The American professional football franchise currently known as Indianapolis Colts was originally based in Baltimore, Maryland as Colts Baltimore from 1953 to 1984. Named in honor of horse breeding and horse racing history of Baltimore (including Pitchness Stakes, one of events in the US Triple Crown championship series) at the Pimlico Race Course, this is the second incarnation of "Baltimore Colts" after being first played from 1947 to 1950 at the old All-American Football Conference for three years and moving to the National Football League (NFL) with several other AAFC teams after the 1949 merger, but played just one season. The Baltimore Colts 1953-83 played his home game at Memorial Stadium at 33rd Street during his tenure in Baltimore before the franchise moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 1984.
Video History of the Baltimore Colts
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The Baltimore Colts is one of the first NFL teams to have cheerleaders, marching bands and "fight song" teams (along with the closest Washington Redskins, forty miles southwest of the nation's capital). The Baltimore Colts are named after the 142-year-old "Stroke Annual Stakes" in Baltimore, a pure horse racing event, the second jewel of the famous "Triple Crown" championship series of sports run on the historic Pimlico Race Course since 1873. This third, the most famous football franchise Baltimore Colts was formally created in 1953, but can trace its history much earlier than that, before the NFL itself actually began in 1920: its earliest predecessor was the old Dayton Triangles, founding member of the reorganization and renamed The National Football League of 1922, (from the earlier American Professional Football Conference, later renamed the APF Association a few months later in 1920) was originally created in 1913. Due to its association with the ancient Dayton Triangle, the Baltimore Colts can arguably claim to have played and won, on 3 October 1920, what could be considered se like the first APFA/NFL professional football game, with a 14-0 loss from rivals Columbus Panhandles at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio. The team undergoes the following changes:
- Dayton Triangles pro football team moved to New York City to Borough Brooklyn, New York and named Brooklyn Dodgers (apart from the more famous Brooklyn Dodgers of the National League of premier league baseball) in 1930.
- Renamed Brooklyn Tigers in 1944. That same year, Boston Yanks was founded.
- Joined Boston Yanks in 1945 as World War II-time "The Yanks".
- The Brooklyn franchise was canceled in 1945 by the League and team players were awarded to Boston Yanks, as a parallel team, (New York Yankees of the new competitive AAFC post-war Football Conference) was founded by former Tiger owner Dan Topping (1912- 1974).
- Miami Seahawks from A.A.F.C. folded and replaced in the second season The conference by a new franchise in Baltimore was named "Colts" after a name selection contest among new Baltimore fans. The Colts then joined the organized NFL. in 1950, after the amalgamation of A.A.F.C. with an older league, along with the addition of San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns teams. The second Baltimore Colts franchise was later dissolved by the NFL for financial reasons after only one season of 1950 on January 18, 1951.
- Boston Yanks was canceled at the request of the team owner for tax purposes. The owner was given a new franchise for New York City in 1949, now named New York Bulldogs. The name was later converted to New York Yanks in the following season in 1950. The Yanks absorbed many of the Yankees football players list the year before.
- New York Yanks of the NFL was canceled after a 1951 season and was replaced in 1952 by Dallas Texans, with the League's first expansion into high school and college football-crazy Texas and first to the southern United States.
- The Texas owners return the team leadership to the NFL League ownership during mid-season. The Texans became a team of "roads" in the mid-1952 season without a "home base", just playing "away" and folded after the 1952 season.
- The Dallas Texans franchise was sold to the public interest and sports of Baltimore led by Carroll Rosenbloom on January 23, 1953, in which the newly established team generated the previously famous "Colts" nickname, but they replaced the old AAFC/NFL silver and green with the colors of the blue and white Texas teams (also coincidentally used by the original APFA/NFL Dayton Triangles team, and the second NFL expansion team in 1960 from the iconic Dallas Cowboys, along with silver).
