Conference Semifinals, 2029

played in New Orleans, LA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Chicago Bears	7	10	7	3	-	27
New Orleans Saints	0	7	0	14	-	21

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:33 CHI - Claude Moulton 30 pass from Claude Wyatt (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 13:16 CHI - Bruce Carlisle 6 run (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 07:06 CHI - Johnnie Bergstrom 32 field goal
2Q: 06:59 NOS - Marc Stanton 94 kickoff return (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 04:37 CHI - Vinny Jenkins 9 pass from Claude Wyatt (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 12:03 NOS - Jeffrey Cote 1 run (Burt McCalla extra point)
4Q: 02:58 CHI - Johnnie Bergstrom 18 field goal
4Q: 00:15 NOS - Mitchell Emmons 9 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:33 CHI - Claude Moulton 30 pass from Claude Wyatt (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 13:16 CHI - Bruce Carlisle 6 run (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
2Q: 07:06 CHI - Johnnie Bergstrom 32 field goal
2Q: 06:59 NOS - Marc Stanton 94 kickoff return (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 04:37 CHI - Vinny Jenkins 9 pass from Claude Wyatt (Johnnie Bergstrom extra point)
4Q: 12:03 NOS - Jeffrey Cote 1 run (Burt McCalla extra point)
4Q: 02:58 CHI - Johnnie Bergstrom 18 field goal
4Q: 00:15 NOS - Mitchell Emmons 9 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)

Team Statistics CHI NOS
Record 11-7 15-2
First Downs 27 17
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 23 10
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 490 281
- Offensive Plays 81 51
- Yards per Play 6.05 5.51
Net Rushing Yards 62 117
- Rushing Attempts 26 20
- Yards per Rush 2.38 5.85
Net Passing Yards 428 164
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 51 - 34 - 0 28 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 446 183
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/18 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 7.78 5.29
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 3/1
3rd Down Conversions 13/20 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/60 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-4 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 1/20 3/152
Interception Ret./Yards 1/21 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 21
Time of Possession 41:14 18:46

Team Statistics	CHI	NOS
Record	11-7	15-2
First Downs	27	17
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	23	10
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	490	281
- Offensive Plays	81	51
- Yards per Play	6.05	5.51
Net Rushing Yards	62	117
- Rushing Attempts	26	20
- Yards per Rush	2.38	5.85
Net Passing Yards	428	164
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	51 - 34 - 0	28 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	446	183
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/18	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	7.78	5.29
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	3/1
3rd Down Conversions	13/20	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/60	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-4	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	1/20	3/152
Interception Ret./Yards	1/21	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 21
Time of Possession	41:14	18:46

Drive Charts

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:08	OWN 20	6	42	Punt
1	10:40	6:21	OWN 23	12	77	Touchdown
1	2:10	4:02	OWN 27	9	73	Touchdown
2	11:20	4:21	OWN 23	9	62	Field Goal
2	6:44	4:24	OWN 25	11	36	Punt
2	1:52	0:48	OPP 43	3	-3	Punt
3	12:14	2:26	OWN 20	5	7	Punt
3	8:24	3:53	OWN 39	9	61	Touchdown
3	3:07	2:03	OWN 30	4	16	Punt
4	11:57	9:07	OWN 20	13	79	Field Goal

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:52	1:12	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
1	4:19	2:09	OWN 40	4	41	Fumble
2	13:08	1:48	OWN 23	3	8	Punt
2	2:20	0:28	OWN 20	2	29	Interception
2	1:04	1:04	OWN 3	4	23	Half
3	15:00	2:46	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
3	9:48	1:24	OWN 24	3	-1	Punt
3	4:31	1:24	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
3	1:04	4:07	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
4	2:50	2:45	OWN 20	14	80	Touchdown

