List of Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks

The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).

The club was officially founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, as the Baltimore Colts, replacing a previous team of that name that folded in 1950. After 31 seasons in Baltimore, Colts owner Robert Irsay moved the team to Indianapolis.

The Colts have had 33 starting quarterbacks (QB) in the history of their franchise. The Colts' past starting quarterbacks include Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Unitas, as well as the Associated Press National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) winners Earl Morrall and Bert Jones. Unitas also won the MVP award three times in his career. The franchise's first starting quarterback was Fred Enke, who started 9 games in total for the Colts. The Colts' starting quarterback from 1998 to 2011 was 5-time MVP Peyton Manning. Manning's tenure was followed by Andrew Luck from 2012 to 2018, until his sudden retirement during the 2019 preseason. Originally meant to serve as a backup, Jacoby Brissett ended up starting 15 games for the Colts in the 2017 season due to Luck being injured, and threw for over 3,000 yards and 13 touchdowns; he returned to his backup role the following year. Following Luck's retirement prior to the 2019 season, Brissett became the Colts full-time starting quarterback. Prior to the 2020 season, the Colts signed free agent Philip Rivers, making Brissett again the backup quarterback. On February 18, 2021, the Colts traded a 2021 third round pick and a 2022 second round conditional pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for quarterback Carson Wentz. Brissett signed as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins, and Wentz became the Colts' starting quarterback.[1] He started all seventeen of the Colts' games in the league's first season in the new format, before being traded to the Washington Commanders.[2][3] Indianapolis then traded a 3rd-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft for longtime Atlanta Falcons star Matt Ryan, who started at quarterback in each of the Colts' first seven games to begin the 2022 season. [4][5]

History

The Colts struggled early on to find consistency and stability at the quarterback position with 5 different quarterbacks starting at least one game in the first two seasons of the franchise. George Shaw became the first Colts quarterback to complete a full season. The following year Shaw broke his leg in the fourth game of the season against the Chicago Bears allowing former Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Johnny Unitas a chance to start. Over the next 16 seasons Unitas would start 182 games for the Colts. In this time Unitas was named to 10 Pro-Bowls, and won the MVP award 3 times. With Unitas under center the Colts also won 2 NFL Championships and a Super Bowl. In the final game of the 1968 preseason, the muscles in Unitas' arm were torn when he was hit by a member of the Dallas Cowboys defense. The Colts would turn to backup quarterback Earl Morrall to lead the offense. The Colts marched to a league-best 13–1 record and Morrall was named the 1968 MVP. Despite this strong season and the return of Unitas during the game the Colts lost the Super Bowl to the AFL's New York Jets and their quarterback Joe Namath.[6] In 1970 the Colts, with Unitas under center, would return to the Super Bowl in 1970. After Unitas was injured in the second quarter Morrall stepped in and led the Colts from a 7-point deficit at half time to a 3-point victory over the Dallas Cowboys.[7]

Unitas continued as the Colts' legendary QB, but age and injuries began to plague him further and in a hotly debated move, GM Joe Thomas traded him to the San Diego Chargers. The team wasted no time replacing Unitas by drafting Bert Jones in the 1973 NFL Draft. During his eight-year tenure as the Colts' starting quarterback, Jones led the team to three consecutive AFC East division titles and was awarded the 1976 AP MVP award. The Colts regular season success wasn't replicated in the post season, however, with the team losing all three of their playoff games – first the Steelers in 1975 and 1976, then in 1977 a 37–31 loss to the Oakland Raiders, known as the "Ghost to the Post" game and the third longest playoff game ever. It would be the last playoff game ever played by the Baltimore Colts.[8][9]

Jones began to become injury prone and between that and poor personnel moves, the Colts suffered hard times in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Jones was then traded to the Rams in 1982 and the Colts again began a search for a new starting quarterback. In the interim quarterback Mike Pagel filled in as the starter. In the 1983 NFL Draft the Colts drafted quarterback John Elway, but in another hotly debated and oft-criticized move, Elway declined to play for the team that drafted him, insisting he would play professional baseball instead. The Colts' owner traded him to the Denver Broncos for quarterback Mark Herrmann, rights to offensive lineman Chris Hinton and a first-round pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. Even at the time it was considered a horrible trade for the Colts and a coup for the Broncos. Mike Pagel therefore remained as the starter, though sometimes losing his position to top draft pick Art Schlichter, who was a notorious bust, due largely to a gambling addiction which affected his play and ultimately saw him kicked out of the league.

