OAKLAND, Calif. -- Move over Morten Andersen, there's a new NFL all-time points leader. Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri moved ahead of Andersen when he made a 25-yard field goal with 29 seconds left in the first half against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. Vinatieri went into the game needing five points to pass Andersen's 2,544 career points.
The game was stopped briefly, and many of Vinatieri's teammates met him on the field and congratulated him. Vinatieri tied Andersen with an extra point and 26-yard field goal in the first quarter.
There was a possibility that Vinatieri was going to have wait until after the Colts' bye week to pass Andersen because he suffered a groin injury on the first of his two missed extra points in the team's Week 7 game against Buffalo.