Baltimore Colts

General informationFounded1953Folded1983HeadquarteredBaltimore, MarylandColorsRoyal blue, white
PersonnelOwnersCarroll Rosenbloom (1953–1972)
Robert Irsay (1972–1983)Head coachKeith 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 historyHome fields

• Baltimore Memorial Stadium (1953–1983)

League / conference affiliationsNational Football League (1953–1983)

• Western Conference (1953–1969)
  • Coastal Division (1967–1969)
• American Football Conference (1970–1983)
  • AFC East (1970–1983)

ChampionshipsLeague 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 contestedConference 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 based in Baltimore from 1953 to 1983, when its 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). The Baltimore Colts played their home games at Memorial Stadium.