baltimore colts was the nfl team that left in the middle of the night.
what nfl team left in the middle of the night?
baltimore colts
prior to an nfl team moving to baltimore, there had been several attempts at a professional football team prior to the 1950s. most were minor league or semi-professional teams. the first major league to base a team in baltimore was the all-america football conference (aafc), which had a team named the baltimore colts. the aafc colts played for three seasons in the aafc (1947, 1948, and 1949), and when the aafc folded following the 1949 season, moved to the nfl for a single year (1950) before going bankrupt. three years later, the nfl's dallas texans would itself fold, and its assets and player contracts purchased by an ownership team headed by baltimore businessman carroll rosenbloom, who moved the team to baltimore, establishing a new team also named the baltimore colts. during the 1950s and 1960s, the colts were one of the nfls more successful franchises, led by pro football hall of fame quarterback johnny unitas who set a then-record of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. the colts advanced to the nfl championship twice (1958 & 1959) and super bowl twice (1969 & 1971), winning all except super bowl iii in 1969. after the 1983 season, the team left baltimore for indianapolis in 1984, where they became the indianapolis colts.
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