THE FIRST PLACE PATRIOTS TRAVEL TO FACE THE FIRST PLACE BEARS MEDIA SCHEDULE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (10-2) at CHICAGO BEARS (9-3) WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Sun., Dec. 12, 2010 ¹ Soldier Field (61,500) ¹ 4:15 p.m. EST 10:15-12:15 Media Check-In The New England Patriots improved to a 10-2 record and claimed first place in the 11:15-12:00 Open Locker Room AFC east with a 45-3 victory over the New York Jets on Monday Night Football. This 11:15-11:25 Tom Brady Availability week, the Patriots will begin the first of two consecutive contests against the NFC 12:15-12:30 Bill Belichick Press Conference North when they travel to Chicago to face the 9-3 first place Bears. Following the Approx. 1:05 Local Media Access to Practice Chicago game, the Patriots will return to Gillette Stadium for a Sunday Night Football TBA Chicago Conference Calls game against the Green Bay Packers. The Patriots improved to an NFL-best 30-5 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 record in December since 2002 with the win over the Jets. 10:15-11:30 Media Check-In BROADCAST INFORMATION 11:15-12:00 Open Locker Room TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience by CBS Approx. 1:05 Local Media Access to Practice and can be seen in Boston on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Jim Nantz will handle play-by- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 play duties with Phil Simms providing color. The game will be produced by Lance 10:00-10:45 Media Check-In Barrow and directed by Mike Arnold. 10:30-10:45 Bill Belichick Press Conference NATIONAL RADIO: This week's game will be broadcast to a national audience by Approx. 11:30 Local Media Access to Practice Sports USA Radio Network. Larry Kahn and John Robinson will call the game. 1:15 Open Locker Room Troy West will work the sidelines. 2010 PATRIOTS SCHEDULE RADIO: 98.5 FM, The Sports Hub, is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio REGULAR SEASON (10-2) Network. A complete listing of the network’s 36 stations can be found in this press Sun., Sept. 12 Cincinnati W 38-24 release. Play-by-play broadcaster Gil Santos is in his 34th season as the voice of the Sun., Sept. 19 at N.Y. Jets L 14-28 Patriots and will call the action along with Patriots Hall of Famer Gino Cappelletti. Sun., Sept. 26 Buffalo W 38-30 Santos and Cappelletti are celebrating their 27th season as a broadcasting tandem. Mon., Oct. 4 at Miami W 41-14 MAYO ON HIGH TACKLE PACE Sun., Oct. 10 BYE WEEK The day-of-game stats crew credited Jerod Mayo with 12 tackles against the Jets, Sun., Oct. 17 Baltimore W ot 23-20 raising his total to 157 total tackles in 2010. Mayo is on pace for a career-high 209 Sun., Oct. 24 at San Diego W 23-20 total tackles. That number will be the highest since LB Clayton Weishuhn had 229 Sun., Oct. 31 Minnesota W 28-18 tackles in 1984. Mayo can become just the third Patriots player ever to reach 200 Sun., Nov. 7 at Cleveland L 14-34 tackles. Sun., Nov. 14 at Pittsburgh W 39-26 PATRIOTS ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON TACKLE LEADERS Sun., Nov. 21 Indianapolis W 31-28 Year Player Tackles Thur., Nov. 25 at Detroit W 45-24 1983 LB Clayton Weishuhn 229 Mon., Dec. 6 N.Y. Jets W 45-3 1984 LB Steve Nelson 207 Sun., Dec. 12 at Chicago 4:15 CBS 1980 LB Steve Nelson 186 Sun., Dec. 19 Green Bay 8:20 NBC PATRIOTS HAVE MOST 9-PLUS WIN SEASONS SINCE 2001 Sun., Dec. 26 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS* The Patriots are the only team in the NFL to have recorded nine or more wins in Sun., Jan. 2 Miami 1:00 CBS* each of the last 10 seasons. The Patriots claimed their 9th win of the year with a 45- AFC EAST STANDINGS 24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day (11/25). Team W L T Pct. PF PA MOST SEASONS OF 9+ WINS SINCE 2001 NEW ENGLAND 10 2 0 .833 379 269 New England 10 New York Jets 9 3 0 .750 267 232 Pittsburgh 8 Miami Dolphins 6 6 0 .500 215 238 Indianapolis 8 Buffalo Bills 2 10 0 .167 243 333 Philadelphia 7 PATRIOTS MEDIA WEBSITE BRADY WINS 26th STRAIGHT START AT GILLETTE Tom Brady set an NFL record for most consecutive home wins as a starting The Patriots’ media-only website, located at quarterback after leading the Patriots to a 45-3 win on Monday night against the http://media.patriots.com, will