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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.6, Offense: -1.8, Defense: 0.2, SoS: -0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Lindy Infante
Defensive Coordinator: Jim Johnson
Training Camp: Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Jim Harbaugh | 33 | 9 | 14 | 232 for 405, 2,630 yards, 13 td, 11 int, & 48 rushes for 192 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 26th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Marshall Faulk | 23 | 2 | 13 | 198 rushes for 587 yards, 7 td, & 56 catches for 428 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1994 |
| FB | Clif Groce | 24 | 1 | 8 | 46 rushes for 184 yards, 0 td, & 13 catches for 106 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Sean Dawkins | 25 | 3 | 14 | 54 catches for 751 yards, 1 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| PR | Marvin Harrison | 24 | Rook | 15 | 18 punt returns for a 9.8 average and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1996 |
| TE | Ken Dilger | 25 | 1 | 16 | 42 catches for 503 yards, 4 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| LT | Kipp Vickers | 27 | 1 | 6 | ||
| LG | Doug Widell | 30 | 7 | 16 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 | |
| C | Kirk Lowdermilk | 33 | 11 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 59th pick / 1985 | |
| RG | Eric Mahlum | 26 | 2 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1994 |
| LT | Jason Mathews | 25 | 2 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1994 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bernard Whittington | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Tony McCoy | 27 | 4 | 15 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 105th pick / 1992 |
| RDT | Tony Siragusa | 29 | 6 | 10 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Tony Bennett | 29 | 6 | 13 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 18th pick / 1990 |
| LLB | Steve Grant | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 10th / 253rd pick / 1992 |
| MLB | Jeff Herrod | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 243rd pick / 1988 |
| RLB | Steve Morrison | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Ray Buchanan | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 65th pick / 1993 |
| RCB | Eugene Daniel | 35 | 12 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 205th pick / 1984 |
| SS | David Tate | 32 | 8 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 8th / 208th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Jason Belser | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 197th pick / 1992 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Cary Blanchard*+ | 28 | 4 | 0 | 36 of 40 field goals & 27 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Chris Gardocki*+ | 26 | 5 | 0 | 68 punts for a 45.7 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 1991 |
| PR | Marvin Harrison | 24 | Rook | 15 | 18 punt returns for a 9.8 average and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1996 |
| KR | Aaron Bailey | 25 | 2 | 2 | 43 kick returns for a 24.2 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Trev Alberts | 26 | lb | 9 | 4 | 245 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/8/1970 | 2 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1994 |
| 50 | Elijah Alexander | 26 | lb | 14 | 3 | 233 | 6-2 | Kansas St. | 8/2/1970 | 4 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1992 |
| 75 | Troy Auzenne | 27 | lt | 12 | 5 | 293 | 6-7 | California | 6/26/1969 | 4 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 49th pick / 1992 |
| 80 | Aaron Bailey | 25 | KR | 14 | 2 | 185 | 5-10 | Louisville | 10/24/1971 | 2 | 4 | |
| 83 | Bradford Banta | 26 | 13 | 0 | 253 | 6-6 | USC | 12/14/1970 | 2 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 106th pick / 1994 | |
| 12 | Kerwin Bell | 31 | 2 | 0 | 207 | 6-3 | Florida | 6/15/1965 | Rook | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 180th pick / 1988 | |
| 29 | Jason Belser | 26 | FS | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-9 | Oklahoma | 5/28/1970 | 4 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 197th pick / 1992 |
| 56 | Tony Bennett | 29 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 7/1/1967 | 6 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 18th pick / 1990 |
| 14 | Cary Blanchard*+ | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Oklahoma St. | 11/5/1968 | 4 | 0 | |
| 34 | Ray Buchanan | 25 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 186 | 5-9 | Louisville | 9/29/1971 | 3 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 65th pick / 1993 |
| 53 | Sammie Burroughs | 23 | lb | 16 | 1 | 227 | 6-0 | Portland St. | 6/21/1973 | Rook | 2 | |
| 55 | Quentin Coryatt | 26 | rlb | 8 | 7 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 8/1/1970 | 4 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1992 |
| 32 | Zack Crockett | 24 | fb | 5 | 5 | 240 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 12/2/1972 | 1 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 79th pick / 1995 |
| 38 | Eugene Daniel | 35 | RCB | 16 | 9 | 178 | 5-11 | LSU | 5/4/1961 | 12 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 8th / 205th pick / 1984 |
| 87 | Sean Dawkins | 25 | WR | 15 | 14 | 215 | 6-4 | California | 2/3/1971 | 3 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 16th pick / 1993 |
| 96 | Richard Dent | 36 | de | 16 | 1 | 265 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 12/13/1960 | 13 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 203rd pick / 1983 |
| 85 | Ken Dilger | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/2/1971 | 1 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| 15 | Chris Doering | 23 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 6-4 | Florida | 5/19/1973 | Rook | 0 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 6th / 185th pick / 1996 | |
| 28 | Marshall Faulk | 23 | RB | 13 | 13 | 211 | 5-10 | San Diego St. | 2/26/1973 | 2 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 2nd pick / 1994 |
| 31 | Derrick Frazier | 26 | db | 6 | 4 | 178 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 4/29/1970 | 2 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 75th pick / 1993 |
| 17 | Chris Gardocki*+ | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Clemson | 2/7/1970 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 1991 |
