2001 Indianapolis Colts season

2001 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach Jim E. Mora
General manager Bill Polian
Owner Jim Irsay
Home field RCA Dome
Results
Record 6–10
Division place 4th AFC East
Playoff finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers WR Marvin Harrison
TE Ken Dilger

The 2001 Indianapolis Colts season was the 49th season for the team in the National Football League and 18th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the National Football League's 2001 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, and finished fourth in the AFC East division. In the process the Colts allowed 486 points in sixteen games, an average of 30 points per match and the franchise worst since the infamous 1981 Colts who allowed 533. At the time only the aforementioned Colts, the 1980 Saints and the notorious 1966 Giants (in a 14-game schedule) had ever allowed more points.[1]

Personnel

Staff

2001 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
  • Assistant Director of Football Operations – Chris Polian
  • Director of Player Development – Steve Champlin
  • Coordinator of Player Personnel – John Becker
  • Director of College Scouting – Mike Butler

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

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

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game Site TV Time Attendance
1 September 9, 2001 at New York Jets W 45–24 1–0 The Meadowlands CBS 1:00 pm
78,606
2 September 23, 2001 Buffalo Bills W 42–26 2–0 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,135
3 September 30, 2001 at New England Patriots L 13–44 2–1 Foxboro Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
60,292
4 Bye
5 October 14, 2001 Oakland Raiders L 18–23 2–2 RCA Dome ESPN 8:30 pm
56,972
6 October 21, 2001 New England Patriots L 17–38 2–3 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,022
7 October 25, 2001 at Kansas City Chiefs W 35–28 3–3 Arrowhead Stadium ESPN 8:30 pm
74,212
8 November 4, 2001 at Buffalo Bills W 30–14 4–3 Ralph Wilson Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
63,786
9 November 11, 2001 Miami Dolphins L 24–27 4–4 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
57,127
10 November 18, 2001 at New Orleans Saints L 20–34 4–5 Louisiana Superdome CBS 1:00 pm
70,020
11 November 25, 2001 San Francisco 49ers L 21–40 4–6 RCA Dome FOX 1:00 pm
56,393
12 December 2, 2001 at Baltimore Ravens L 27–39 4–7 PSINet Stadium CBS 1:00 pm
69,382
13 December 10, 2001 at Miami Dolphins L 6–41 4–8 Pro Player Stadium ABC 9:00 pm
73,858
14 December 16, 2001 Atlanta Falcons W 41–27 5–8 RCA Dome FOX 1:00 pm
55,603
15 December 23, 2001 New York Jets L 28–29 5–9 RCA Dome ESPN 8:30 pm
56,302
16 December 30, 2001 at St. Louis Rams L 17–42 5–10 Trans World Dome CBS 1:00 pm
66,084
17 January 6, 2002 Denver Broncos W 29–10 6–10 RCA Dome CBS 1:00 pm
56,192

Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(2) New England Patriots 11 5 0 .688 371 272 W6
(4) Miami Dolphins 11 5 0 .688 344 290 W2
(6) New York Jets 10 6 0 .625 308 295 W1
Indianapolis Colts 6 10 0 .375 413 486 W1
Buffalo Bills 3 13 0 .188 265 420 L1

Season summary

The Colts suffered only the second losing season of Peyton Manning's career. After opening with dominant wins over the Jets and Buffalo, the Colts were crushed twice in three games by the Patriots to go with a loss to Oakland. Two more wins followed but the season fell apart with losses in seven of the season's final nine games; a 40–21 rout by the San Francisco 49ers on November 25th set off an infamous postgame press conference rant by coach Jim Mora in which he harped on four Manning interceptions, repeatedly noting one was returned (by the Niners' Zack Bronson) for a touchdown and the others set up San Francisco scores, and a fumble; he angrily scoffed at a reporter's question about the Colts' playoff chances when he barked, "What’s that? Playoffs? Don’t talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game!" Mora was fired after the season.

Manning threw 23 interceptions during the season, the highest number of his career following his rookie season. He was sacked a career-high 29 times.

References

  1. ↑ Over 450 points allowed in regular season

See also

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