In the 1986, the Colts selected Jack Trudeau in the 2nd round of the draft. Trudeau would remain the starter for the next few years, though Gary Hogeboom and Chris Chandler were obtained and started at various times. In 1987 Trudeau lead the Colts in their first playoff game since the team moved to Indianapolis. The Colts lost the game against the Cleveland Browns by a score of 38 to 21.[10]

In 1990, the Colts again had the 1st overall and selected quarterback Jeff George, who even then was known as a world-class talent with a questionable attitude. This proved to be accurate, as George's four years in Indianapolis would end with four years of erratic play (behind an admittedly so-so team) with a trade to the Atlanta Falcons.

In 1994 the Colts signed Jim Harbaugh. In 1995, Harbaugh and the Colts surprised everyone by reaching the playoffs. Harbaugh was voted to the Pro Bowl, named Comeback Player of the Year, and was runner-up in the AP NFL MVP voting. The post-season was even more surprising, as Harbaugh led the Colts all the way to the 1995 AFC Championship game, ending a playoff drought of 24 years without a playoff win and narrowly missing a Super Bowl berth on the last play of the game. After a last-place 3–13 record in 1997, Harbaugh was traded to the Baltimore Ravens.

In 1998 the Colts, for the 4th time in 15 years, held the 1st overall pick in the draft and for the 3rd time in 15 years selected a quarterback – this time University of Tennessee's Peyton Manning. Manning started the first game of his rookie season and started every single Colts game since until the start of the 2011 season, when a recurring neck injury sidelined him. Despite a difficult rookie season, where he threw a league high 28 interceptions, Manning and the Colts responded by finishing 13–3 in 1999. The 10 game turnaround from the previous year set an NFL record. Even with this turnaround, the Colts lost in the playoffs. The following years would be marked by a near constant pattern. The Colts and Manning successes in the regular season were matched only by their failures in the post season. Manning was named to the Pro Bowl in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004, as well as winning the NFL MVP award in both 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Manning set a then NFL record when he threw 49 touchdowns in a single season. In spite of this the team failed in the playoffs, including early round exits in 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2005. In both 2003 and 2004 the Colts would lose to eventual Super Bowl winning New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game and the Divisional Round respectively. In 2006 the Colts and Manning were finally able to beat the Patriots and their quarterback Tom Brady in the AFC Championship Game on their way to a victory in Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears. Manning was named the Super Bowl MVP. The Colts and Manning would continue to have success, with Manning winning two further MVP awards in 2008 and 2009. In 2009 the Colts would return to the Super Bowl where they would lose to the New Orleans Saints.

Starting quarterbacks by season

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Unitas was the Baltimore Colts' starting quarterback from 1956 to 1972.
Jim Harbaugh was the Indianapolis Colts' starting quarterback from 1994 to 1997.
Peyton Manning was the starting quarterback for the Colts from 1998 until 2011.
Curtis Painter started eight games in 2011.
Andrew Luck was the starting quarterback for the Colts from 2012 to 2018.
Matt Hasselbeck started eight games in 2015.
Scott Tolzien started one game each in 2016 and 2017 due to injuries to Luck.
Jacoby Brissett started for the Colts during the 2017 and 2019 seasons.
Philip Rivers was the starting quarterback for the Colts in 2020. Carson Wentz was the starting quarterback for the Colts in 2021. On March 21, 2022, Matt Ryan was traded to the Colts for a third round pick in the 2022 draft.

