ron meyer brought some success to the colts, and coach ted continued that, this is the 4th, and 5th years of his second stint as coach, and when things really started getting exciting in indy. in 94, we finished 8-8, we had 2 new wrs,sean dawkins, and floyd turner, jim harbaugh took over at qb, marshall faulk (1st round) at rb, and joe staysniak at guard. 2 new de's, bernard whittintgon, and tony bennett, tony mccoy at nt, stephen grant replaced duane bickett, ray buchanon at cb, and david tate at safety. derrell brewer returned punts, and ronald humphries -kickoffs. faulk led in rushing (1282), and tds (11), turner in rec (52-593), buchanon in int. (8), and bennett in sacks (8), marshall faulk rushed for 143 yards, and 3 tds in his first game and made the pro bowl. 95 was an amazing year for the colts, the only new starter we had on either side of the ball was,jason mathews at tackle. we also had a new kicker-cary blanchard, and punter-chris gardocki, and 2 new returners, buchanon on punts, and aaron bailey on kickoffs. faulk led in rushing (1078), tds (11), and rec (56-475), daniels and ambrose in int (3), and bennett in sacks (10 1/2). the colts finished the year at 9-7, and made the playoffs, and went on to upset 2 teams away from home (san diego-kansas city), and setup the championship game vs the steelers, in pittsburg, the game went down to the very last play when harbaugh threw a hail mary, the ball came down on aaron bailey as he was on the truf, but was unable to control the ball, and the colts lost 20-16, there were many exciting games that year, led by captain comeback, and a great game to end the year, we just came up a little short, harbaugh, wolford, and faulk made the pro bowl. faulk rushed for 180 yards, and was named m.v.p, and harbaugh led the league in passer rating.
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