Indianapolis Colts

Baltimore Colts is a redirect to this article. For the team that existed from 1947 to 1950, see Baltimore Colts (AAFC) .

Indianapolis Colts
Founded in 1953 playing in Indianapolis , Indiana
league
National Football League (1953-present) Western Conference (1953-1969) Coastal Division (1967-1969) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC East (1970-2001) AFC South (2002-present)
Current uniforms
Team colors	Blue White
mascot	Blue
staff
owner	Jim Irsay
General manager	Chris Ballard
Head coach	Frank Reich
Team history
Baltimore Colts (1953-1983) Indianapolis Colts (1984-present)
Nicknames
The Colts, Indy Colts
successes
NFL Champions (5) * NFL Championships (3) 1958 , 1959, 1968 Super Bowl winner (2) 1970  ( V ), 2006  ( XLI )
Conference winner (7) NFL Western: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968 AFC: 1970, 2006, 2009
Division Winner (16) NFL Coastal: 1968 AFC East: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1999 AFC South: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Play-off appearances (26)
NFL: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
Stages
Memorial Stadium (1953-1983) RCA Dome (1984-2007) aka Hoosier Dome (1984–1993) Lucas Oil Stadium (2008-present)

The Indianapolis Colts are part of the National Football League (NFL) and play in the American Football Conference (AFC) in the Southern Division . From 1953 to 1984 the Colts played in Baltimore as the Baltimore Colts . You are two-time Super Bowl winners (1970 and 2006).

history

On January 23, 1953 , a group of investors in Baltimore around businessman Carroll Rosenbloom , supported by the city government, acquired the rights to a new NFL franchise . This was preceded by the longing for a new professional football team for the city after the first Colts from the AAFC had to be dissolved after the 1950 season for financial reasons. However, NFL commissioner Bert Bell stipulated that at least 15,000 season tickets had to be sold within six weeks. However, this goal was already achieved after four weeks, whereby Rosenbloom was awarded the franchise for Baltimore. After the first season and a 3-9 record under Head Coach Keith Molesworth , Rosenbloom Weeb signed Ewbank as the new coach. Over the next few years, Ewbank steadily built the Colts into a successful team. So they managed to end the season with more wins than losses in 1957 , which succeeded every year for the next 14 years and in 1958 and 1959 to bring the NFL championships to Baltimore.

A great guarantee for the success of the team was next to Ewbank as a coach, their quarterback Johnny Unitas . Unitas, who was drafted late by the Steelers and made a detour to the Colts, developed into one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history in the 17 years he played for the Colts. In 206 games he played for the Colts, he scored 287 touchdowns by passing and 13 by running the ball into the opponent's end zone . Unitas was also responsible for introducing the so-called no-huddle offense . The move is not announced by the quarterback in a players' meeting before the start of the game, but called by him directly on the line of scrimmage . With this tactic and the later Hall of Famers Raymond Berry , Art Donovan , Gino Marchetti and Lenny Moore , they were able to beat the New York Giants in overtime with 23:17 in a dramatic game in the NFL Championship Game on December 28, 1958 . The game was later dubbed The Best Game Ever by commentators and contributed greatly to the rapidly growing popularity of professional football.

After the 1962 season , Ewbank was fired after disputes with the owner Rosenbloom. Rosenbloom then hired Don Shula , a former Ewbank player, as the Colts' new head coach in January 1963 . At the age of 33, he was the youngest coach in the NFL at the time. In 1968 the Colts were able to win the NFL Championship Game for the third time, representing the NFL in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game in an additional final. With the additional final, the “real” national champion was determined according to the agreement between the NFL and AFL . In the final, which was later renamed Super Bowl III , the Colts met again on Ewbank and the New York Jets he trained . The Colts were big favorites at the time, but they surprisingly lost the game 16: 7. In 1970 , after the NFL and AFL merged into a league and the Colts played in the AFC , they reached the Super Bowl again . There they could defeat the Dallas Cowboys with 16:13 and wipe out the shame of defeat. Johnny Unitas managed his only thrown touchdown in a Super Bowl with a pass to John Mackey .

In 1984 owner Robert Irsay, who took over the team in 1972, moved the Colts to Indianapolis in a night-and-fog operation.

After an unsuccessful 1997 season, Bill Polian was appointed CEO . He had already made a name for himself as general manager of the Buffalo Bills , (which were under his direction in the Super Bowl four years in a row) and built the Carolina Panthers as the best new team ("Expansion") in NFL history. Two years later, the Colts were able to improve from a 3:13 record in the previous season to 13: 3 (wins / losses). They set an NFL record for the greatest improvement a team had in a season, measured by the number of wins. Polian's significant accomplishments include signing a number of important undrafted players.