AAFC Baltimore Colts
As a result of a fan contest in Baltimore, won by Charles Evans from Middle River in eastern Baltimore County, the team was renamed "Baltimore Colts". On 7 September 1947, wearing a green and silver uniform, the Colts, under Chief Coach Cecil Isbell, won their first All-American Football Conference in the second season of A.A.F.C., 16-7, above Brooklyn Dodgers. The home site for the new AAFC game at "The Monumental City" is the old 1922 City Stadium (also known as the "Baltimore Stadium" or "Venable Stadium" - located at Venable Park before) on the north side of 33rd Street highway in northeast Baltimore renovated and rebuilt with an upper tier added in the following year to be used also by the new league New league major league baseball relocation, Baltimore Orioles). The football team ended its inaugural season before a record 51,583 Baltimore crowd with a loss to the New York Yankees, 21-7. The Colts finished with a 2-11-1 record, good for finishing fourth place in the A.A.F.C Eastern Division. The Colts finished the 1948 season with a 7-8 record, tying Buffalo Bills to division titles. The Colts drew 1-11 marks in their third season of 1949. Y. A. Tittle, who then gained the status additions a decade later with the New York Giants NFL was Colt who started the quarterback.
After four years of inter-league rivalry, competition, and player contract raids, A.A.F.C. and N.F.L. joined in 1950, and Colts joined the newly reorganized NFL, along with the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns. After posting a record of 1-11 for the second year in a row, the NFL franchise was only one season disbanded by the League on January 18, 1951. But many Baltimore fans protested against losing their team and continued to support the marching band (second in professional football, afterwards from Washington Redskins ) and fan clubs, both operating ("in exile" status) and working for the team's revival.
NFL Dallas Texans
After two seasons without professional football, NFL commissioner Bert Bell, (1895-1959), challenged the City of Baltimore under Mayor Thomas LJ D'Alesandro Jr., (1903-1987), in December 1952 to sell 15,000 season tickets in six weeks to reenter the NFL. The 15,000 ticket quota was achieved in just four weeks and three days. On January 23, 1953, with the encouragement of the civilian leadership and business of the city, under the sole ownership of Carroll Rosenbloom, (1907-1979), the NFL sold the Dallas Texans franchise to Baltimore where, maintaining the nickname "Colts", Texas blue and white team colors inherited. This is a franchise that exists today in Indianapolis in the modern National Football League.
In Baltimore
1953-1967: Johnny Unitas Era
In 1953, the second incarnation of the Baltimore Colts took the field for the first time at the Memorial Stadium, (later also used temporarily by the old league team of the Baltimore Orioles in the International League since the arson in July 1944 at their Oriole Park home further southeast in Greenmount Avenue and 29th Street in Waverly, the newly renovated Memorial field is being rebuilt and adds a second top level to the Old City Stadium for use by the following year of the Baltimore Orioles baseball league franchise in the American League, relocated November from St. Louis, Missouri as St. Louis Browns, 33rd Square is also sometimes known as the "Baltimore Stadium" or "Venable Stadium" for its location in the former Park along the north side of 33rd Street, originally built as a football bowl only in 1922 in just seven months and then able to accommodate nearly 100,000 fans for public high schools and pe local college/un Game there for the next three decades, on September 27 for dealing with the Chicago Bears. The Colts will continue to win 13-9 games and stun the Bears. Lack of team experience showed as the team finished 3-9. In 1955, the Colts had 12 rookies making the team. In 1956, quarterback George Shaw suffered a serious injury in the fourth game of the season. The Colts' unproven reserve, Johnny Unitas, will win half of the remaining eight games to give Colts a 5-7 record for the season.
The Colts won their first NFL Championship in 1958. The 1958 NFL Championship Championship was widely known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played" for a dramatic conclusion with quarterback Johnny Unitas who lined up at Downfield Colts in extra-time dead time and Alan Ameche scored the winner on the run 1 yard. Much of the credit for Baltimore's success goes to Johnny Unitas Hall of Famers, halfback Lenny Moore, and wide receiver Raymond Berry.
