INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts have grown weary of answering questions about Peyton Manning's pursuit of Dan Marino's single-season touchdown record.

Thanks to a stingy Baltimore defense and a classy move by Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy, the Colts will be pestered for at least one more week.

The Ravens blitzed Manning from all angles and roughed up his receivers Sunday night, holding the seemingly unstoppable quarterback to one touchdown pass.

While finishing one TD pass shy of Marino's mark of 48 set in 1984, Manning still managed to lead the Colts on two second-half touchdown drives in their 20-10 victory.

But the outcome played second fiddle to Manning's chase, with the hometown crowd booing as Manning took a knee at the Baltimore 4 and players bracing for another week of questions about the record.

"I'm kind of hoping we can get it out of the way soon so we can answer other questions," receiver Reggie Wayne said. "It'll be better to have something else (to talk about). It's going to come."

TD pass No. 47 came in the third quarter on a 29-yard strike to Marvin Harrison, who put a wicked juke on Chris McAlister to get wide open. It was the first game all season that Manning did not throw at least two touchdown passes, ending his NFL record at 13 straight games.

"The main thing we had to work on was not showing our hand and hiding our coverage," McAlister said. "We moved around a lot. We disguised what we were doing. We've just never had to do it this much."

The win allowed the Colts (11-3) to keep pace with San Diego in the race for the third playoff seed in the AFC, while the Ravens (8-6) watched their playoff hopes take a serious hit.

The heat has been on Manning and his high-powered offense ever since he threw six TD passes against Detroit on Thanksgiving.

He entered the game against Baltimore 10 scores ahead of Marino's pace, but left still needing two to eclipse his boyhood idol.

"In due time, the record's going to come," Wayne said. "We're just going to chip away, chip away, chip away. We may just have to beat it by one instead of by 30."

If opposing defenses can take a page out of Baltimore's playbook, that certainly could be the case.

The Ravens held the Colts to just two field goals in the first half. Manning appeared flustered on several occasions as his receivers had difficulty getting open against Baltimore's physical secondary.

"We've got some talent on the back end," Ravens coach Brian Billick said. "They played very well as a unit. It's a chess game out there. It's about tempo, and our guys handled the tempo very well."

Manning was 20-of-33 for 249 yards, pedestrian numbers for a player who has spent the entire season making opposing defenses look foolish.

"It was tough out there all night," Manning said. "They have an excellent defense and gave us multiple looks and we just kept being patient, trying to sort all of it out."

The patience paid off in the third quarter when Manning found Harrison, then took advantage of a blocked field goal to drive the Colts to the Baltimore 3. Edgerrin James' touchdown run gave them a 20-3 lead late in the third quarter.

With Baltimore's Kyle Boller going just 19-of-40 for 210 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions, that was more than enough for Indianapolis. Jamal Lewis had 130 yards on 20 carries for Baltimore.

Manning had a couple of chances down the stretch to tie or break the record. With the Colts up by 10 points with 4 minutes to play, Manning and the crowd pleaded with Dungy to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the Baltimore 15. Dungy sent in Mike Vanderjagt, who missed a 33-yard field goal.

The crowd booed one more time when an interception by Cato June gave the Colts the ball at the Baltimore 4. Manning took a knee twice to end the game.

"That's kind of tough, it's a tough situation," Wayne said. "Everybody is going to have their opinions, but we have to be better sportsmen and go out and do it the right way."

The right way means another week of waiting for the fans and questions for the players.

"It'll be fun when we get it all out of the way so we can just go out there, enjoy and have fun," Wayne said.