Jim E. Mora , who had coached the Indianapolis team since 1998, was replaced by Tony Dungy in 2002 . With him as head coach , the Colts won the Super Bowl XLI in 2006 by beating the Chicago Bears 29:17 .

Successor to Dungy, who ended his coaching career after the play-offs in 2009, was Jim Caldwell . On December 17, 2009, the Colts, under his direction, outbid their own new NFL record set the previous week when they defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 35:31. This was the 23rd win in a row in a regular season game . The New England Patriots held the old record with 21 wins in a row. At the end of the season, however, the Indianapolis team lost to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV .

In 2012, the Colts parted ways with their longtime quarterback Peyton Manning . In the draft, they then selected Andrew Luck as the first player , who immediately advanced to starting quarterback in his rookie season . The Colts then closed the 2012 season with eleven wins and five losses and made it into the play-offs. Even after the 2013 and 2014 season, the Colts reached the play-offs. However, both times they lost to the New England Patriots , in 2013 in the Divisional Play-offs and in 2014 in the AFC Championship Game .

Special players

Colts in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Jersey number	Surname	position	Active for Indianapolis	Year of admission
70	Kind Donovan	DT	1953-1961	1968
11	Joe Perry	FB	1961–1962	1969
89	Gino Marchetti	DE	1953-64, 1966	1972
82	Raymond Berry	WR	1955-1967	1973
77	Jim Parker	OIL	1957-1967	1973
24	Lenny Moore	HB	1956-1967	1975
-	Weeb Ewbank	Trainer	1954-1952	1978
19th	Johnny Unitas	QB	1956-1972	1979
-	Mike McCormack	Trainer	1980-1981	1984
83	Ted Hendricks	LB	1969-1973	1990
88	John Mackey	TE	1963-1971	1992
-	Don Shula	Trainer	1963-1969	1997
29	Eric Dickerson	RB	1987-1991	1999
96	Richard Dent	DE	1996	2011
28	Marshall Faulk	RB	1994-1998	2011
-	Bill Polian	President, GM	1998-2011	2015
-	Tony Dungy	Trainer	2002-2008	2016
88	Marvin Harrison	WR	1996-2008	2016

Jersey numbers that are no longer awarded

No.	player	position	Period
18th	Peyton Manning	QB	1998-2011
19th	Johnny Unitas	QB	1956-72
22nd	Buddy Young	RB	1953-55
24	Lenny Moore	HB	1956-67
70	Kind Donovan	DT	1953-61
77	Jim Parker	OIL	1957-67
82	Raymond Berry	WR	1959-72
89	Gino Marchetti	DE	1948-61

Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor

The Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor honors former players, coaches or club officials who have made outstanding contributions to the franchise. The names are clearly visible in the Lucas Oil Stadium . The first honor was made in 1996 when Robert Irsay , the owner of the Colts at the time, was accepted as the first member. Since then, eleven players, two head coaches and a general manager have been added.

N °	Surname	position	Years in the club	Year of honor
	Robert Irsay	owner	1972-1997	1996
80	Bill Brooks	WR	1986-1992	1998
	Ted Marchibroda	Head coach	1975-1979, 1992-1995	2000
75	Chris Hinton	OT, OG	1983-1989	2001
4th	Jim Harbaugh	QB	1994-1997	2005
	12th Man	Fans		2007; Removed in 2016
	Tony Dungy	Head coach	2002-2008	2010
88	Marvin Harrison	WR	1996-2008	2011
32	Edgerrin James	RB	1999-2005	2012
29	Eric Dickerson	RB	1987-1991	2013
28	Marshall Faulk	RB	1994-1998	2013
63	Jeff Saturday	C.	1999-2011	2015
	Bill Polian	General manager	1998-2011	2017
18th	Peyton Manning	QB	1998-2011	2017
87	Reggie Wayne	WR	2001-2014	2018
93	Dwight Freeney	DE	2002–2012	2019

	Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist
	Member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Current squad

