(My Sportsbook) - The Indianapolis Colts wrapped up their regular season slate with Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos and the teams will meet again next week in the opening round of the postseason.

The Broncos earned a 33-14 victory over the Colts on Sunday at Mile High, but the game meant everything for Denver and nothing for Indy. The Broncos needed a victory to clinch the final wild card spot in the AFC.

Meanwhile, the Colts (12-4) failed in a bid to tie a franchise record for most victories in a season, but the game didn't mean anything to the them, as their playoff spot was already determined. The Colts locked up the No. 3 seed in the conference last week with a 34-31 overtime win over San Diego.

Colts record-setting quarterback Peyton Manning played the first series of the game, going 1-for-2 for six yards before Indianapolis was forced to punt. With the Colts' postseason spot already secured, Manning was done for the day.

He gave way to rookie Jim Sorgi, who did his Manning impression on the Colts' second drive. Sorgi threw for 49 yards on the series and connected on all seven of his pass attempts, the last being a seven-yard scoring toss to Marvin Harrison. Entering the game, the rookie out of Wisconsin had completed just one NFL pass in four attempts.

Sorgi ended his day 16-for-25 passing for 168 yards and two touchdowns.

"If we were going to have Peyton and our whole group out there, then we wanted to use everything we had," Colts coach Tony Dungy said. "We weren't going to do that if we were going to have to play these guys again."

Harrison, meanwhile, hauled in his 15th touchdown reception of the season, which tied his career high set in 2001. Harrison finished the game with five catches for 33 yards, giving him 86 receptions on the year for 1,113 yards.

Next week's playoff contest in Indianapolis will be very reminiscent of last season, as the Colts also hosted Denver in the opening round of the 2004 playoffs. Indy pounded the Broncos, 41-10, in the playoff contest at the RCA Dome last season.

Denver was obviously humiliated in last year's playoff loss and have a great deal to prove.

"I've thought about it. I'm not going to lie and say I haven't," said Broncos linebacker Al Wilson. "They embarrassed us last year. It's in the back of my head. But once the game starts, you have to put it behind you and just play football."

One thing that the Broncos have in their favor this year is an improved secondary. Denver acquired cornerback Champ Bailey and safety John Lynch in the offseason and the team finished the regular season with the NFL's sixth- best passing defense.

INJURIES

Colts tight end Dallas Clark suffered a head injury during the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Broncos. Denver safety John Lynch delivered a helmet-to-helmet hit and was given a personal foul on the play. It is uncertain how serious the injury is.

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Denver holds an 11-4 edge in the all-time regular season series with Indianapolis. The Colts' last win in the series took place in 2002, when they won a 23-20 overtime decision in Denver. The Broncos last defeated Indy at home in 1993. The only postseason meeting between the teams took place last season, when Indianapolis won in a rout. Colts head coach Tony Dungy is 3-2 in his career against the Broncos, including last year's playoff win. Denver's Mike Shanahan is 1-3 all-time against Indianapolis, including the postseason loss, and is 2-3 in his career against Dungy.