Tom Moore, a 47-year coaching veteran with 33 years of NFL experience, is in his first season as Senior Offensive Assistant of the Colts. Moore spent the 12 prior seasons as the club’s offensive coordinator. Moore has 23 years experience as an offensive coordinator with three different NFL teams. Moore (Indianapolis, Pittsburgh) is one of 24 NFL coaches to win a Super Bowl with more than one team.
Moore has coordinated an offense that has been among the NFL’s most prolific attacks since 1999. The Colts have produced the 10 highest net yardage seasonal totals in club history and have topped 5,000 yards in a franchise-record 12 straight seasons. The club set a franchise seasonal record with 429 points in 2000, then bested the mark in 2003 (447) and 2004 (522). Indianapolis has amassed 400+ points in nine of the past eleven seasons. The club scored 522 points in 2004, then the fifth-highest seasonal total in NFL history, while the Colts set a club seasonal mark with 66 touchdowns.
In 2009, QB-Peyton Manning was 393-571-4,500, 33 TDs/16 ints., for a 99.9 rating and a franchise-record 68.8 completion percentage. Manning won an unprecedented fourth Associated Press Most Valuable Player Award (2003-04, 08-09), surpassing QB-Brett Favre for the most nominations. Manning was selected to his 10th Pro Bowl, including a club record-tying eighth consecutive honor. Manning extended his own NFL records with his 12th consecutive 25+-TD season and a 10th 4,000+-yardage season. Manning has 192 consecutive starts, the most ever to open a career and the second-longest QB streak in NFL history (285, Favre). Manning has 10 double-digit victory seasons, and his 131 starting wins rank 1st in club history, 4th in NFL history (181, Favre; 148, John Elway; 147, Dan Marino). Manning (4,232-6,531-50,128, 366 TDs) became the 4th QB with 50,000 career yards, and he ranks 3rd in NFL career touchdown passes. Manning (42,322, 314; 2000-09) became the only NFL QB with 40,000+ passing yards and 300+ touchdowns in a decade, while his 3,579 completions set a decade record. WR-Reggie Wayne (100-1,264, 10 TDs) and TE-Dallas Clark (100-1,106, 10 TDs) helped the Colts become only the fourth NFL team with two 100+ seasonal receivers. It was Wayne’s second 100-reception season and sixth straight 1,000+ season. Missing Marvin Harrison (retirement) and Anthony Gonzalez (injury), WRs-Austin Collie (60-676, 7 TDs) and Pierre Garcon (47-765, 4 TDs) amassed solid seasons. Wayne (676-9,393, 63 TDs) moved past Raymond Berry into 2nd-place in Colts career receptions and yards behind Harrison, and Wayne’s 668 snares from QB-Peyton Manning rank 2nd-most in NFL history for a tandem (953, Manning-Harrison). Wayne has 31 career 100+-yard outings. Clark became the 15th NFL TE with a 1,000+ season, and his 356 career receptions set a new franchise position record (320, John Mackey). RB-Joseph Addai was 219-828, 10 TDs rushing and 51-336, 3 TDs receiving to mark a career seasonal-best reception total. It was his third career 40+ reception and 1,000+ scrimmage yards season. His 34 career rushing touchdowns rank seventh in club history, and he helped the club produce a quartet of 50+ receivers for only the third time in club history (2004, 2008). Manning, Wayne, Clark and C-Jeff Saturday earned Pro Bowl bids.
In 2008, Indianapolis ranked 15th in NFL offense, and the club has produced eight top five rankings in the past 11 seasons. Manning was 371-555-4,002, 27 TDs/12 ints., for a 95.0 rating. The offense sported four receivers with 50+ receptions (Wayne, 82-1,145, 6 TDs; Clark, 77-848, 6 TDs; Harrison, 60-636, 5 TDs; Anthony Gonzalez, 57-664, 4 TDs). Harrison (1,102-14,580, 128 TDs) ended his tenure with the club ranked 2nd in NFL career receptions, 4th in yards and 5th in touchdown receptions. He and Manning remained among the finest QB-WR tandems in NFL history (953 completions, 12,766 yards, 112 touchdowns). Clark set the franchise seasonal records (broken again in 2009) for TE receptions and yards.
In 2007, Indianapolis ranked 5th in NFL offense, the club’s fifth straight top five league finish. The club amassed 450 points to rank 3rd in NFL scoring offense. Manning was 337-515-4,040, 31 TDs/14 ints., for a 98.0 rating. Manning helped Wayne (104-1,510, 10 TDs), Clark (58-616, 11 TDs) and Addai (261-1,072, 12 TDs) have solid years. Indianapolis earned its NFL-record seventh offense with a 4,000+ passer and 1,000+ rusher and receiver. In the NFL’s 90 seasons, the Colts own seven of the league’s 35 such offenses. Wayne became then only the 16th NFL receiver with a 1,500+ season. Addai became the third Colts back to open a career with consecutive 1,000+ seasons. The club was T2nd in NFL scoring offense in 2006. Manning was 362-557-4,397, 31 TDs/9 ints., 101.0 rating. He earned MVP honors in the 29-17 Super Bowl XLI win over Chicago. Manning became the first QB since Steve Young (1991-94) with three consecutive 100+ rating seasons. He helped Harrison (95-1,366, 12 TDs) and Wayne (86-1,310, 9 TDs) produce 1,000+ seasons. Harrison became the only NFL receiver with eight consecutive 1,000+-yard and 10+-TD seasons. The club’s rushing attack produced 1,762 yards and 17 TDs, led by Addai (226-1,081, 7 TDs) and RB-Dominic Rhodes (187-641, 5 TDs). Rhodes rushed for 113 yards against Chicago, and Addai became the 3rd NFL rookie to rush for 1,000+ yards and win in the Super Bowl. Addai had 1,406 scrimmage yards, 3rd-best by a Colts rookie, and produced the fourth 1,000+ rookie rushing season. The club ranked 2nd in NFL scoring offense in 2005. Manning was 305-453-3,747, 28 TDs/10 ints., 104.1 rating in 2005 to help guide the club to a 13-0 start and a 14-2 mark. He combined with Harrison (1,146) and Wayne (1,055) for 1,000+ seasons. RB-Edgerrin James was 360-1,506, 13 TDs rushing and 44-337, 1 TD receiving for 1,843 scrimmage yards. It marked James’ fourth 1,500+ rushing season. James had club records with five 1,000+ rushing seasons and five 1,500+ scrimmage yard seasons. James had a club-record three 2,000+ scrimmage yards seasons. James produced his 64th career rushing touchdown, besting Lenny Moore’s club record that stood since 1964. He had 49 100+ games in 96 career outings, and he held a 125.7 scrimmage yards per game average. James’ 12,065 career scrimmage yards rank 2nd-most in Colts history. James and Harrison topped 100 yards in their respective categories in the same game 22 times, the most by any tandem in NFL history.
