page_title: History of the Indianapolis Colts
section_title: 2002: Tony Dungy arrives
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Indianapolis Colts / 1998 to 2011: Peyton Manning era / 2002: Tony Dungy arrives
caption_attribution_description: General William R. Looney III, Air Education and Training Command commander, and Air Force Recruiting Service commander, Brig. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, present Indianapolis Colts team president Bill Polian (middle right) and head coach Tony Dungy with the prestigious American Spirit Award at midfield prior to kickoff of the Colts vs Kansas City Chiefs National Football League game at the RCA Dome, Nov. 18 in Indianapolis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carl Berry)
context_page_description: The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League. The organization began play in 1953 as the Baltimore Colts with the team located in Baltimore, Maryland; it relocated to Indianapolis following the 1983 season.
  Carroll Rosenbloom brought an NFL franchise to Baltimore in 1953 and owned the team until 1972 when he traded the franchise to Robert Irsay. The Baltimore Colts won the NFL Championship in 1958, 1959 and 1968, with the Colts losing to the New York Jets in Super Bowl III. The Colts won their first Super Bowl title in 1970 over the Dallas Cowboys. During this time the organization was led by star quarterback Johnny Unitas until 1973 when he was traded to the San Diego Chargers. Following disappointing seasons and poor fan attendance, the franchise moved to Indianapolis in 1984. While in Baltimore the team achieved ten postseason appearances and won four championships.
  The Colts organization struggled in the early days in Indianapolis, compiling an 88–135 record from 1984 to 1997.
context_section_description: The firing of Mora led to the hiring of head coach Tony Dungy, the former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Colts owner Jim Irsay was so committed to bringing Tony Dungy aboard that he, not Colts general manager Bill Polian, initiated the contact. Late on January 19, 2002, Irsay phoned Dungy at his home in Tampa. “I just wanted him to know from the start that there was no other coach on the planet I wanted to coach my football team”, Irsay said. “Not Steve Spurrier. Not Bill Parcells.”
  Dungy and the team quickly began to change the atmosphere in the organization during the offseason and selected defensive end Dwight Freeney in the first round. Freeney was able to set an NFL rookie record in 2002 with nine forced fumbles, three of which occurred in a single game against former Syracuse football player, Donovan McNabb. Freeney was also the runner-up for the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. During the season, the Colts posted a 10–6 record and finished second behind the Tennessee Titans in the new AFC South division. The Colts, however, went on to lose in the Wild Card round of the playoffs against the New York Jets, 41–0. Manning completed 14 out of 31 passes for 137 yards and two interceptions in the disappointing game.
caption: Tony Dungy was head coach of the Colts from 2002 until 2008.
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