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The Indianapolis Colts, a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana are currently members of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team has taken a long trip to get to where they are today.
The Colts were the first NFL team to have cheerleaders, and the old Colts' fan club and marching band became part of the new franchise. In the 2004 season, the Colts hoped to make another trip to the post season. After losing in Week 1 to the defending champion New England Patriots 27-24 in Foxboro, they won four straight games before their week 6 bye.

They won at home against the Oakland Raiders 35-14 but coming off of their bye week, the Colts lost the next 2 games. The Colts locked up the AFC South title for the second year in a row. They lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Patriots for the second year in a row the next week in the divisional round, 20-3, the worst loss of the Colts' season, as one of the most prolific offenses during the season was consistently stopped by New England's defense. The Colts began the 2005 Season with a 13-0 start and were only the fourth team to do so. In the process they became the season's last-remaining undefeated team in the NFL. Another factor that had contributed to the Colts' success is their use of the no-huddle offense. The Colts faced their first real challenge against the Carson Palmer-led Bengals, in which the Colts won 45-37 and became the first team to go 10-0 since the 1998 Denver Broncos.

The Colts were eliminated from the playoffs in a divisional playoff matchup against the eventual Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers on January 15, 2006. They were down 21-3 and staged a comeback, but came up short 21-18, as Mike Vanderjagt's 46-yard field goal attempt sailed wide-right. With that loss, it marked the first time since the NFL expanded to a 12-team playoff tournament in 1990 that a #1 seed lost to a #6 seed. The Colts used their first pick on Louisiana St. RB Joseph Addai in order to fill the gap left by departing RB Edgerrin James on the 2006 NLF Draft.

The Colts' logo and uniforms have basically remained the same since the team's official debut in 1953. The helmet is white with a speed blue horseshoe logo. The blue jerseys have white shoulder stripes while the white jerseys have blue stripes. The team also wears white pants with blue stripes along the sides.The Colts wore blue pants with their white jerseys for the first three games of the 1995 season, but the britches were quickly discarded and returned to white pants with both the blue and white jerseys.