Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts
Current season
Logo Wordmark
Established January 23, 1953; 71 years ago (January 23, 1953)[1][2] First season: 1953 Play in Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, Indiana Headquartered in the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center Indianapolis, Indiana
League / conference affiliations
National Football League (1953–present) Western Conference (1953–1969) Coastal Division (1967–1969) American Football Conference (1970–present) AFC East (1970–2001) AFC South (2002–present)
Uniforms
Team colors	Speed blue, white, facemask gray, anvil black[3][4][5]
Mascot	Blue
Website	colts.com
Personnel
Owner(s)	Jim Irsay[6]
CEO	Jim Irsay
General manager	Chris Ballard
Head coach	Shane Steichen
Team history
Baltimore Colts (1953–1983) Indianapolis Colts (1984–present)
Championships
League championships (4†) NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (3) 1958, 1959, 1968 Super Bowl championships (2) 1970 (V), 2006 (XLI) † – Does not include 1968 NFL championship won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
Conference championships (7) NFL Western: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968 AFC: 1970, 2006, 2009
Division championships (16) NFL Coastal: 1968 AFC East: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1999 AFC South: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Playoff appearances (29)
NFL: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2020
Home fields
Memorial Stadium (1953–1983) RCA Dome (1984–2007) Lucas Oil Stadium (2008–present)
Team owner(s)
Carroll Rosenbloom (1953–1972) Robert Irsay (1972–1997) Jim Irsay (1997–present)

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 Triangles–Dallas 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).