The day of the Super Bowl, the agent dies, Tender is married, and as the police come to arrest him, Tender predicts that the Colts will beat the Cardinals 27-24.

* Gary Hogeboom, National Football League player for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Phoenix Cardinals, and Washington Redskins after playing college football at the Central Michigan University and high school football at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

With the exception of the three teams that have direct descendants still in the NFL, the Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals and Dayton Triangles ( whose remains reside in the current Indianapolis Colts — or the St. Louis Rams, depending on the perspective ), Buffalo was the longest-lived of the league's original teams.

Such franchises include the Broncos, Eagles, Seahawks, Buccaneers, Bengals, Steelers, Lions, Cardinals, and Colts.

Among them were Ray Pinney of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Cedrick Hardman of the 1970s San Francisco 49ers and early 1980s Oakland Raiders, Anthony Carter ( Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions ), Arthur Whittington ( Oakland Raiders, Buffalo Bills ), Bobby Hebert ( New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons ), Gary Plummer ( San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers ), Raymond Chester ( Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts ), Albert Bentley ( Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers ), Dave Browning ( Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders, New England Patriots ), Ray Bentley ( Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals ), Dale Markham ( St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Green Bay Packers ) and Derek Holloway ( Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ).

Since then, there have been six instances of teams advancing to the Super Bowl after playing three playoff games: the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL as the No. 6 seeded team, the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLI as the No. 3 seed, the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII as the No. 5 seed, the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII as the No. 4 seed, the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV as the No. 6 seed, and again the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI as the No. 4 seed.

The Kansas City Chiefs, Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts are all teams who have recently received a significant amount of public financing to either construct or upgrade the stadiums in which they currently play.

The Colts lost some key players after the 2005 season, including James, who departed the Colts for the Arizona Cardinals, and kicker Mike Vanderjagt, the NFL's all-time leader in field goal percentage, who left for the Dallas Cowboys.

The Colts entered the Super Bowl off victories over the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets, while the Saints advanced after defeating the previous year's runners up the Arizona Cardinals in their first game and the Minnesota Vikings in the second.

Proehl played 17 seasons with the Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, and Indianapolis Colts.

Only twice since 1990 has neither a number one-seeded team nor a number two-seeded team hosted a conference championship game ( in the 2006 AFC Championship the # 3 seeded Indianapolis Colts hosted the # 4 seeded New England Patriots with the Colts winning 38-34 and the 2008 NFC Championship the # 4 seeded Arizona Cardinals hosting the # 6 seeded Philadelphia Eagles with the Cardinals winning 32-25 ).

So if the Bears played the Colts in Baltimore or the Cardinals visited Forbes Field to play the Steelers in these years, it was likely that the games were not televised by CBS ( but from 1959 to 1961, might be shown by NBC ).

The feat has only been done twice more, in the AFC in the 2005-06 NFL playoffs with the Colts and Patriots beating the Ravens and Chargers, and again in the NFC in the 2008-09 NFL playoffs with the Cardinals and Eagles beating the Panthers and Giants.

In 1920 several members of Ragen's Colts split off to form the NFL football team, the Chicago Maroons, later known as the Chicago Cardinals.

As a result, the Browns, Cardinals, Colts, Cowboys, Rams, Redskins, Steelers ( for one game ) and Vikings ( except for one game in which the Lions forgot to bring their blue jerseys ) did so ; while the rest reverted to home colors the following year, the Cardinals would not wear red at home until 1966, the Rams would not do so again until 1972, the Browns only once until 1975, and the Cowboys, aside from an unwilling use of their blue tops as the " home " team in Super Bowls, have continuously worn white at home to this day.

Hogeboom reached the spotlight playing for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Phoenix Cardinals, and Washington Redskins after playing college football at the Central Michigan University and high school football at Northview High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

The Giants went on to play the Baltimore Colts in the championship, a game often cited as the seed of professional football's popularity surge in the U. S.

* 1958 – " Greatest Game Ever Played " – Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

The Colts faced the New York Giants in the 1958 NFL Championship Game in what is considered to be among the greatest contests in professional football history.

The Colts defeated the Giants 23 – 17 in the first game ever to utilize the overtime rule and a game seen by 45 million people.

Following the Colts first NFL championship, the team once again posted a 9 – 3 record during the 1959 season and would defeat the Giants once again in the NFL Championship Game to claim their second title in back to back fashion.

The Colts then repeated the feat by posting an identical record and routing the Giants in the 1959 final.

Up until the Colts ' back-to-back titles, the Giants had been the premier club in the NFL, and would continue to be post-season stalwarts the next decade losing three straight finals.