Game MVP: Claude Wyatt, Chicago Bears

Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bruce Carlisle	16	44	2.75	8	0	1
Gerald Yantis	8	12	1.50	10	1	0
Claude Wyatt	2	6	3.00	5	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jeffrey Cote	10	54	5.40	29	2	1
Bobby Irwin	7	40	5.71	13	2	0
Junior Blair	2	17	8.50	10	1	0
Alan Poole	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Claude Wyatt	51	34	446	4/18	2	43	0	107.1

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alan Poole	28	15	183	3/19	1	47	1	70.9

Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Vinny Jenkins	8	16	74	9.25	13	19	1
WR Matt Hayes	6	9	113	18.83	54	43	0
WR Adrian Cotchery	5	9	96	19.20	46	28	0
TE Johnnie Beckley	5	6	45	9.00	7	16	0
WR Claude Moulton	4	4	76	19.00	4	30	1
RB Bruce Carlisle	3	4	15	5.00	0	11	0
TE Kirk Gardner	1	1	18	18.00	0	18	0
FB Duane Moss	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Gerald Yantis	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Jimmy Roberts	4	5	35	8.75	1	13	0
WR Nolan Walters	3	5	54	18.00	1	47	0
WR Phillip Newman	2	5	28	14.00	17	18	0
WR Preston Stevenson	2	4	22	11.00	10	13	0
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	4	9	9.00	0	9	1
FB Junior Blair	1	1	17	17.00	19	17	0
WR Rick Collins	1	1	5	5.00	3	5	0
RB Jeffrey Cote	1	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
WR Mercury Hopkins	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Rusty Kennedy	1	21	21.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
Claude Wyatt	1	0	0
Joseph Klug	0	1	0
Andrew Figures	0	1	0
Travis Young	0	0	1
Ty Allard	0	0	1
Phillip Burgraff	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bobby Irwin	1	1	0
Alan Poole	1	0	0
Phillip Newman	1	0	0
Preston Stevenson	0	1	0
Jose Barfield	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ron Brown	5	225	45.0	32.6	54	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	5	246	49.2	46.0	58	0

Kicking Statistics

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Johnnie Bergstrom	2/2	0/0	0/0	32	3/3

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Burt McCalla	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Adrian Cotchery	1	-4	-4.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mercury Hopkins	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vinny Jenkins	1	20	20.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marc Stanton	3	152	50.7	1

Defensive Statistics

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Grady Pearson	7	0	1.0	18	25
CB Travis Young	4	2	1.0	16	23
ILB Ricky Page	3	1	1.0	19	28
S Rick Lyle	3	2	0.0	17	23
CB Dana Wand	3	1	0.0	14	24
S Devin Matthews	2	1	0.0	6	21
DT Ty Allard	2	1	0.0	14	11
S John Van Meter	2	0	0.0	17	29
DT Donny Starling	2	0	0.0	10	10
OLB Phillip Burgraff	2	0	0.0	5	19
S Sedrick Bohrer	1	1	0.0	6	10
CB Bart Fabbrizzi	1	0	0.0	7	16
DT Ethan Jones	1	0	0.0	9	7
OLB Rusty Kennedy	1	0	0.0	0	7
DT Andrew Figures	1	0	0.0	10	21
OLB Jack McCareins	1	0	0.0	3	2
DE J.J. Roddy	0	1	0.0	4	3
DE Howie Sawchuk	0	1	0.0	13	25
OLB Warren Sibal	0	1	0.0	16	8

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Duane Sterritt	10	4	0.0	21	47
CB Danny Cortez	7	0	0.0	14	36
ILB Jose Barfield	6	3	1.0	16	49
DT Burt Tamaarkin	5	0	0.5	22	43
S Jorge Cloude	5	2	0.0	20	37
CB Howie Lord	4	1	0.0	24	43
OLB Otis Wallis	4	0	0.0	8	17
DT Eddie Bloomer	3	2	1.5	22	44
DT Junior Reeves	3	1	1.0	18	44
S Tommie Grange	3	0	0.0	13	26
OLB Byron Bennett	2	5	0.0	26	52
CB Ty Covington	2	1	0.0	13	40
DE Max Tank	2	1	0.0	26	54
ILB Dale Landolt	1	1	0.0	10	6
DE Cary Clinton	1	0	0.0	14	30
DE Brent Robbins	1	0	0.0	2	6
T Cris Scott	1	0	---	---	---
S Marc Stanton	1	0	0.0	3	6
RB Jeffrey Cote	1	0	---	---	---
S Justin Borders	1	0	0.0	5	8

