"During a four-year career at Tulane, Matt Forté didn't play before crowds such as Sunday's announced total of 73,019 during his home games at the Superdome.

Once, when the Green Wave played host to LSU in 2007, there were 58,769 in the building to watch the Tigers win 34-9, a game in which Forté rushed for 74 yards on 16 carries, adding 21 yards on one catch.

On Sunday, this time wearing the colors of the Chicago Bears, Forté, the Slidell High School alum, provided the bulk of the Bears' offense in a 30-13 loss to the Saints, accounting for 166 of Chicago's 246 total yards, sending about 20 family members in attendance home satisfied with Forte's effort but disappointed in the game's outcome."