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1996 Indianapolis Colts

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 317 points (19.8/g), 16th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 334 points (20.9/g), 18th.
 Differential of -17 points (-1.1/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 17th.

Coached by Lindy Infante (9-7-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 Arizona Cardinals 20 13 19 312 238 74 1 20 310 226 84
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 @ New York Jets 21 7 17 291 225 66 1 21 359 290 69 2
3 Sun September 15 box W 3-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 25 24 18 321 218 103 2 18 295 184 111 1
4 Mon September 23 box W 4-0 Miami Dolphins 10 6 20 277 106 171 1 12 190 162 28
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 6 box L 4-1 @ Buffalo Bills 13 16 16 249 163 86 20 412 299 113 1
7 Sun October 13 box W 5-1 Baltimore Ravens 26 21 15 255 132 123 20 325 213 112 1
8 Sun October 20 box L 5-2 New England Patriots 9 27 27 364 319 45 4 15 222 142 80 2
9 Sun October 27 box L 5-3 @ Washington Redskins 16 31 18 298 198 100 1 25 388 173 215 1
10 Sun November 3 box L 5-4 San Diego Chargers 19 26 22 264 173 91 5 14 312 237 75
11 Sun November 10 box L 5-5 @ Miami Dolphins 13 37 15 293 260 33 2 19 307 193 114
12 Sun November 17 box W 6-5 New York Jets 34 29 14 303 151 152 3 21 419 332 87 5
13 Sun November 24 box L 6-6 @ New England Patriots 13 27 15 291 247 44 2 25 429 234 195
14 Sun December 1 box W 7-6 Buffalo Bills 13 10 18 288 203 85 11 307 183 124 3
15 Thu December 5 box W 8-6 Philadelphia Eagles 37 10 19 361 210 151 18 330 254 76 3
16 Sun December 15 box W 9-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 24 19 19 311 222 89 20 357 237 120 1
17 Sun December 22 box L 9-7 @ Cincinnati Bengals 24 31 16 266 231 35 2 26 441 284 157 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun December 29 box L 9-8 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 42

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 317 4744 1000 4.7 288 311 537 3296 16 11 5.7 172 420 1448 9 3.4 89 24 13 27
Team Defense 334 5403 1022 5.3 502 318 534 3643 25 13 6.5 189 459 1760 12 3.8 305 23 10 8
Lg Rank Offense 16 25 21 15 16 23 1 20 23 28 19 23 2 14
Lg Rank Defense 18 22 16 15 23 23 23 27 18 18 14 17 26 22

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim Harbaugh 33 QB 14 14 232 405 57.3 2630 13 3.2 11 2.7 51 6.5 5.6 11.3 187.9 76.3 36 190 5.5 4.7 8.2
Paul Justin 28 8 2 74 127 58.3 839 2 1.6 0 0.0 38 6.6 6.8 11.3 104.9 83.4 7 58 5.8 6.0 5.2
Kerwin Bell 31 2 0 5 5 100.0 75 1 20.0 0 0.0 30 15.0 17.0 15.0 37.5 158.3 0 0 15.0 17.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 16 311 537 57.9 3544 16 3.0 11 2.0 51 6.6 6.0 11.4 221.5 79.2 43 248 5.7 5.1 7.4
Opp Total 16 318 534 59.6 3643 25 4.7 13 2.4 6.8 6.2 11.5 227.7 85.6 29 182 6.5 5.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Marshall Faulk 23 RB 13 13 198 587 7 43 3.0 45.2 15.2 56 428 7.6 0 30 4.3 32.9 1015 7 2
Lamont Warren 23 13 3 67 230 1 53 3.4 17.7 5.2 22 174 7.9 0 17 1.7 13.4 404 1 3
Jim Harbaugh 33 QB 14 14 48 192 1 21 4.0 13.7 3.4 192 1 8
Clif Groce 24 FB 15 8 46 184 0 24 4.0 12.3 3.1 13 106 8.2 0 24 0.9 7.1 290 0 2
Zack Crockett 24 fb 5 5 31 164 0 25 5.3 32.8 6.2 11 96 8.7 1 32 2.2 19.2 260 1 2
Vince Workman 28 9 0 24 70 0 11 2.9 7.8 2.7 4 36 9.0 0 18 0.4 4.0 106 0 0
Marvin Harrison 24 WR 16 15 3 15 0 15 5.0 0.9 0.2 64 836 13.1 8 41 4.0 52.3 851 8 1
Paul Justin 28 8 2 2 7 0 6 3.5 0.9 0.3 7 0 1
Kerwin Bell 31 2 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.5 0.5 -1 0 0
Sean Dawkins 25 WR 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 751 13.9 1 42 3.6 50.1 751 1 1
Ken Dilger 25 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 503 12.0 4 51 2.6 31.4 503 4 1
Aaron Bailey 25 RET 14 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 302 16.8 0 40 1.3 21.6 302 0 3
Brian Stablein 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 192 10.7 1 30 1.1 12.0 192 1 0
Marcus Pollard 24 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 86 14.3 1 48 0.4 5.4 86 1 0
Mark Stock 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 13 0.1 1.7 24 0 0
Chris Doering 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 1.0 10.0 10 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 420 1448 9 53 3.4 90.5 26.3 311 3544 11.4 16 51 19.4 221.5 4992 25 24
Opp Total 16 459 1760 12 3.8 110.0 28.7 318 3643 11.5 25 19.9 227.7 5403 37 20