Pass Rush Statistics

Chicago	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Travis Young	1.0	0	0	23
CB Grady Pearson	1.0	0	0	25
ILB Ricky Page	1.0	0	0	28
DE Bart Fitzgerald	0.0	1	0	28
DT Donny Starling	0.0	0	1	10

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Eddie Bloomer	1.5	1	1	0	44
DT Junior Reeves	1.0	0	3	1	44
ILB Jose Barfield	1.0	0	0	0	49
DT Burt Tamaarkin	0.5	1	0	0	43
DE Max Tank	0.0	0	1	1	54
DE Cary Clinton	0.0	0	1	0	30
DE Brent Robbins	0.0	0	1	0	6

Pass Defense Statistics

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Grady Pearson	5	0	0	25
CB Travis Young	2	1	0	23
S John Van Meter	1	2	0	29
CB Bart Fabbrizzi	1	1	0	16
OLB Rusty Kennedy	1	0	1	7
S Devin Matthews	1	0	0	21
DT Ty Allard	1	0	0	11
DT Andrew Figures	1	0	0	21
CB Dana Wand	1	0	0	24
OLB Jack McCareins	1	0	0	2
OLB Phillip Burgraff	0	1	0	19

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Danny Cortez	6	0	36
ILB Jose Barfield	5	2	49
CB Howie Lord	5	0	43
S Duane Sterritt	5	0	47
OLB Otis Wallis	3	0	17
S Jorge Cloude	3	0	37
S Tommie Grange	3	0	26
CB Ty Covington	2	1	40
DE Max Tank	1	0	54
S Justin Borders	1	0	8
OLB Byron Bennett	0	1	52

Blocking Statistics

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
J.T. Burks	3	5	0	25	2	55
Joseph Klug	1	6	0	19	0	31
Kelly Legge	1	2	0	21	1	49
Jeff Hanson	1	2	0	4	0	4
Larry Phillips	0	4	0	25	0	54
Billy Eliot	0	3	1	24	1	41
Duane Moss	0	2	0	11	0	22

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kris Lebiedzinski	2	3	9	0	12
Cedric Flournoy	2	2	16	0	24
Cris Scott	2	2	20	0	28
Joseph Sherman	1	3	19	2	26
Junior Blair	1	2	13	0	15
Marlon Finley	1	1	16	0	24
Roger Vaughn	0	4	11	0	19
Trent Sinclair	0	1	8	1	14
Archie Garrett	0	1	1	0	8

Special Teams Statistics

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Adrian Cotchery	2	14
Warren Sibal	1	12
Zack Redsteer	0	22
Kirk Gardner	0	17
Bart Fabbrizzi	0	17
Duane Moss	0	16
Quinn Williams	0	15
Chuck Mathis	0	14
Ben Battles	0	10
Rusty Kennedy	0	10
Sedrick Bohrer	0	9
Johnnie Bergstrom	0	8
Ty Allard	0	8
Joseph Klug	0	7
Billy Eliot	0	7
Kelly Legge	0	7
Emmitt Jenkins	0	7
Johnnie Beckley	0	6
Ron Brown	0	5
J.J. Roddy	0	5
J.T. Burks	0	5
John Van Meter	0	4
Vinny Jenkins	0	4
Jack McCareins	0	4
Michael Herndon	0	2
Kendrick Hage	0	2
Ricky Page	0	2
Travis Young	0	1
Rick Lyle	0	1
Phillip Burgraff	0	1

