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The Indianapolis Colts beat the Chicago Bears 29-17 in Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium, giving Peyton Manning his first Super Bowl title. Chicago grabbed the early spotlight when Devin Hester returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, but Indianapolis steadied itself in the rain behind Manning, Joseph Addai, and a defense that forced critical turnovers. Manning earned MVP honors as Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith met in the first Super Bowl featuring Black head coaches on both sidelines.

Game Ops

MVPPeyton Manning

VenueDolphin Stadium

LocationMiami Gardens, FL

NetworkCBS

Broadcast TeamJim Nantz, Phil Simms

Broadcast Partners

Officiating Crew

RefereeTony Corrente

UmpireCarl Paganelli

Head LinesmanGeorge Hayward

Line JudgeRon Marinucci

Back JudgePerry Paganelli

Side JudgeJohn Parry

Field JudgeJim Saracino

Rosters

Indianapolis Colts

Starting Lineup

Ben UtechtH-B

Peyton ManningQB

Joseph AddaiRB

Reggie WayneWR

Marvin HarrisonWR

Dallas ClarkTE

Tarik GlennLT

Ryan LiljaLG

Jeff SaturdayC

Jake ScottRG

Ryan DiemRT

Robert MathisLDE

Anthony McFarlandLDT

Raheem BrockRDT

Dwight FreeneyRDE

Rob MorrisSLB

Gary BrackettMLB

Cato JuneWLB

Nick HarperLCB

Jason DavidRCB

Antoine BetheaSS

Bob SandersFS

Chicago Bears

Starting Lineup

Rex GrossmanQB

Thomas JonesRB

Jason McKieFB

Bernard BerrianWR

Muhsin MuhammadWR

Desmond ClarkTE

John TaitLT

Ruben BrownLG

Olin KreutzC

Roberto GarzaRG

Fred MillerRT

Adewale OgunleyeLDE

Tank JohnsonLDT

Ian ScottRDT

Alex BrownRDE

Hunter HillenmeyerSLB

Brian UrlacherMLB

Lance BriggsWLB

Charles TillmanLCB

Nathan VasherRCB

Chris HarrisSS

Danieal ManningFS

Team Stats

StatINDCHI

First Downs2411

By Rushing123

By Passing118

By Penalty10

Third Down Efficiency8-18 (44.4%)3-10 (30.0%)

Fourth Down Efficiency0-1 (0.0%)0-1 (0.0%)

Total Net Yards430265

Total Offensive Plays8148

Average Gain/Play5.35.5

Net Rushing Yards191111

Rushing Plays4219

Yards per Rush4.55.8

Net Passing Yards239154

Sacks-Yards Lost1-81-11

Gross Passing Yards247165

Pass Att-Comp-Int38-25-128-20-2

Yards per Pass Play6.15.3

Penalties-Yards6-404-35

Fumbles-Lost2-24-3

Turnovers35

Red Zone Efficiency2-7 (28.6%)1-1 (100.0%)

Time of Possession38:0421:56

Gamebook Detail

Indianapolis Colts

Skill Positions

PlayerCmpAttPass YdsPass TDIntSkPass LngRateRush AttRush YdsRush TDRush LngTgtRecRec YdsRec TDRec LngFmbFL

