The Colts were coming back to Baltimore for the first time in 14 years. They snuck away in the middle of a cold, snowy night in the dead of winter back in March 1984 in what was the only NFL relocation in league history to not be league-approved.
Baltimore suffered without American football for 12 years before the Browns moved to Charm City in 1996. And the Colts’ “homecoming” took place two years later.
The game between the Ravens and Colts in 1998 was nothing short of a grudge match.