Following the two championships in 1958 and 1959, the Colts did not return to the NFL Championship for four seasons and saw a transition from head coach Ewbank to a young Don Shula in 1963.

Under the new ownership, the Colts did not reach the postseason for three consecutive seasons after 1971, and after the 1972 season, starting quarterback and legend Johnny Unitas, was traded to the San Diego Chargers.

The following year the offense collapsed, including a game against the Buffalo Bills where the Colts ' offense did not cross mid-field the entire game.

The move to Indianapolis, however, did not change the recent fortune of the Colts with the team appearing the postseason only once in the first eleven season in Indianapolis.

The Colts, however, did receive eventual Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson as a result of a trade during the 1987 season and would go onto compile a 9 – 6 record, good enough to win the AFC East and advance to the postseason for the first time in the franchise's history in Indianapolis, where they would eventually lose to the Cleveland Browns.

Following 1987, the Colts did not see any real success for quite some time, with the team missing the postseason for seven consecutive seasons.

This continued into 2010 when the Colts would only compile a 10 – 6 record, the first time the Colts did not win 12 games since 2002, and lose to the New York Jets in the wild card round of the playoffs.

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

The nature of this rivalry is ironic because while the Colts and Patriots were division rivals from 1970 to 2001, it did not become prominent in league circles until after Indianapolis was relocated to the AFC South.

The rivalry was effectively retired after this ; the two clubs did meet in a memorable Monday Night Football matchup in 2009 where the Colts, despite having the ball for only fifteen minutes, defeated the Dolphins 27 – 23.

Entering Super Bowl III, just like the previous two Super Bowls, many sports writers and fans believed that AFL teams did not have the same caliber of talent as NFL clubs, and thus fully expected the Colts to defeat the Jets.

In their second season, the Gold Miners were no longer the lone American team as the CFL introduced three new teams: The Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore Stallions ( who were known as the CFLers when the NFL did not allow the Colts name to be used ).

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.

Although he did not play, McAllister was on the Saints ' roster when they defeated the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, and was also given a championship ring.

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.

Though he was on the roster for another Super Bowl appearance by the Colts in 2009, he was injured and did not play in the game.

The Browns did not contend for the championship in the following two years, when a Baltimore Colts team coached by Brown's former protege Weeb Ewbank won a pair of titles.

Colts president Bill Polian did not want his young team's chemistry damaged, so he traded Faulk for second-and fifth-round picks in the upcoming draft ( used to draft LB Mike Peterson and DE Brad Scioli ).

In the second game the Colts did not fair much better, losing to the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League 7-2.

Marchibroda was already well known because of his work as head coach of the Baltimore Colts during the 1970s and the Indianapolis Colts during the early 1990s.

Under Tobin, the Colts would go onto draft running back Marshall Faulk with the second overall pick in the 1994 and acquired quarterback Jim Harbaugh as well.

The Colts faced the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl and would go onto win the game 29 – 17, giving Manning, Polian, Irsay and Dungy their first Super Bowl title, as well as the first title for the city of Indianapolis.

Immokalee is the birthplace of several NFL athletes including former Pro Bowl running back Edgerrin James and his cousin Indianapolis Colts running back Javarris James, as well as current Philadelphia Eagles Line Back Brian Rolle.

Founded in 1936, Whitchurch RUFC plays at Edgeley Park and has a full complement of mini rugby and junior teams as well as under-19s ( Colts ), a ladies team and four senior teams.

Manning threw for 4 touchdowns in the win and was again named AFC Offensive Player of the Week and the win gave the Colts a 10 – 6 record as well as a wild card spot in the playoffs.

The Colts responded well, winning their next 8 games before losing their final regular season game to Denver, a game in which Manning played only the first series.

The Colts won their next 5 games, securing yet another AFC South title, as well as the AFC's number two seed in the play-offs.

Vinatieri won Super Bowls in 2001, 2003, and 2004 with the Patriots, as well as 2006 with the Colts.

He was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, and he earned an AFL Championship ring with the New York Jets in 1968 and had the only sack of the game ; as well as a World Championship with the Jets after the 1968 season, when he was team co-captain in the Jets ' destruction of the NFL Champion Baltimore Colts.

Currently, the main football club in the town is Brownhills Community Colts, a youth club which has existed since the 1970s and fields teams in various age groups, as well as teams for children with disabilities.

Especially valuable, often going for well over $ 10, 000, are the OWA ( Orville Wood Ainsworth ) and the rare Henry Nettleton inspected Single Action Army Colts.

In addition, through the several trades that brought in Fraser Clair, Shayne Fryia, and goaltender David Chant as well as the great play of rookie Jan Platil the Colts looked to make a deep run into the playoffs the following season.

