2015 Indianapolis Colts season | |
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Owner | Jim Irsay |
General manager | Ryan Grigson |
Head coach | Chuck Pagano |
Home field | Lucas Oil Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 8–8 |
Division place | 2nd AFC South |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | Mike Adams, SS Vontae Davis, CB T. Y. Hilton, WR |
Uniform | |
The 2015 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 63rd season in the National Football League (NFL) and the 32nd in Indianapolis, surpassing the 31 seasons they played in their original home city of Baltimore. It was also the fourth season under the trio of head coach Chuck Pagano, general manager Ryan Grigson and quarterback Andrew Luck. The Colts entered the 2015 season as the defending AFC South champions after compiling an 11–5 record before falling to the New England Patriots in a controversial AFC Championship game matchup.
After a week 8 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Colts fired offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and elevated associate head coach Rob Chudzinski to replace him.[1] The Colts failed to improve from their three consecutive 11–5 records and finished the season at 8–8. They lost the division to the Houston Texans and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and only the fourth time since 1998. This was their first time to lose to the Houston Texans at home since the Texans entered the NFL in 2002.