2024 Indianapolis Colts season

The 2024 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 72nd in the National Football League (NFL), their 41st in Indianapolis, and their 17th playing their home games at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was their eighth under the leadership of general manager Chris Ballard and the second under head coach Shane Steichen. They failed to improve on their 9–8 record from last year and end their nine-year AFC South title drought after a Week 15 blowout loss to the Denver Broncos. They were eliminated from playoff contention following a Week 17 upset loss to the New York Giants, who before the game had the worst record in the league. The Colts finished their season with an 8–9 record.

Draft

+ 2024 Indianapolis Colts draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 15 Laiatu Latu DE UCLA 2 46 Traded to the Carolina Panthers 52 Adonai Mitchell WR Texas From Rams via Panthers 3 79 Matt Goncalves OT Pittsburgh From Jaguars via Cardinals 82 Traded to the Arizona Cardinals 4 117 Tanor Bortolini C Wisconsin 5 142 Anthony Gould WR Oregon State From Titans via Panthers 151 Jaylon Carlies LB Missouri 155 Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles From Steelers via Panthers 164 Jaylin Simpson S Auburn From Lions via Eagles 6 191 Traded to the Arizona Cardinals 201 Micah Abraham CB Marshall From Buccaneers via Eagles 7 234 Jonah Laulu DT Oklahoma

+ 2024 Indianapolis Colts undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref. Jason Bean QB/WR Kansas Trent Pennix RB NC State Spencer Shrader K Notre Dame Kedon Slovis QB BYU Dalton Tucker G Marshall Xavier White WR Texas Tech Craig Young LB Kansas Clay Fields III CB Chattanooga Derek Slywka WR Ithaca

Draft trades

Personnel Staff / Coaches

Final roster

Preseason The Colts' preseason opponents and preliminary schedule were announced on May 15, in conjunction with the release of the regular season schedule. Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 August 11 Denver Broncos L 30–34 0–1 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 2 Arizona Cardinals W 21–13 1–1 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 3 at Cincinnati Bengals W 27–14 2–1 Paycor Stadium Recap

Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 8 Houston Texans L 27–29 0–1 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 2 September 15 at Green Bay Packers L 10–16 0–2 Lambeau Field Recap 3 September 22 Chicago Bears W 21–16 1–2 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 4 September 29 Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–24 2–2 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 5 October 6 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 34–37 2–3 EverBank Stadium Recap 6 October 13 at Tennessee Titans W 20–17 3–3 Nissan Stadium Recap 7 October 20 Miami Dolphins W 16–10 4–3 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 8 October 27 at Houston Texans L 20–23 4–4 NRG Stadium Recap 9 November 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 13–21 4–5 U.S. Bank Stadium Recap 10 November 10 Buffalo Bills L 20–30 4–6 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 11 November 17 at New York Jets W 28–27 5–6 MetLife Stadium Recap 12 November 24 Detroit Lions L 6–24 5–7 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 13 December 1 at New England Patriots W 25–24 6–7 Gillette Stadium Recap 14Bye 15 December 15 at Denver Broncos L 13–31 6–8 Empower Field at Mile High Recap 16 December 22 Tennessee Titans W 38–30 7–8 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap 17 December 29 at New York Giants L 33–45 7–9 MetLife Stadium Recap 18 January 5 Jacksonville Jaguars W 26–23 8–9 Lucas Oil Stadium Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries Week 1: vs. Houston Texans

With the loss, the Colts have now gone 11 consecutive seasons without a Week 1 victory. Their most recent opening-week victory came in 2013.

Week 2: at Green Bay Packers

With the loss (their first to the Packers since 2008, the Colts fell to 0–2 for the first time since 2017. The Colts defense was gashed for 261 rushing yards by a Packers offense missing starting quarterback Jordan Love.

Week 3: vs. Chicago Bears

With the win (their third straight over the Bears), the Colts improved to 1–2

Week 4: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

For the second straight season, the Colts defeated the Steelers at home, improving to 2–2. Anthony Richardson left the game in the 1st quarter and was replaced by Joe Flacco.

Week 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars

With the loss, the Colts have now gone 10 consecutive seasons without winning at Jacksonville. Their most recent win at Jacksonville came in 2014.

Week 6: at Tennessee Titans

This was the Colts' third straight win over the Titans, their longest winning streak against them since 2018–19.

Week 7: vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 8: at Houston Texans

The Colts were swept by the Texans for only the second time in franchise history (after 2016).

Week 9: at Minnesota Vikings

The Colts' offense failed to score a touchdown, and they dropped under .500, which they would remain for the rest of the season.

Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 11: at New York Jets

Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 13: at New England Patriots

With the win, the Colts got their first win in Foxborough since 2006 and also improved to 6–7.

Week 15: at Denver Broncos

After a decent first half in which the Colts led by six points, intercepting Bo Nix thrice, the Broncos controlled the rest of the game. The Colts had five turnovers in the second half, including Jonathan Taylor prematurely celebrating a touchdown by dropping the ball before scoring, leading to a touchback, and a failed trick play resulting in a Broncos touchdown by Nik Bonitto. The Colts allowed 24 unanswered points, and were shutout in the second half.

With the loss, the Colts fell to 6–8 and allowed the Texans, who won earlier that day, to clinch the AFC South division title. This loss left the Colts without any division titles since 2014.

Week 16: vs. Tennessee Titans

The Colts scored a season high 38 points in their win, which included 24 points in the second quarter. They also rushed for a franchise single-game record 335 yards. Jonathan Taylor had a season high 218 rushing yards with 3 touchdowns, one being a 70-yard touchdown, another was a 65-yard touchdown. Anthony Richardson also added another rushing touchdown. With the win (their fourth straight over the Titans), the Colts improved to 7–8.

Week 17: at New York Giants

With the upset loss, the Colts fell to 7–9 and became eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth straight season.

Week 18: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

With the overtime win, the Colts finished the season with a 8–9 record.

Standings Division

Conference

Notes

References

2024 Indianapolis Colts season

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