Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutevera mukwikwidzi wekutanga weNFL weColts, timu yakaburitsa zvakare rekodhi ye9 <unk> 3 mumwaka wa1959 uye zvakare vakakunda maGiants muNFL Championship Game
kuti vatore zita ravo rechipiri mumutsetse wokutsigira kumashure. Kutevera makwikwi maviri muna 1958 na1959, maColts haana kudzokera kuNFL Championship kwemwaka mina uye akaona shanduko kubva kumurairidzi mukuru Ewbank kuenda kune wechidiki Don Shula muna 1963. Mumwaka wechipiri waShula maColts akaunganidza rekodhi ye12<unk>2, asi akarasikirwa ne27<unk>0 kuCleveland Browns muNFL Championship. Muna 1965 maColts akatamba neGreen Bay Packers muplayoff kuti vaone kuti ndiani aizoenda kumutambo weNFL Championship. VaColts vakanga vachitungamira 10<unk>7 pamusoro peGreen Bay Packers nemaminiti maviri akasara kuti vatambe apo mukwikwidzi wePackers, Don Chandler airatidzika seasingakanganisi chinangwa chenzvimbo. Asi mutongi akati zvakanaka, uye Packers yakaenderera mberi ichikunda mutambo wacho munguva yokuwedzera. Chikanganiso chacho chakakurumidza kuchinja mitemo yacho: NFL yakasarudza kuti vatongi vaviri vaizotonga zvibodzwa zvomunda zvomunguva yemberi, uye kuti zvigadziko zvaifanira kusimudzwa namamita gumi. Muna 1968 maColts akadzoka nehutungamiri hunopfuurira hwaUnitas naShula uye vakapfuurira kukunda Colts yechitatu NFL Championship uye vakaita kuonekwa mu Super Bowl III. Muna 1968, Unitas akakuvara uye akatsiviwa naEarl Morrall uyo akazova MVP yeligi.