| NFC Championship - New Orleans Saints at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: January 21, 2007 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 61817 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 32 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 34 |
| Indianapolis ColtsIND | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Robbie Gould 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Robbie Gould 43 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Robbie Gould 24 FG | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Thomas Jones 2 run (Robbie Gould kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Marques Colston 13 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 88 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Safety, Drew Brees intentional grounding penalty enforced in end zone | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bernard Berrian 33 pass from Rex Grossman (Robbie Gould kick) | 14 | 25 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Cedric Benson 12 run (Robbie Gould kick) | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Thomas Jones 15 run (Robbie Gould kick) | 14 | 39 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 18 | WR | Terrance Copper |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 67 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit |
| 52 | C | Jeff Faine |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 80 | TE | Mark Campbell |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush |
| 26 | RB | Deuce McAllister |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 66 | DT | Brian Young |
| 99 | NT | Hollis Thomas |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 53 | MLB | Mark Simoneau |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 34 | LCB | Mike McKenzie |
| 20 | SS | Jay Bellamy |
| 29 | FS | Josh Bullocks |
| 22 | RCB | Fred Thomas |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Bernard Berrian |
| 87 | WR | Muhsin Muhammad |
| 76 | LOT | John Tait |
| 74 | LOG | Ruben Brown |
| 57 | C | Olin Kreutz |
| 63 | ROG | Roberto Garza |
| 69 | ROT | Fred Miller |
| 88 | TE | Desmond Clark |
| 8 | QB | Rex Grossman |
| 20 | RB | Thomas Jones |
| 37 | FB | Jason McKie |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Adewale Ogunleye |
| 99 | DT | Tank Johnson |
| 95 | NT | Ian Scott |
| 96 | RDE | Alex Brown |
| 54 | MLB | Brian Urlacher |
| 55 | WLB | Lance Briggs |
| 33 | LCB | Charles Tillman |
| 46 | SS | Chris Harris |
| 38 | FS | Danieal Manning |
| 31 | RCB | Nathan Vasher |
| 24 | DB | Ricky Manning |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Reggie Bush | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Thomas Jones | 19 | 123 | 6.5 | 33 | 2 |
| Cedric Benson | 24 | 60 | 2.5 | 12t | 1 |
| Rashied Davis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rex Grossman | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 49 | 27 | 55.1 | 1 | 354 | 7.2 | 88t | 2 | 3 | 35 | 83.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rex Grossman | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 0 | 144 | 5.5 | 33t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.2 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 10 | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 88t | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 14 | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Billy Miller | 6 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Terrance Copper | 6 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 4 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 4 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Mark Campbell | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Bernard Berrian | 10 | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Jason McKie | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Desmond Clark | 2 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 4 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| John Gilmore | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rashied Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Nathan Vasher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Brad Maynard | 7 | 332 | 47.4 | 66 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Devin Hester | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Stephen Gostkowski | 7 | 459 | 65.6 | 2 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 8 | 528 | 66.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Michael Lewis | 7 | 0 | 132 | 18.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Devin Hester | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Mark Anderson | 1.0 | 25.0 |
| Israel Idonije | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Scott Fujita | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Young | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Simoneau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bullocks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenzie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollis Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwan Lake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gleason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Houser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Stinchcomb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Chris Harris | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Briggs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Vasher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Tillman | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Urlacher | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Ayanbadejo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adewale Ogunleye | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel Idonije | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Hillenmeyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Anderson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danieal Manning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Mannelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Wesley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Worrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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