Bills Boot Lowly Colts

Steve Christie kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired Monday night to give the Buffalo Bills a 9-6 victory over Indianapolis, leaving the Colts as one of only two winless teams in the NFL.

The game was just the second in the history of the NFL to be played without a touchdown or a turnover. The first was New England’s 6-3 victory over Miami in 1988.

The Colts (0-7), who blew a 26-point lead against the Bills last month when Buffalo had the third best comeback in league history, tied the game on a 32-yard field goal by Cary Blanchard with 6:12 to go, but they never got the ball back.

Todd Collins completed passes of 20 and 16 yards to Quinn Early and added a 14-yarder to Andre Reed to move Buffalo (4-3) to the Indianapolis 20 with 2 minutes to go. Three runs by Antowain Smith took the Bills to the 7, then Collins took a knee and let the clock run down to 3 seconds before calling a timeout.

Christie, who kicked earlier field goals of 22 and 47 yards, then kicked the game-winner, leaving the Colts and the Chicago Bears as the only winless teams.

It was the seventh straight games between the two AFC East rivals that was decided by six points or less.

Buffalo’s Thurman Thomas became the 10th running back in NFL history to reach 11,000 career yards.

Teammate Andre Reed caught two passes in the second quarter to become the fourth player in NFL history with 800 career receptions.