| AFC Championship Game |
| New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 21, 2007 Location: Indianapolis, IN Venue: RCA Dome Attendance: 57433 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 39 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | IND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Logan Mankins EZ opponents fumble recovery (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Adam Vinatieri 42 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Corey Dillon 7 run (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Asante Samuel 39 interception return (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Adam Vinatieri 26 FG | 21 | 6 |
| 3 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Peyton Manning 1 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Dan Klecko 1 pass from Peyton Manning (Marvin Harrison pass from Peyton Manning) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Jabar Gaffney 6 pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Jeff Saturday EZ opponents fumble recovery (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 28 FG | 31 | 28 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Adam Vinatieri 36 FG | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stephen Gostkowski 43 FG | 34 | 31 |
| 4 | Indianapolis ColtsIND | Joseph Addai 3 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 34 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Reche Caldwell |
| 10 | WR | Jabar Gaffney |
| 72 | LOT | Matt Light |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 67 | C | Dan Koppen |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 77 | ROT | Nick Kaczur |
| 82 | TE | Daniel Graham |
| 84 | TE | Ben Watson |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 28 | RB | Corey Dillon |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 54 | LOLB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 59 | LOLB | Rosevelt Colvin |
| 52 | RILB | Eric Alexander |
| 50 | ROLB | Mike Vrabel |
| 22 | LCB | Asante Samuel |
| 36 | SS | James Sanders |
| 25 | FS | Artrell Hawkins |
| 27 | RCB | Ellis Hobbs |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Marvin Harrison |
| 87 | WR | Reggie Wayne |
| 78 | LOT | Tarik Glenn |
| 65 | LOG | Ryan Lilja |
| 63 | C | Jeff Saturday |
| 73 | ROG | Jake Scott |
| 71 | ROT | Ryan Diem |
| 44 | TE | Dallas Clark |
| 18 | QB | Peyton Manning |
| 29 | RB | Joseph Addai |
| 86 | HBK | Ben Utecht |
| Defense | ||
| 98 | LDE | Robert Mathis |
| 92 | LDT | Anthony McFarland |
| 79 | RDT | Raheem Brock |
| 93 | RDE | Dwight Freeney |
| 94 | SLB | Rob Morris |
| 58 | MLB | Gary Brackett |
| 59 | WLB | Cato June |
| 25 | LCB | Nick Harper |
| 41 | SS | Antoine Bethea |
| 21 | FS | Bob Sanders |
| 42 | RCB | Jason David |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Corey Dillon | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 35 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Dominic Rhodes | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Joseph Addai | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Peyton Manning | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 1 | 232 | 6.8 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 79.5 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||||||||
| Peyton Manning | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 1 | 349 | 7.4 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 79.1 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ben Watson | 6 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Reche Caldwell | 9 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 4 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Jabar Gaffney | 5 | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 2 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Dallas Clark | 10 | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Reggie Wayne | 11 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Marvin Harrison | 9 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dominic Rhodes | 4 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Aaron Moorehead | 6 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Joseph Addai | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryan Fletcher | 2 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ben Utecht | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Klecko | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Asante Samuel | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Marlin Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 5 | 257 | 51.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | |||||
| Hunter Smith | 4 | 211 | 52.8 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Troy Brown | 3 | 0 | 39 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Terrence Wilkins | 3 | 1 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Billy Cundiff | 3 | 176 | 58.7 | 0 |
| Steve Weatherford | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||
| Robbie Gould | 8 | 507 | 63.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ellis Hobbs | 6 | 0 | 220 | 36.7 | 80 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Terrence Wilkins | 4 | 0 | 80 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Johnson | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Rosevelt Colvin | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Eric Alexander | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||
| Raheem Brock | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Nick Kaczur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Alexander | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Sanders | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tedy Bruschi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Mickens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Andrews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurence Maroney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antwain Spann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indianapolis Colts | ||||||
| Gary Brackett | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Morris | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Bethea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sanders | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Mathis | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raheem Brock | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason David | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cato June | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony McFarland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Giordano | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marlin Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Reid | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Harper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvin Hayden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Boiman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith O'Neil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Freeney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Klecko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Reid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyjuan Hagler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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