When the NFL-AFL merger went into effect in 1970, three longtime NFL teams -- the Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- joined the former AFL teams in the new American Football Conference. The Colts went on to win the AFC title and Super Bowl V.
The Indianapolis Colts are from Indiana.
They were originally called the Baltimore Colts until they moved to Indianapolis and got their current name. For more on the Colts, be sure to like Sports Media 101 on facebook!
Baltimore is in Maryland and it owned the Colts name from 1953 to 1983.Bob Irsay bought the Colts in 1972 ad then slithered out out of Baltimore in the middle of the night with all the trophies and everything to do with the Colts and moved the team to Indianapolis in January 1984.He will never be forgiven.The people of Maryland do not hate the Indianapolis Colts,but Bob Irsay.
The first regular season game the Colts played as the Indianapolis Colts was September 2, 1984 against the New York Jets. The Colts lost 23-14. The first regular season game the Colts played as a franchise, when they were known as the Baltimore Colts, was September 27, 1953 against the Chicago Bears. The Colts won 13-9.
Baltimore is the only other city that the colts have called home. The Colts were established as a franchise in 1946. They moved to Indianapolis in 1984, where they have remained since.
The colts were created in Baltimore until they moved to Indianapolis and became the Indianapolis colts.
When the NFL-AFL merger went into effect in 1970, three longtime NFL teams -- the Baltimore Colts, the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- joined the former AFL teams in the new American Football Conference. The Colts went on to win the AFC title and Super Bowl V.
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The Colts moved to Indianapolis Indiana in 1984.
Before the Colts moved to Indianapolis from Baltimore, they did not have an NFL team.
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In 1953. They joined the league as the Baltimore Colts and moved to Indianapolis in 1984.
The Colts moved from Baltimore in 1984 but in their first 14 years in Indianapolis managed only four seasons at .500 or better until 1999 when second-year quarterback Peyton Manning began a run of eleven winning seasons and a Superbowl over the next twelve seasons.
The Indianapolis Colts are from Indiana.
The Colts moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis in 1984.
The owner packed every thing up and moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.