Peyton Manning25382471115381.810000000011

Dominic Rhodes00000-0-21113136218080-

Joseph Addai00000-0-197701410106601200

Dallas Clark00000-0-110164360170-

Reggie Wayne00000-0-000042611530-

Marvin Harrison00000-0-0000115590220-

Bryan Fletcher00000-0-00002290611

Ben Utecht00000-0-0000218080-

Aaron Moorehead------------1000-0-

Defense

PlayerIntInt YdsInt TDInt LngPDSacksCombSoloAstTFLQBHitsFRFR YdsFR TDFF

Kelvin Hayden15615610.0541000000

Bob Sanders13803810.0321000001

Anthony McFarland000001.0220110000

Gary Brackett000000.0862000000

Cato June000000.0752000000

Antoine Bethea000010.0440000000

Rob Morris000000.0440000000

Nick Harper000000.0330000000

Robert Mathis000000.0321100001

Jason David000010.0220000000

Raheem Brock000000.0101011000

Dwight Freeney000000.0000001000

Dylan Gandy000000.0-----1300

Marlin Jackson----00.0220100000

Rocky Boiman----00.0110000000

Freddy Keiaho----00.0110000000

Darrell Reid----00.0110000000

Dexter Reid----00.0110000000

Matt Giordano----10.0000000000

Tyjuan Hagler----00.0000001300

Returns

PlayerKRKR YdsKR AvgKR TDKR LngPRPR YdsPR AvgPR TDPR Lng

Terrence Wilkins48922.302834214.0018

Kicking and Punting

PlayerXPMXPAFGMFGAPntPunt YdsPunt AvgLng

Adam Vinatieri223400-0

Hunter Smith----416240.550

Chicago Bears

Skill Positions

PlayerCmpAttPass YdsPass TDIntSkPass LngRateRush AttRush YdsRush TDRush LngTgtRecRec YdsRec TDRec LngFmbFL

Rex Grossman20281651212268.320000000021

Thomas Jones00000-0-1511205244180140-

Desmond Clark00000-0-000096640180-

Bernard Berrian00000-0-000074380140-

Muhsin Muhammad00000-0-000043351220-

Jason McKie00000-0-0000228040-

Rashied Davis00000-0-0000212020-

Cedric Benson00000-0-2-1040000011

Defense

PlayerIntInt YdsInt TDInt LngPDSacksCombSoloAstTFLQBHitsFRFR YdsFR TDFF

Chris Harris160610.0431000000

Tank Johnson000000.5541110000

Mark Anderson000000.5211001200

Lance Briggs000010.013112100000

Charles Tillman000000.01174001001

Brian Urlacher000010.01073000000

Danieal Manning000000.0871000000

Hunter Hillenmeyer000000.0615000000

Nathan Vasher000030.0642000000

Ian Scott000010.0440100000

Alex Brown000000.0220010000

Adewale Ogunleye000000.0220000000

Adrian Peterson000000.0110000000

Rex Grossman000000.0000001-1200

Todd Johnson----00.0211000000

Ricky Manning----00.0220000000

Brendon Ayanbadejo----00.0110000000

Alfonso Boone----00.0110000000

Patrick Mannelly----00.0101000000

Returns

PlayerKRKR YdsKR AvgKR TDKR LngPRPR YdsPR AvgPR TDPR Lng

Devin Hester19292.0192133.003

John Gilmore2126.00900-00

Rashied Davis11515.001500-00

Adrian Peterson11010.001000-00

Gabe Reid199.00900-00

Kicking and Punting

PlayerXPMXPAFGMFGAPntPunt YdsPunt AvgLng

Robbie Gould221100-0

Brad Maynard----522645.258

Indianapolis Colts Drives

#QtrTimeLOSPlaysLengthNet YdsResult

1114:46IND 3051:5811Interception

2111:20IND 2094:3080Touchdown

316:43CHI 3410:09-7Fumble

414:34IND 1631:293Punt

512:34CHI 4331:017Punt

610:09IND 4283:5247Field Goal

729:17IND 4273:0858Touchdown

823:57IND 3572:3128Fumble

921:18CHI 3551:1818Missed FG

10315:00IND 38137:3456Field Goal

1135:23IND 3662:0762Field Goal

1231:14IND 3262:3618Punt

1349:55CHI 4142:281Punt

1445:05CHI 4783:2331Downs

Chicago Bears Drives

#QtrTimeLOSPlaysLengthNet YdsResult

1115:0000:140Touchdown

2112:48CHI 3531:287Punt

316:5000:070Fumble

416:34CHI 4342:0057Touchdown

513:05CHI 3520:318Fumble

611:33CHI 531:248Punt

7211:17CHI 2232:006Punt

826:09CHI 3632:129Punt

921:26CHI 3610:08-1Fumble

1037:26CHI 3242:031Punt

1133:16IND 4062:0214Field Goal

12413:38CHI 2031:5418Interception

13411:44CHI 2041:4919Interception

1447:27CHI 882:2239Downs

1541:42CHI 1651:4248End of Game