The Colts trailed 14-0 with two minutes left in the first half. They scored two touchdowns in the final 1:56 of the half to tie it 14-14 at halftime.
Indianapolis scored its first touchdown on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Gardner Minshew to Mo Alie-Cox with 1:56 left in the half. The Colts’ 17-play, 79-yard drive was kept alive by a roughing the passer penalty on Trey Hendrickson on third-and-14 early in the drive.
Matt Gay missed the extra point after earlier missing a 38-yard field goal try off the left upright.
The Colts, though, got the points back only 25 seconds later on Ronnie Harrison’s pick-six of Jake Browning. Harrison returned the pass off Tanner Hudson’s hands 36 yards to the end zone. Minshew then completed the 2-point conversion pass to Michael Pittman to tie the game.
Minshew took a big hit from Germaine Pratt and Logan Wilson on a 6-yard scramble with 5:30 left in the half. He appeared to stagger as he got up, but he was not taken off the field for a concussion check.
He is 14-of-21 for 124 yard, and Pittman has five catches for 40 yards.
The Bengals’ running backs scored their two touchdowns.
Chase Brown had a 54-yard catch-and-run, and Joe Mixon ran it in from the 1.
Mixon’s touchdown came after two costly Colts penalties in the red zone. On Evan McPherson’s 33-yard field goal, Colts defensive tackle Taven Bryan was penalized for leverage after placing his hands on the back of Cal Adomitis before jumping. Two plays later, on a sack by Kenny Moore, the Colts were called for defensive holding.
Jake Browning is 8-of-13 for 135 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Mixon has nine carries for 25 yards and a touchdown and three catches for 46 yards.