Colts History

Events

Abraham Watner (1947-1950)

January 1, 1947 - January 1, 1950

Baltimore Colts founded (1947) (Miami Seahawks relocated to Baltimore)

jan 1, 1947

Cecil Isbell (1947-1949)

January 1, 1947 - January 1, 1949

Walter Driskill

January 1, 1949

Baltimore Colts disbanded (1950)

jan 1, 1950

Clem Crow

January 1, 1950

Disbanded (1950-1953)

January 1, 1950 - January 1, 1953

Baltimore Colts re-founded (1953) (Houston Texans relocated to Baltimore and took blue and white colors)

jan 1, 1953

Carroll Rosenbloom (1953-1972)

January 1, 1953 - January 1, 1972

Kieth Molesworth

January 1, 1953

Weeb Ewbank (1954-1962)

January 1, 1954 - January 1, 1962

1958 Baltimore Colts win NFL championship game vs. New York Giants (23-17)

January 1, 1958

1959 Baltimore Colts win NFL championship game vs. New York Giants (31-16)

Jan 1, 1959

Don Schula (1963-1969)

January 1, 1963 - January 1, 1969

1964 Baltimore Colts lost NFL championship game vs. Cleveland Browns (0-27)

Jan 1, 1964

1965 Baltimore Colts lost playoff game vs. Green Bay Packers (10-13)

jan 1, 1965

1968 Baltimore Colts lose Super Bowl 3 vs. New York Jets (16-7)

jan 1, 1968

Art Donovan, played 1953-1961, inducted 1968

jan 1, 1968

Joe Perry, played 1961-1962, inducted 1969

jan 1, 1969

1970 Baltimore Colts win Super Bowl 5 vs. Dallas Cowboys (16-13)

jan 1, 1970

Don McCafferty (1970-1972)

January 1, 1970 - January 1, 1972

1971 Baltimore Colts lose Conference Championship game vs. Miami Dolphins (0-21)

jan 1, 1971

Gino Marchetti, played 1953-1964 and 1966, inducted 1972

jan 1, 1972

John Sandusky (1972)

January 1, 1972

Robert Irsay (1972-1984)

January 1, 1972 - January 1, 1984

Howard Schnellenberger (1973-1974)

January 1, 1973 - January 1, 1974

Jim Parker, played 1957-1967, inducted 1973

jan 1, 1973

Raymond Berry, played 1955-1967, inducted 1973

jan 1, 1973

Joe Thomas (1974)

January 1, 1974

1975 Baltimore Colts lose playoff game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-28)

jan 1, 1975

Lenny Moore, played 1956-1967, inducted 1975

jan 1, 1975

Ted Marchibroda (1975-1979)

January 1, 1975 - January 1, 1979

1976 Baltimore Colts lose playoff game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (14-40)

jan 1, 1976

1977 Baltimore Colts lose playoff game vs. Oakland Raiders(31-37)

jan 1, 1977

Johnny Unitas, played 1956-1972, inducted 1979

jan 1, 1979

Mike McCormack (1980-1981)

January 1, 1980 - January 1, 1981

Frank Kush (1982-1983)

January 1, 1982 - January 1, 1983

Baltimore Colts relocate to Indianapolis; become Indianapolis Colts (1984)

jan 1, 1984

Hal Hunter (1984)

January 1, 1984

Jim Irsay (1984-present)

1984 - January 1, 2014

Rod Dowhower (1985-1986)

January 1, 1985 - January 1, 1986

Ron Meyer (1986-1991)

January 1, 1986 - January 1, 1991

1987 Indianapolis Colts lose divisional playoff game vs. Cleveland Browns (21-38)

January 1, 1987

Ted Hendricks, played 1969-1973, inducted 1990

jan 1, 1990

Rick Venturi (1991)

January 1, 1991

John Mackey, played 1963-1971, inducted 1992

jan 1, 1992

Ted Marchibroda (1992-1995)

January 1, 1992 - January 1,1995

1995 Indianapolis Colts lose Conference Championship vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (16-20)

jan 1, 1995

1996 Indianapolis Colts lose Wildcard game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (14-42)

jan 1, 1996

Lindy Infante (1996-1997)

January 1, 1996 - January 1, 1997

Jim Mora (1998-2001)

January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2001

1999 Indianapolis Colts lose divisional playoffs vs. Tennessee Titans (19-16)

jan 1, 1999

Eric Dickerson, played 1987-1991, inducted 1999

jan 1, 1999

2000 Indianapolis Colts lose playoff game vs. Miami Dolphins (17-23)

jan 1, 2000

2002 Indianapolis Colts lose playoff game vs. New York Jets (0-41)

jan 1, 2002

Tony Dungy (2002-2008)

January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2008

2003 Indianapolis Colts lose AFC Championship game vs. New England Patriots (14-24)

jan 1, 2003

2004 Indianapolis Colts lose divisional playoff game vs. New England Patriots (3-20)

jan 1, 2004

2005 Indianapolis Colts lose divisional playoff game vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (18-21)

jan 1, 2005

2006 Indianapolis Colts won Divisional Playoffs vs. Ravens (15-6)

jan 1, 2006

2006 Indianapolis Colts won Conference Championship vs. Patriots (38-34)

jan 2, 2006

2006 Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI vs. Chicago Bears (29-17)

jan 3, 2006

2007 Indianapolis Colts lost Divisional Playoff against the Chargers (28-24)

jan 1, 2007

2008 Indianapolis Colts lost Wild Card Playoffs against the Chargers (23-17)

jan 1, 2008

Jim Caldwell (2009-2011)

January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011

2009 Indianapolis Colts won Divisional Playoffs against the Ravens (20-3)

Jan 2, 2009

2009 Indianapolis Colts won Conference Championship against the Jets (20-17)

jan 3, 2009

2009 Indianapolis Colts lost Super Bowl XLIV against the Saints (31-17)

jan 4, 2009

2010 Indianapolis Colts lost Wild Card Playoffs against the Jets (17-16)

jan 1, 2010

Marshall Faulk, played 1994-1998, inducted 2011

jan 1, 2011

Richard Dent, played 1996, inducted 2011

jan 1, 2011

2012 Indianapolis Colts lost Wild Card Playoffs against the Ravens (24-9)

jan 1, 2012

Chuck Pagano (2012-present)

January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2014

2013 Indianapolis Colts won Wild Card Playoffs against the Chiefs (45-44)

jan 1, 2013

2013 Indianapolis Colts lost Divisional Playoffs against the Patriots (43-22)

jan 2, 2013

2014 Indianapolis Colts won Wild Card Playoffs against the Bengals (26-10)

jan 1, 2014

2014 Indianapolis Colts won Divisional Playoffs against the Broncos (24-13)

jan 2, 2014

2014 Indianapolis Colts lost Conference Championship against the (Patriots) (45-7)

jan 3, 2014