2000 Indianapolis Colts season

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 their division rival Miami Dolphins in the Wildcard round.

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

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

Additions	Subtractions
RB Karim Abdul-Jabbar (Browns)	TE/LS Bradford Banta (Jets)
DT Bernard Holsey (Giants)	LB Bertrand Berry (Eskimos)
	DT Tony McCoy (Cardinals)

NFL Draft

2000 Indianapolis Colts draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
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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Undrafted free agents

2000 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Trevor Insley	Wide Receiver	Nevada
Kevin McDougal	Running Back	Colorado State
Justin Snow	Long snapper	Baylor

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/Defensive Backs – 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 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 33 Karim Abdul-Jabbar 30 Lennox Gordon 36 Jim Finn FB 32 Edgerrin James 39 Paul Shields FB Wide Receivers 84 E.G. Green 88 Marvin Harrison 15 Isaac Jones 86 Jerome Pathon 87 Chad Plummer 80 Terrence Wilkins KR/PR Tight Ends 85 Ken Dilger 83 Josh Keur 81 Marcus Pollard		Offensive Linemen 54 Phil Armour C 78 Tarik Glenn T 69 Ben Gilbert G 74 Waverly Jackson T 73 Adam Meadows T 76 Steve McKinney G 50 Larry Moore G 63 Jeff Saturday C Defensive Linemen 92 Chad Bratzke DE 64 Larry Chester DT 79 Bernard Holsey DE 62 Ellis Johnson DT 91 Chukie Nwokorie DE 99 Brad Scioli DE 90 Mark Thomas DT 95 Bernard Whittington DE 96 Josh Williams DT		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 47 Billy Austin FS 29 Jason Belser FS 26 Tony Blevins CB 20 Jeff Burris CB 37 Chad Cota SS 27 David Macklin CB 31 Mustafah Muhammad CB 38 Tyrone Poole CB Special Teams 17 Hunter Smith P 48 Justin Snow LS 12 Mike Vanderjagt K		Reserve Lists 33 Karim Abdul-Jabbar RB (IR) -- Rodregis Brooks DB (IR) 1 Trevor Insley WR (IR) 43 Kevin McDougal RB (IR) 61 Rob Renes DT (IR) Practice Squad Rookies in italics

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	July 29	Atlanta Falcons	L 13–20	0–1	RCA Dome	Recap
2	August 5	at Seattle Seahawks	L 19–20	0–2	Husky Stadium	Recap
3	August 12	at New Orleans Saints	W 23–17	1–2	Louisiana Superdome	Recap
4	August 19	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 27–26	2–2	RCA Dome	Recap
5	August 24	Minnesota Vikings	W 27–26	3–2	RCA Dome	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	TV Time(EDT)	TV Announcers	Attendance
1	September 3, 2000	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–14	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium	CBS 1:00 pm	Verne Lundquist & Dan Dierdorf	78,357
2	September 10, 2000	Oakland Raiders	L 31–38	1–1	RCA Dome	CBS 1:00 pm	Greg Gumbel & Todd Blackledge	56,769
3	Bye
4	September 25, 2000	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 43–14	2–1	RCA Dome	ABC 9:00 pm	Al Michaels, Dan Fouts & Dennis Miller	56,816
5	October 1, 2000	at Buffalo Bills	W 18–16	3–1	Ralph Wilson Stadium	CBS 1:00 pm	Gus Johnson & Brent Jones	72,617
6	October 8, 2000	at New England Patriots	L 16–24	3–2	Foxboro Stadium	CBS 1:00 pm	Kevin Harlan & Daryl Johnston	60,292
7	October 15, 2000	at Seattle Seahawks	W 37–24	4–2	Husky Stadium	CBS 4:05 pm	Kevin Harlan & Daryl Johnston	63,593
8	October 22, 2000	New England Patriots	W 30–23	5–2	RCA Dome	CBS 1:00 pm	Gus Johnson & Brent Jones	56,828
9	October 29, 2000	Detroit Lions	W 30–18	6–2	RCA Dome	FOX 1:00 pm	Sam Rosen & Bill Maas	56,971
10	November 5, 2000	at Chicago Bears	L 24–27	6–3	Soldier Field	CBS 1:00 pm	Ian Eagle & Mark May	66,944
11	November 12, 2000	New York Jets	W 23–15	7–3	RCA Dome	ESPN 8:30 pm	Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann & Paul Maguire	56,657
12	November 19, 2000	at Green Bay Packers	L 24–26	7–4	Lambeau Field	CBS 1:00 pm	Ian Eagle & Mark May	59,869
13	November 26, 2000	Miami Dolphins	L 14–17	7–5	RCA Dome	CBS 4:15 pm	Greg Gumbel & Phil Simms	56,935
14	December 3, 2000	at New York Jets	L 17–27	7–6	The Meadowlands	CBS 4:15 pm	Greg Gumbel & Phil Simms	78,138
15	December 11, 2000	Buffalo Bills	W 44–20	8–6	RCA Dome	ABC 9:00 pm	Al Michaels, Dan Fouts & Dennis Miller	56,671
16	December 17, 2000	at Miami Dolphins	W 20–13	9–6	Pro Player Stadium	CBS 4:15 pm	Greg Gumbel & Phil Simms	73,884
17	December 24, 2000	Minnesota Vikings	W 31–10	10–6	RCA Dome	FOX 4:15 pm	Pat Summerall & John Madden	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 TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist, Dan Dierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein

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 Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3 hours, 14 minutes Game attendance: 56,769 Game weather: Dome Referee: Bob McElwee TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Todd Blackledge, and Armen Keteyian

This was the first time the Raiders had ever visited Indianapolis, with their previous away game against the Colts having occurred as far back as 1975.[3] This anomaly was due to old NFL scheduling formulas in place prior to 2002, whereby teams had no rotating schedule opposing members of other divisions within their own conference, but instead played interdivisional conference games according to position within a season's table.[4]

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 earned a Wild-Card berth to the playoffs as the No. 6 seed and traveled to Miami to face the Dolphins. The Dolphins turned the ball over three times in the first half as the Colts staked a 14–0 lead by halftime. 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[5]
• Edgerrin James, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 7[6]
• Edgerrin James, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 15[6]
• Edgerrin James, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,[5]
• Peyton Manning, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 4[6]
• Peyton Manning, AFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 17[6]
• Peyton Manning, AFC Pro Bowl Selection[5]
• Hunter Smith, AFC Special Teams Player of the Month, September[6]
• Mike Vanderjagt, AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 5[6]

References

1. The Football Database. Retrieved 2013-Dec-10.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-19.
3. Urena, Ivan; Pro Football Schedules: A Complete Historical Guide from 1933 to the Present, p. 15 ISBN 0786473517
4. History of the NFL’s Structure and Formats, Part Two
5. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
6. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202

See also

• History of the Indianapolis Colts
• Indianapolis Colts seasons
• Colts–Patriots rivalry
• Chiefs–Colts rivalry