Goaltender Peter Di Salvo, defenceman Stephen Gaskin as well as forward Kyle Clifford all made their debut for the Colts this year, becoming the core of a Colts team for many years to come.

In return the Colts received 17 year old goalies John Chartrand and Josh Malecki as well as 17 year old defenceman Alex Lepkowski, and 17 year old power forward Eric Locke, effectively beginning the rebuilding process.

After the Colts built a comanding 3-1 series lead, injuries to forwards Tanner Pearson, Zach Hall, Steven Beyers, Gregg Sutch, and Ivan Telegin in game 7, as well as defencemen Ryan O ' Connor, and Alex Yuill would eventually take their toll.

Among the Colts ' greats were quarterback John Unitas, wide receiver Raymond Berry, and running backs Alan Ameche and Lenny Moore as well as tightend John Mackey.

During the same period, Dodge did quite well with several small Mitsubishi models, mostly sold as Dodge Colts ( versions of which would later also be sold under the Plymouth and Eagle brands as well ).

As well as being the home of the formentioned Frickley Athletic Football club, it is also the home of South Elmsall United Club and Empire Colts Football Club which develops youth football in the area.

In 1964, Grote platooned with Bateman behind the plate, however, the Colts also experimented with young catchers Dave Adlesh and John Hoffman as well, as neither Grote nor Bateman hit for a very high average that season (. 181 and. 190, respectively ).

It was under quarterback Peyton Manning that the Colts saw their greatest success with the team appearing in the playoffs nine consecutive seasons, which is tied for a league record.

The Colts played their first season in Baltimore in 1953, where the team complied a 3 – 9 record under first year head coach Keith Molesworth.

However, under head coach Weeb Ewbank and the leadership of quarterback Johnny Unitas, the Colts would go onto a 9 – 3 record during the 1958 season and reached the NFL Championship Game for the first time in their history by winning the NFL Western Conference.

The result of the game was surprising to many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led Jets to the Super Bowl victory, under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who won two NFL Championships with the Colts.

The Baltimore Colts had won the 1958 and 1959 NFL championships under Coach Weeb Ewbank.

The Colts finished a distant second in the West to the Packers in 1966, and in 1967, with the NFL divided into four divisions of four teams each, went undefeated with two ties through their first 13 games, but lost the game and the Coastal Division championship to the Los Angeles Rams on the final Sunday of the season — under newly-instituted tiebreakers, Los Angeles won the division championship as it had better net points in the two games the teams played ( the Rams win and an earlier tie ).

Colts Neck is governed under the township form of government with a five-member township committee.

The under 17s consist of Caversham AFC Colts and Caversham AFC Cobras.

The first postseason game to be played under these rules was the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants ( the so-called " Greatest Game Ever Played ").

Jim Caldwell, an assistant under Dungy in Indianapolis, was promoted to head coach in 2009, and coached the Colts for three seasons.

After the departure of Coad in 1960 and an unsuccessful season under Albie Murphy, Seán Thomas took on the role of rebuilding the Rovers team which had suffered from the breakup of Coad's Colts.

The club has a partnership with local youth club Ballyclare Colts, whose sides ( from under 11 to under 15 provide players to progress to Comrades ' own youth sides at under 17 and under 18 level.

" Willis ' bowling potential was rewarded with selection for Surrey Schools and Surrey Colts, under the directorship of Watcyn Evans, who would become a close friend.

Lanier was traded in April 1978 to the Baltimore Colts, but retired just three months later as training camp was set to get under way.

* Rival newspapers William Randolph Hearst's Chicago American and the Chicago Tribune extend contracts though Moses Annenberg to street gangs such as Ragen's Colts, under the guise of " athletic clubs ", in which newsdealers and vendors are intimidated ( otherwise known as " bootjacking ") into selling a specific newspaper.

After a brief playing career with the Baltimore Colts, Richardson opened the first Hardee's franchise in 1961 under Spartan Foods.

The Colts played the first half of their inaugural season at the old Dunlop Arena while the BMC was under construction.

The gang was soon noticed by Al Capone, due in part to the scandal, and upon their release in 1925 following the bootleg wars an alliance was formed between the gang and the Chicago Outfit, agreeing to give Capone 40 % of their income in exchange for protection with Ragen's Colts gunmen under Danny Stanton who included William " Gunner " McPadden, Hughey " Stubby " McGovern, Raymond Cassidy, and Frank " Dutch " Carpenter ( although many of these men would be killed during the bootleg wars ).

The village also does a lot of Sunday and Saturday teams like Carnfield FC and South Normanton Colts Under 10's to under 16's.

Prior to his cricket career taking off, Matthews played Colts ( under 20's ) Rugby for the Eastwood Rugby Club and was a pro for the Cumbrian side Whitehaven Cricket Club for three seasons, starring in the clubs 1981 league championship victory.