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NFL by the Numbers

NFL by the Numbers
NFL by the Numbers

NFL by the Numbers

3 ... If the Colts beat the Bears Sunday, Tony Dungy will join Tom Flores and Mike Ditka as only the third person to earn Super Bowl rings as both a head coach and a player. Dungy won a Super Bowl ring as a defensive back with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIII.

14 ... Super Bowl XLI matches the team that's had the most starting QBs since opening day 1998 and the team that's had the fewest. Peyton Manning has started 144 regular-season Colts games since 1998. During the same span, the Bears have used 14 starting quarterbacks - Henry Burris, Chris Chandler, Rex Grossman (pictured), Chad Hutchinson, Erik Kramer, Craig Krenzel, Shane Matthews, Cade McNown, Jim Miller, Moses Moreno, Kyle Orton, Jonathan Quinn, Steve Stenstrom and Kordell Stewart.

10 ... Peyton Manning has thrown more interceptions than touchdowns in six of his last 10 playoff games. He's thrown more interceptions than touchdowns in six of his last 63 regular season games.

45 ... There's never been a punt return longer than 45 yards in Super Bowl history. John Taylor of the 49ers set the record in Super Bowl XXIII against the Bengals. The Bears Devin Hester(pictured) and Colts Terrence Wilkins each have at least one punt return for a touchdown of 80 yards or more this year.

100 ... If Dallas Clark surpasses 100 receiving yards against the Bears, he'll become the first player in 17 years and only the second in history with three 100-yard receiving games in the same postseason. The only other player with three 100-yard games in one postseason was Jerry Rice in 1989.

100 ... There hasn't been a 100-yard rusher in the Super Bowl since Michael Pittman of the Buccaneers ran for 124 yards against the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII after the 2002 season.

No. 1 ... The Colts are the fifth team in Super Bowl history whose leading rusher (Joseph Addai, photo), passer (Peyton Manning) and receiver (Marvin Harrison) are all first-round draft picks. All four of the previous teams who can claim that won their Super Bowl -- the 1972 Dolphins (Earl Morrall, Larry Csonka, Paul Warfield), the 1985 Bears (Jim McMahon, Walter Payton, Willie Gault) and the 1993 and 1994 Cowboys (Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin). Bob Griese, not Morrall, started the Super Bowl, but he was also a first-round pick.

7... Bears punter Brad Maynard needs seven punts to become the most prolific punter in Super Bowl history. Maynard set an NFL record with 11 punts for the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV against the Ravens. Mike Horan of the Broncos and Rams and Mike Eischeid of the Raiders and Dolphins share the NFL career punting record with 17.


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