DOWN X DOWN › week 1 › Ravens at Colts
Updated Nov 2, 5:48 PM ET
2026

Week 1 · Sunday 1:00 PM ET · Lucas Oil Stadium

BALvsIND

Ravens offensevsColts defense

Season numbers through Week 8: 8 games for Ravens, 8 for Colts. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · BAL 41 · IND 23

The Ravens won 41–23; their low point was 43% at Q1 10:33. The game turned for good at Q1 10:27: L.Jackson pass deep left to Z.Flowers to IND 2 for 49 yards (J.Walley) (49% → 61%).

At kickoffBAL 60%BAL by 3 on the line
BAL low point43%Q1 10:33 · down 6⁠–⁠0
Swings past 50%2times the favorite changed
Biggest swing12 ptsBAL · Q1 10:27
IND wins50%BAL wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q1 10:27BALL.Jackson pass deep left to Z.Flowers to IND 2 for 49 yards (J.Walley).turning point49% → 61%+12
  2. 2Q1 7:38BALD.Jones pass short middle intended for L.Treadwell INTERCEPTED by R.Smith at IND 32. R.Smith to IND 31 for 1 yard (J.Downs).63% → 72%+9
  3. 3Q1 12:37INDD.Jones pass short middle to J.Downs to BAL 19 for 12 yards (K.Martin).43% → 50%+7
  4. 4Q1 5:54BALL.Jackson scrambles right end pushed ob at IND 21 for 16 yards (K.Harris). Indianapolis challenged the first down ruling, and the play was Upheld.…71% → 77%+7
  5. 5Q1 14:10INDD.Jones pass short middle to J.Downs to BAL 33 for 25 yards (K.Hamilton).41% → 47%+6

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 1

Z.Flowers led the Ravens at +13.1 EPA (5 catches for 150). J.Downs led the Colts at +3.4 EPA (2 catches for 37).

BAL Ravens

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
L.Jackson100%17/2532412+10.3
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
D.Henry54%2465%1443+6.8
L.Jackson100%719%401+2.3
J.Hill46%616%18-2.4
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
M.Andrews72%625%449+2.1
Z.Flowers29%625%51501+13.1
J.Lane40%313%111-4.0
C.Moore37%28%153+3.2
L.Wester29%28%215-0.1
D.Henry54%14%119+1.7
D.Smythe62%14%14+0.1
J.Hill46%14%110+1.1
R.Bateman78%14%00-0.8
M.Hibner34%14%113+0.9

Defense R.Smith 1 INT, T.Robinson 1 sack, M.Starks 1 sack · Kicking T.Loop 2/2 FG (long 57)

IND Colts

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
D.Jones100%19/31166112-9.6
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Taylor89%1995%982+2.2
D.Jones100%15%4+0.2
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
K.Allen67%621%6320.0
A.Pierce59%621%461+1.9
T.Warren93%517%3131-0.6
J.Taylor89%414%323-5.0
J.Downs89%414%237+3.4
L.Treadwell35%13%00-4.8
A.Dulin19%13%00-0.6
A.Ogletree11%13%00-0.6
S.McGowan11%13%10-1.8

Defense D.Buckner 0.5 sacks, G.Stewart 0.5 sacks, A.Key 0.5 sacks, L.Latu 0.5 sacks · Kicking S.Shrader 1/1 FG (long 58)

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Ground game edge

Ravens average 4.5 yards per carry (8th). Colts allow 4.8 (29th).

02
Opportunity

Deep left is open

Colts are worst against deep left throws, allowing +0.73 EPA per attempt. Ravens send 8% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Third downs favor Colts

Ravens convert 40% of third downs (16th). Colts allow 33% (5th).

04
Wash

Success rate

Call this one even. Ravens succeed on 46% of plays (12th) against a defense that allows 43% (14th).

The series · Ravens and Colts since 1999, and this season's records17 meetings

The Colts lead the series 10–7 since 1999 (they first met in 2001). This game is the latest meeting.

Ravens at home5–5the Ravens' record
In Indianapolis2–5the Ravens' record
Most pointsRavens 41 · Colts 442026 · 2007
Biggest winRavens by 18 · Colts by 282026 · 2008
Playoffs1–2the Ravens' record

The last 5

2026 · Wk 1BAL 41 at IND 23
2023 · Wk 3 · OTIND 22 at BAL 19
2021 · Wk 5 · OTIND 25 at BAL 31
2020 · Wk 9BAL 24 at IND 10
2017 · Wk 16IND 16 at BAL 23

2026 records

RavensColts
Overall4–42–6
Division0–21–2
Conference2–31–5
Other conference2–11–1
Home1–21–2
Away3–21–4
Last 5WWLLLWLLLL
StreakLost 3Lost 4
Points a game22.4 – 25.420.1 – 27.8

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Ravens' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · BAL offense against IND defense
StatBAL BAL offFavors BAL · Favors INDIND IND def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.02#15
+0.07#24+0.00
Success rate
46%#12
43%#1444%
Yards per play
5.8#9
6.1#295.4
Explosive play rate
11%#7
10%#209%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.09#14
+0.06#19+0.03
Sack rate
9%#27
7%#177%
Running
Run EPA per carry
-0.08#16
+0.02#30-0.08
Yards per carry
4.5#8
4.8#294.1
Money downs
3rd down conversion
40%#16
33%#541%
Red zone TD rate
59%#15
62%#1661%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
148#15
130#8147
TE yards per game
53#18
51#1355
TE targets per game
7.8#13
6.8#117.6
RB receiving yards per game
22#25
43#2732
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Ravens: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.628% of throws
-0.094% of throws
+1.154% of throws
Short
+0.3923% of throws
+0.3524% of throws
+0.0237% of throws

Colts: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.7316 throws
4too few
+0.4125 throws
Short
+0.1569 throws
+0.2038 throws
+0.0977 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.