With 6:06 remaining in the game and the Denver Broncos down by three points to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium, Peyton Manning needed just three passing yards to pass Brett Favre for the all-time record. Seven points would have given the Broncos the lead and possibly the win, which would have been Manning’s 187th, also good for best all-time.

With 6:06 remaining and the ball at the Denver 33 yard line, Manning stepped up and into a throw intended for Demaryius Thomas, a receiver he’s connected with dozens of times since arriving in Denver. But Darius Butler got in front of Thomas and made the catch for him.

Record No. 1 denied. Here’s what some of the Denver media had to say…

Then, with 49 yards standing between them and score that could make it a two-possessions game, Andrew Luck took the Colts (with some help from an inexcusable penalty on Aqib Talib) to the Denver five yard line where Adam Vinatieri would attempt a field goal.

The only record that really matters to Manning, looked like it still might have life – albeit marginal. With the field goal, Denver would likely get the ball back with less than 25 seconds on the clock.

And then Denver took a penalty on the field goal try and the Colts were given a first down with the Broncos out of timeouts and just 28 seconds on the clock.

Record No. 2 denied. And the reaction…

This was not the second homecoming in Indy that Manning or Broncos fans could have hoped for. It will be a long seven days for Peyton Manning as he tries to rebound and pick up both records next week.