After the first NFL Colt championship, the team once again recorded a 9-3 record during the 1959 season and once again defeated the Giants in the NFL Championship Game to clinch their second title in a back to back fashion. After two championships in 1958 and 1959, the Colts did not return to the NFL Championship for four seasons and saw the transition from Ewbank head coach to the young Don Donula in 1963. In the second season Shula Colts made a 12-2 record, but lost 27-0 from Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship. In 1965 the Colts played the Green Bay Packers in a playoff to determine who would go to the NFL Championship match. The Colts lead 10-7 over the Green Bay Packers with two minutes left to play when the Packers kicker, Don Chandler seems to have nearly missed the field goal. The referee called it good, and the Packers went on to win the game in overtime. Error triggering changes to rules: NFL decides two referees will assess future field targets, and that uprights should be raised by ten feet. In 1968 the Colts returned with continued union and Shula leadership and went on to win the third Colts NFL Championship and perform at the Super Bowl III. In 1968, Unitas was injured and replaced by Earl Morrall who became a league MVP.
1968-1972: Merger and Super Bowl V
Leading to the Super Bowl and after 34-0 defeating the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship, many called the Colts 1968 team as one of the "greatest pro football teams of all time" and were favored by 18 points against their counterparts from American Football League, New York Jets. The Colts, however, were stunned by the Jets, who won the game 16-7 in their first Super Bowl win for the young AFL. The results of the game shocked many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led the Jets to a Super Bowl victory under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who had previously won two NFL Championships with the Colts.
Rosenbloom of Colts, Art Models of the Browns, and Art Rooney of Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to have their team join the ten AFL teams at the American Football Conference as part of the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The Colts soon went on a rampage in a new league, as new head coach Don McCafferty led the team in 1970 to a regular 11-2-1 season record, winning the AFC East title. In the first round of the NFL Playoffs, the Colts beat the Cincinnati Bengals 17-0; one week later in the first AFC Championship Game, they beat Oakland Raiders 27-17. Baltimore went on to win the first Super Bowl post-merger (Super Bowl V), beating Dallas Cowboys 16-14 from the National Football Conference on Jim O'Brien's field with five seconds left to play. Victory gave the Colts their fourth NFL championship and the first Super Bowl victory. After the championship, the Colts returned to the playoffs in 1971, winning their opening playoff game against the Browns 20-3, but lost in the second AFC Championship Championships in Miami 21-0.
1972-1976: Bob Irsay arrives
Citing friction with City of Baltimore and local press, Rosenbloom traded the Colts franchise to Robert Irsay on July 13, 1972 and received the Los Angeles Rams instead. Under 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 traded to San Diego Filler. After the departure of Unitas, the Colts made three consecutive playoffs from 1975 to 1977, losing in division at all times. The 1977 Colts playoff loss in double overtime against the famous Oakland Raiders due to the fact that it was the last playoff game for the Colts in Baltimore and also known for Ghost to the Post play. These consecutive championship teams featured 1976 Most Valuable NFL Players Bert Jones in a remarkable quarterback and line of defense, nicknamed "Sack Pack." 1974-1983: _Last_days_of_the_Baltimore_Colts "> 1976-1983: The last days of the Baltimore Colts
Following this relative success in the 1970s, the Colts suffered a series of disappointing seasons, often ending in last place in their division. Attendance began to wane in the early 1970s and remained that way for the rest of the team's tenure in Baltimore. The Colts will experience nine consecutive defeats starting in 1978. In 1981, the Colts defense enabled the NFL-record 533 points, setting the all-time record for the least sack (13), and also setting a modern record for the fewest punt returns (12). The following year, the offense failed, including a game against Buffalo Bills in which the Colts offense did not cross the midfield of the entire match. The Colts finished 0-8-1 in the 1982 strike-short season, thus earning the right to choose Stanford John Elway's quarterback with the first overall pick. Elway, however, refused to play for Baltimore, and used leverage as an ambassador of the New York Yankees baseball club, forcing trade into Denver. Behind the improved defense, the team finished 7-9 in 1983, but it will be their last season in Baltimore.