Regular season

Year Column links to corresponding team season
(#) Number of games started in the regular season
Inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 + [b] MVP Award-winning season
 *  Pro Bowl season
** Season Currently in Progress (QB starts may not represent full-season)
Season Quarterback(s) (games) Ref(s)
Baltimore Colts (1953–1983)
1953 Fred Enke (8) / George Taliaferro (3) / Ed Mioduszewski (1) [11][12][13][14]
1954 Gary Kerkorian (10) / Fred Enke (1) / Cotton Davidson (1) [15][16][11][17]
1955 George Shaw (12) [18][19]
1956 Johnny Unitas (7) / George Shaw (5) [20][18][21]
1957 Johnny Unitas†* (12) [20][22]
1958 Johnny Unitas *(10) / George Shaw (2) [20][23][18]
1959 Johnny Unitas†+* (12) [20][24]
1960 Johnny Unitas†* (12) [20][25]
1961[c] Johnny Unitas†* (14) [20][26]
1962 Johnny Unitas†* (14) [20][27]
1963 Johnny Unitas†* (14) [20][28]
1964 Johnny Unitas†+* (14) [20][29]
1965 Johnny Unitas (11) / Gary Cuozzo (2) / Tom Matte (1) [20][30][31][32]
1966 Johnny Unitas†* (13) / Gary Cuozzo (1) [20][33][30]
1967 Johnny Unitas†+* (14) [20][34]
1968 Earl Morrall+* (14) [35][36]
1969 Johnny Unitas (12) / Earl Morrall (2) [20][35][37]
1970 Johnny Unitas (13) / Earl Morrall (1) [20][35][38]
1971 Earl Morrall (9) / Johnny Unitas (5) [20][39][35]
1972 Marty Domres (9) / Johnny Unitas (5) [40][41][20]
1973 Marty Domres (9) / Bert Jones (5) [42][40][43]
1974 Bert Jones (8) / Marty Domres (6) [42][44][40]
1975 Bert Jones (14) [42][45]
1976 Bert Jones+* (14) [42][46]
1977 Bert Jones (14) [42][47]
1978[c] Bill Troup (11) / Bert Jones (3) / Mike Kirkland (2) [42][48][49][50]
1979 Greg Landry (12) / Bert Jones (4) [42][51][52]
1980 Bert Jones (15) / Greg Landry (1) [42][53][51]
1981 Bert Jones (15) / David Humm (1) [54][42][55]
1982[d] Mike Pagel (9) [56][57]
1983 Mike Pagel (15) / Mark Herrmann (1) [58][56][59]
Indianapolis Colts since 1984
1984 Mike Pagel (9) / Art Schlichter (5) / Mark Herrmann (2) [58][56][60][61]
1985 Mike Pagel (14) / Matt Kofler (1) / Art Schlichter (1) [62][56][63][60]
1986 Jack Trudeau (11) / Gary Hogeboom (5) [64][65][66]
1987[d] Jack Trudeau (8) / Gary Hogeboom (6) / Blair Kiel (1) [64][65][67][68]
1988 Chris Chandler (13) / Jack Trudeau (2) / Gary Hogeboom (1) [64][69][70][65]
1989 Jack Trudeau (12) / Chris Chandler (3) / Tom Ramsey (1) [64][71][69][72]
1990 Jeff George (12) / Jack Trudeau (4) [73][64][74]
1991 Jeff George (16) [73][75]
1992 Jeff George (10) / Jack Trudeau (5) / Mark Herrmann (1) [73][64][76][58]
1993 Jeff George (11) / Jack Trudeau (5) [77][73][64]
1994 Jim Harbaugh (9) / Don Majkowski (6) / Browning Nagle (1) [78][79][80][81]
1995 Jim Harbaugh* (12) / Craig Erickson (3) / Paul Justin (1) [78][82][83][84]
1996 Jim Harbaugh (14) / Paul Justin (2) [78][82][85]
1997 Jim Harbaugh (11) / Paul Justin (4) / Kelly Holcomb (1) [86][78][82][87]
1998 Peyton Manning (16) [88][89]
1999 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][90]
2000 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][91]
2001 Peyton Manning (16) [88][92]
2002 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][93]
2003 Peyton Manning†+* (16) [88][94]
2004 Peyton Manning†+* (16) [88][95]
2005 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][96]
2006 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][97]
2007 Peyton Manning†* (16) [88][98]
2008 Peyton Manning†+* (16) [88][99]
2009 Peyton Manning†+* (16) [88][100]
2010 Peyton Manning†* (16) [101][88]
2011 Curtis Painter (8) / Dan Orlovsky (5) / Kerry Collins (3) [102]
2012 Andrew Luck* (16) [103]
2013 Andrew Luck* (16) [104]
2014 Andrew Luck* (16) [105]
2015 Matt Hasselbeck (8) / Andrew Luck (7) / Josh Freeman (1) [106]
2016 Andrew Luck (15) / Scott Tolzien (1) [107]
2017 Jacoby Brissett (15) / Scott Tolzien (1) [108]
2018 Andrew Luck* (16) [109]
2019 Jacoby Brissett (15) / Brian Hoyer (1) [110]
2020 Philip Rivers (16) [111]
2021 Carson Wentz (17)
2022 Matt Ryan (12) / Sam Ehlinger (3) / Nick Foles (2)
2023 Gardner Minshew (13) / Anthony Richardson (4) [112]