Squad of the Indianapolis Colts
Quarterbacks  7 Jacoby Brissett  2 Brian Hoyer Running backs 21 Nyheim Hines KR / PR 25 Marlon Mack 20 Jordan Wilkins 33 Jonathan Williams Wide receiver 11 Deon Cain 15 Parris Campbell  9 Ashton Dulin 13 TY Hilton 14 Zach Pascal KR 80 Chester Rogers PR Tight ends 81 Mon. Alie-Cox 84 Jack Doyle 85 Eric Ebron	Offensive linemen 63 Josh Andrews C 74 Anthony Castonzo T 62 Le'Raven Clark T 64 Mark Glowinski G 73 Joe Haeg G 78 Ryan Kelly C 56 Quenton Nelson G 72 Braden Smith T Defensive linemen 96 Denico Autry DT 52 Ben Banogu DE 91 Trevon Coley DT 99 Justin Houston DE 92 Margus Hunt NT 94 Tyquan Lewis DT / DE 97 Al-Quadin Muhammad DE 93 Jabaal Sheard DE 90 Grover Stewart NT 57 Kemoko Turay DE	Linebacker 49 Matthew Adams OLB 44 Zaire Franklin OLB 53 Darius Leonard OLB 58 Bobby Okereke OLB 45 EJ Speed OLB 50 Anthony Walker MLB Defensive backs 35 Pierre Desir CB 26 Clayton Geathers SS 29 Malik Hooker FS 42 Rolan Milligan p 23 Kenny Moore CB 30 George Odum FS 47 Shakial Taylor CB 39 Marvell Tell CB 37 Khari Willis FS 31 Quincy Wilson CB 34 Rock Ya-Sin CB Special teams 46 Luke Rhodes LS  8 Rigoberto Sanchez P  4 Adam Vinatieri K	Reserve List 48 Billy Brown TE (IR) 10 Daurice Fountain WR (IR) 17 Devin Funchess WR (IR)  3 Steve Ishmael WR (IR) 79 Jegs Jegede DE (IR) 38 Isaiah Johnson S (IR) 48 Kai Nacua S (IR) 65 Javon Patterson C (IR) Practice Squad 36 Bruce Anderson RB 71 Jackson Barton T 48 Ian Bunting TE 43 Deante Burton CB 60 Jake Eldrenkamp G 95 Gerri Green DE 83 Marcus Johnson WR  6 Chad Kelly QB 55 Skai Moore MLB  1 Chad Williams WR
			Rookies in italics Roster as of October 8, 2019 Depth Chart • Transactions 53 active, 8 inactive, 10 practice squad

Trainer (Head Coaches)

With Tony Dungy, the Colts won the 41st Super Bowl.

Jim Caldwell was 2009 - 2011 the head coach of the Colts.

After successful therapy, Chuck Pagano was Head Coach of the Colts from 2012 to 2017 .

#	Order of trainers
Games	Play as a coach
S.	Victories
N	Defeats
UE	draw
Won%	Win rate
*	Exclusively active as head coach for the Colts

#	Surname	Period	Regular season					Play-offs			Achievements / Awards	reference
			Games	S.	N	UE	Won%	Games	S.	N
Baltimore Colts
1	Keith Molesworth *	1953	12	3	9	0	.333	-	-	-
2	Weeb Ewbank	1954-1952	112	59	52	1	.527	2	2	0	AP NFL Trainer of the Year (1958) UPI NFL Trainer of the Year (1958) NFL Championships ( 1958 , 1959)
3	Don Shula	1963-1969	98	71	23	4th	.725	5	2	3	AP NFL Coach of the Year (1964, 1968) Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1964, 1968) Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1968) NFL Championship (1968)
4th	Don McCafferty	1970-1972	33	22nd	10	1	.667	5	4th	1	Super bowl v
5	John Sandusky * 1	1972	9	4th	5	0	.444	-	-	-
6th	Howard Schnellenberger *	1973-1974	17th	4th	13	0	.235	-	-	-
7th	Joe Thomas * 2	1974	11	2	9	0	.182	-	-	-
8th	Ted Marchibroda	1975-1979	74	41	33	0	.554	3	0	3	AP NFL Coach of the Year (1975) Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (1975) Pro Football Weekly NFL Coach of the Year (1975) UPI NFL Coach of the Year (1975)
9	Mike McCormack	1980-1981	32	9	23	0	.281	-	-	-
10	Frank Kush *	1982-1983	25th	7th	17th	1	.280	-	-	-
Indianapolis Colts
-	Frank Kush *	1984	15th	4th	11	0	.267	-	-	-
11	Hal Hunter * 3	1984	1	0	1	0	.000	-	-	-
12	Rod Dowhower *	1985-1986	29	5	24	0	.172	-	-	-
13	Ron Meyer 4	1986-1991	71	36	35	0	.507	2	0	2	UPI NFL Trainer of the Year (1987)
14th	Rick Venturi 5	1991	11	1	10	0	.100	-	-	-
-	Ted Marchibroda	1992-1995	64	30th	34	0	.469	3	2	1
15th	Lindy Infante	1996-1997	32	12	20th	0	.375	1	0	1
16	Jim E. Mora	1998-2001	64	32	32	0	.500	2	0	2
17th	Tony Dungy	2002-2008	112	85	27	0	.759	13	7th	6th	Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year (2005) Maxwell Football Club NFL Coach of the Year (2005) Super Bowl XLI
18th	Jim Caldwell	2009-2011	48	26th	22nd	0	.542	4th	2	2
19th	Chuck Pagano *	2012-2017	96	53	43	0	.552	6th	3	3
20th	Bruce Arian's 6th	2012	12	9	3	0	.750	-	-	-	AP NFL Trainer of the Year (2012)
21st	Frank Reich *	2018–	32	17th	15th	0	.531	2	1	1

¹ John Sandusky was an interim coach for nine games during the 1972 season .

