INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Indianapolis Colts president Bill Polian said Monday he wants the NFL to re-examine a reversed call in the Miami Dolphins' 34-31 victory.

"We want to know what transpired," Polian said of Sunday's call. "Why the decision was made. What it was based on. Why it occurred.

"Was the right standard applied, and should the call have been reversed?"

Trailing 31-27 with less than 2:00 remaining, Miami quarterback Dan Marino appeared to have the ball knocked loose by Colts defensive end Shawn King. Indianapolis free safety Jason Belser fell on the bouncing ball - and the Colts were prepared to take over at midfield with 1:16 left to play.

But replay officials upstairs called for a review of the play and ruled it was an incomplete pass rather than a fumble. Five plays later, Marino hit receiver Oronde Gadsden in the left corner of the end zone for the game-winning score.

But while a closer look of the play gave the 3-1 Dolphins new life - it left the 2-2 Colts wondering just what officials had been looking at.

Polian, a member of the NFL Competition Committee, said he isn't sure the new high-tech instant replay system he helped construct this offseason is being used properly. On Monday, he let the league know of his concerns.

"(Colts owner) Jim Irsay and I spoke at some length last night, and he reaffirmed to me that in the best interest of ourselves, fans, players and coaches, we ought to query the league about what happened," said Polian, furious with Sunday's ruling.

He called director of officiating Jerry Seeman and asked him if he was positive the "incontrovertible visual evidence standard" was being applied correctly. That stipulation of the instant replay rule says that no on-field call is to be reviewed by replay officials unless television replays clearly show that a mistake was made.

The play was reviewed after multiple replays on the RCA Dome's Jumbotron screen seemed to support the original fumble call.

Polian said he isn't expecting any contrition from the NFL - just an explanation.

"I don't want an apology," he said. "I just want the answer to the question. What we want to know is, was the standard applied correctly. And if not, why not?"

Colts coach Jim Mora suggested Monday that the controversial play was just one of many questionable calls.

"Every week, we are asked by the league office to send in a report, after we've looked at the film, regarding calls that were and were not made," Mora said. "We do it every week. We want to do it. And the report we sent in today was quite extensive."

However, Mora refused to pin the loss on officiating.

"Believe me - I'm not using that as an excuse," he said. "We still could have won the game. And good teams do. They overcome obstacles, whether it's weather or anything else."

Colts quarterback Peyton Manning agreed.

"It sure looked like to me, it was a fumble," said Manning, who threw for 274 yards and three touchdowns. "But I'm sure if I was playing quarterback, I would have been begging for an incomplete pass, just like Dan was.

"You have to win in spite of calls like that. As a player, you have to win in spite of all obstacles. There were chances for us to do that yesterday, and we didn't do it."