The Colts won the NFL championship in 1958 by defeating the New York Giants in "The Greatest Game Ever Played," and then repeated the feat in 1959 by winning a blowout rematch of that game. When the Colts lost Super Bowl III, the Orioles were about to report to spring training after winning 109 regular-season games the previous year.
Indianapolis was awarded the 1958 NFL draft by a vote of the league's owners, with the choice falling on them between the two remaining undefeated teams, the Baltimore Orioles and the Indianapolis Colts. The O's were scheduled to pick first, but because they had no choice they passed on Steve Owens and took quarterback Jim Otto from Indiana University. The Colts chose Roger Staubach out of Navy, where he had been the star quarterback. Staubach would go on to become the greatest player in franchise history.
Staubach was a big deal because he was a Navy man through and through. But the Colts also needed a quarterback, so they picked second and took Owen Daniels from Texas A&M. He would go on to start for the Colts for seven seasons before moving on to other teams. This is how it worked back then: If you were a college athlete who wanted to play pro football, you had two options: Join a professional team or try out for the United States Olympic Team.
The Indianapolis Colts, previously the Baltimore Colts, are a National Football League franchise based in Indianapolis, Indiana (NFL). This list details the Colts franchise's season-by-season records from 1953 to the present, including postseason records and league accolades for individual players or head coaches.
They won three NFL titles prior to the merger of the AFL and NFL in 1970. (1958, 1959, and 1968). The Colts became the first team that played its home games in a dome stadium to win a Super Bowl staged in an outdoor venue when they won Super Bowl XLI.
The Baltimore Colts were founded in 1953 and rapidly established themselves as one of the NFL's premier teams. The club won the NFL championship in 1958, 1959, and 1968. In 1970, the Colts went 11-2-1 and finished the season with a victory in Super Bowl V.
However, the Colts started the season with a 1-5 record. The Colts finished the season 9-7, but were decisively defeated by the 12-4 Buffalo Bills for the AFC East division title. In 1989, the squad continued to deteriorate, finishing the season with an 8-8 record, good for second in the AFC East.
The team, formerly known as the Baltimore (Maryland) Colts (1953–84), has won three NFL titles (1958, 1959, and 1968) as well as two Super Bowls (1971, 2007). The Colts played their first game on December 7, 1933, at home against Boston. They lost that game 13-7. The next day was Christmas, so the game was postponed until January 20, 1934. The final score was Boston 17, Baltimore 6.
After the original Baltimore Ravens of the NFL were declared official in 1996, there had been rumors that the two teams would merge to form a new franchise. However, this rumor never materialized and instead, the Indianapolis Colts relocated to Baltimore County and adopted the name "Baltimore Colts" for the 2003 season. The merger proposal came just months after the death of former Colts owner Jim Irsay, who died in a car crash in April 2002. His wife, Marie, took over as principal owner but soon after sold her share to a group led by children's book author and television producer Andrew Kline who owned half of the team. The other half was owned by Robert Irsay who ran a construction company.
In April 2014, it was announced that Baltimore will be receiving a new $750 million football stadium from an anonymous investor group led by Steve Bisciotti and John Harbaugh.
In comparison, 1958 was only the Colts' second winning season since the team's inception in 1953. Baltimore won their first six games of the season before falling to New York, 24-21, in Week 7 of the regular season.
On December 28, 1958, the National Football League Championship Game was held at Yankee Stadium in New York City. It was the first time in NFL history that a playoff game went into sudden-death overtime. Baltimore Colts 23, New York Giants 17 was the final score. Since then, the game has been dubbed "The Greatest...
In 1958, the NFL featured five game officials; the line judge was introduced in 1965, and the side judge was added in 1978. The game's overall earnings were more than $698, including $200,000 for radio and television rights.
His 12 receptions set a championship record that stood for 55 years until it was broken by Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas in Super Bowl XLVIII. Both teams finished the 1958 season with a 9-3 record. For the Giants, it was their fifth consecutive winning season, a stretch that included an NFL Championship in 1956.
In comparison, 1958 was only the Colts' second winning season since the team's inception in 1953. Baltimore won their first six games of the season before falling to New York, 24-21, in Week 7 of the regular season.
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