2000 Indianapolis Colts season

2000 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach	Jim Mora
General manager	Bill Polian
Owner	Jim Irsay
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

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. However, their 2000 season was over as they lost in overtime to the Miami Dolphins in the Wildcard round.

Much like last season, the Colts once again sent Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison to the Pro Bowl at the end of the season.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
2000 Indianapolis Colts draft
1	28	Rob Morris	LB	BYU
2	59	Marcus Washington	LB	Auburn
3	91	David Macklin	DB	Penn State
4	122	Josh Williams	DT	Michigan
5	138	Matt Johnson	C	BYU
7	235	Rob Renes	DT	Michigan
7	238	Rodregis Brooks	DB	UAB
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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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

Head Coach – Jim E. Mora
Assistant Head Coach – George Catavolos

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Tom Moore
Quarterbacks – Bruce Arians
Running Backs – Gene Huey
Receivers – Jay Norvell
Tight Ends – Tony Marciano
Offensive Line – Howard Mudd

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Vic Fangio
Defensive Line – Todd Grantham
Linebackers – Mike Murphy
Defensive Backs – George Catavolos
Defensive Assistant – John Pagano

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Kevin Spencer

Strength and conditioning

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

Roster

Indianapolis Colts 2000 final roster

Quarterbacks

13 Kelly Holcomb
18 Peyton Manning

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

85 Ken Dilger
81 Marcus Pollard

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

97 Cornelius Bennett OLB
51 Phil Glover OLB
56 Dwight Hollier MLB
94 Rob Morris MLB
52 Mike Peterson OLB
98 Sam Sword OLB
55 Ratcliff Thomas OLB
53 Marcus Washington OLB

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

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, Indiana)	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

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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

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	7	13	27
Chiefs	0	7	7	0	14

Date: September 3
Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 78,357
Game weather: 86°F; wind 9
Referee: Larry Nemmers
Television network: CBS

Scoring summary

Q2	14:15	IND	James 1 yard run (Vanderjagt kick)	IND 7–0

Q2	5:23	KC	Richardson 11 yard pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)	Tie 7–7

Q3	8:23	IND	James 27 yard pass from Manning (Vanderjagt kick)	IND 14–7

Q3	4:25	KC	Alexander 21 yard pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)	Tie 14–14

Q4	13:37	IND	Vanderjagt 23 yard field goal	IND 17–14

Q4	12:38	IND	Burris 27 yard interception return (Vanderjagt kick)	IND 24–14

Q4	4:01	IND	Vanderjagt 40 yard field goal	IND 27–14

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Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Oakland	0	7	24	7	38
Indianapolis	14	10	0	7	31

Date: September 10
Location: RCA Dome

Week 4

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jacksonville	0	14	0	0	14
• Indianapolis	7	14	5	17	43

Date: September 25
Location: RCA Dome

Week 5

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Indianapolis	0	7	0	11	18
Buffalo	3	6	0	7	16

Date: October 1
Location: Ralph Wilson Stadium

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indianapolis	0	10	3	3	16
• New England	3	7	0	14	24

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Miami Dolphins	11	5	0	.688	323	226	W1
⁽⁶⁾ Indianapolis Colts	10	6	0	.625	429	326	W3
New York Jets	9	7	0	.563	321	321	L3
Buffalo Bills	8	8	0	.500	315	350	W1
New England Patriots	5	11	0	.313	276	338	L1

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

Marvin Harrison, AFC Pro Bowl Selection^[4]
Edgerrin James, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 7^[5]
Edgerrin James, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 15^[5]
Edgerrin James, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,^[4]
Peyton Manning, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 4^[5]
Peyton Manning, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 17^[5]
Peyton Manning, AFC Pro Bowl Selection^[4]
Hunter Smith, AFC Special Teams Player of the Month, September^[5]
Mike Vanderjagt, AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 5^[5]

References

↑ The Football Database. Retrieved 2013-Dec-10.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 49
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-19.
1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
1 2 3 4 5 6 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

2000 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Baltimore	Denver	Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cincinnati	Kansas City	Dallas	Detroit	Carolina
Miami	Cleveland	Oakland	NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Jacksonville	San Diego	Philadelphia	Minnesota	St. Louis
NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay	San Francisco
	Tennessee

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