The Colts boast the only NFL offense ever with a 4,000+ passer and a 1,000+ rusher and receiver in three consecutive seasons. Manning, James and Harrison tallied the feat in 1999 and 2000, while Manning, Harrison and Rhodes produced the effort in 2001. Manning, James and Harrison produced the feat again in 2003 and 2004 (with Wayne and WR-Brandon Stokley). From 1999-04, Manning threw for more than 4,000 yards in an NFL-record six consecutive seasons. In 2004, Manning had one of the finest seasons by any NFL quarterback (336-497-4,557, 49 TDs, 121.1 rating). His 67.6 completion percentage (since broken), yards, touchdowns and rating set Colts seasonal-bests, while his touchdowns (since broken) and rating set NFL seasonal records. Manning’s 49 touchdowns and 121.1 rating broke the prior NFL records of Dan Marino (48, 1984) and Young (112.8, 1994). Manning opened 2004 with multiple touchdown passes in a league-record 13 consecutive games. Manning led the club to a franchise seasonal-best 6,475 net yards, and the Colts became then only the 10th team to score 500+ seasonal points. The club also became the first NFL team to produce three 1,000+-yard, 10+-TD receivers (1,210 yards, 12 TDs, Wayne; 1,113, 15, Harrison; 1,077, 10, Stokley). Manning had six games with 4+ touchdown passes, tying Marino’s NFL seasonal record (6, 1984). Manning had five consecutive 4+-TD games, besting Marino’s prior NFL mark in that category (4, 1984). The 2004 season marked the third straight year Manning set the club’s seasonal completion percentage record. His 67.0 mark in 2003 bested his own seasonal mark of 66.7 in 2002. In 2002, his 392 completions and 591 attempts set Colts seasonal records. Harrison is the only NFL player with four consecutive 100+ receptions seasons (1999-02), and his 2002 reception total (143) set the NFL seasonal record. In 2001, Rhodes (1,104) had then the third 1,000+ rushing season ever by a Colts rookie and the most rushing yards in NFL history by an undrafted rookie free agent. Manning and James led the NFL in their categories in 2000, marking only the second time in NFL history (1937, Washington, QB-Sammy Baugh, RB-Cliff Battles) one team had the passing and rushing champion. Manning (10), Harrison (8), James (4) and Wayne (4) have earned multiple Pro Bowl bids during Moore’s tenure, and Marshall Faulk gained the honor in 1998. James also won two rushing titles (1999, 2000).
Moore coached at Iowa from 1961-62. Following a two-year stint in the Army (1963-64), where he coached a division team in Korea and the post team at Fort Benning, Ga., Moore served as offensive backfield coach at Dayton from 1965-68. He served as offensive coordinator at Wake Forest (1969) and offensive backfield coach at Georgia Tech (1970-71) before assuming the offensive backfield position at the University of Minnesota (1972-73). Following a 1974 WFL stint with the New York Stars, Moore returned to Minnesota as offensive coordinator from 1975-76.
He spent 1977-89 with Pittsburgh. Moore coached receivers from 1977-82 before assuming the role of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (1983-89). He helped lead the Steelers to victories in Super Bowl XIII (35-31 over Dallas) and Super Bowl XIV (31-19 over Rams). He moved to Minnesota (1990-93), serving as assistant head coach/quarterbacks (1990), assistant head coach/offensive coordinator (1991) and receivers coach (1992-93). He then joined Detroit as quarterbacks coach in 1994 and was offensive coordinator from 1995-96. During that three-year span, Barry Sanders ran for nearly 5,000 yards (5.2 average). In 1995, Detroit led the NFL in total offense (6,113 yards, 382.1 ypg.) and became the first NFL team to have two receivers post 100+ receptions (Herman Moore, 123-1,686, 14 TDs; Brett Perriman, 108-1,488, 9 TDs). The 3,174 combined yards by Moore and Perriman set the NFL seasonal tandem yardage record. Moore moved to New Orleans in 1997 as running backs coach.
Moore was a quarterback at Iowa (1957-60). Moore earned a bachelor’s degree in history at Iowa and a master’s degree in guidance counseling at Dayton. In 2005, Moore was inducted into the Rochester, Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame. He was born November 7, 1938, in Owatanna, Minn. He is married to the former Emily Dickerson of Charlotte, N.C. They have two children, Terry and Dan.
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