Conference Finals, 2031

played in Minnesota, MN

68 degrees, fair, calm

Chicago Bears	10	3	0	3	-	16
Minnesota Vikings	0	3	7	7	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:08 CHI - Kyle Rudolph 4 pass from Colin Kaepernick (Blair Walsh extra point)
1Q: 02:11 CHI - Blair Walsh 51 field goal
2Q: 06:28 CHI - Blair Walsh 18 field goal
2Q: 00:01 MIN - Cornelius Morris 42 field goal
3Q: 02:23 MIN - Jake Locker 6 run (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 05:59 CHI - Blair Walsh 26 field goal
4Q: 02:41 MIN - Ty Hatcher 9 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:08 CHI - Kyle Rudolph 4 pass from Colin Kaepernick (Blair Walsh extra point)
1Q: 02:11 CHI - Blair Walsh 51 field goal
2Q: 06:28 CHI - Blair Walsh 18 field goal
2Q: 00:01 MIN - Cornelius Morris 42 field goal
3Q: 02:23 MIN - Jake Locker 6 run (Cornelius Morris extra point)
4Q: 05:59 CHI - Blair Walsh 26 field goal
4Q: 02:41 MIN - Ty Hatcher 9 pass from Jake Locker (Cornelius Morris extra point)

Team Statistics CHI MIN
Record 14-5 15-3
First Downs 21 12
- by Rushing 5 2
- by Passing 15 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 352 253
- Offensive Plays 75 47
- Yards per Play 4.69 5.38
Net Rushing Yards 120 28
- Rushing Attempts 35 19
- Yards per Rush 3.43 1.47
Net Passing Yards 232 225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 23 - 0 27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 260 233
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/28 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.80 8.04
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/43 7/65
Punt Returns/Yards 2/7 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 1/24 4/117
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 17 OWN 43
Time of Possession 39:23 20:37

Team Statistics	CHI	MIN
Record	14-5	15-3
First Downs	21	12
- by Rushing	5	2
- by Passing	15	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	352	253
- Offensive Plays	75	47
- Yards per Play	4.69	5.38
Net Rushing Yards	120	28
- Rushing Attempts	35	19
- Yards per Rush	3.43	1.47
Net Passing Yards	232	225
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 23 - 0	27 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	260	233
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/28	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.80	8.04
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/43	7/65
Punt Returns/Yards	2/7	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	1/24	4/117
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 17	OWN 43
Time of Possession	39:23	20:37

Drive Charts

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:00	OWN 27	9	73	Touchdown
1	7:57	5:54	OWN 30	9	36	Field Goal
1	0:12	8:50	OWN 6	17	93	Field Goal
2	5:19	4:20	OWN 16	9	45	Missed FG
3	12:11	0:58	OWN 20	3	-14	Punt
3	9:57	3:52	OWN 11	6	22	Punt
3	2:13	2:10	OWN 9	3	1	Punt
4	12:30	6:36	OWN 20	11	71	Field Goal
4	2:33	0:52	OWN 20	5	15	Downs
4	1:09	0:34	OWN 20	4	0	Downs

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:00	2:03	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	2:03	1:51	OWN 39	3	6	Punt
2	6:22	1:03	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
2	0:59	0:59	OWN 46	7	29	Field Goal
3	15:00	2:49	OWN 39	4	12	Punt
3	11:13	1:16	OWN 48	3	8	Punt
3	6:05	3:52	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
3	0:03	2:33	OWN 45	7	19	Punt
4	5:54	3:21	OWN 38	6	62	Touchdown
4	1:41	0:32	OPP 35	3	-3	Punt
4	0:35	0:35	OPP 20	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Ross Samuels, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bryce Brown	20	53	2.65	6	0
Da'Rel Scott	10	46	4.60	15	2
Colin Kaepernick	5	21	4.20	8	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
Nathan Hoover	12	15	1.25	5	0
Jake Locker	4	9	2.25	6	1
Dean Macklin	3	4	1.33	4	0

Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Colin Kaepernick	37	23	260	3/28	1	42	0	92.1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Locker	27	19	233	1/8	1	41	0	109.0

Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dean Gillespie	6	8	100	16.67	31	32	0
TE Kyle Rudolph	4	6	29	7.25	1	9	1
WR Zach Plumier	4	10	11	2.75	2	6	0
FB Bradie Ewing	3	4	67	22.33	51	42	0
TE Grady Freund	2	2	16	8.00	0	12	0
WR Derek Stokes	1	3	15	15.00	9	15	0
RB Da'Rel Scott	1	1	9	9.00	1	9	0
RB Bryce Brown	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Myron Romero	1	2	8	8.00	1	8	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Ty Hatcher	5	6	77	15.40	35	41	1
WR Alonzo Lucas	5	5	93	18.60	13	32	0
WR Jermaine Morris	3	5	24	8.00	4	9	0
WR Julio Jones	3	4	22	7.33	6	10	0
TE Roger Green	1	2	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Nathan Hoover	1	1	4	4.00	3	4	0
WR Dan Herron	1	3	4	4.00	0	4	0
FB Deron Golding	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Derek Stokes	1	0	0	0
Zach Plumier	0	1	0	0

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Donnie Johnson	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Otis Wolfe	3	134	44.7	43.3	50	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Thomas Morstead	7	311	44.4	34.9	56	3

Kicking Statistics

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Blair Walsh	3/4	1/2	1/2	51	1/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cornelius Morris	1/1	1/1	0/0	42	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Joe Morris	2	7	3.5	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Van Dyke	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derek Stokes	1	24	24.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Van Dyke	4	117	29.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Stan Westbrook	7	1	0.0	17	23
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	5	1	0.0	19	25
ILB Rodney Sims	4	2	0.0	15	22
CB Sammy Bruce	4	0	0.0	8	24
DE Travis Maxwell	2	0	0.5	11	13
CB Irving Benton	2	1	0.0	5	15
CB Curtis Brown	2	1	0.0	16	19
DT Ian Bullock	2	0	0.0	8	20
DE Zach Erickson	1	2	0.0	12	16
S Richie McKenzie	1	1	0.0	14	23
DT Brandon Thompson	1	1	0.0	11	8
DE Alex Carrington	1	0	0.0	8	15
S Nicky Kau	1	0	0.0	7	12
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	1	0	0.0	16	18
DE Taylor Thompson	0	2	0.5	7	12
OLB Von Miller	0	1	0.0	16	20

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Victor Wallace	7	3	0.0	31	40
OLB Ross Samuels	6	1	3.0	32	23
ILB Dan Beckam	6	3	0.0	17	15
S Artie Prestbye	6	0	0.0	26	25
ILB Vinny Mayes	4	3	0.0	28	33
S Colin Jones	4	2	0.0	18	29
DE Donnie Johnson	4	1	0.0	29	28
CB T.J. Ward	4	0	0.0	24	29
S Reggie Feenstra	3	1	0.0	18	15
ILB Kerry Adams	3	0	0.0	21	19
CB Prince Amukamara	3	0	0.0	33	35
DE Carlos Dunlap	2	0	0.0	26	28
DT Lonnie Pehrson	2	0	0.0	20	24
CB Don Van Dyke	2	0	0.0	8	18
DE Leo Durham	2	0	0.0	9	12
DT Kenrick Ellis	1	0	0.0	16	18
S Asa Jackson	1	0	0.0	8	20
DE Jeremy Beal	0	1	0.0	6	12
OLB Broderick Downs	0	1	0.0	4	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Travis Maxwell	0.5	0	0	13
DE Taylor Thompson	0.5	0	0	12
DE Alex Carrington	0.0	1	0	15
DE Zach Erickson	0.0	1	0	16
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	0.0	0	2	25

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Ross Samuels	3.0	0	0	23
DT Lonnie Pehrson	0.0	1	0	24
DE Donnie Johnson	0.0	0	2	28
ILB Vinny Mayes	0.0	0	1	33
ILB Dan Beckam	0.0	0	1	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Stan Westbrook	7	1	23
CB Sammy Bruce	4	0	24
CB Irving Benton	2	0	15
ILB Rodney Sims	2	0	22
DE Alex Carrington	1	0	15
S Nicky Kau	1	0	12
ILB Kelvin Sheppard	1	0	25
CB Dre Kirkpatrick	1	0	18
OLB Von Miller	0	1	20
S Richie McKenzie	0	1	23

