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{{Infobox indoor American football team
| name = Augusta Colts
| current = 
| logo = AugustaColts.png
| helmet = Augusta Colts Helmet Logo.png
| founded = 2006
| folded = 2009
| city = [[Augusta, Georgia]]<br />at the [[James Brown Arena]]
| misc = 
| uniform = 
| colors = Texas orange, navy blue, white<br />{{color box|#CD6900}} {{color box|#003366}} {{color box|white}}
| coach = Bubba Diggs 2006–2008<br />Cedric Roach 2009-never actually coached a game
| owner = 
| chairman =
| president = John Sisson III
| general manager = 
| cheerleaders = Augusta Colts Dance Team
| mascot = 
| nicknames = 
| league =
[[American Indoor Football League]] (2006)<br />[[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]] (2007)<br />[[American Indoor Football Association]] (2008)
| team_history =
*Augusta Spartans (2006–2007)
*'''Augusta Colts (2008)'''
| no_league_champs = 1
| no_conf_champs = 0
| no_div_champs = 0
| league_champs = 2007
| conf_champs = 
| div_champs = 
| playoff_appearances = 2007
| no_playoff_appearances = 1
| arena_years = 
*[[James Brown Arena]] (2006–2008)
}}

The '''Augusta Colts''' were a professional [[indoor American football|indoor football]] team based in [[Augusta, Georgia]].  The team played their home games at the [[James Brown Arena]].

==History==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Spartans2.PNG|left|150px|thumb|Augusta Spartans logo (2006–2007)]] -->
The Colts originally began in 2006 as the '''Augusta Spartans''' of the [[American Indoor Football Association|American Indoor Football League]].  After a mediocre season, they played in the [[World Indoor Football League (2007)|World Indoor Football League]] in 2007.  During the year, the Spartans went 8–6, defeated the [[Osceola Ghostriders]] in the opening round of the playoffs, and won the World Indoor Bowl over the [[Columbus Lions]]. Wide receiver Marvin Stone was named the 2007 league MVP and received the Javan Camon Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wifl.us/recent-news/537/augusta_s_marvin_stone_receives_javan_camon_mvp_award |title=World Indoor Football League :: 537 :: |website=www.wifl.us |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709141630/http://www.wifl.us/recent-news/537/augusta_s_marvin_stone_receives_javan_camon_mvp_award |archive-date=9 July 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

For the 2008, the team moved back to the renamed [[American Indoor Football Association]] and renamed themselves the '''Augusta Colts'''.

In a press release, it was announced that the Colts would sit out the 2009 season, but planned to return for the 2010 season. Another press release then reported that for the 2010 season, the Colts would join the [[Southern Indoor Football League]].<ref>[http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/62559467.html Colts work to return in 2010]</ref>

On November 16, 2009, a group of investors held a press conference with John Sisson saying that they had purchased the team.  However, on December 5, 2009, the deal could not be reached and the group deciding to start a new team in Augusta as a member of the SIFL.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} The Colts were suspended indefinitely.

== Season-by-season ==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | ''' Augusta Spartans (AIFL)'''
|-
|2006 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 6th Southern || —
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Augusta Spartans (WIFL)'''
|-
|2007 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2nd League || Won Opening Round ([[Osceola Ghostriders|Osceola]])<br /> '''Won World Indoor Bowl I''' ([[Columbus Lions|Columbus]])
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | ''' Augusta Colts (AIFA)'''
|-
|2008 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd WC Southern || —
|-
!Totals || 22 || 22 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.augustacolts.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/augustacoltsaifa Augusta Colts' Myspace page]
* [http://www.thestatguys.com/AIFA/AUG.HTM Colts' 2008 stats]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://archive.today/20130116170520/http://www.aikenstandard.com/2007redesign/news/306152064730039.php Spartans change to the Colts] — ''The Aiken Standard''

{{AIFA}}
{{SIFL}}

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