INDIANAPOLIS -- Personally, Rex Ryan will take it.

He beat Peyton Manning with a made-for-TV script.

Nick Folk made a 32-yard field goal as time expired Saturday night, finally giving the Jets and their bombastic coach a 17-16 playoff victory over Manning's Colts to wrap up a head-to-head showdown that Ryan called personal.

"I'll tell you what, it feels awesome because this is the playoffs and we're moving on," Ryan said.

Manning, somewhat surprisingly, is not.

After winning four straight to clinch the AFC South, Manning moved the Colts into position for a go-ahead field goal with 53 seconds left. Then the four-time league MVP watched helplessly as the Jets drove down the field for the final time.

It's not the kind of finish Manning, or Ryan, are used to in this series.

"It's certainly disappointing tonight and that's really all you think about tonight," Manning said. "It's disappointing with the way we lost tonight. Any time you lose on a last-second field goal, it certainly stings."

With his main tormentor out of the way, Ryan and his Jets (12-5) head to New England for a third meeting with Tom Brady and Bill Belichick next Sunday; they split during the season, but the Patriots won 45-3 at Foxborough.

The Colts (10-7) beat the Jets for the AFC title a year ago. But both defending conference champs were eliminated from the playoffs Saturday. New Orleans, which beat Indy in last February's Super Bowl, lost at Seattle.

It was a remarkable turn of emotions -- and events -- for the Colts, who thought they had just beaten Ryan again when Adam Vinatieri made a 50-yard field goal that could have added to Vinatieri's reputation as the best clutch kicker in NFL history.

"You know, he [Manning] is the best," Ryan said, "and he almost did it to us again."