Colts...31 Falcons...13

ATLANTA -- Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts looked more like themselves Thursday night.

Manning threw three touchdown passes, Anthony Gonzalez had 105 yards receiving and the defending Super Bowl champions, after getting stunned with 10 quick points by the Falcons, rebounded for a 31-13 victory.

Indianapolis (9-2) had struggled the last three weeks, losing twice. The Colts’ malaise carried over into the first quarter, with the Falcons striking for Morten Andersen’s 34-yard field goal and Joey Harrington’s 48-yard touchdown pass to Roddy White.

But any thoughts the Falcons (3-8) had of pulling off a huge upset were quickly wiped out by Manning. He threw all three of his touchdown passes in the second quarter, going 23 yards to Reggie Wayne, eight yards to Dallas Clark and five yards to Ben Utecht.

The only highlight for the Falcons was Warrick Dunn becoming the 22nd rusher in NFL history to reach 10,000 yards. He has 10,054 yards in 11 seasons.

Quoteworthy: “We finally got on track, got the lead and put them away.” -- Peyton Manning, Colts quarterback