be updated for Jets. The win over the Jets was Brady’s 26th straight win in a regular-season home registered users with all the latest media start, passing Brett Favre’s previous record of 25 straight wins (1995-98) for the NFL information, schedules, rosters and press releases. record. The last time the Patriots lost a regular-season home game in which Brady The media site will also serve as the team’s started was on Nov. 12, 2006 against the New York Jets. primary credentialing system again in 2010. MOST CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON HOME GAMES WON AS A PATRIOTS 2010 MEDIA GUIDE STARTING QB The Patriots 2010 Media Guide will be online and Player Team Years Streak updated throughout the season. Media can access Tom Brady NE 2006-Present 26 the media guide at www.patriots.com. Brett Favre GB 1995-98 25 John Elway DEN 1996-98 22 Bob Griese MIA 1971-74 20 Randall Cunningham PHI 1990-94 20 PATRIOTS VS. BEARS SERIES HISTORY PATRIOTS VS. NFC NORTH The Patriots and Bears will meet for Thhis season, the Patriots will play each of the four teams the 11th time in regular-season play as from the NFC North (Green Bay, Minnesota, Detroit and Chicago) Chicago as the Patriots make their 7th trip as part of the NFL’s scheduling rotation. New Englland is 2-0 to Soldier Field since 1970 and first trip to against the NFC North so far this year, following a 28-14 victory Soldier Field since it was remodeled prior at home against Minnesota (10/31) and a 45-24 Thanksgiving to the 2003 season. The Patriots last Day win at Detroit (11/15). This week’s game marks the first of traveled to play the Bears in 2002 when two straight contests against NFC North foes. Following the the Bears played all of their home games Chicago game, the Patriots will return to Gillette Stadium to face at Memorial Stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Green Bay on Sunday Night. in Champaign while the new Soldier Field was being constructed. Thhe Patriots are 9-1 all-time agaainst the NFC North since The Patriots hold a 7-3 overall lead in the regular-season realignment in 2002. The Patriots have squared off aagainst the series, but Chicago claimed a victory in the teams’ only NFC North in two seasons, finishing 3-1 in 2002 and 4-0 in 2006. postseason matchup, taking a 46-10 decision in Super Bowl XX The only loss was a 28-10 defeat vs. Green Bay on Oct. 13, following the 1985 season. Since Super Bowl XX, the Patriots 2002. have recorded a 5-1 record agaainst Chicago and held the Bears Thhe Patriots hold an all-time reguular-season record of 21-15 to a touchdown or less in three straight (.583) against the four NFC North teams. Two of the teams to games from 1988-97. which New England has lost the Super Bowl reside in the NFC The Patriots own a 4-3 record in North – Green Bay (XXXI) and Chicagoo (XX). games played in Chicago. In New PATRIOTS VS. NFC England’s last road game against The Patriots have been successful against NFC teams in Chicago in 2002, the Patriots staged one recent seasons, compiling a 33-5 (.868) regular-season record of the most memorable comebacks in against the conference since 2001. Including the postseason, the team history, rallying from a 27-6 deficit Patriots are 36-6 (.857) against the NFC with a 3-1 Super Bowl late in the third quarter to pull out for a 33-30 win that was record since 2001. clinched on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to David Thhe Patriots ended a 17-game winning streak aagainst the Patten with 21 seconds left in the game. NFC last season following a loss at New Orleans on Monday Night Football last season. The Patriots were 3-1 aagainst the Regular Season – Patriots 7, Bears 3 NFC in 2009. Date Result Score H/A Stadium 10/21/73 W 13-10 A Soldier Field BRADY VS. CHICAGO 10/14/79 W 27-7 A Soldier Field This week’s game will mark Tom Bray’s third start aagainst the 12/05/82 L 13-26 A Soldier Field Chicago Bears and his first in the new Soldier Field. In his only 09/15/85 L 7-20 A Soldier Field other road game agaainst the Bears (11/10/02), he rallied the 10/30/88 W 30-7 H Sullivan Stadium Patriots from a 27-6 third quarter deficit to a 33-30 victory. 12/24/94 W 13-3 A Soldier Field Brady completed 36-of-55 passes for 328 yards and three 09/21/97 W 31-3 H Foxboro Stadium touchdowns in that game.