Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts
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Basic info
EstablishedJanuary 23, 1953 (January 23, 1953)
StadiumLucas Oil Stadium,
Indianapolis, Indiana
HeadquarteredThe Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
ColorsSpeed blue, white, facemask gray, anvil black
       
MascotBlue
Websitecolts.com
Personnel
Owner(s)
CEOCarlie Irsay-Gordon
General managerChris Ballard
Head coachShane Steichen
Team history
Home fields
League / conference affiliations
National Football League (1953present)
Championships
League championships: 4†
† – Does not include the 1968 NFL championship won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
Conference championships: 7
Division championships: 16
Playoff appearances (29)
Owner(s)

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 2008 season, the Colts have played their games in Lucas Oil Stadium. Previously, the team had played for over two decades (1984–2007) at the RCA Dome. Since 1987, the Colts have served as the host team for the NFL Scouting Combine.

The Colts have competed as a member club of the NFL since their founding in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, after then-owner Carroll Rosenbloom purchased the assets of the NFL's last founding Ohio League member Dayton TrianglesDallas Texans franchise. They were one of three NFL teams to join those of the American Football League (AFL) to form the AFC, following the 1970 merger. While in Baltimore, the team advanced to the playoffs ten times and won three NFL Championship games in 1958, 1959, and 1968. The Baltimore Colts played in two Super Bowl games, losing to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III and defeating the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V. The Colts relocated to Indianapolis in 1984 and have since appeared in the playoffs sixteen times, won two conference championships, and played in two Super Bowl games; they defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, and lost to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV (all four Super Bowls that the Colts have played in took place at the home stadium for the Miami Dolphins; while based in Baltimore, Super Bowls III and V were held at the Orange Bowl in Miami, and while based in Indianapolis, Super Bowls XLI and XLIV were at what is now Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens).