Английская Википедия:2015 Indianapolis Colts season

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The Шаблон:Nfly Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 63rd season in the National Football League and the 32nd in Indianapolis, surpassing the 31 seasons they played in their original home city of Baltimore. It was also the fourth season under the trio of head coach Chuck Pagano, general manager Ryan Grigson and quarterback Andrew Luck. The Colts entered the 2015 season as the defending AFC South champions after compiling an 11–5 record before falling to the New England Patriots in a controversial AFC Championship game matchup.

After a week 8 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Colts fired offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and elevated associate head coach Rob Chudzinski to replace him. The Colts failed to improve from their three consecutive 11–5 records and finished the season at 8–8. They lost the division to the Houston Texans and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2011 and only the fourth time since 1998. This was their first time to lose to the Houston Texans at home since the Texans entered the NFL in 2002. Шаблон:TOC limit

2015 draft class

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style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| 2015 Indianapolis Colts Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	29	Phillip Dorsett	Wide receiver	Miami
3	65	D'Joun Smith	Cornerback	Florida Atlantic
	93	Henry Anderson	Defensive end	Stanford
4	109	Clayton Geathers	Safety	Central Florida
5	151	David Parry	Nose tackle	Stanford
6	205	Josh Robinson	Running back	Mississippi State
	207	Amarlo Herrera	Inside linebacker	Georgia
7*	255	Denzelle Good	Tackle	Mars Hill

*	Compensatory selection

Draft trades

• Indianapolis traded their second and fourth-round selections (No. 61 and 128, respectively) to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Tampa's third and fourth-round selections (No. 65 and 109, respectively).
• Indianapolis traded their fifth and seventh-round selections (No. 165 and 244, respectively) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for San Francisco's fifth-round selection (No. 151).
• Indianapolis acquired an additional sixth-round selection (No. 207 overall) in a trade that sent cornerback Marcus Burley to the Seattle Seahawks.
• Indianapolis traded their original seventh-round selection (No. 246 overall) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for linebacker Cam Johnson.
• Indianapolis acquired an additional seventh-round selection (No. 244 overall) in a trade that sent defensive end Caesar Rayford to the Dallas Cowboys.

Undrafted free agents

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Position	Player	College	Notes
QB	Bryan Bennett	Southeastern Louisiana
RB	Abou Toure	Tennessee-Martin	Waived on August 31
RB	Tyler Varga	Yale
TE	Jean Sifrin	Massachusetts-Amherst	Waived on June 2
TE	Justin Sinz	Purdue	Waived on August 31
C	Brandon Vitabile	Northwestern	Waived on August 31
WR	Ezell Ruffin	San Diego State	Waived on August 31
WR	Quan Bray	Auburn
WR	Tyler Rutenbeck	Dubuque
CB	Al-Hajj Shabazz	West Chester
CB	Josh Mitchell	Nebraska
CB	Donald Celiscar	Western Michigan	Waived-injured on August 31
CB	Raymon Taylor	Michigan
ILB	Justin Shirk	Bloomsburg	Waived on August 31
ILB	Junior Sylvestre	Toledo
OLB	Cody Galea	San Diego State
OLB	Terrell Hartsfield	Cincinnati	Waived on May 10
OLB	Zack Hodges	Harvard	Waived on August 31
S	Robert Smith	Clemson
K	Taylor Ponitus	North Alabama

Roster moves

Free agents

Position	Player	Free agency tag	Date signed/released	2015 team	Notes
S	Mike Adams	UFA	March 10, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
LB	Daniel Adongo	ERFA	March 10, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
S	Colt Anderson	UFA	March 10, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
RB	Ahmad Bradshaw	UFA	October 14, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
S	Sergio Brown	UFA	March 11, 2015	Jacksonville Jaguars
CB	Darius Butler	UFA	March 8, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
LB	Jerrell Freeman	RFA	April 27, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
CB	Josh Gordy	UFA	April 15, 2015	New York Giants
QB	Matt Hasselbeck	UFA	February 26, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
RB	Daniel Herron	ERFA	April 1, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
S	Delano Howell	RFA	–	–	–
LB	Cam Johnson	ERFA	March 10, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
LB	Josh McNary	ERFA	September 15, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
LS	Matt Overton	RFA	March 3, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
DE	Fili Moala	UFA	August 19, 2015	Houston Texans
G	Joe Reitz	UFA	March 10, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
WR	Hakeem Nicks	UFA	April 24, 2015	Tennessee Titans
DT	Jeris Pendleton	ERFA	June 30, 2015	Indianapolis Colts
DE	Cory Redding	UFA	March 11, 2015	Arizona Cardinals
C	A. Q. Shipley	RFA	March 11, 2015	Arizona Cardinals
LB	Andy Studebaker	UFA	March 10, 2015	Tennessee Titans
WR	Reggie Wayne	UFA	March 10, 2015	New England Patriots

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Additions

Position	Player	Шаблон:Abbr	2014 Team	Notes
WR	Duron Carter	UFA	Montreal Alouettes	Signed on February 3, 2015.
OL	Ben Heenan	UFA	Saskatchewan Roughriders	Signed on February 3, 2015.
DE	Earl Okine	UFA	Brooklyn Bolts	Signed on March 3, 2015.
G	Todd Herremans	UFA	Philadelphia Eagles	Signed on March 8, 2015.
RB	Frank Gore	UFA	San Francisco 49ers	Signed on March 10, 2015.
LB	Trent Cole	UFA	Philadelphia Eagles	Signed on March 10, 2015.
DE	Kendall Langford	UFA	St. Louis Rams	Signed on March 10, 2015.
WR	Andre Johnson	UFA	Houston Texans	Signed on March 11, 2015.
LB	Nate Irving	UFA	Denver Broncos	Signed on March 20, 2015.
WR	Vincent Brown	UFA	Oakland Raiders	Signed on March 31, 2015.
S	Dwight Lowery	UFA	Atlanta Falcons	Signed on April 3, 2015.

Departures

Position	Player	Шаблон:Abbr	2015 Team	Notes
S	LaRon Landry	UFA	--	Released on February 11, 2015.
LB	Andrew Jackson	UFA	--	Released on February 11, 2015.
T	Xavier Nixon	UFA	Washington Redskins	Released on February 11, 2015.
LB	Shaun Phillips	UFA	--	Released on February 16, 2015.
DE	Ricky Jean-Francois	UFA	Washington Redskins	Released on February 23, 2015.
RB	Michael Hill	UFA	Washington Redskins	Released on March 12, 2015.
RB	Trent Richardson	UFA	Oakland Raiders	Released on March 12, 2015.

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	August 16	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–36	0–1	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
2	August 22	Chicago Bears	L 11–23	0–2	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
3	August 29	at St. Louis Rams	W 24–14	1–2	Edward Jones Dome	Recap
4	September 3	Cincinnati Bengals	L 6–9	1–3	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	September 13	at Buffalo Bills	L 14–27	0–1	Ralph Wilson Stadium	Recap
2	Шаблон:Tooltip	New York Jets	L 7–20	0–2	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
3	September 27	at Tennessee Titans	W 35–33	1–2	Nissan Stadium	Recap
4	October 4	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 16–13 Шаблон:Small	2–2	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
5	Шаблон:Tooltip	at Houston Texans	W 27–20	3–2	NRG Stadium	Recap
6	October 18	New England Patriots	L 27–34	3–3	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
7	October 25	New Orleans Saints	L 21–27	3–4	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
8	Шаблон:Tooltip	at Carolina Panthers	L 26–29 Шаблон:Small	3–5	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
9	November 8	Denver Broncos	W 27–24	4–5	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 22	at Atlanta Falcons	W 24–21	5–5	Georgia Dome	Recap
12	November 29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 25–12	6–5	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
13	December 6	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 10–45	6–6	Heinz Field	Recap
14	December 13	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 16–51	6–7	EverBank Field	Recap
15	December 20	Houston Texans	L 10–16	6–8	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
16	December 27	at Miami Dolphins	W 18–12	7–8	Sun Life Stadium	Recap
17	January 3	Tennessee Titans	W 30–24	8–8	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Buffalo Bills

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxWith the loss, the Colts fell to 0–1.

Week 2: vs. New York Jets

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxWith the upset loss, the Colts fell to 0–2 for the second straight year.

Week 3: at Tennessee Titans

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxAfter trailing 14–0 in the first half, the Titans would score 27 unanswered points to take a 27–14 lead. However, the Colts would own the fourth quarter, as they outscored Tennessee 21–6. The Titans had a chance to tie the game after pulling within 35–33, but the 2-point attempt failed, and the Colts held on for the win. With the win, the Colts improved to 1–2 and picked up their 8th straight win over the Titans.

Week 4: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Due to an injured shoulder, Andrew Luck missed the first game of his career, and was replaced by 40-year-old veteran Matt Hasselbeck, who avoided any turnovers and led the Colts to a 16–13 win in overtime. Jacksonville kicker Jason Myers would miss 3 game-winning field goal attempts at the end of the fourth quarter and one in overtime. Adam Vinatieri would nail the game winner in overtime to give Indianapolis the win. With the win, the Colts evened their record at 2–2.

Week 5: at Houston Texans

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxDespite a Hail Mary being thrown at the end of the first half, the Colts still managed to hold on for the win. With their 3rd straight win, the Colts improved to 3–2, and set a new NFL record for most consecutive wins against division opponents with 16.

Week 6: vs. New England Patriots

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox This game was notorious for a terrible playcall by the Colts, now known as the Colts Catastrophe. With the Colts trailing 27–21 late in the 3rd quarter, Pagano opted to run a scrimmage play using special teams on 4th and 3 on the Colts' 37-yard line. However, a bizarre formation resulted in a Patriots tackle for loss, Colts turnover, and a flag for illegal formation. The Patriots easily scored a touchdown on the next drive and went on to win the game by 7 points, 34–27. The playcall was universally criticized and was considered by many to be the worst play in NFL history.

Week 7: vs. New Orleans Saints

In the Super Bowl rematch between the two teams, the Saints started the first half, dominating the Colts 20–0, which stunned Indy's home crowd. The Colts looked for answers in the second half, but Andrew Luck struggled to find open receivers and he was intercepted twice.

Week 8: at Carolina Panthers

The Colts traveled to Charlotte to take on Cam Newton and his undefeated Carolina Panthers, looking to hang their first loss on them. After struggling much in the first half, the Colts answered back in the fourth quarter. However, it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers in overtime and the Colts would lose 29–26.

Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox Peyton Manning returned to Indianapolis for the final time.

Late in the fourth quarter, with the Colts leading 27–24, they looked to extend the lead on a field goal by Adam Vinatieri, but it was overturned and the Colts still won 27–24.

With the win, the Colts went to 4–5, while the Broncos suffered their first loss and dropped to 7–1.

However, two days later, Andrew Luck was hospitalized with a lacerated kidney along with an abdominal injury. He ended up missing the rest of the season, putting more pressure on veteran backup Matt Hasselbeck, who was 2–0 in 2 starts due to Luck's previous injury.

Week 11: at Atlanta Falcons

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxThe Colts would trail 21–7 late in the third quarter, but they would fight back to tie the game at 21 after D'Qwell Jackson returned an interception at the Atlanta 6-yard line for a touchdown. The Colts would then later on march down the field to win it with an Adam Vinatieri field goal with 52 seconds left. With the win, the Colts improved to 5–5. They also improved to 14–2 all time against the Falcons.

Week 12: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxWith the win, the Colts improved to 6–5 and remained in the playoff hunt.

Week 13: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxThe Colts would suffer an embarrassing loss on national television to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers would lead for the majority of the game, and the Colts could not get into any rhythm. With the loss, the Colts fell to 6–6.

Week 14: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxThe Colts would lead 13–3, but Jacksonville would outscore Indianapolis 48–3 from then on. With the loss, the Colts fell to 6–7 and lost to a divisional opponent for the first time since 2012, snapping their NFL record 16-game winning streak in division play.

Week 15: vs. Houston Texans

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox This, notably, is the Colts' first loss to the Texans at Lucas Oil Stadium since the latter team began play in 2002.

Week 16: at Miami Dolphins

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxWith the win, the Colts improved to 7–8. This was Matt Hasselbeck's final career game.

Week 17: vs. Tennessee Titans

Шаблон:AmericanfootballboxWith the win, the Colts ended their season at 8–8 and won their 9th straight game against the Titans.

External links

• Шаблон:Official website