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Jonathan Taylor completed a 244-yard rushing day with an 8-yard touchdown run in overtime to give the Indianapolis Colts a 31-25 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in the first regular-season NFL game in Berlin,
After entering the game with a league-high 895 rushing yards, Taylor now has 1,139 yards on the year and is on pace to rush for 1,936 yards. In addition to being on pace to break his own single-season franchise rushing record, Taylor is now 861 yards away from becoming the 10th back in league history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season.
Berlin, the once-divided city that epitomized the Cold War, commemorated the fall of the wall 36 years ago on Sunday with a memorial ceremony on Bernauer Strasse, a street that was split in two when the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961.
Falcons three-time Pro Bowl right guard Chris Lindstrom is active for Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts in Berlin, but starting cornerback Mike Hughes (neck) won’t play.
Falcons overtime in Germany required another coin toss after referee Clete Blakeman mistakenly called Indianapolis the home team.
Indianapolis Colts owner and CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon bought a round of drinks for fans on Saturday in Berlin, where her team and the Atlanta Falcons are set to face off on Sunday.
Jonathan Taylor completed a 244-yard rushing day with an 8-yard touchdown run in overtime to give the Indianapolis Colts a 31-25 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in
When Indianapolis Colts kicker Michael Badgley kicked a last-gasp field goal to send Sunday's NFL match to overtime, the Berlin crowd understood the significance, even if many were watching live for the first time.