Moon Gets Oilers Rolling Against Colts, 20-10 : AFC: He passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns as Houston evens record at 1-1.

Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers found an instant cure for a wayward passing arm.

Moon, who had five passes intercepted in a season-opening loss to Pittsburgh, rebounded with an impressive performance Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

Moon completed 29 of 39 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns as the Oilers beat the Colts, 20-10.

“Man, I’m satisfied. I can tell you that,” said Moon, who connected with Lorenzo White for a 69-yard touchdown pass play and with Haywood Jeffires for a two-yard scoring play.

“It was a tough week for me, a tough week for my family. I went into this game with a lot of butterflies, believe me.”

Colt Coach Ted Marchibroda said Moon controlled the game.

“He hit the short passes and put them in scoring position five of the six possessions they had,” Marchibroda said.

The Colts (1-1) managed a field goal by Dean Biasucci in the second quarter and a three-yard touchdown pass from backup Tom Tupa to Anthony Johnson with six seconds left. A fourth-quarter drive ended at the Oilers’ 16 when Jerry Gray intercepted a pass by Tupa in the end zone.

The Oilers (1-1) added a 20-yard field goal by Al Del Greco with 3:01 left.

Moon eclipsed the 300-yard passing mark for the 33rd time. White finished with four receptions for a career-high 106 yards.

The Colts, who waived Mark Herrmann last week, a day after he led them to their first season-opening victory in nine years, had to use Tupa at quarterback when starter Jack Trudeau bruised his back on the first play of the second quarter.

Trudeau, who returned to the sideline in the second half but did not play, was to be hospitalized overnight and treated with ice. But he said the bruise did not appear to be serious.

The Colts took away the Houston running game, and Moon completed 16 of 24 passes for 226 yards in the first half.

Moon said he learned from his mistakes against Pittsburgh.

“I’ve been around long enough to know not to do something twice,” Moon said.

“I should have never done it the first time, but I did and got burned for it. This week I played a smarter game.”