Indianapolis ? The Indianapolis Colts expect chilly temperatures and a noisy environment Sunday in Kansas City. They don’t expect problems.

“Hopefully, once we get in the stadium, we’ll warm up and be fine,” linebacker Marcus Washington said Wednesday. “We’ve been great on the road all year, so I think we’ll be OK.”

History does not favor the Colts. Kansas City (13-3) has won 13 straight at Arrowhead Stadium, and dome teams are just 11-32 when they venture into the frigid outdoors come playoff time.

Only one team with a domed stadium, St. Louis in 1999, has won a Super Bowl. And the Colts’ most recent playoff trip to a cold-weather site was their 41-0 debacle in New York last year.

The Colts (13-4) believe they will beat the odds in the divisional round Sunday just as they have all season. They are the AFC’s best road team at 7-1.

“We’ve had that all year, playing in a hostile environment, and we seem to find ways to win,” wide receiver Reggie Wayne said. “It’s just something you’ve got to prepare for.”

It would seem Indianapolis’ offense would be more susceptible to loud venues than other teams because of Peyton Manning’s frequent calls at the line of scrimmage.

Instead the Colts have thrived. This year, they won at Buffalo, Tennessee and Cleveland in stadiums where loud fans are the norm.

In October, they rallied from a 21-point deficit in the final four minutes of regulation and won in overtime on a Monday night at Tampa Bay when the defending Super Bowl champs were trying to re-establish themselves as a contender.

And last year, the Colts survived a December trip to Cleveland, and a snowy Sunday night at Denver when Mike Vanderjagt booted two field goals longer than 50 yards for a 23-20 overtime win.

Then there’s the Colts’ last playoff road victory: a 10-7 upset at Kansas City in 1995.

They may even get a break with Sunday’s weather. The National Weather Service is forecasting a mostly cloudy day with a high around 46.

While the Chiefs hold the home-field advantage this week, quarterback Trent Green believes it won’t have much bearing on the experienced Colts.

“They played at Tennessee and I think that kind of rivals Arrowhead,” Green said. “When you consider Peyton’s been under center for quite a few years, I think that’s a big help.”

Still, it’s obvious the Colts prefer warm weather — or even a controlled environment like the RCA Dome.

Edgerrin James, who grew up in Florida and played college football at the University of Miami, acknowledged last week that the Colts have not played well in chilly weather.

Wednesday, Wayne, a Louisiana native who also attended Miami, said it was “tough” to play in the cold.

Coach Tony Dungy experienced similar problems in his six seasons at Tampa Bay, where he never won a game when the temperature dipped below 40 degrees.

But he believes the Colts have an advantage because they live in a city where the temperature hit single digits and the wind chill dropped below zero this week.

“Peyton’s been very good just about every place we’ve been since I’ve been here,” Dungy said. “The snow in Denver, the cold weather in Cleveland, I think he’ll be fine. While we play in a dome, we live here, so it’s not like we can’t adjust to it like in Tampa Bay.”

To prepare for Sunday’s conditions, Dungy held Wednesday’s practice inside but opened the doors to give his players a dose of reality.

Dungy just hopes they respond Sunday the way they have in his first two seasons when the Colts have gone 12-5 on the road.

“We don’t worry about what’s happened in the past, what other teams do,” he said. “We think we can handle the noise. It’s hard being on the road, but we don’t let people tell us we can’t win.”