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 next year on December 18 the Chargers faced the unbeaten Colts ; the Colts dream of the first perfect season since 1972 failed as the Chargers won 26-17.

The Jets have maintained a rivalry with the Indianapolis Colts since 1969 when the Jets and the Colts, known then as the Baltimore Colts, faced off in Super Bowl III.

In 2010, the Jets faced the Colts, this time in the wild card round.

After starting the season 1 – 6, the Jets won three straight and faced the Indianapolis Colts.

In the AFC championship, the Patriots faced the Indianapolis Colts.

The Patriots and Colts had faced each other twice in the previous three postseasons at Foxborough ; this game, however, was played at Indianapolis.

Weeks later, Manning faced off against Steve Young ; he threw three touchdowns, tying a Colts rookie record, but the 49ers kicked a late field goal to win 34 – 31.

As the second seed in the AFC, the Colts earned a first round bye, and faced Tennessee in the playoffs.

For example, in the closing game of the 2004 season, the Indianapolis Colts faced the Denver Broncos.

In the playoffs the Colts faced the North Bay Centennials in the conference quarter finals, winning the series four games to two.

In their first trip to the eastern conference finals the Colts faced the Belleville Bulls whom they quickly defeated in 5 games, winning their first Bobby Orr Trophy.

In the finals the Colts faced the Erie Otters who had finished level with the Colts in terms of points during the season.

The Colts would finish 3rd in the conference and faced a tough Mississauga squad in the first round.

They defeated the Oakland Raiders in the AFL Championship game and faced the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League in Super Bowl III.

The 2008 NFL season featured the first NBC Sunday Night Football game of the season in the stadium, as the Colts faced the Chicago Bears in a rematch of Super Bowl XLI.

As a result, Chicago's club nickname transitioned, and by 1890 they had become known as the Chicago Colts, or sometimes " Anson's Colts ," referring to Cap's influence within the club.

In the first weeks of Young's career, Cap Anson, the player-manager of the Chicago Colts spotted Young's ability.

The Colts moved to Indianapolis in 1984 and have since appeared in the playoffs fourteen times, with two conference championships and one Super Bowl championship coming against the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI.

On September 9th 2012 the Colts kicked off the Andrew Luck Era with a 41-21 loss to the Chicago Bears in which Luck completed 23 of his 45 passes.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

For example, only the Charlotte Hornets had the right to offer contracts to players from the Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts, and Detroit Lions, and only the Chicago Winds could offer contracts to players from the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, and Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.

Starting left tackle for the Chicago Bears & Indianapolis Colts.

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

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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.

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The record for most runs scored by a team in a single game is 36, set by the Chicago Colts ( now the Chicago Cubs ) against the Louisville Colonels ( which joined the National League in 1892 ) on June 29, 1897.

* Chicago Colts, was a former name of the Cubs in Major League Baseball from 1890 through 1897

* 2006 ( NFL )-Super Bowl XLI-2 / 4 / 07 AFC Indianapolis Colts 29, NFC Chicago Bears 17

Manning led the Colts to a 29 – 17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI and was voted Super Bowl MVP.

In the first regular season game at new Lucas Oil Stadium, the Colts lost 29 – 13 to the Chicago Bears.

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, 320-pound tackle out of Temple University played for the Indianapolis Colts, the San Diego Chargers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

He led the Colts to a 29 – 17 victory in Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007.

He began his MLB playing career with the St. Louis Browns ( 1891 ), Boston Reds ( 1891 ), and Chicago Colts / Orphans ( 1893 – 1900 ).

He began the following season with the Chicago Colts, and in 1894 began a string of six consecutive seasons with 20 or more victories, compiling a 21 – 14 record and 4. 92 ERA.

Dungy became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI.

On February 4, 2007, Dungy and the Colts won Super Bowl XLI 29 – 17 over the Bears at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.

Dungy was the first African-American head coach to win the Super Bowl ( with the Colts ' victory over the Bears in 2007 ).

She continued to cover the NFL for Westwood One throughout the 2006 season, with her final broadcast being Super Bowl XLI between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007.

Henry Waechter, former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts, and Washington Redskins.

Despite his play, the Bears finished in third place in the NFL Western Conference ( behind the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts )

Super Bowl XLI was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2006 season.

The Colts defeated the Bears by the score of 29 – 17.

In addition, the Bears ' Lovie Smith and the Colts ' Tony Dungy both became the first African-American head coaches to coach in the Super Bowl.

In the first Super Bowl played in rainy conditions, the Colts overcame a 14 – 6 first-quarter deficit to outscore the Bears 23 – 3 in the last three quarters.

" The Bears won the NFC Championship against the New Orleans Saints, 39 – 14, but lost Super Bowl XLI to the Indianapolis Colts, 29 – 17.

In 2007, Freeney would help the Colts defeat the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI to become NFL Champions.