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XLV →. Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The underdog Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31–17 ...
The Saints became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing its last three regular-season games. Although its opponents would include winners of 9 of the last 15 NFL MVP awards, the team advanced to the 2009 NFC Championship game where they defeated the Minnesota Vikings, led by Brett Favre , 31–28 in overtime, advancing to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.
Jacksonville Jaguars, 29 years – 1995 expansion team; three AFC Championship Game appearances in the 1996, 1999, and 2017 seasons. [ 86] Dallas Cowboys, 28 years – Won Super Bowl XXX, 1995 season. Tennessee Titans, 24 years – Lost Super Bowl XXXIV, 1999 season.
The game went into overtime, and New Orleans got possession of the ball after winning the coin toss. Kicker Garrett Hartley made a 40-yard field goal, sending the Saints to Super Bowl XLIV. The Super Bowl was played in Miami against the Colts, who had won Super Bowl XLI there three years earlier. Indianapolis jumped out to a 10-0 lead by the ...
The 2009 season was the New Orleans Saints' 43rd in the National Football League (NFL), and as of the 2023 season's conclusion, the most successful in franchise history. The Saints recorded a franchise record 13 regular season victories (later tied in the 2011, 2018, and 2019 seasons) an improvement on their 8–8 record and fourth-place finish in the NFC South from 2008, and advanced to the ...
21. Super Bowl XLV (2011) Green Bay Packers def. Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25. The never-quit attitude of the Steelers made this a great game after the Packers were dominating 21-10 at halftime.
The Saints won their first and only Super Bowl championship in 2010 when the team defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In addition to their Super Bowl win, the Saints have won the NFC Championship once and a division title nine times, winning the NFC West twice ( 1991 and 2000 ) and the NFC South seven times ( 2006 , 2009 , 2011 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , and 2020 ). [ 2 ]
In the Divisional Round against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Saints started badly, quickly falling into a 14–0 hole, but recovered and scored 20 unanswered points over the final three quarters to win and advance to their first NFC Championship Game since their 2009 Super Bowl winning season. Brees completed 28 of 38 passes for 301 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the win.