Editing Indianapolis Colts (section)

{{short description|National Football League franchise in Indianapolis, Indiana}}
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{{Infobox NFL team
| name = Indianapolis Colts
| current = 2025 Indianapolis Colts season
| logo = Indianapolis Colts logo.svg
| wordmark = Indianapolis Colts new wordmark.svg
| established = {{Start date and age|January 23, 1953}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Indianapolis Colts Team Facts|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/teams/indianapolis-colts/team-facts/|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=ProFootballHOF.com|access-date=October 2, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003025713/http://www.profootballhof.com/teams/indianapolis-colts/team-facts/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Colts Franchise Recap|url=https://www.colts.com/team/history/franchise-recap|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Colts.com|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref>
| first_season = [[1953 Baltimore Colts season|1953]]
| stadium = [[Lucas Oil Stadium]],<br />[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| headquartered = The Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
| uniform = [[File:Indianapolis Colts Uniforms 2023-Present.png|275px]]
| colors = Speed blue, white, facemask gray, anvil black<ref>{{cite web|title=Colts 2020 Uniform and Brand Updates|url=https://www.colts.com/team/brand/|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Colts.com|date=April 13, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416084014/https://www.colts.com/team/brand/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Indianapolis Colts History|chapter-url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2023/IND.pdf#page=442|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|title=2023 Indianapolis Colts Media Guide|url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2023/IND.pdf|date=August 3, 2023|access-date=July 8, 2024|quote=On January 23, 1953, under the principal ownership of Carroll Rosenbloom, the NFL’s Dallas Texans franchise was moved to Baltimore where, keeping the "Colts" nickname, the Texans team colors of blue and white were inherited.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Indianapolis Colts Team Capsule|chapter-url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/2022_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf#page=79|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|title=2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book|url=https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/league/apps/league-site/media-guides/2022/2022_NFL_Record_and_Fact_Book.pdf|date=July 20, 2022|access-date=July 8, 2024}}</ref><br />{{color box|#013369}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#A5ACAF}} {{color box|#1D252C}}
| owner = {{ubl|[[Carlie Irsay-Gordon]]|[[Casey Foyt]]|[[Kalen Jackson]]}}
| general manager = [[Chris Ballard (American football)|Chris Ballard]]
| coach = [[Shane Steichen]]
| mascot = [[Blue (NFL mascot)|Blue]]
| website = {{URL|colts.com}}
| nicknames =
| hist_yr = 1984
| hist_misc =
* [[Baltimore Colts]] (1953–1983)
| NFL_start_yr = 1953
| division_hist =
* Western Conference (1953–1969)
** [[National Football League Coastal Division|Coastal Division]] (1967–1969)
* '''[[American Football Conference]] (1970–present)'''
** [[AFC East]] (1970–2001)
** '''[[AFC South]] (2002–present)'''
| no_league_champs = 4{{efn|Does not include 1968 NFL championship won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested}}
| no_pre1970sb_champs = 1
| no_sb_champs = 2
| no_conf_champs = 7
| no_div_champs = 16
| league_champs =
* '''[[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL championships]] (pre-1970 [[AFL–NFL merger]]) (3)'''<br />[[1958 Baltimore Colts season|1958]], [[1959 Baltimore Colts season|1959]], [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|1968]]
| sb_champs = [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|1970]]&nbsp;([[Super Bowl V|V]]), [[2006 Indianapolis Colts season|2006]]&nbsp;([[Super Bowl XLI|XLI]]) <!-- do not change this to 2007, '2006' means the 2006 NFL season -->
| conf_champs =
* '''NFL Western:''' [[1958 Baltimore Colts season|1958]], [[1959 Baltimore Colts season|1959]], [[1964 Baltimore Colts season|1964]], [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|1968]]
* '''AFC:''' [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|1970]], [[2006 Indianapolis Colts season|2006]], [[2009 Indianapolis Colts season|2009]]
| div_champs =
* '''NFL Coastal:''' [[1968 Baltimore Colts season|1968]]
* '''AFC East:''' [[1970 Baltimore Colts season|1970]], [[1975 Baltimore Colts season|1975]], [[1976 Baltimore Colts season|1976]], [[1977 Baltimore Colts season|1977]], [[1987 Indianapolis Colts season|1987]], [[1999 Indianapolis Colts season|1999]]
* '''AFC South:''' [[2003 Indianapolis Colts season|2003]], [[2004 Indianapolis Colts season|2004]], [[2005 Indianapolis Colts season|2005]], [[2006 Indianapolis Colts season|2006]], [[2007 Indianapolis Colts season|2007]], [[2009 Indianapolis Colts season|2009]], [[2010 Indianapolis Colts season|2010]], [[2013 Indianapolis Colts season|2013]], [[2014 Indianapolis Colts season|2014]]
| playoff_appearances =
* '''NFL:''' [[1958 NFL Championship Game|1958]], [[1959 NFL Championship Game|1959]], [[1964 NFL Championship Game|1964]], [[1965 NFL playoffs|1965]], [[1968 NFL playoffs|1968]], [[1970–71 NFL playoffs|1970]], [[1971–72 NFL playoffs|1971]], [[1975–76 NFL playoffs|1975]], [[1976–77 NFL playoffs|1976]], [[1977–78 NFL playoffs|1977]], [[1987–88 NFL playoffs|1987]], [[1995–96 NFL playoffs|1995]], [[1996–97 NFL playoffs|1996]], [[1999–2000 NFL playoffs|1999]], [[2000–01 NFL playoffs|2000]], [[2002–03 NFL playoffs|2002]], [[2003–04 NFL playoffs|2003]], [[2004–05 NFL playoffs|2004]], [[2005–06 NFL playoffs|2005]], [[2006–07 NFL playoffs|2006]], [[2007–08 NFL playoffs|2007]], [[2008–09 NFL playoffs|2008]], [[2009–10 NFL playoffs|2009]], [[2010–11 NFL playoffs|2010]], [[2012–13 NFL playoffs|2012]], [[2013–14 NFL playoffs|2013]], [[2014–15 NFL playoffs|2014]], [[2018–19 NFL playoffs|2018]], [[2020–21 NFL playoffs|2020]]
| no_playoff_appearances = 29
| stadium_years =
* [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]] (1953–1983)
* [[RCA Dome]] (1984–2007)
* '''[[Lucas Oil Stadium]] ({{nfly|2008}}–present)'''
| team_owners =
* [[Carroll Rosenbloom]] (1953–1972)
* [[Robert Irsay]] (1972–1997)
* [[Jim Irsay]] (1997–2025)
* '''[[Carlie Irsay-Gordon]], [[Casey Foyt]] and, [[Kalen Jackson]] (2025–present)'''