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB T.J. Ward	3	0	29
ILB Vinny Mayes	3	0	33
CB Prince Amukamara	3	0	35
S Colin Jones	3	0	29
S Artie Prestbye	3	0	25
OLB Victor Wallace	2	4	40
S Reggie Feenstra	2	0	15
DE Donnie Johnson	1	0	28
CB Don Van Dyke	1	0	18
OLB Ross Samuels	1	0	23
S Asa Jackson	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Blaine Richmond	2	7	0	26	0	36
Todd Evans	2	6	1	31	1	37
Eric Olsen	2	5	1	26	0	33
Gene Forbes	1	6	0	26	0	39
Orlando Franklin	1	3	0	30	1	37
Tyrone Earthman	1	2	1	15	1	7
Bradie Ewing	1	2	0	27	0	32
Grady Freund	1	1	0	26	0	28
Albert Franklin	0	1	0	12	0	7

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Pouncey	2	2	1	19	0	28
Curtis Price	0	5	0	17	0	26
Marcus Ashe	0	3	0	14	0	18
Jose Boyer	0	2	0	19	0	24
Pete McWilliams	0	2	0	16	0	21
Roger Green	0	1	0	11	0	12
Charles Massey	0	1	0	12	0	16
John Moffitt	0	0	0	1	1	8

Special Teams Tackles

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Bryce Brown	2	15
Sammy Bruce	1	12
Myron Romero	1	12
Dre Kirkpatrick	1	5

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Kendall Brady	1	21
Reggie Feenstra	1	15
T.J. Ward	1	5

Participation

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Colin Kaepernick	35	40	---	---	4	79
Kyle Rudolph	33	34	---	---	11	78
Orlando Franklin	30	37	---	---	7	74
Bradie Ewing	27	32	---	---	15	74
Todd Evans	31	37	---	---	---	68
Eric Olsen	26	33	---	---	7	66
Gene Forbes	26	39	---	---	---	65
Grady Freund	26	28	---	---	11	65
Blaine Richmond	26	36	---	---	---	62
Zach Plumier	20	30	---	---	12	62
Bryce Brown	22	22	---	---	15	59
Irving Benton	---	---	5	15	26	46
Kelvin Sheppard	---	---	19	25	---	44
Sammy Bruce	---	---	8	24	12	44
Stan Westbrook	---	---	17	23	1	41
Richie McKenzie	---	---	14	23	3	40
Dre Kirkpatrick	---	---	16	18	5	39
Rodney Sims	---	---	15	22	1	38
Von Miller	---	---	16	20	---	36
Curtis Brown	---	---	16	19	1	36
Dana Navarro	---	---	9	11	15	35
Zach Erickson	---	---	12	16	4	32
Da'Rel Scott	13	18	---	---	---	31
Ian Bullock	---	---	8	20	2	30
Myron Romero	12	6	---	---	12	30
Tyrone Earthman	15	7	---	---	7	29
Alex Carrington	---	---	8	15	4	27
Nicky Kau	---	---	7	12	7	26
Taylor Thompson	---	---	7	12	7	26
Albert Franklin	12	7	---	---	6	25
Dean Gillespie	11	13	---	---	---	24
Dontay Moch	---	---	10	10	4	24
Travis Maxwell	---	---	11	13	---	24
Derek Stokes	8	11	---	---	3	22
Brandon Thompson	---	---	11	8	---	19
Grady Looper	0	1	---	---	15	16
Nick Mondek	9	4	---	---	1	14
Joe Morris	---	---	0	1	9	10
Blair Walsh	0	0	---	---	9	9
Shaun Rosengard	3	5	---	---	---	8
Brant Rodgers	---	---	0	1	7	8
Amini Silatolu	0	0	---	---	7	7
Otis Wolfe	0	0	---	---	3	3
Andrew Ward	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jesse Wilson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leon Sheldon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Victor Wallace	---	---	31	40	10	81
Prince Amukamara	---	---	33	35	4	72
Vinny Mayes	---	---	28	33	3	64
Donnie Johnson	---	---	29	28	4	61
T.J. Ward	---	---	24	29	5	58
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	26	28	3	57
Ross Samuels	---	---	32	23	2	57
Artie Prestbye	---	---	26	25	5	56
Mike Pouncey	19	28	---	---	8	55
Colin Jones	---	---	18	29	4	51
Jose Boyer	19	24	---	---	7	50
Julio Jones	15	23	---	---	11	49
Reggie Feenstra	---	---	18	15	15	48
Lonnie Pehrson	---	---	20	24	3	47
Jake Locker	19	28	---	---	---	47
Charles Massey	12	16	---	---	19	47
Kendall Brady	---	---	11	14	21	46
Curtis Price	17	26	---	---	3	46
Kerry Adams	---	---	21	19	2	42
Dan Beckam	---	---	17	15	8	40
Don Van Dyke	---	---	8	18	13	39
Roger Green	11	12	---	---	15	38
Pete McWilliams	16	21	---	---	---	37
Kenrick Ellis	---	---	16	18	1	35
Ty Hatcher	11	16	---	---	7	34
Nathan Hoover	16	18	---	---	---	34
Marcus Ashe	14	18	---	---	---	32
Alonzo Lucas	9	15	---	---	6	30
Asa Jackson	---	---	8	20	2	30
Leo Durham	---	---	9	12	6	27
Dan Herron	8	11	---	---	8	27
Jermaine Morris	8	14	---	---	---	22
Terry Palmer	6	8	---	---	8	22
Deron Golding	2	4	---	---	16	22
Jeremy Beal	---	---	6	12	1	19
Marcus Cannon	3	7	---	---	8	18
John Moffitt	1	8	---	---	6	15
Broderick Downs	---	---	4	2	4	10
Dean Macklin	3	6	---	---	1	10
Thomas Morstead	0	0	---	---	7	7
Leon Dillow	0	5	---	---	---	5
Cornelius Morris	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mike Daniels	---	---	0	1	2	3
Van Upshaw	0	0	---	---	1	1
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	5	1.7
Middle	26	88	3.4
Right	6	27	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	19	1.7
Middle	1	6	6.0
Right	5	5	1.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Colin Kaepernick	37	23	3	2	3	4	4	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Locker	27	19	3	0	1	3	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	81	13.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	91	6.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	4	50	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	38	7.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	19	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	87	12.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	7	65	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	62	12.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Zach Plumier	10	4	1	11	0	30
WR Dean Gillespie	8	6	1	100	2	13
TE Kyle Rudolph	6	4	0	29	0	34
FB Bradie Ewing	4	3	0	67	1	32
WR Derek Stokes	3	1	1	15	0	11
TE Grady Freund	2	2	0	16	0	28
FB Myron Romero	2	1	0	8	0	6
RB Da'Rel Scott	1	1	0	9	0	18
RB Bryce Brown	1	1	0	5	0	22

