INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- There is another Reggie in Indianapolis other than Reggie Miller.
Peyton Manning tossed two second-half touchdown passes to Reggie Wayne as the Indianapolis Colts recovered from a shaky start en route to a 23-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Already with one of the top wide receivers in the game in Marvin Harrison at his disposal, Manning has been waiting for Wayne, a 2001 first-round pick, to emerge as another weapon in one of the NFL's top offenses.
Wayne enjoyed a career game Sunday, catching 10 passes for 141 yards. He had touchdown catches of 28 and four yards in the third quarter when the Colts erased a 3-0 deficit.
"It's one of those things where you never know what's going to happen until it happens," Wayne said. "I worked hard all summer and in camp. It was just my time today. I just went out there to have fun and make things happen today."
Wayne also took enjoyment out of the crowd chanting his name in the fourth quarter.
"It makes me feel real good," Wayne said. "When the crowd was saying, `Reggie,' everybody looked and thought (Pacers guard) Reggie Miller walked in. It's not Reggie Miller today, it's Reggie Wayne, so I'm going to enjoy it."
Manning said the Jaguars' concentrating on stopping Harrison was able to open things up for Wayne.
"They were double teaming Marvin on the right side so that opened up some things for Reggie to make some big plays and make some plays," Manning said.
"We've known all training camp that he's (Wayne) been coming on and doing well," Colts coach Tony Dungy said. "It's just good for us to know that if people do some things to take certain parts of our offense away, we've got a lot of weaponry and other people we can go to."
Manning finished 21-of-33 for 217 yards with an interception and the Colts received another stellar performance from their defense in improving to 3-0 for the first time since 1996.
Fred Taylor rushed for 126 yards for the Jaguars, who fell to 0-3 for the first time since their inception in 1995.
"Our approach is to go back to work tomorrow and correct the things we're not getting done," Jaguars first-year coach Jack Del Rio said.
Despite having a high-powered offense, the Colts did little offensively in the first half. They managed just five first downs, 81 total yards and trailed 3-0 at intermission.
But Manning, who threw for just 48 yards in the first half, came alive in the third quarter.
On the ensuing drive of the second half, Manning directed a nine-play, 66-yard drive. He capped the march with a 28-yard touchdown pass to Wayne, giving the Colts a 7-3 lead.
After the Jaguars picked up one first down, the Colts again got their offense going as they moved 52 yards in seven plays.
Manning made the big play on the drive while in the shotgun when he found Wayne for 36 yards to the Jaguars 4. On the next play, the duo hooked up again, giving the Colts a 14-3 lead with 5:22 left in the third quarter.
Manning went 8-of-13 for 107 yards in the third quarter.
Meanwhile, the Jaguars were unable to get their offense started. After gaining 168 yards and 11 first downs in first half, they were held without a first down and managed just 21 yards in the third quarter.
"Defensively, I thought we were OK," Dungy said. "We held them out of the end zone to the very end."
The success of the Colts' defense, which has surrendered just 26 points in three games, has not been a surprise to former linebacker Mike Peterson, who signed in the offseason with Jacksonville.
"I knew it was just a matter of time," Peterson said. "With that scheme and that system, once everybody got on the same page, I knew it would be a great defense."
On the first play from scrimmage after Manning's second touchdown pass, the Jaguars turned the ball over when Taylor fumbled and free safety Idrees Bashir recovered at the Jaguars 35.
But the Colts were unable to pick up a first down and Mike Vanderjagt kicked a 46-yard field goal, giving the Colts a 17-3 lead with 3:37 left in the third quarter.
Vanderjagt also connected from 36 and 29 yards in the fourth quarter.
The highlight of the second half for the Jaguars came with just under two minutes left when first-round pick Byron Leftwich found Matthew Hatchette for a seven-yard touchdown.
It was an ineffective performance for Jaguars quarterback Mark Brunell, who completed 12-of-23 passes for 90 yards. Leftwich, who came on late in the fourth quarter, was 4-of-5 for 32 yards.
Brunell indicated he was hampered a bit by an injury to his left elbow.
"I felt it during the game, but I don't know how much it affected me," Brunell said. "Regardless of the condition the elbow might have been in, I still made some throws. Throws were certainly made."
Rookie Seth Marler kicked a 49-yard field goal in the second quarter and connected from 37 yards in the fourth for the Jaguars.