Postseason

Year Column links to corresponding team season
(#) Postseason win–loss record
Inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 +  NFL champions (1920–1969)
 ‡  Super Bowl champions
 *  Conference champions
Season Quarterback(s) (games) Ref(s)
Baltimore Colts (1953–1983)
1958 Johnny Unitas +* (1–0) [113]
1959 Johnny Unitas +* (1–0) [114]
1964 Johnny Unitas * (0–1) [115]
1965 Tom Matte (0–1) [116]
1968 Earl Morrall +* (2–1) [6][117][118]
1970 Johnny Unitas ‡* (3–0) [7][119][120]
1971 Johnny Unitas (1–1) [121][122]
1975 Bert Jones (0–1) [123]
1976 Bert Jones (0–1) [124]
1977 Bert Jones (0–1) [8]
Indianapolis Colts (1984–present)
1987 Jack Trudeau (0–1) [10]
1995 Jim Harbaugh (2–1) [125][126][127]
1996 Jim Harbaugh (0–1) [128]
1999 Peyton Manning (0–1) [129]
2000 Peyton Manning (0–1) [130]
2002 Peyton Manning (0–1) [131]
2003 Peyton Manning (2–1) [132][133][134]
2004 Peyton Manning (1–1) [135][136]
2005 Peyton Manning (0–1) [137]
2006 Peyton Manning ‡* (4–0) [138][139][140][141]
2007 Peyton Manning (0–1) [142]
2008 Peyton Manning (0–1) [143]
2009 Peyton Manning * (2–1) [144][145][146]
2010 Peyton Manning (0–1) [147]
2012 Andrew Luck (0–1) [148]
2013 Andrew Luck (1–1)
2014 Andrew Luck (2–1)
2018 Andrew Luck (1–1)
2020 Philip Rivers (0–1)

Statistics

Peyton Manning holds many franchise records, including consecutive starts, as well as passing yards, touchdowns and passer rating.

Peyton Manning holds the record for the most starts as the Colts quarterback, as well as the most wins. Manning has also set franchise records in completions, passing attempts, completion percentage, passing yards, touchdowns and has the highest franchise passer rating while Johnny Unitas holds the record for most interceptions by a Colts quarterback. Manning has taken the most sacks of all the quarterbacks but Bert Jones has lost the most yards while being sacked. Jones also has the record for the longest completed pass by a Colts starting quarterback, with a 90-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Roger Carr in a home win against the New York Jets in 1975.