In recent years, the Colts and Giants featured brothers as their starting quarterbacks ( Peyton and Eli Manning respectively ) leading to their occasional matchup being referred to as " the Manning Bowl ".

Most significantly, the Giants played the Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship Game that is considered a watershed event in the history of the NFL.

* Jim Sorgi-Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants NFL quarterback

Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons, Indianapolis Colts Ohio State Running Back / Defensive Back ( 1950s ), Ohio State All Time Interceptions Leader ( 2nd-17 ), 1st Team ALL-BIG 10 ( 1952 )

* Kerry Collins Quarterback for Penn State University, the New York Giants, the Tennessee Titans and, currently, the Indianapolis Colts

The Giants beat the Chicago Bears 47 – 7 in 1956, but lost to the Baltimore Colts in 1958 and 1959.

* NFL Championship – Baltimore Colts won 31-16 over the New York Giants

* NFL Championship – December 28 the Baltimore Colts won 23-17 over the New York Giants in overtime.

Parcells emphasized the importance of not obtaining a " 7th loss " but they did lose to the Colts and then to the New York Giants the following week.

* 1958 ( NFL )-Baltimore Colts 23, New York Giants 17 ( OT )

* 1959 ( NFL )-Baltimore Colts 31, New York Giants 16

The Patriots lost to the Washington Redskins 20-17 in Week Four but swept the rest of the NFC East and the entire AFC South ; the Patriots shut out Dallas in bitter cold and edged the Giants in the rain while hammering Philly following the infamously erroneous " They hate their coach " quote from Tom Jackson ; the Patriots also edged the Titans, Houston in overtime, and former division rival Indianapolis in shootouts while routing Jacksonville ( which like Carolina had entered the NFL in 1995 ) in the regular season, and then edged the Titans and hammered the Colts in the playoffs.

The Panthers had less success, going 6-4 against the two divisions, losing to the Titans and Houston while defeating Jacksonville and the Colts, and defeating Washington and the Giants while losing to Philly and Dallas in the regular season, then routing the Cowboys and edging the Eagles in the playoffs.

After missing the preseason, Manning was ruled out for the Colts opening game in Houston and eventually the entire 2011 season.

| Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts || 6 || 5 || 0 ||. 545 || W 62 – 7 || October 23, 2011 || New Orleans, LA || 1 – 0 postseason

* Margin Of Victory: 62 – 7, October 23, 2011 vs Indianapolis Colts

By contrast, the Indianapolis Colts — among the most successful franchises in any sport during the 2000s with quarterback Peyton Manning — had a 2-14 record in 2011 because of injuries that prevented Manning from playing.

Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Colts Neck Township had been in state legislative district 12.

He played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons from 1998 – 2011.

In May 2011, he underwent neck surgery to alleviate neck pain and arm weakness he dealt with during the previous few seasons before signing a five-year, $ 90 million contract extension with the Colts in July 2011.

The Colts placed their franchise tag on Manning on February 15, 2011.

On July 30, 2011, the Colts signed Manning to a 5 year, $ 90 million contract after negotiations in which he made it clear that he did not need to be the highest-paid player in the NFL.

" Ultimately, Manning did not play a single game in 2011, and the Colts went 2 – 14 without him, only the second season since Manning was a rookie that the Colts did not win at least 10 games.

His 14 season career with the Colts came to an end with Manning sitting out the entire 2011 season with an injury.

After missing the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and finishing last overall in the OHL, the Colts were given the first overall draft pick in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection.

The streak carried over until week 4 of the 2011 season when it sold enough tickets for its Monday Night game with the Indianapolis Colts on October 3rd to avoid a local blackout.

Most recently, the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 62-7 on October 23, 2011.

In 2011, there were 3 starting quarterbacks in the NFL from Purdue: Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints, Kyle Orton of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Curtis Painter of the Indianapolis Colts.

Colts Premierships: ( 9 total ) 1970, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2012

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Rhodes ' teammates on the 2011 Virginia Destroyers included LB Diyral Briggs ( Packers, SB XLV ), DT Jay Alford ( Giants, SB XLII ) and WR John Standeford ( Colts, and Rhodes ' teammate during SB XLI ) who all share the same claim.

Rhodes ' teammates on the 2011 Virginia Destroyers included LB Diyral Briggs ( Packers, SB XLV ), DT Jay Alford ( Giants, SB XLII ) and WR John Standeford ( Colts, and Rhodes ' teammate during SB XLI ) who all share the same claim.

From September 2011 until February 2012, Tressel was a consultant for the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL.

On September 2, 2011, Tressel was hired by the Indianapolis Colts as a consultant.