the 10th straight for the Crimson Tide (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) over the Razorbacks, and Fitzpatricks 100-yard interception return for a touchdown was Alabamas 10th non-offensive score of the season.Hurts finished 13-of-17 passing for 253 yards with two touchdowns. He ran for two more TDs.Damien Harris added 122 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Crimson Tide, which finished with 517 yards of total offense and averaged 10.1 yards per play.Austin Allen completed 25 of 48 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns for Arkansas (4-2, 0-2), also throwing three interceptions as the Razorbacks finished with five turnovers overall. Arkansas finished with 473 yards of total offense, but it gained only 73 yards on the ground on 36 carries.Alabamas winning streak is now one off coach Nick Sabans best at the school. The Crimson Tide won 19 straight games over the 2009-10 seasons.THE TAKEAWAYAlabama: The three turnovers on offense werent vintage Crimson Tide, but the defensive effort -- five forced turnnovers -- was.dddddddddddd Alabama has already matched last seasons total of 10 non-offensive touchdowns.Arkansas: The Razorbacks have a mess on their hands on the offensive line. Theres no other way to put it. Arkansas began the season with three first-year starters up front, and they once again struggled in both pass protection (six sacks, numerous other hits on Allen) and running the ball -- averaging two yards per rush.POLL IMPLICATIONSNot that anyone needed more reasons to keep Alabama at the top of their ballots, but the Crimson Tide arent going anywhere after yet another convincing victory. Arkansas, meanwhile, is at the mercy of the voters after its second loss of the season -- hoping to remain ranked with No. 14 Mississippi coming to Fayetteville next week.UP NEXTAlabama: The Crimson Tide continue their most difficult four-game stretch of the season by traveling to No. 9 Tennessee, which lost to No. 8 Texas A&M on Saturday. Thats followed by a date with the undefeated Aggies and then LSU on Nov. 5.Arkansas: The Razorbacks remain at home to face the Rebels, whom they have defeated in each of the last two seasons. ' ' '