Is this Madden? Colts give up an incomprehensible 33 fourth-quarter points, and Twitter reacts
The Indianapolis Colts entered the fourth quarter Sunday night trailing the Dallas Cowboys 21-19.
Four turnovers and five touchdowns later, they lost 54-19.
The 33 fourth-quarter points are a Dallas franchise record and just 2 points off the most scored in any quarter in NFL history.
The mind-bogglingly bad quarter even left Colts owner Jim Irsay speechless and Indy's minor-league baseball team feeling sorry for the Colts.
If it's any consolation, that's the first 54-19 final score in NFL history.
Here's the online carnage.
#Colts owner Jim Irsay was silent after tonight's loss. @WISH_TV pic.twitter.com/mu2v0v7pfF
— Angela Moryan (@SidelineStormer) December 5, 2022
— Darius Butler (@DariusJButler) December 5, 2022
Well, that escalated quickly 😳 pic.twitter.com/32KUDjgz9D
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) December 5, 2022
Baseball season isn’t far away.
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) December 5, 2022
“What have I done.” #Colts pic.twitter.com/0VmNSGzJLV
— Matt Glenesk (@MattGlenesk) December 5, 2022
Jeff Saturday preparing to give his postgame speech in the locker room #Colts pic.twitter.com/0FwFCDctzd
— Hendrix Magley (@TweetsOfHendrix) December 5, 2022
For any quarter:
35: NE vs. Tenn, 2009
35: Cards vs. Bos, 1948
34: Rams vs. Det, 1950
34: NYJ vs. Cards, 2008
34: GB vs. Det, 1945
33: Dal vs. Ind, 2022
33: Cards vs. TB, 1991
33: Cards vs. Mil, 1924— Nat Newell (@NatJNewell) December 5, 2022
33 points in one quarter is not a thing that should happen in Madden. Much less real life.
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) December 5, 2022
Score Update:
IND 19 - 54 DAL
2:25 4Q
This game has a 99.93% chance of ending in Scorigami.
Most likely Scorigami: 54-19 (71.18%)— Scorigami (@NFL_Scorigami) December 5, 2022
Two of the darkest images in the history of the Indianapolis Colts pic.twitter.com/L7oA8qWdSf
— Corey Elliot (@CoreyElliot) December 5, 2022
— GerryDick (@GerryDick) December 5, 2022
The Colts have a 7th Round Offensive Lineman, a 4th Round Tight End, & an undrafted WR who all had a solo tackle tonight… & a 2nd round defensive tackle who did not.
— Jake Query (@jakequery) December 5, 2022
Not too often you hear commentators say what Cris Collinsworth just said:
"This is an embarrassment on national television."— Jim Ayello (@jimayello) December 5, 2022
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Twitter reacts to Colts loss to Cowboys on Sunday Night Football