Baltimore Colts

Baltimore Colts
Baltimore Colts
Baltimore Colts logo	Baltimore Colts wordmark
Logo	Wordmark
Basic info
Established	1953
Ended	1983
Colors	Royal blue, white, silver;
Personnel
Owner(s)	Carroll Rosenbloom (1953–1972); Robert Irsay (1972–1983)
Head coach	Keith Molesworth (1953); Weeb Ewbank (1954–1962); Don Shula (1963–1969); Don McCafferty (1970–1972); John Sandusky (1972); Howard Schnellenberger (1973–1974); Joe Thomas (1974); Ted Marchibroda (1975–1979); Mike McCormack (1980–1981); Frank Kush (1982–1983)
Team history
	Baltimore Colts (1953–1983); Indianapolis Colts (1984–present);
Home fields
	Memorial Stadium (1953–1983);
League / conference affiliations
	National Football League (1953–1983) Western Conference (1953–1969) Coastal Division (1967–1969); ; American Football Conference (1970–1983) AFC East (1970–1983); ;
Championships
	League championships: 3†; NFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (3); 1958, 1959, 1968; Super Bowl championships: 1; 1970 (V); † – Does not include 1968 NFL championship won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
	Conference championships: 5 NFL Western: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1968; AFC: 1970;
	Division championships: 5 NFL Coastal: 1968; AFC East: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977;
Playoff appearances (10)
	NFL: 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977;

The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from 1953 to 1983, when owner Robert Irsay moved the franchise to Indianapolis. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breeding and racing. It was the second incarnation of the Baltimore Colts, the first having played for three years in the All-America Football Conference and one in the National Football League (NFL). This Baltimore Colts played their home games at Memorial Stadium.