Move to Indianapolis
The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, made an offer for the Colts franchise to move there. Baltimore has not managed to persuade them to stay, so the city authorities are trying to get the state legislature to condemn the Colts franchise and give ownership to another group that will pledge to keep the Colts in Baltimore. Oakland, California has just been successful in court by trying the same tactics with Oakland Raiders. Under a prominent domain threat from the city of Baltimore, the franchise moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night on March 29, 1984.
The city of Baltimore did not give up and sued to condemn the franchise and seize possession. Baltimore did not win in court, but eventually gained a new NFL team in 1996 with the founding of the Baltimore Ravens after the relocation controversy of Cleveland Browns.
Many former Colts players were angry with the movement. Among the most notorious is Johnny Unitas, who chose to sever all ties with his former team after the incident. Unitas aligned himself with the Ravens when they moved to Baltimore, and the statue of him was placed outside the M & T Bank.
Maps History of the Baltimore Colts
Colts Baltimore vs. Baltimore. Indianapolis Colts
The NFL treats the Baltimore Colts and the Indianapolis Colts (including logos, history, and notes) as a continuing franchise from 1953 to the present. Nevertheless, some former Baltimore Colts players, led by Johnny Unitas, did not recognize the Colts franchise after moving to Indianapolis instead of choosing to remain loyal to Baltimore City. The former player embraced the new Baltimore Ravens franchise when he arrived in Baltimore in 1996. The Ravens responded by adding some of these players to the Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor. The Ravens officially have no retirement number, but out of respect for Unitas, only quarterback Scott Mitchell is wearing the number 19, which he did in his lonely season in Baltimore in 1999. The Baltimore Colts Marching Band, which continued to operate after the Colts moved, became Baltimore's Marching Ravens.
On the other hand, there are many former Baltimore Colts players who have embraced the franchise as sustainable, from Baltimore to Indianapolis. In 2009, Jim Irsay held a reunion of his favorite Colts team, AFC East 1975 champions. 39 of the 50 players on the list attended a reunion at Lucas Oil Stadium, including quarterback Bert Jones and Lydell Mitchell re-run. Also, On February 5, 2012, at the Super Bowl XLVI, Baltimore Colts wide receiver Hall-of-Fame, Raymond Berry brought the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the midfield to present it to the New York Giants, who had just beaten the New England Patriots. He was given the honor of playing the game at Lucas Oil Stadium, home stadium from his former team, Colts, who had moved to Indianapolis in 1984.
Although retiree numbers from the official Indianapolis Colts include Unitas and others dating back to the days of Baltimore, the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor currently only includes players who have played in Indianapolis, with the exception of Chris Hinton, who played for the Baltimore Colts in the rookie season in 1983.
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Note
- a Done, Waiting, Missing, and Binding list of columns of regular season results and excluding postseason play. Regular seasons and postseason results are combined only at the bottom of the list.
- b All registered regular MVP matches are MVP Associated Press. For a complete list of other MVPs, see the Most Valuable National Footballer Award.
- c All the Coach of the Year Awards listed are the Associated Press award. For a full list of other training awards, see this year's National Football League Coach Award.
- d This game will be known as The Greatest Game Ever Played.
- e The 1967 NFL season marks the first season in league history where the league is divided into two conferences divided into two division. Until 1967, the league was divided into two divisions, two conferences, or not.
- f Colts and Dolphins finish tied up. However, the Colts finished ahead of Miami at AFC East based on a head-to-head sweep (2-0).
- g Colts and Patriots finish tied up. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on better division records (7-1 for Patriots' 6-2).
- h Colts and Dolphins finish tied up. However, the Colts finished ahead of Miami based on better conference records (9-3 to Dolphins' 8-4).
- i This game involves the famous Ghost to post play.
- j 1982 is a short strike season so the league is divided into two conferences, not the normal division alignment.
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