Английская Википедия:2001 Indianapolis Colts season

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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 1981 Colts who allowed 533. At the time only the aforementioned Colts, the 1980 Saints and the 1966 Giants (in a 14-game schedule) had ever allowed more points. This would be the last time the Colts would miss the playoffs until 2011 and the only time in the 2000s decade in which they didn't qualify.

This was the Colts' final season as a member of the AFC East, as they would move to the newly-formed AFC South in the 2002 league re-alignment.

Offseason

Additions	Subtractions
CB Thomas Smith (Bears)	QB Kelly Holcomb (Browns)
LB Donnel Thompson (Steelers)

Undrafted free agents

2001 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Dominic Rhodes	Running Back	Midwestern State
Nick Harper	Cornerback	Fort Valley State

Regular season

Schedule

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

Season summary

The Colts suffered 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 to bring the Colts to 4–3, but they followed this up with two more losses headed into their matchup with the San Francisco 49ers at home on November 25. The 49ers entered the game having only lost twice to that point in the season, but had struggled to put up points and had barely beaten the Carolina Panthers, who would only record one win that season, the week before.

The Colts, needing the victory, instead turned the ball over five times. Manning threw four interceptions, two to Ahmed Plummer and two more to Zack Bronson including one that was returned for a touchdown. The 49ers scored 23 total points off of the five Indianapolis turnovers. Despite outgaining the 49ers, the Colts lost the game 40-21 and after the game, coach Jim Mora sharply criticized his offense's effort, especially Manning's four interceptions.

During the press conference, a reporter asked Mora a question about the Colts' playoff chances now that the team was 4–6. Mora, who had not heard what was said, asked him to repeat the question. When the question was repeated, Mora responded by dismissing the suggestion that the Colts could make the postseason in the following manner:

A few days later, Manning spoke to reporters ahead of the Colts’ next game with the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens and sharply criticized Mora's handling of the situation. He said that he did not appreciate being called out in public like he had been and that if Mora had a problem with him he should have spoken to him directly. This caused Mora to backtrack on his previous statements, but the damage was done.

The Colts went on to finish 6-10 and 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.

See also

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