2000 Indianapolis Colts season

2000 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach Jim Mora
General manager Bill Polian
Home field RCA Dome
Results
Record 10–6
Division Place 2nd AFC East
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card Playoffs
(Dolphins) 23–17 (OT)
Pro Bowlers QB Peyton Manning
RB Edgerrin James
WR Marvin Harrison
Timeline
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The 2000 Indianapolis Colts season was the 48th season for the team in the National Football League and 17th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the National Football League's 2000 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, and finished second in the AFC East division.

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

2000 Indianapolis Colts staff
Front Office
  • Owner and Chief Executive Officer – Jim Irsay
  • President – Bill Polian
  • Director of Football Operations – Dom Anile
  • Director of Pro Player Personnel – Clyde Powers
  • Director of Player Development – Steve Champlin
  • Coordinator of Player Personnel – John Becker
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Chris Polian
  • Director of College Scouting – Mike Butler

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Vic Fangio
  • Defensive Line – Todd Grantham
  • Linebackers – Mike Murphy
  • Defensive Assistant – John Pagano

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Jon Torine
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Richard Howell

[1]

Preseason

Game Date Opponent Result Colts points Opponents Record Attendance
1 July 29 Atlanta Falcons Loss 13 20 0–1
47,985
2 August 5 at Seattle Seahawks Loss 16 28 0–2
68,578
3 August 12 at New Orleans Saints (played in West Lafayette, IN) Win 17 0 1–2
20,105
4 August 19 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers at Mexico City Win 24 23 2–2
87,145
5 August 24 Minnesota Vikings Win 32 30 3–2
51,337

[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site TV Time Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27–14 1–0 Arrowhead Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
78,357
2 September 10, 2000 Oakland Raiders L 31–38 1–1 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,769
3 Bye
4 September 25, 2000 Jacksonville Jaguars W 43–14 2–1 RCA Dome ABC 9:00 pm
56,816
5 October 1, 2000 at Buffalo Bills W 18–16 3–1 Ralph Wilson Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
72,617
6 October 8, 2000 at New England Patriots L 16–24 3–2 Foxboro Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
60,292
7 October 15, 2000 at Seattle Seahawks W 37–24 4–2 Husky Stadium CBS 4:15 pm
63,593
8 October 22, 2000 New England Patriots W 30–23 5–2 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,828
9 October 29, 2000 Detroit Lions W 30–18 6–2 RCA Dome FOX 1:00 pm
56,971
10 November 5, 2000 at Chicago Bears L 24–27 6–3 Soldier Field CBS 1:00 pm
66,944
11 November 12, 2000 New York Jets W 23–15 7–3 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,657
12 November 19, 2000 at Green Bay Packers L 24–26 7–4 Lambeau Field CBS 1:00 pm
59,869
13 November 26, 2000 Miami Dolphins L 14–17 7–5 RCA Dome CBS 4:15 pm
56,935
14 December 3, 2000 at New York Jets L 17–27 7–6 The Meadowlands CBS 4:15 pm
78,138
15 December 11, 2000 Buffalo Bills W 44–20 8–6 RCA Dome ABC 9:00 pm
56,671
16 December 17, 2000 at Miami Dolphins W 20–13 9–6 Pro Player Stadium CBS 4:05 pm
73,884
17 December 24, 2000 Minnesota Vikings W 31–10 10–6 RCA Dome FOX 4:15 pm
56,672

Standings

AFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Miami Dolphins 11 5 0 .688 323 226
Indianapolis Colts 10 6 0 .625 429 326
New York Jets 9 7 0 .563 321 321
Buffalo Bills 8 8 0 .500 315 350
New England Patriots 5 11 0 .313 276 338

Playoffs

The team received Wild-Card playoff berth to the playoffs as the No. 6 seed and traveled to Miami to face the Dolphins. The Colts held a 14–0 lead at the half. Miami then outscored the Colts 17–3 in the second half to send it to overtime. The Colts had a chance to win the game with a 49 yard FG but Mike Vanderjagt's kick was wide right. The Dolphins then marched 61 yards in 11 plays, ending with a Lamar Smith game winning touchdown.

Playoff Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Game Site Attendance
Wild Card December 30, 2000 at Miami Dolphins (3) L 17–23 0–1 Pro Player Stadium
73,193

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 2009 Indianapolis Colts Media Guide. p. 188. http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=football_dynamic&id=143. Retrieved 2010-03-07. 
  2. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 49
  3. ^ a b c NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
  4. ^ a b c d e f NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202

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