Indianapolis Colts History

If you like offense, and what NFL fan doesn’t, Indianapolis Colts tickets are the answer. Quarterback Peyton Manning has two NFL MVP awards to his credit. The Colts boasted the league’s most potent offense last year, with Manning throwing for an NFL-record 49 touchdowns. The next step for the Colts’ goal of playing in the Super Bowl is an improved defense that can give the Colts more opportunities for their seemingly unstoppable scoring machine of an offense. Colts ticket holders will be on their feet as the Colts light up the scoreboard in the RCA Dome like a pinball machine.

Manning will undoubtedly take his place alongside other great Colts quarterbacks like Johnny Unitas and Earl Morrall, but he needs to secure a Super Bowl win to achieve their elite status. Between the two of them Morrall and Unitas won four NFL Championships and secured their place in Colts history.

The Colts were born as an original AAFC team that joined the NFL in 1949. The team was disbanded after a pair of dismal one-win seasons but was reborn when the Dallas Texans moved to Baltimore and took over the Colts name. Weeb Ewbank led the new Colts to their first NFL title in 1958 and the team repeated their championship run in 1959. Featuring Unitas and Hall of Fame receiver Raymond Berry along with one of the NFL’s best defense spearheaded by Art Donovan, another future Hall of Fame member, the Colts were able to hold opposing teams under 21 points for two straight years.

Don Schula took over as head coach in 1963 at only 33 years old. Shula brought the Colts to several division titles but was unable to win a championship, losing to the Cleveland Browns in 1964 and falling to Joe Namath and the New York Jets in the Super Bowl. The team rebounded in 1970 under coach Dan McCafferty, winning the conference championship and downing the Dallas Cowboys 16-13 in Super Bowl V.

After enduring a long run of losing seasons and a lack of fan support in Baltimore, the Colts packed up and moved to Indianapolis in 1985, but it wasn’t until 1995 that they returned to NFL prominence by playing in the AFC Championship game with Jim Harbaugh at quarterback

The addition of Peyton Manning at quarterback, Edgerin James at running back, and a group of explosive wide receivers led by Marvin Harrison set up a record shattering offense for the Colts and a string of playoff appearances that has continues well into the new century.

Indianapolis Colts tickets and the RCA Dome have given NFL fans an impressive run of high scoring, explosive offensive performances unparalleled in NFL history and Manning and Crew show no signs of slowing down in 2005. Head coach Tony Dungy, satisfied at last with his offense, has pledged to make major improvement to the Colts defense, a development that could propel the Colts to that elusive Super bowl win fans with Colts tickets have been waiting for. 

After falling to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV, Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts are looking for redemption and he and second year coach Jim Caldwell are braced for another run at the AFC South Division title. If they succeed, it will be their 7th time in 8 seasons.

In the offseason, the team signed 14 free agents and in the 2010 NFL draft, the team selected TCU DE Jerry Hughes (31st overall selection), Iowa ILB Pat Angerer, USC CB Kevin Thomas and Tennessee G Jacques McClendon round out the top four draft selections.

After dropping game one to the Houston Texans, the team is now focusing on defense as Arian Foster ran for 231 yards against them. "The issue is what we call gap integrity," the Colts team president said. "You can't allow the runner to get a free run into the secondary. We did not have good gap integrity. The bottom line, the answer is it's correctable, and I'm confident we'll do it."

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