{"id":898273,"date":"2026-05-22T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/898273\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:30:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:30:16","slug":"2026-colts-schedule-early-preview-of-week-1-matchup-vs-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/898273\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Colts schedule: Early preview of Week 1 matchup vs. Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we know the Indianapolis Colts’<\/a> full 2026 NFL schedule, let’s take an early look ahead at each opponent.<\/p>\n

This season, the Colts<\/a> open up the season at home against the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, kicking off a difficult stretch of games to start the season.<\/p>\n

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Colts vs. Ravens date and time<\/p>\n

When: Sun., Sept. 13 – Week 1<\/p>\n

Colts vs. Ravens matchup history<\/p>\n

The Colts and Ravens have met 18 times previously, with Indianapolis holding an 11-7 record<\/a> in these matchups.<\/p>\n

The last time these two met was early in the 2023 season. The Colts won that game in overtime by a score of 22-19.<\/p>\n

Colts vs. Ravens win probabilities<\/p>\n

According to ESPN’s analytics<\/a>, the Colts have just a 39% chance of winning this matchup.<\/p>\n

Quick breakdown<\/p>\n

The Ravens finished the 2025 season with an 8-9 record, losing the season finale to Pittsburgh<\/a>, which kept Baltimore out of the playoffs. That then led to the Ravens moving on from longtime head coach John Harbaugh and hiring LA Chargers<\/a>‘ defensive coordinator Jesse Minter.<\/p>\n

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Baltimore’s roster saw some turnover <\/a>as well. Keaton Mitchell<\/a>, Isaiah Likely<\/a>, Tyler Linderbaum<\/a>, Alohi Gilman<\/a>, and others landed with new teams during free agency. The Ravens would sign<\/a> John Simpson<\/a>, Jaylinn Hawkins<\/a>, and Trey Hendrickson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Still leading the way for Baltimore will be quarterback Lamar Jackson<\/a>. In 13 games last season, Jackson completed 64% of his passes for 2,549 yards with 21 touchdowns to seven interceptions.<\/p>\n

Stats to know<\/p>\n

As a unit, the Baltimore offense ranked<\/a> 10th in points per game last season, and the defense ranked 18th in scoring. The offensive line unit ranked seventh in ESPN’s pass-block<\/a> win rate metric, while the Baltimore pass rush unit ranked 28th in win rate.<\/p>\n

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Other players to know<\/p>\n

RB Derrick Henry<\/a>: Henry rushed for 1,595 yards last season with 16 touchdowns. He averaged 5.2 yards per attempt.<\/p>\n

WR Zay Flowers<\/a>: He led the team in targets last season with 117 and totaled 1,211 receiving yards with five scores.<\/p>\n

DE Trey Hendrickson: This will be Hendrickson’s first season with the Ravens. For several seasons, he has been one of the most productive pass rushers in football.<\/p>\n

CB Marlon Humphrey<\/a>: Humphrey led the Ravens in interceptions in 2025 with four on the year.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: 2026 NFL schedule: Previewing Colts vs. Ravens Week 1 game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now that we know the Indianapolis Colts’ full 2026 NFL schedule, let’s take an early look ahead at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[1717,117,2005,292,7,2004,392,2381,4698,7895,6780,21396,7297,895,7142,6,520,1503,7427,4648],"class_list":["post-898273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-alohi-gilman","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-colts","tag-derrick-henry","tag-football","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-isaiah-likely","tag-jaylinn-hawkins","tag-john-simpson","tag-keaton-mitchell","tag-la-chargers","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-marlon-humphrey","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-trey-hendrickson","tag-tyler-linderbaum","tag-zay-flowers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116618947674099771","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}