Colts continue pursuit of perfection with No. 13

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With most of their goals accomplished, the Indianapolis Colts can now turn their attention to history.\nBut don't expect them to look too far ahead.\nPeyton Manning threw two touchdown passes to Marvin Harrison, Mike Vanderjagt kicked four field goals and the Colts remained unbeaten with a 26-18 victory against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.\nIndianapolis became the fourth team in NFL history to start 13-0, locked up a third consecutive division title and secured home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. The team has little left to play for in the final three games.\nWell, except for matching the elusive mark set by the 1972 Miami Dolphins.\nPerfection.\n"Going 16-0 would be great, but it's not the most important thing," coach Tony Dungy said. "I like history. I appreciate it. But I just think it's best to not look too far ahead."\nThe Colts joined the 1934 Chicago Bears, 1972 Dolphins and 1998 Denver Broncos as the league's only teams to start 13-0. But the Dolphins were the lone team to finish the regular season unbeaten and sweep through the playoffs.\nDungy and his players have been fielding questions regarding their pursuit of perfection for weeks. They downplayed it for the most part but have little else to talk about now.\nDungy must decide whether to rest players and reduce the risk of injury or try to run the table and chase Miami's mark.\nThe Colts host the San Diego Chargers next week.\n"We definitely want to win," Dungy said. "We're going to play to win and go from there. We're going to keep our mantra: one game at a time. We're going to do everything we can to beat San Diego, and we're not going to look ahead."\nManning picked apart Jacksonville's secondary all game -- something he didn't do in the teams' first meeting. He had 122 yards passing in a 10-3 win against the Jaguars (9-4) in the second week of the season. He nearly doubled that by halftime Sunday and finished 24-of-36 for 324 yards. He was sacked a season-high three times.\nHarrison caught six passes for a season-high 137 yards.\nManning directed an 89-yard drive on Indianapolis' opening possession and capped it with a 9-yard pass to Harrison. They hooked up for another score early in the second quarter, a perfectly thrown 65-yard pass.\nThe Jaguars, who had their five-game winning streak snapped, scored twice in the final 4:08 and looked like they were going to get a final chance to tie the game.\nThey forced the Colts into a third-down play with 1:39 remaining. But Manning completed a 12-yard pass under heavy pressure to Dallas Clark.\n"It's one of those plays that you just trust Dallas will be in that spot, but I couldn't really see him," Manning said.\nThe Jaguars spent much of the week talking about how well they've matched up with the Colts and repeatedly said they relished the chance to hand their division rival its first loss.\nBut this one was more of a mismatch until the closing minutes.\nThe Jags added to their woes with three turnovers and some foolish penalties.\n"We beat ourselves up and down -- on offense, defense and special teams," Jags linebacker Mike Peterson said. "We didn't spoil their streak, but we can get another shot at them. They can be beat. This team isn't too much for us. Can we beat them? Hell, yeah."\nQuarterback David Garrard, starting his second game in place of Byron Leftwich, fumbled near the goal line. Kyle Brady fumbled three times and lost two. The Jaguars also were flagged seven times for 65 yards.\nCoach Jack Del Rio drew one of them for yelling profanity as he threw the challenge flag at an official, a penalty that probably will come with a league fine.\n"There are a lot of things said on the sideline that your children shouldn't hear," Del Rio said.\nThe Jaguars can still make the playoffs by winning their final three games against San Francisco, Houston and Tennessee.\n"Hopefully we'll win out and see (the Colts) somewhere again," said Fred Taylor, who returned from a two-game absence and ran 10 times for 19 yards. "They're a good team. I'll give them credit. They're a good team, but we beat ourselves more than them being a good team. They're beatable."\nMaybe so. But their record says otherwise.\n"We will not let down," Colts defensive tackle Montae Reagor said. "We don't want to lose. 13-0 doesn't guarantee us anything. We want to keep our rhythm, keep our chemistry. We want to keep on playing until coach says no"