Peyton’s passing earns place in record books

PEYTON MANNING became the first quarterback in 12 seasons to throw six touchdown passes in a game as the Indianapolis Colts routed the New Orleans Saints by 55-21.

Manning’s night took on added significance with his father Archie watching from the press box.

Archie Manning spent 11 years with the Saints .

He is the franchise’s all-time leader in passing yards (21,734), touchdown passes (115), completions (1,849) and attempts (3,335).

Working against an injury-depleted defence, Manning passed for all of his touchdowns in the first three quarters, when the Colts built an insurmountable 48-13 lead.

Manning became the first player since Washington’s Mark Rypien in 1991 to throw for six TDs in a game.

He also broke Gary Cuozzo and Gary Hogeboom’s franchise record for touchdown passes as the Colts moved to 4-0 for the season.

Sharing that record are the Denver Broncos, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Minnesota Vikings.

Jake Plummer threw for 277 yards and two touchdowns as the Broncos edged out the Detroit Lions 20-16.

Dante Hall, named as the AFC’s best special teams player for the last two weeks, returned a kick-off 97 yards for a touchdown with 5:08 left in the fourth quarter to lift the Chiefs to a 17-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

It was the sixth touchdown on a kick or punt return over the last nine games for Hall, who is quickly becoming a hero in Kansas City.

Randy Moss recorded his fifth career three-touchdown game and caught eight passes for 172 yards to lead the Vikings to a 35-7 rout of the San Francisco 49ers.

The Carolina Panthers and the Seattle Seahawks are also still unbeaten on 3-0.

Stephen Davis rushed for 153 yards as the Panthers snapped a six-game losing streak against the Atlanta Falcons with a 23-3 victory while the Seahawks have a rest this week.

Washington moved to 3-1 with a 20-17 victory over New England while there were also wins for St Louis, Tennessee, Houston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Oakland and Dallas.