Английская Википедия:1998 Indianapolis Colts season

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The 1998 Indianapolis Colts season was the 46th season for the team in the National Football League and 15th in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Colts finished the National Football League's 1998 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, and finished fifth in the AFC East division.

Coming off a 3–13 season the year before, the Colts drafted quarterback Peyton Manning with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. Manning would mark the beginning of a new era for the Colts, as he would lead them to their second Super Bowl title nine seasons later.

This season was Marshall Faulk's last with the Colts as he was traded to the St. Louis Rams in the off-season. He had his best seasons in St. Louis, helping the Rams to two Super Bowls in 1999 and 2001 and winning the league's MVP in 2000.

On November 29, the Colts played their first game in Baltimore since the controversial relocation in 1984.

As previously mentioned, this was Faulk's final year in a Colts uniform and he finished his Indianapolis career in style rushing for 1,319 yards and 6 touchdowns and catching a team leading 86 passes for 908 yards and 4 touchdowns leading the entire NFL in total yards from scrimmage with 2,227 (beating out 2nd place finisher and league MVP Terrell Davis by just two yards). Another bright spot was rookie quarterback Peyton Manning who passed for 3,739 yards and 26 touchdowns. Even though the Colts posted an identical 3-13 record from a year before, seven of those losses were by seven points or fewer.

Offseason

Undrafted free agents

1998 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Mike Vanderjagt	Kicker	West Virginia

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 6	Miami Dolphins	L 15–24	0–1	RCA Dome	60,587
2	September 13	at New England Patriots	L 6–29	0–2	Foxboro Stadium	60,068
3	September 20	at New York Jets	L 6–44	0–3	Giants Stadium	66,321
4	September 27	New Orleans Saints	L 13–19 Шаблон:Small	0–4	RCA Dome	48,480
5	October 4	San Diego Chargers	W 17–12	1–4	RCA Dome	51,988
6	October 11	Buffalo Bills	L 24–31	1–5	RCA Dome	52,938
7	October 18	at San Francisco 49ers	L 31–34	1–6	3Com Park	68,486
8	Bye
9	November 1	New England Patriots	L 16–21	1–7	RCA Dome	58,056
10	November 8	at Miami Dolphins	L 14–27	1–8	Pro Player Stadium	73,400
11	November 15	New York Jets	W 24–23	2–8	RCA Dome	55,520
12	November 22	at Buffalo Bills	L 11–34	2–9	Rich Stadium	49,032
13	November 29	at Baltimore Ravens	L 31–38	2–10	Ravens Stadium	68,898
14	December 6	at Atlanta Falcons	L 21–28	2–11	Georgia Dome	61,141
15	December 13	Cincinnati Bengals	W 39–26	3–11	RCA Dome	55,179
16	December 20	at Seattle Seahawks	L 23–27	3–12	Kingdome	58,703
17	December 27	Carolina Panthers	L 19–27	3–13	RCA Dome	58,182

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

See also

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

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