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The Colts began the season as they had in 2005 with a 9–0 record, becoming the first team in NFL history to begin two consecutive seasons by winning nine games. However, the Colts proceeded to lose three of the next four, largely due to the league's worst run defense. [ 54 ]
Luck went on to lead the Colts to a 15th division championship later that season. In the first round of the 2013 NFL playoffs, Andrew Luck led the Colts to a 45–44 victory over Kansas City, outscoring the Chiefs 35–13 in the second half in the second biggest comeback in NFL playoff history. [105]
The new team kept the Triangles' blue and white color scheme and was named the Colts after the unrelated previous team that folded after the 1950 NFL season. [2] After 31 seasons in Baltimore, Colts owner Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis, Indiana. [3] The Colts have won two Super Bowl championships (Super Bowl V and Super Bowl XLI).
The Colts have had 33 starting quarterbacks (QB) in the history of their franchise. The Colts' past starting quarterbacks include Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Unitas, as well as the Associated Press National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) winners Earl Morrall and Bert Jones. Unitas also won the MVP award three ...
The NFL treats the Baltimore Colts and the Indianapolis Colts (including logos, history, and records) as one continuous franchise since 1953. Despite this, many former Baltimore Colts players, led by Johnny Unitas, disowned the Colts franchise after the move to Indianapolis, instead choosing to remain loyal to the City of Baltimore.
Irsay ran through the No. 2 Colts ranking in career sacks and the No. 3 NFL ranking in career forced fumbles. He referenced the spin move and the nickname as the closer of Peyton Manning's torrid run.
Six times in Colts history there were interim head coaches. In 1972, Don McCafferty was fired five games into the season. [ 2 ] John Sandusky was named as the interim head coach for the rest of the season, during which he led the Colts to a 4–5 record, but he was not made the permanent coach the next year.
Colts in NFL power rankings for Week 2. Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: 23rd, down 1 from last week. Anthony Richardson hit some big plays to keep the Colts in the game against the Texans, but the ...