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Aaron Bailey 25 RET 14 2 43 1041 1 95 24.2 1343
Marvin Harrison 24 WR 16 15 18 177 0 31 9.8 1028
Mark Stock 30 14 0 5 13 0 9 2.6 12 254 0 28 21.2 291
Ray Buchanan 25 LCB 13 13 12 201 0 82 16.8 1 20 0 20 20.0 221
Brian Stablein 26 16 0 6 56 0 30 9.3 248
Lamont Warren 23 13 3 3 54 0 18 18.0 458
Clif Groce 24 FB 15 8 1 18 0 18 18.0 308
Chris Hetherington 24 6 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Team Total 26.4 16 41 447 0 82 10.9 61 1403 1 95 23.0 6842
Opp Total 16 38 0 67 1666 0 24.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Chris Gardocki*+ 26 P 16 0 68 3105 61 0 45.7
Cary Blanchard*+ 28 K 16 0 1 1 11 11 9 8 14 11 5 5 40 36 90.0% 27 27 100.0%
Team Total 26.4 16 1 1 11 11 9 8 14 11 5 5 40 36 90.0% 27 27 100.0% 68 3105 61 0 45.7
Opp Total 16 28 23 82.1% 34 33 97.1% 81 3524 43.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Harbaugh 33 QB 14 14 8 4 -3 0
Richard Dent 36 16 1 6.5 2 0 0 0 0 13 2 1
Jason Belser 26 FS 16 16 1.0 4 81 2 44 1 0 1 0 0 74 22
Tony Bennett 29 RDE 14 13 6.0 3 0 0 0 0 43 22
Tony McCoy 27 LDT 15 15 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 36 14
Aaron Bailey 25 RET 14 2 3 1 0 0
Eugene Daniel 35 RCB 16 9 3 35 1 35 1 0 1 0 0 31 5
Lamont Warren 23 13 3 3 1 0 0
Clif Groce 24 FB 15 8 2 1 0 0
Steve Morrison 25 RLB 16 8 1 20 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 38 10
Tony Siragusa 29 RDT 10 10 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 36 9
Bernard Whittington 25 LDE 16 14 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 46 20
Ray Buchanan 25 LCB 13 13 0.5 2 32 0 32 1 0 0 0 0 53 9
Quentin Coryatt 26 rlb 8 7 0 0 2 7 0 32 8
Zack Crockett 24 fb 5 5 2 0 0 0
Marshall Faulk 23 RB 13 13 2 0 0 0
Steve Grant 27 LLB 11 11 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 50 17
Paul Justin 28 8 2 1 1 0 0
Steve Martin 22 rdt 14 5 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 25 11
Trev Alberts 26 9 4 1 19 0 19 19 8
Elijah Alexander 26 14 3 1.0 22 4
Sean Dawkins 25 WR 15 14 1 0 0 0
Ken Dilger 25 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Marvin Harrison 24 WR 16 15 1 0 0 0
Jeff Herrod 30 MLB 14 14 1 68 1 68 53 19
Eric Mahlum 26 RG 13 9 0 1 0 0
Jason Mathews 25 RT/lt 16 15 0 1 0 0
Marcus Pollard 24 16 4 0 1 0 0
David Tate 32 SS 10 10 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 28 19
Damon Watts 24 10 0 1 21 0 21 3 2
Team Total 26.4 16 28.0 13 276 4 68 12 24 21 4 0 740 241 1
Opp Total 16 43 20 10 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Cary Blanchard*+ 28 K 16 0 27 36 135
Marvin Harrison 24 WR 16 15 8 48
Marshall Faulk 23 RB 13 13 7 42
Ken Dilger 25 TE 16 16 4 24
Jason Belser 26 FS 16 16 2 12
Aaron Bailey 25 RET 14 2 1 6
Zack Crockett 24 fb 5 5 1 6
Eugene Daniel 35 RCB 16 9 1 6
Sean Dawkins 25 WR 15 14 1 6
Jim Harbaugh 33 QB 14 14 1 6
Jeff Herrod 30 MLB 14 14 1 6
Marcus Pollard 24 16 4 1 6
Brian Stablein 26 16 0 1 6
Lamont Warren 23 13 3 1 6
Richard Dent 36 16 1 1 2
Team Total 26.4 16 9 16 1 4 27 36 1 317
Opp Total 16 12 25 1 33 23 1 334