| 59 | Steve Grant | 27 | LLB | 11 | 11 | 240 | 6-0 | West Virginia | 12/23/1969 | 4 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 10th / 253rd pick / 1992 |
| 30 | Derwin Gray | 25 | db | 10 | 1 | 198 | 5-11 | BYU | 4/9/1971 | 3 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 92nd pick / 1993 |
| 33 | Clif Groce | 24 | FB | 15 | 8 | 245 | 5-11 | Texas A&M | 7/30/1972 | 1 | 2 | |
| 35 | Steve Hall | 23 | 2 | 0 | 209 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 4/15/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 4 | Jim Harbaugh | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 215 | 6-3 | Michigan | 12/23/1963 | 9 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 26th pick / 1987 |
| 66 | Steve Hardin | 25 | 1 | 0 | 334 | 6-7 | Oregon | 12/30/1971 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 88 | Marvin Harrison | 24 | PR | 16 | 15 | 175 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 8/25/1972 | Rook | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 19th pick / 1996 |
| 54 | Jeff Herrod | 30 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 249 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 7/29/1966 | 8 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 9th / 243rd pick / 1988 |
| 44 | Chris Hetherington | 24 | 6 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Yale | 11/27/1972 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 62 | Ellis Johnson | 23 | lde | 12 | 6 | 288 | 6-2 | Florida | 10/30/1973 | 1 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 15th pick / 1995 |
| 39 | Richard Jones | 23 | 3 | 0 | 183 | 5-9 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 8/4/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 43 | Vance Joseph | 24 | 4 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Colorado | 9/20/1972 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Paul Justin | 28 | qb | 8 | 2 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 5/19/1968 | 1 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 190th pick / 1991 |
| 58 | Jay Leeuwenburg | 27 | rg | 15 | 7 | 294 | 6-3 | Colorado | 6/18/1969 | 4 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 244th pick / 1992 |
| 63 | Kirk Lowdermilk | 33 | C | 16 | 16 | 269 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 4/10/1963 | 11 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 59th pick / 1985 |
| 65 | Eric Mahlum | 26 | RG | 13 | 9 | 284 | 6-4 | California | 12/6/1970 | 2 | 4 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1994 |
| 79 | Tony Mandarich | 30 | rt | 15 | 6 | 311 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 9/23/1966 | 7 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1989 |
| 90 | Steve Martin | 22 | rdt | 14 | 5 | 320 | 6-4 | Missouri | 5/31/1974 | Rook | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 151st pick / 1996 |
| 67 | Jason Mathews | 25 | LT | 16 | 15 | 285 | 6-5 | BYU,Texas A&M | 2/9/1971 | 2 | 8 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 67th pick / 1994 |
| 26 | Dedric Mathis | 23 | rcb | 16 | 6 | 188 | 5-10 | Houston | 9/26/1973 | Rook | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 51st pick / 1996 |
| 61 | Tony McCoy | 27 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 289 | 6-1 | Florida | 6/10/1969 | 4 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 105th pick / 1992 |
| 40 | Ray McElroy | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 196 | 5-11 | East. Illinois | 7/31/1972 | 1 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 114th pick / 1995 |
| 27 | Arnold Mickens | 24 | 3 | 0 | 217 | 5-11 | Indiana,Butler | 10/12/1972 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 52 | Steve Morrison | 25 | RLB | 16 | 8 | 246 | 6-3 | Michigan | 12/28/1971 | 1 | 5 | |
| 93 | Freddie Joe Nunn | 34 | 5 | 0 | 262 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 4/9/1962 | 11 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 18th pick / 1985 | |
| 18 | Bobby Olive | 27 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 4/22/1969 | 1 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 300th pick / 1991 | |
| 81 | Marcus Pollard | 24 | te | 16 | 4 | 247 | 6-3 | Bradley | 2/8/1972 | 1 | 2 | |
| 97 | Kendel Shello | 23 | 1 | 0 | 301 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/24/1973 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 98 | Tony Siragusa | 29 | RDT | 10 | 10 | 330 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 5/14/1967 | 6 | 5 | |
| 84 | Scott Slutzker | 24 | 15 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Iowa | 12/20/1972 | Rook | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1996 | |
| 86 | Brian Stablein | 26 | 16 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 4/14/1970 | 1 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 210th pick / 1993 | |
| 10 | Mark Stock | 30 | 14 | 0 | 177 | 5-11 | VMI | 4/27/1966 | 7 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 144th pick / 1989 | |
| 49 | David Tate | 32 | SS | 10 | 10 | 197 | 6-1 | Colorado | 11/22/1964 | 8 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 208th pick / 1988 |
| 71 | Kipp Vickers | 27 | LT | 10 | 6 | 300 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 8/27/1969 | 1 | 3 | |
| 21 | Lamont Warren | 23 | rb | 13 | 3 | 202 | 5-11 | Colorado | 1/4/1973 | 2 | 3 | Indianapolis Colts / 6th / 164th pick / 1994 |
| 36 | Damon Watts | 24 | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Indiana | 4/8/1972 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 72 | Derek West | 24 | 1 | 0 | 309 | 6-8 | Colorado | 3/28/1972 | 1 | 0 | Indianapolis Colts / 5th / 149th pick / 1995 | |
| 95 | Bernard Whittington | 25 | LDE | 16 | 14 | 290 | 6-5 | Indiana | 8/20/1971 | 2 | 7 | |
| 64 | Doug Widell | 30 | LG | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-4 | Boston Col. | 9/23/1966 | 7 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 41st pick / 1989 |
| 46 | Vince Workman | 28 | 9 | 0 | 215 | 5-10 | Ohio St. | 5/9/1968 | 7 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 127th pick / 1989 | |
| 57 | Phil Yeboah-Kodie | 25 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 1/22/1971 | Rook | 0 | Denver Broncos / 5th / 146th pick / 1995 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 237.1 | 6-1.8 | 3.1 |
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