Bills spoil Colts' big night

Losman makes his mark in absence of starting quarterback

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Bills spoil Colts' big night

Losman: Impressed in place of injured Trent Edwards

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The Buffalo Bills ruined opening night for the Indianapolis Colts at their new Lucas Oil Stadium with a 20-7 win in pre-season action on Sunday.

Peyton Manning was once again missing for the Colts who were playing for their first time in their new $720 million stadium since moving from the RCA Dome.

Instead the hosts had Jared Lorenzen at quarterback, the left-armer taking over from Jim Sorgi who had failed to lead the first-team offence into the end zone in the first three pre-season games.

However, the change under centre could not alter the outcome for Indianapolis as they lost for third time in four outings without the injured Manning.

Lorenzon completed seven-of-11 passes for 52 yards before making way for Quinn Gray, who did at least manage to get the home fans a touchdown.

Flourishing Bills

The third-stringer hit second-year wide receiver Devin Aromashodu for a 94-yard touchdown but also threw four interceptions.

In contrast the Bills' offence flourished despite the absence of injured starting quarterback Trent Edwards.

JP Losman took over and engineered an impressive 93-yard scoring drive in the second quarter that was completed by a one-yard run by Xavier Omon.

Rian Lindell had already given the visitors an early lead with a 36-yard field goal and they were 17-0 ahead when Terrence McGee returned Joseph Addai's fumble 68 yards.

The only points for Buffalo in the second half came from the boot of kicker Lindell courtesy of a 44-yard field goal.