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The 2015 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 63rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their 32nd in Indianapolis, surpassing the 31 seasons they played in their original home city of Baltimore. It was also the fourth season under the trio of head coach Chuck Pagano , general manager Ryan Grigson and quarterback Andrew Luck .
After the Colts owner Jim Irsay hired Tony Dungy in 2002, [7] the Colts made the playoffs for nine straight seasons. They won five straight AFC South titles from 2003 to 2007 and had seven consecutive seasons of 12 or more victories from 2003 to 2009 , the first time that has been achieved in the NFL's 90-year history. [ 8 ]
Dalton then led the team to the Colts' 39-yard line, where Mike Nugent made a 57-yard field goal, the second longest kick in NFL playoff history, cutting the score to 13–10 going into halftime. The Colts' defense dominated the Bengals in the second half, forcing them to a three-and-out on their first four drives.
It also marked the first time in that all of the wild card teams advanced past the first round of the playoffs (this was only possible from 1970–71 until 1977–78 and since 2002–03, because playoff formats between 1978–79 and 2001–02 included first-round games between two wild card teams due to there being 3 divisions in each ...
View history; General What links here; ... Indianapolis Colts: 8 8 0 .500 4–2 6–6 333 408 W2 ... Template:2015 NFC standings;
Super Bowl LIX: TBD. Super Bowl LVIII: Chiefs def. 49ers, 25-22, OT. Super Bowl LVII: Chiefs def. Eagles, 38-35. Super Bowl LVI: Rams def. Bengals, 23-20
Although the win put the Colts at 8–8, they were officially eliminated from playoff contention that week when the Houston Texans defeated Jacksonville to reach a 9–7 mark and win the AFC South. 2015 marked the first time the Colts had missed the playoffs since 2011 and only the third time in the past 17 seasons.
This is a template that was created to easily update every article with the 2015 NFC standings. The teams should be sorted according to the NFL tiebreaking rules, as indicated by such reliable sources as ESPN's playoff standings (the conference standings page on NFL.com are usually not accurate on this issue because they normally do not sort them by ALL the tiebreaking rules until the end of ...