² Joe Thomas was the interim coach for eleven games during the 1974 season .

³ Hal Hunter was the interim coach for the final game of the 1984 season .

^4th Ron Meyer was an interim coach for three games in the 1986 season .

⁵ Ron Meyer was interim coach for eleven games in the 1991 season .

^6th Bruce Arians was the interim coach for 12 games in the 2012 season after Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia.

Web links

Commons : Indianapolis Colts  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Indianapolis Colts official homepage
• Detailed information on the Indianapolis Colts in German

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Stefan Feldmann: History - Indianapolis Colts. bigplay.ch, September 6, 2016, accessed on October 29, 2019 . 
2. ↑ John Clayton: NFL: Where do the Indianapolis Colts 'Peyton Manning and the Minnesota Vikings' Brett Favre rank among history's greatest QBs? In: sports.espn.go.com. ESPN, January 19, 2010, accessed December 29, 2013 . 
3. ^ The night a team disappeared , Der Tagesspiegel, January 6, 2013, accessed January 23, 2015
4. ↑ Colts year-by-year history ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English) colts.com, accessed on October 10, 2015
5. ↑ Colts.com - Year-by-Year Highlights. (No longer available online.) In: colts.com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on July 10, 2017 . 
6. ↑ - ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ http://www.footballcardgallery.com/player/Ted+Marchibroda/
8. ↑ - ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ http://usdtoreros.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/harbaugh_jim00.html
10. ↑ http://www.indystar.com/article/20071231/SPORTS03/712310383/Sanders-already-repaying-Colts
11. ^ Mark Alesia: Indianapolis Colts agree to stop using '12th Man' in settlement with Texas A&M. In: indystar.com. February 18, 2016, accessed May 19, 2018 . 
12. ↑ http://www.indystar.com/article/20101101/SPORTS15/11010332/Kravitz-Dungy-adds-prestige-Colts-Ring-Honor
13. ↑ http://indiana.sbnation.com/indianapolis-colts/2011/11/27/2589495/the-great-marvin-harrison-inducted-into-colts-ring-of-honor-today
14. ↑ - ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ - ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ - ( Memento from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2015/07/14/indianapolis-colts-induct-jeff-saturday--ring--honor/30136215/
18. ↑ Kevin Bowen: Colts To Induct Bill Polian Into Ring Of Honor. (No longer available online.) In: colts.com. June 20, 2016, archived from the original on August 22, 2016 ; accessed on May 19, 2018 . 
19. ↑ Colts To Unveil Peyton Manning Statue, Ring Of Honor Induction, Jersey Retirement In October. In: colts.com. May 9, 2017, archived from the original on May 19, 2018 ; accessed on May 19, 2018 . 
20. ^ Reggie Wayne To Be Inducted Into Colts Ring Of Honor. In: colts.com. February 20, 2018, archived from the original on February 25, 2018 ; accessed on May 19, 2018 . 
21. ↑ Colts to induct Dwight Freeney into Ring of Honor. In: wthr.com. May 2, 2019, accessed August 10, 2019 . 
22. ^ Statistics by Keith Molesworth . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
23. ^ Statistics from Weeb Ewbank . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
24. ^ Statistics from Don Shula . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
25. ^ Statistics from Don McCafferty . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
26. ^ Statistics by John Sandusky . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
27. ^ Statistics from Howard Schnellenberger . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
28. ↑ Statistics from Joe Thomas . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
29. ^ ^{A b} Statistics by Ted Marchibroda . Retrieved October 22, 2015.
30. ^ Statistics from Mike Zimmer . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
31. ↑ ^{a b} Frank Kush statistics . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
32. ↑ Statistics from Hal Hunter . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
33. ↑ statistics Rod Dowhower . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
34. ^ Statistics from Ron Meyer . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
35. ↑ Statistics by Rick Venturi . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
36. ^ Statistics from Lindy Infante . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
37. ↑ Statistics by Jim Mora . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
38. ^ Statistics by Tony Dungy . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
39. ↑ Statistics by Jim Caldwell . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
40. ↑ Statistics by Chuck Pagano . Retrieved January 4, 2018.
41. ↑ Statistics by Bruce Arians . Retrieved October 23, 2015.
42. ^ Statistics from Frank Reich . Retrieved January 11, 2020.