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Bobby Irwin	2	15
Otis Wallis	0	18
Ed McCarthy	0	16
Nolan Walters	0	15
Jimmy Roberts	0	15
Tommie Grange	0	14
Howie Lord	0	11
Rick Collins	0	10
Justin Borders	0	10
Roman Cassidy	0	9
Marc Stanton	0	9
Grant Guthrie	0	9
Burt Tamaarkin	0	7
Steve Ziel	0	7
Junior Blair	0	6
Marlon Finley	0	5
Mitchell Emmons	0	5
Cedric Flournoy	0	5
Brent Robbins	0	5
Darnell Briggs	0	5
Archie Garrett	0	5
Mercury Hopkins	0	5
Trent Sinclair	0	5
Kris Lebiedzinski	0	5
Danny Cortez	0	4
Darryl Schaub	0	4
Ty Covington	0	3
Eddie Bloomer	0	2
Junior Reeves	0	2
Duane Sterritt	0	2
Max Tank	0	2
Dale Landolt	0	2
Byron Bennett	0	2
Jose Barfield	0	1
Jorge Cloude	0	1
Cary Clinton	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	15	2.5
Middle	16	37	2.3
Right	4	10	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	57	5.7
Middle	5	17	3.4
Right	5	43	8.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Claude Wyatt	51	34	7	2	2	4	7	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alan Poole	28	15	1	3	2	5	1	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	29	4.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	13	94	5.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	12	228	13.4
Long (19+ Yds)	10	4	95	9.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	34	8.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	4	3	28	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	7	74	4.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	47	11.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vinny Jenkins	16	8	0	74	0	47
WR Adrian Cotchery	9	5	2	96	3	37
WR Matt Hayes	9	6	0	113	2	42
TE Johnnie Beckley	6	5	0	45	0	44
WR Claude Moulton	4	4	0	76	2	16
RB Bruce Carlisle	4	3	0	15	0	32
TE Kirk Gardner	1	1	0	18	0	20
FB Duane Moss	1	1	0	3	0	22
RB Gerald Yantis	1	1	0	6	0	13

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nolan Walters	5	3	0	54	1	22
WR Phillip Newman	5	2	2	28	0	28
TE Jimmy Roberts	5	4	0	35	0	16
TE Mitchell Emmons	4	1	0	9	0	18
WR Preston Stevenson	4	2	0	22	0	18
FB Junior Blair	1	1	0	17	0	15
WR Rick Collins	1	1	0	5	0	2
RB Jeffrey Cote	1	1	0	13	0	13
WR Mercury Hopkins	1	0	0	0	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bruce Carlisle	6	34	5.67	2.75
Claude Wyatt	1	1	1.00	3.00

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bobby Irwin	1	4	4.00	5.71
Junior Blair	1	10	10.00	8.50
Jeffrey Cote	1	1	1.00	5.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Claude Wyatt	4	3	21	5.25	8.75

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alan Poole	5	2	8	1.60	6.54

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Matt Hayes	1	1	6	6.00	12.56
RB Gerald Yantis	1	1	6	6.00	6.00
TE Johnnie Beckley	1	0	0	0.00	7.50
WR Vinny Jenkins	1	1	9	9.00	4.63

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Nolan Walters	3	1	-1	-0.33	10.80
TE Mitchell Emmons	1	1	9	9.00	2.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Claude Wyatt	2	0
Bruce Carlisle	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Claude Wyatt	16	13	13

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alan Poole	9	5	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Matt Hayes	4	3	3
WR Vinny Jenkins	4	2	2
WR Claude Moulton	2	2	2
WR Adrian Cotchery	2	2	2
TE Johnnie Beckley	2	2	2
RB Bruce Carlisle	1	1	1
FB Duane Moss	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Phillip Newman	3	2	2
TE Mitchell Emmons	2	1	1
WR Preston Stevenson	2	1	1
FB Junior Blair	1	1	1
TE Jimmy Roberts	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 76,000 (80,200 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,100 (20,400)
End Zone 13,600 (14,700)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,500)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (13,000)
Club Seats 19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	76,000 (80,200 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,100 (20,400)
End Zone	13,600 (14,700)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,500)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (13,000)
Club Seats	19,500 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,700)