Colts Win SuperBowl XLI

So much for the Dan Marino comparison.




Unless you have been on an iceberge the last 24 hours, you know by now that the Colts won the Super Bowl. After Devin Hester took it to the house on the first play of the game. And the Bears got a hand on 3 of his first 4 passes, intercepting the last, it looked like Peyton Manning was in for a Super Bowl choke.

But Manning bounced back, executing long drives with great efficiency, managing the game perfectly, and throwing countless precision strikes agianst the Bears defense in the Miami rain. He proved that one day he deserves to be next to the Montana's, Aikman's, and other greats that have shown to be great Super Bowl leaders.

Here is some of the post game stats, I was 2 pionts off predicting the exact score, not bad.
Colts Bears

1st Downs 24 11
Rushing 12 3
Passing 11 8
Penalty 1 0
3rd-Down Conversions 8-18 3-10
4th-Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 4-40.5 5-45.2
Return Yards 225 147
Punts-Returns 3-42 1-3
Kickoffs-Returns 4-89 6-138
Int.-Returns 2-94 1-6
Penalties-Yards 6-40 4-35
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-3
Time Of Pos. 38:04 21:56
Total Net Yards 430 265
Total Plays 81 48
Average Gain 5.3 5.5
Net Yards Rushing 191 111
Rushes 42 19
Avg. Per Rush 4.5 5.8
Net Yards Passing 239 154
Comp.-Att. 25-38 20-28
Yards Per Pass 6.1 5.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-11
Had Intercepted 1 2
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 1 0
Passing 1 1
Other 1 1
Extra Points 2-3 2-2
Other 0-1 0-0
Red Zone Efficiency 1-6-16% 1-1-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0