1986 Indianapolis Colts season

1986 Indianapolis Colts season
Head coach	Rod Dowhower Ron Meyer
General manager	Jim Irsay
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Hoosier Dome
Results
Record	3–13
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1986 Indianapolis Colts season was the 34th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL) and third in Indianapolis. The team finished the year with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, and fifth in the AFC East division.

The 1986 Colts were the last team until the 2007 Miami Dolphins to lose their first thirteen games in a season. Head Coach Rod Dowhower was fired with three games left in the season and was replaced by Ron Meyer. It appeared that the Colts could be on their way to the NFL's first anti-perfect season since the 1976 Buccaneers, until the Colts defeated the Atlanta Falcons 28–13 in Week Fourteen. They then won their last two games, to finish with three wins on the season.

Personnel

Staff

1986 Indianapolis Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
Vice President and General Manager – Jim Irsay
Assistant General Manager – Bob Terpening
Director of Player Personnel – Jack Bushofsky
Director of Pro Personnel – Clyde Powers

Head coaches

Head Coach – Rod Dowhower
Assistant Head Coach – Tom Lovat

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs – Billie Matthews
Quarterbacks – John Becker
Receivers – Chip Myers
Offensive Line – Tom Lovat
Assistant Offensive Line – Keith Rowen

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – George Hill
Defensive Line – John Marshall
Linebackers – Rick Venturi
Secondary – George Catavolos

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Keith Rowen

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Tom Zupancic

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 7, 1986	at New England Patriots	L 3–33	0–1	Sullivan Stadium	55,208
2	September 14, 1986	at Miami Dolphins	L 10–30	0–2	Miami Orange Bowl	51,848
3	September 21, 1986	Los Angeles Rams	L 7–24	0–3	Hoosier Dome	59,012
4	September 28, 1986	New York Jets	L 7–26	0–4	Hoosier Dome	56,075
5	October 5, 1986	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–35	0–5	Candlestick Park	57,252
6	October 12, 1986	New Orleans Saints	L 14–17	0–6	Hoosier Dome	53,512
7	October 19, 1986	at Buffalo Bills	L 13–24	0–7	Rich Stadium	50,050
8	October 26, 1986	Miami Dolphins	L 13–17	0–8	Hoosier Dome	58,350
9	November 2, 1986	Cleveland Browns	L 9–24	0–9	Hoosier Dome	57,962
10	November 9, 1986	New England Patriots	L 21–30	0–10	Hoosier Dome	56,890
11	November 16, 1986	at New York Jets	L 16–31	0–11	The Meadowlands	65,149
12	November 23, 1986	at Houston Oilers	L 17–31	0–12	Astrodome	31,792
13	November 30, 1986	San Diego Chargers	L 3–17	0–13	Hoosier Dome	47,950
14	December 7, 1986	at Atlanta Falcons	W 28–13	1–13	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium	30,397
15	December 14, 1986	Buffalo Bills	W 24–14	2–13	Hoosier Dome	52,783
16	December 21, 1986	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 30–14	3–13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	41,349

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
New England Patriots⁽³⁾	11	5	0	.688	7–1	8–4	412	307	W1
New York Jets⁽⁴⁾	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	364	386	L5
Miami Dolphins⁽⁵⁾	8	8	0	.500	5–3	6–6	430	405	L1
Buffalo Bills	4	12	0	.250	1–7	3–11	287	348	L3
Indianapolis Colts	3	13	0	.188	1–7	2–10	229	400	W3

References

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

1986 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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