2007 MEDIA GUIDE - Seahawks Online Media Packet

NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFSCHICAGO BEARS 27, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 24 (OT)SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2007 — SOLDIER FIELD - CHICAGOThe Seahawks season ended to eventual Super Bowl XLI participant theChicago Bears in overtime, 27-24, in Chicago. The Bears opened the gamewith a 12-play, 80-yard scoring drive with Thomas Jones taking it in from 9yards out for the only score in the opening quarter. Seattle’s first play toopen the second quarter tied the game at 7 when Matt Hasselbeck foundNate Burleson for a 16-yard touchdown. However, Chicago took the leadright back as Rex Grossman threw a 68-yard bomb to Bernard Berrian for a14-7 lead. The teams then forced a combined six punts until the teams eachscored once more in the quarter. Shaun Alexander ran for his first of twoscores on the day, this from 4 yards out, with Jones answering from 7 yardsout to give Chicago a 21-14 halftime lead. Seattle held Chicago to just 52total yards of offense in the third quarter while scoring 10 points and takinga 24-21 lead in to the fourth quarter. Josh Brown opened the third with a40-yard field goal and Alexander scored his second touchdown of the day,this from 13 yards out. Following back-to-back interceptions to begin thefourth, each team punted once with Devin Hester’s 66-yard punt return fora score called back due to a penalty. The Bears put together a 12-play, 48-yard drive with Robbie Gould tying the game at 24 with a 41-yard field goal.On Seattle’s next possession at the Chicago 44 with 2:26 left, the Seahawksfailed to gain a yard on third-and-1 and fourth-and-1 and turned the ballover. Chicago went three-and-out but Seattle was unable to score in regulation.Seattle won the toss to begin overtime but was forced to punt.Grossman, forcing a third-and-10, found Berrian for a 30-gain to the Seattle36. Four plays later, Gould ended Seattle’s season with a 49-yard field goal.Seattle 0 14 10 0 — 24Chicago 7 14 0 3 3 27CHI 1 8:35 0-7 Jones 9 run (Gould kick) [12-80, 6:25]SEA 2 14:54 7-7 Burleson 16 pass Hasselbeck (Brown kick) [9-71, 3:54]CHI 2 14:36 7-14 Berrian 68 pass Grossman (Gould kick) [1-68, 0:18]SEA 2 2:28 14-14 Alexander 4 run (Brown kick) [5-26, 1:50]CHI 2 0:48 14-21 Jones 7 run (Gould kick) [7-57, 1:41]SEA 3 9:56 17-21 Brown 40 FG [9-49, 5:04]SEA 3 4:57 24-21 Alexander 13 run (Brown kick) [7-51, 2:25]CHI 4 4:24 24-24 Gould 41 FG [12-48, 5:51]CHI 5 10:02 24-27 Gould 49 FG [7-34, 2:49] Att. — 62,184INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING LEADERSSeattle Att Yds LG TDAlexander 26 108 13t 2Morris 4 11 6 0Hasselbeck 1 8 8 0TOTAL 31 127 13t 2Chicago Att Yds LG TDJones 21 66 9t 2Benson 12 45 12 0Davis 1 9 9 0TOTAL 34 120 12 2PASSING LEADERSSeattle A C Yds TD IHasselbeck 33 18 195 1 1TOTAL 33 18 195 1 1Chicago A C Yds TD IGrossman 38 21 282 1 1TOTAL 38 21 282 1 1PASS RECEIVING LEADERSSeattle No Yds LG TDJackson 4 49 24 0Branch 4 48 22 0Engram 3 32 16 0Heller 3 20 10 03 Others 4 46 16t 1TOTAL 18 195 24 1Chicago No Yds LG TDBerrian 5 105 68t 1Davis 4 84 37 0Muhammad 3 38 21 0Benson 3 24 11 05 Others 6 31 13 0TOTAL 21 282 68t 1STARTERSOFFENSEWR - BranchLT - JonesLG - SimsC - SpencerRG - GrayRT - LocklearTE - StevensWR - JacksonQB - HasselbeckTE - HellerRB - AlexanderK - J. BrownDEFENSELE - FisherDT - DarbyDT - BernardRE - WistromOLB - HillILB - TatupuOLB - PetersonLCB - BabineauxRCB - JenningsSS - BoulwareFS - HamlinP - PlackemeierTEAM STATISTICSSeattle ChicagoTotal First Downs 18 21Rush/Pass/Penalty 12/6/0 8/10/3Third Down Eff. 5/15 33% 8/20 40%Fourth Down Eff. 1/3 33.0% 1/1 100.0%Total Net Yards 306 371Total Off. Plays 67 75Avg. Per Play 4.6 4.9Net Yards Rushing 127 120Total Rushing Plays 31 34Avg. Gain Per Rush 4.1 3.5Net Yards Passing 179 251Times Sacked/Yards Lost 3/16 3/31Pass Att.-Comp.-Int. 33-18-1 38-21-1Avg. Gain Per Pass Play 5.0 6.1Punts-No. and Avg. 6-36.3 6-40.3Had Blocked 0 0Penalties-No. and Yards 4-16 5-40Return Yardage (No kickoffs) 18 11Fumbles-No. and Lost 0-0 4-1Touchdowns 3 3Rush/Pass/Return 2/1/0 2/1/0Extra Points Made-Att. 3-3 3-3Field Goals Made-Att. 1-1 2-2Time of Possession 29:25 35:33DEFENSESeattle — Tackles: Hill 10. Sacks: Bernard, Peterson,Wistrom 1.0. Interceptions: Hunter 1. Forced Fumbles:Peterons 1. Fumble Recoveries: Darby 1.Chicago — Tackles: Briggs 11. Sacks: Brown, Johnson,Ogunleye 1.0. Interceptions: Manning 1. Forced Fumbles:None. Fumble Recoveries: None.PLAYOFFS 343