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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 ).
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The Colts finished 0 – 8 – 1 in the strike-shortened 1982 season and earned the team the right to select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first overall pick, but Elway refused to play for Baltimore, and using leverage as a draftee of the New York Yankees baseball club, forced a trade to Denver.
The Colts went 13 – 3 in 1999 and finished first in the AFC East, their first division title since 1987.
However, even with a veteran quarterback, the Colts went on to an 0 – 13 record and finished the season with a 2 – 14 record, enough to receive the first overall pick in the 2012 draft.
The Colts finished 11 – 1 – 2, out of the playoffs.
The Colts had won ten games in a row, including four shutouts, and finished the season with an NFL-best 13 – 1 record.
Pittsburgh, who dominated teams with their " Steel Curtain " defense and running game, finished the regular season with a league best 12 – 2 record and defeated the Baltimore Colts and the Oakland Raiders in the playoffs.
In the first round the Battalion once again were set to face the Barrie Colts, who this season had lost many of their key players and had only finished 7th in the east.
The Cornwall Colts finished third in the series winning 2 of 5 games.
The Colts finished the season with a 12 – 4 record and their second straight AFC South title.
Although the Colts finished their first season in the league with a below. 500 record, and lost in the first round of the playoffs, there was plenty of optimism among Barrie fans.
After sweeping the Owen Sound Platers in the conference qurater-finals, the Colts lost in seven games to the fourth place Oshawa Generals who had finished the season twenty points behind the Colts.
The rebuilt Colts team finished two points behind the Toronto St. Michael's Majors for second in the central division and second in the conference with a record of 38-19-9-2.
In the finals the Colts faced the Erie Otters who had finished level with the Colts in terms of points during the season.
A young Colts team, finished with a record of 31-21-12-4 for 78 points ; a slight improvement from the previous year.
The Colts finished second in the central division ; three points behind leaders Mississauga IceDogs, and one point ahead of Brampton Battalion and Sudbury Wolves.
The Colts finished 1 point behind division rivals Brampton Battalion, and 9 points behind Peterborough Petes for third in the eastern conference.
The Colts finished with a 28-34-3-3 record defeating Brampton Battalion in a four game playoff series, before losing to the Belville Bulls 4 games to 1 in the conference semi-finals.
The Colts finished 5th in the Eastern Conference with a 30-33-3-2 record.
All of these trades seemed to have paid dividends as the Colts had a 22 game win-streak, and finished the regular season with an unprecedented record of 57-9-0-2, for a total of 116 points.
The Ravens finished 9-7, losing in the second round of the playoffs to the Indianapolis Colts.
He finished second on the team with 12 tackles vs. Houston Texans and posted 8 tackles and 1 forced fumble vs. Indianapolis Colts and he tied a then career-high with 16 tackles in addition to one forced fumble and 1 pass defensed vs. Miami.
Despite his play, the Bears finished in third place in the NFL Western Conference ( behind the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts )
Colts and second
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.
In Shula's second season the Colts compiled a 12 – 2 record, but lost to the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship.
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 for the second time in the Manning era would enter the playoffs with the best record in the AFC.
The Colts used their number one overall draft pick in 2012 to draft Stanford Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck and would also draft his teammate Coby Fleener in the second round .. Also, the Colts will switch to a 3-4 defensive scheme.
In 1995, now as Indianapolis, the two both posted borderline 9 – 7 records to tie for second against Buffalo, yet the Colts once again reached the post-season having swept the season series.
However, a comeback in the second half saw the Colts down the Jets 30 – 17.
They won against the Panthers in the first game at the New Meadowlands, but then lost to the Colts in the second " Manning Bowl ", so-called due to Eli Manning's brother Peyton playing for the Colts.
They were second to the Colts in passing yards per game ( 282. 4 ), second to the Patriots in points scored per game ( 27. 6 ), 1st in passing yards allowed per game ( 177. 8 ), 4th in rushing yards allowed per game ( 93. 8 ), and tied for 2nd in sacks ( 47 ).
Then on the first play of the Colts ' second drive, Dallas linebacker Chuck Howley intercepted a pass from Johnny Unitas and returned it 22 yards to Baltimore's 46-yard line before being tackled by Unitas himself.
Duncan fumbled the opening kickoff of the second half to Dallas, and the Cowboys moved the ball down to the Colts ' 1-yard line.
For the second round of the playoffs the Battalion would face the Eastern Conference leading Barrie Colts for the fourth time in five years.
The Texans failed after one year and was sold back to the NFL, who folded the Texans franchise, and its remains were awarded to an ownership group in Baltimore to form the second version of the Baltimore Colts.
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 ).
Brady threw for 3, 692 yards and 28 touchdowns, with a 92. 6 passer rating, and was voted to his second Pro Bowl .< Ref name = Stats /> In the AFC playoffs, Brady led the Patriots to victories over the Indianapolis Colts and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
During his second full season ( 1992 – 93 ) with the Colts, Madden set team records for assists ( 75 ) and points ( 124 ).
The Colts, Cardinals, and the Giants in 2011, like the Panthers, were division winners in those years ( Although in the Colts case, they played the No. 4 seeded New England Patriots in the AFC Championship that year, ensuring at least the second division winner to play three rounds to make it to the Super Bowl.
This was the fourth Super Bowl to be decided on a field goal in the final seconds ( Super Bowl V was won on a last second kick by the Baltimore Colts ' Jim O ' Brien to defeat the Dallas Cowboys, Super Bowl XXV had the Buffalo Bills ' Scott Norwood miss his field goal chance against the New York Giants, and in Super Bowl XXXVI Vinatieri made his to defeat the St. Louis Rams ).
As the second seed in the AFC, the Colts earned a first round bye, and faced Tennessee in the playoffs.
The Colts responded by winning all but two of their remaining games, including a 35 – 13 upset of the Eagles in which Manning had a perfect passer rating for the second time in his career, giving them a 10 – 6 record and a spot in the playoffs.
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