Indianapolis Colts Are One of NFL’S Best September Teams
Posted By Jerry Tapp On October 1, 2012 @ 12:33 pm In Colts News | No Comments
The Indianapolis Colts [1], with a new coach and starting quarterback, turn the page on the 2012 calendar to October with a 1-2 record. While the 1-2 mark in the first month of the season may not have been exactly what the team was looking for, it was still good enough to keep the franchise at the top of the list for win-loss records in September since 2000.
Since 2000, the Colts have a 29-12 record in September (a .707 winning percentage) making them the only NFL [2] franchise to win 70 percent of their games in the season’s first month since the turn of the century. It’s important to note that from 2000 to 2007, at the height of Peyton Manning [3]’s career at the helm of the Colts, the team went 22-4 in the month of September. Since then (from 2008 to 2012) the Colts are a very average 7-8.
Following are the win-loss records for each franchise in the month of September from the 2000 season through yesterday’s games.
Team, win-loss record & percentage in September games (2000-2012)
Indianapolis 29-12 .707
Denver [4] 29-16 .644
Baltimore 27-15 .643
New York Giants [5] 27-16 .628
Green Bay [6] 27-19 .600
New England [7] 25-17 .595
Philadelphia [8] 26-18 .591
Seattle [9] 25-18 .581
Dallas [10] 24-18 .571
Atlanta [11] 25-19 .568
New York Jets [12] 23-20 .535
Tampa Bay [13] 23-20 .535
Minnesota [14] 22-22 .500
San Diego [15] 22-22 .500
Washington [16] 21-21 .500
Jacksonville [17] 21-22 .488
New Orleans [18] 21-22 .488
Oakland [19] 20-23 .465
Chicago [20] 19-23 .452
Tennessee [21] 19-23 .452
Buffalo [22] 19-24 .442
Cincinnati [23] 19-24 .442
Carolina 18-24 .429
San Francisco [24] 18-25 .419
Houston [25] 15-21 .417
Kansas City [26] 18-26 .409
Arizona [27] 17-26 .395
Miami [28] 17-26 .395
Detroit [29] 16-26 .381
St. Louis 17-28 .378
Cleveland 14-31 .311
In looking at the September records of each team since 2009 (the last four years), we see that the best September record since ’09 belongs to the Baltimore Ravens [30]. The Ravens have won 10 of their 13 September games since 2009. At the other end of the list are the Carolina Panthers [31] and Cleveland Browns [32]; both teams were only 2-11 in September games since 2009.
Following are the September records for each of the teams since 2009.
10-3: Baltimore
9-4: Atlanta, Green Bay, Houston, New York Jets
8-4: Chicago
8-5: Arizona, Cincinnati, New England, New York Giants, Philadelphia, San Diego
7-5: Dallas, Pittsburgh [33]
7-6: Denver, Minnesota, New Orleans, San Francisco
6-6: Indianapolis
6-7: Buffalo, Seattle, Washington
5-8: Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay, Tennessee
4-9: Jacksonville, Kansas City
3-10: Miami, St. Louis
2-11: Carolina, Cleveland
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