Indianapolis Colts
Team Stats
AFC South
1946
Lucas Oil Stadium
One Super Bowl win - 1-0 record
Head Coach
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Jim Caldwell
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- First season
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Jim Caldwell was named as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts on January 13, 2009, replacing Tony Dungy. Caldwell spent the previous seven years with the Colts, inititally serving as quarterbacks coach before being promoted to assistant head coach.
Featured Player
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Peyton Manning
- Quarterback
- 6-5
- 230 lbs
- 33
- 24/3/1976
- University of Tennessee
- 11 seasons
Peyton Manning is one of the most recognizable football players in the NFL. Manning joined the Colts in 1998 as the first pick overall in the NFL Draft. Since then he has been in the Pro Bowl eight times, has thrown for 49 touchdowns in a season (2004 - which was the record until New England's Tom Brady broke it in 2007 with 50), and won a Super Bowl ring in 2007. He was at his excellent best in 2008, throwing for 4,002 yards and 27 touchdowns to win the NFL MVP award.
Team Info
The Colts began life in Baltimore in 1946 but left the city in March 1984, moving to Indianapolis. Even though the Colts won the 1971 Super Bowl while in Baltimore, until 2007 they had failed to make it to the big game while based in Indianapolis. However, they capped a four-year run in the postseason in February 2007 with a Super Bowl victory against the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI in Miami. The Colts' 12-4 regular season record was actually their worst mark in three years, but they ran through the play-offs, defeating their arch-rivals New England in the AFC Championship game to meet the Bears in the Super Bowl. Although they could not repeat as Super Bowl champions in 2007, their impressive 13-3 record helped them to retain the AFC South title. The Colts made a slow start to the 2008 campaign but rallied to win nine straight before losing to the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the playoffs. At the beginning of the Caldwell era, they remain strong Super Bowl contenders.