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The '''Indianapolis Colts''' are a professional [[American football]] team based in [[Indianapolis]]. The Colts compete in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) as a member of the [[American Football Conference]] (AFC) [[AFC South|South]] division. Since the [[2008 Indianapolis Colts season|2008 season]], the Colts have played their games in [[Lucas Oil Stadium]]. Previously, the team had played for over two decades (1984–2007) at the [[RCA Dome]]. Since 1987, the Colts have served as the host team for the [[NFL Scouting Combine]].

The Colts have competed as a member club of the NFL since their founding in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, in 1953, after then-owner [[Carroll Rosenbloom]] purchased the assets of the NFL's last founding [[Ohio League]] member [[Dayton Triangles]]–[[Dallas Texans (NFL)|Dallas Texans]] franchise. They were one of three NFL teams to join those of the [[American Football League]] (AFL) to form the AFC, following the [[AFL–NFL merger|1970 merger]]. While in Baltimore, the team advanced to the [[National Football League playoffs|playoffs]] ten times and won three [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL Championship games]] in [[1958 NFL Championship Game|1958]], [[1959 NFL Championship Game|1959]], and [[1968 NFL Championship Game|1968]]. The Baltimore Colts played in two [[Super Bowl]] games, losing to the [[New York Jets]] in [[Super Bowl&nbsp;III]] and defeating the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in [[Super Bowl&nbsp;V]]. The Colts [[Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis|relocated]] to Indianapolis in 1984 and have since appeared in the playoffs sixteen times, won two conference championships, and played in two [[Super Bowl]] games; they defeated the [[Chicago Bears]] in [[Super Bowl&nbsp;XLI]], and lost to the [[New Orleans Saints]] in [[Super Bowl&nbsp;XLIV]] (all four Super Bowls that the Colts have played in took place at the home stadium for the [[Miami Dolphins]]; while based in Baltimore, Super Bowls&nbsp;III and V were held at the [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] in Miami, and while based in Indianapolis, Super Bowls&nbsp;XLI and XLIV were at what is now [[Hard Rock Stadium]] in Miami Gardens).