Divisional Round: Seattle Seahawks at Chicago Bears (Soldier Field), with a Conference Championship spot at stake. Kickoff: Sun January 14, 2007 at 1:06pm. Winner advances to the Conference Championship. The losing team's season is over.[1][2]
The divisional round is where the bracket is supposed to take its real shape. Seattle Seahawks traveling to Chicago Bears at Soldier Field, with the league watching to see whether the better team or the better matchup wins. Bye-week home favorites carry the weight of expectation; the visiting wild-card winner walks in with no one expecting them and nothing to lose.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Soldier Field shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Seattle Seahawks versus Chicago Bears in the Divisional Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Seattle Seahawks-Chicago Bears cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 12-4 | W3 |
| New York Jets | 10-6 | W3 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | L2 |
| Miami Dolphins | 6-10 | L3 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens | 13-3 | W4 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 8-8 | L3 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-8 | W1 |
| Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 12-4 | W1 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-8 | L3 |
| Tennessee Titans | 8-8 | L1 |
| Houston Texans | 6-10 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | 14-2 | W10 |
| Denver Broncos | 9-7 | L1 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | W2 |
| Oakland Raiders | 2-14 | L9 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | W1 |
| St. Louis Rams | 8-8 | W3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7-9 | W1 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | W5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 8-8 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 5-11 | L2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 13-3 | L1 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | W4 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | L3 |
| Detroit Lions | 3-13 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 10-6 | L1 |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | W2 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | L3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-12 | L1 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 014242424 |
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 721212427 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Thomas Jones 9 yard rush ( Robbie Gould kick) | 0-7 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Seahawks | Nate Burleson 16 yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck ( Josh Brown kick) | 7-7 |
| Bears | Bernard Berrian 68 yard pass from Rex Grossman ( Robbie Gould kick) | 7-14 |
| Seahawks | Shaun Alexander 4 yard rush ( Josh Brown kick) | 14-14 |
| Bears | Thomas Jones 7 yard rush ( Robbie Gould kick) | 14-21 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Seahawks | Josh Brown 40 yard field goal | 17-21 |
| Seahawks | Shaun Alexander 13 yard rush ( Josh Brown kick) | 24-21 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Robbie Gould 41 yard field goal | 24-24 |
| OT | ||
| Bears | Robbie Gould 49 yard field goal | 24-27 |
Chicago Bears defeated Seattle Seahawks 27-24 at Soldier Field in the Divisional Round. The final scoring play was Bears: Robbie Gould 49 yard field goal. The result came down to the final possession; Chicago Bears won by 3. Top line of the day: Rex Grossman: 282 pass yards on 21-of-38, 1 TD, 1 INT. Chicago Bears move on to the conference final.[1][2]
Chicago Bears walked out of Soldier Field as the team that survived a Divisional Round Seattle Seahawks will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-24. The game stayed within 3 points throughout, the kind of contest where every drive felt like a referendum and every defensive stop carried twice its usual weight. The final scoring play came from Bears: Robbie Gould 49 yard field goal. Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Chicago Bears move on to a conference championship.
Chicago Bears 27, Seattle Seahawks 24. Round: Divisional Round. Attendance: 62184. Q1: 1 scoring play. Q2: 4 scoring plays. Q3: 2 scoring plays. Q4: 1 scoring play. OT: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Rex Grossman: 282 pass yards on 21-of-38, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Shaun Alexander: 108 rush yards on 26 carries
- Bernard Berrian: 5 catches for 105 yards
Divisional Round, played at Soldier Field. Final: Seattle Seahawks 24, Chicago Bears 27, with Chicago Bears taking the result by 3. **First quarter**
- Bears: Thomas Jones 9 yard rush ( Robbie Gould kick)
Second quarter
- Seahawks: Nate Burleson 16 yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck ( Josh Brown kick)
- Bears: Bernard Berrian 68 yard pass from Rex Grossman ( Robbie Gould kick)
- Seahawks: Shaun Alexander 4 yard rush ( Josh Brown kick)
- Bears: Thomas Jones 7 yard rush ( Robbie Gould kick)
Third quarter
- Seahawks: Josh Brown 40 yard field goal
- Seahawks: Shaun Alexander 13 yard rush ( Josh Brown kick)
Fourth quarter
- Bears: Robbie Gould 41 yard field goal
Overtime
- Bears: Robbie Gould 49 yard field goal
Top performers
- Rex Grossman: 282 pass yards on 21-of-38, 1 TD, 1 INT
- Shaun Alexander: 108 rush yards on 26 carries
- Bernard Berrian: 5 catches for 105 yards
A 3-point margin in Divisional Round is the kind of result that defines reputations on both sidelines.
| Seahawks | Bears | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 18 | 21 |
| Total Yards | 306 | 371 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 18/33 | 21/38 |
| Pass yards | 195 | 282 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 1 |
| Sacks taken | 3 | 3 |
| Sack yards lost | 16 | 31 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 251 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 31 | 34 |
| Rush yards | 127 | 120 |
| Rush TD | 2 | 2 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 0 | 4 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | 4 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 16 | 40 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | |||||
| Matt Hasselbeck | 18/33 | 195 | 1 | 1 | |
| CHI | |||||
| Rex Grossman | 21/38 | 282 | 1 | 1 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | ||||
| Shaun Alexander | 26 | 108 | 2 | 13 |
| Maurice Morris | 4 | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| Matt Hasselbeck | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| CHI | ||||
| Thomas Jones | 21 | 66 | 2 | 9 |
| Cedric Benson | 12 | 45 | 0 | 12 |
| Rashied Davis | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | ||||
| Darrell Jackson | 4 | 49 | 0 | 24 |
| Deion Branch | 4 | 48 | 0 | 22 |
| Bobby Engram | 3 | 32 | 0 | 16 |
| Will Heller | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| Jerramy Stevens | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Shaun Alexander | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| CHI | ||||
| Bernard Berrian | 5 | 105 | 1 | 68 |
| Rashied Davis | 4 | 84 | 0 | 37 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 3 | 38 | 0 | 21 |
| Cedric Benson | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 |
| Desmond Clark | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Thomas Jones | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Mark Bradley | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Gabe Reid | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jason McKie | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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