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Ty Hatcher	6	5	0	77	1	16
WR Jermaine Morris	5	3	0	24	0	14
WR Alonzo Lucas	5	5	0	93	2	15
WR Julio Jones	4	3	0	22	0	23
WR Dan Herron	3	1	1	4	0	11
TE Roger Green	2	1	0	9	0	12
FB Deron Golding	1	0	0	0	0	4
RB Nathan Hoover	1	1	0	4	0	18

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bryce Brown	6	20	3.33	2.65
Da'Rel Scott	3	6	2.00	4.60
Colin Kaepernick	2	6	3.00	4.20

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	2	5	2.50	2.25
Nathan Hoover	1	4	4.00	1.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Colin Kaepernick	4	4	23	5.75	7.03

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jake Locker	3	3	20	6.67	8.63

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Kyle Rudolph	2	2	13	6.50	4.83
WR Dean Gillespie	1	1	7	7.00	12.50
WR Zach Plumier	1	1	3	3.00	1.10

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Ty Hatcher	1	1	9	9.00	12.83
WR Jermaine Morris	1	1	9	9.00	4.80
WR Julio Jones	1	1	2	2.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Da'Rel Scott	2	1
Colin Kaepernick	1	0
Bryce Brown	1	0

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Nathan Hoover	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Colin Kaepernick	11	7	7

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Locker	8	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Zach Plumier	4	1	1
WR Dean Gillespie	2	1	1
WR Derek Stokes	1	1	1
TE Grady Freund	1	1	1
TE Kyle Rudolph	1	1	1
FB Bradie Ewing	1	1	1
FB Myron Romero	1	1	1

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ty Hatcher	3	2	1
WR Alonzo Lucas	2	2	1
TE Roger Green	1	1	1
WR Julio Jones	1	1	1
WR Dan Herron	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 84,600 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 29,400 (29,400)
End Zone 21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine 12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats 18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats 500 (500)
Luxury Boxes 2,300 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	84,600 (86,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	29,400 (29,400)
End Zone	21,300 (21,300)
Mezzanine	12,300 (12,300)
Sideline Seats	18,800 (18,800)
Club Seats	500 (500)
Luxury Boxes	2,300 (3,700)