Name Name of the quarterback Cmp% Percentage of passes completed
GP Games played (regular season) Yds Yards gained by passing
GS Games started (regular season) TD Passing touchdowns
W Number of wins as starting quarterback Int Interceptions thrown
L Number of losses as starting quarterback Lng Longest completed pass thrown (yards)
T Number of ties as starting quarterback Sk Number of times sacked
Cmp Passes completed Yds Yards lost by sacks
Att Passes attempted Rate Quarterback rating
Name GP GS W L T Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Lng Sk Yds Rate
Peyton Manning 208 208 141 67 0 4682 7210 64.9 54828 399 198 86 231 1483 94.9
Johnny Unitas 206 182 117 61 4 2796 5110 54.7 39768 287 246 89 60 494 78.8
Bert Jones 98 92 46 46 0 1382 2464 56.1 17663 122 97 90 224 1948 78.8
Andrew Luck 86 86 53 33 0 2000 3290 60.8 23671 171 83 87 174 1124 89.5
Jim Harbaugh 53 46 20 26 0 746 1230 60.7 8705 49 26 85 130 737 86.6
Jeff George 52 49 14 35 0 874 1532 57.0 9551 41 46 75 146 1179 72.0
Mike Pagel 51 47 15 31 1 587 1154 50.9 7474 39 47 80 109 788 65.8
Jack Trudeau 61 47 18 29 0 812 1536 52.9 9647 41 62 84 92 657 64.4
Jacoby Brissett 46 30 11 19 0 552 928 59.5 6059 31 13 80 81 479 84.2
Earl Morrall 51 26 22 3 1 363 676 53.7 5666 47 40 84 32 283 80.3
Marty Domres 51 24 8 16 0 293 576 50.9 3471 21 31 66 42 312 59.3
George Shaw 36 19 8 10 1 210 410 51.2 2820 21 31 82 0 0 59.0
Carson Wentz 17 17 9 8 0 322 516 62.4 3563 27 7 76 32 227 94.6
Philip Rivers 16 16 11 5 0 369 543 68.0 4169 24 11 55 19 118 97.0
Chris Chandler 18 16 10 6 0 168 313 53.7 2156 10 15 82 21 145 66.2
Gardner Minshew 16 13 7 6 0 305 490 62.2 3305 15 9 75 34 191 84.6
Greg Landry 43 13 3 10 0 308 533 57.8 3402 17 19 67 49 395 72.6
Gary Hogeboom 20 12 7 5 0 260 443 58.7 3295 22 18 72 38 295 81.6
Matt Ryan 12 12 4 7 1 308 460 67.0 3044 14 13 44 36 262 83.8
Bill Troup 40 11 3 8 0 162 316 51.3 1999 10 23 67 33 344 51.4
Gary Kerkorian 20 10 3 7 0 134 248 54.0 1783 11 15 78 0 0 66.6
Fred Enke 11 9 3 6 0 88 197 44.7 1225 8 18 55 0 0 40.7
Matt Hasselbeck 15 8 5 3 0 193 312 61.9 2121 11 6 57 18 108 85.7
Paul Justin 19 7 3 4 0 177 303 58.4 2097 7 7 44 20 166 77.7
Don Majkowski 12 6 3 3 0 97 176 55.1 1115 6 8 29 10 81 66.8
Art Schlichter 13 6 0 6 0 91 202 45.0 1006 3 11 54 28 211 42.6
Mark Herrmann 11 4 2 2 0 74 136 54.4 928 2 13 74 15 132 41.2
Anthony Richardson 4 4 2 2 0 50 84 59.5 577 3 1 39 7 41 87.3
Craig Erickson 6 3 2 1 0 50 83 60.2 586 3 4 39 10 68 73.7
Gary Cuozzo 28 3 1 2 0 105 208 50.5 1391 13 9 69 0 0 74.8
George Taliaferro 22 3 0 3 0 15 57 26.3 211 2 6 45 0 0 14.6
Sam Ehlinger 7 3 0 3 0 64 101 63.4 574 3 3 47 5 25 76.1
Scott Tolzien 4 2 0 2 0 32 55 58.2 344 1 4 32 7 50 52.4
Mike Kirkland 16 2 0 2 0 19 41 46.3 211 1 8 34 11 78 30.7
Nick Foles 3 2 0 2 0 25 42 59.5 224 0 4 49 8 48 34.3
Josh Freeman 1 1 1 0 0 15 28 53.6 149 1 1 57 1 7 65.9
Tom Matte 126 1 1 0 0 12 42 28.6 246 2 2 46 1 12 47.5
Browning Nagle 1 1 1 0 0 8 21 38.1 69 0 1 23 11 78 27.7
Blair Kiel 7 1 0 1 0 28 58 48.3 431 3 3 50 5 42 69.0
Brian Hoyer 4 1 0 1 0 35 65 53.8 372 4 4 23 5 47 65.7
Tom Ramsey 7 1 0 1 0 24 50 48.0 280 1 1 47 4 26 63.7
Matt Kofler 5 1 0 1 0 23 48 47.9 284 1 3 33 8 58 47.6
Kelly Holcomb 5 1 0 1 0 45 73 61.6 454 1 8 41 11 76 44.3
Ed Mioduszewski 12 1 0 1 0 11 30 36.7 113 2 2 17 0 0 42.8
David Humm 3 1 0 1 0 20 47 42.6 220 0 3 23 2 18 30.5
Cotton Davidson 24 1 0 1 0 28 66 42.4 309 0 6 29 0 0 19.1

Notes

See also

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