Super Bowl XLIV
2010 edition of the Super Bowl
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 upset the Colts by a 31–17 score, earning their first championship in franchise history. This was the first major professional sports championship ever won by a New Orleans-based team. The game was played at Sun Life Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the fifth time (and in South Florida for the tenth time), on February 7, 2010.
This was the Saints' first ever Super Bowl appearance and the fourth for the Colts franchise, which was also their first appearance since Super Bowl XLI. The Saints entered the game with a 13–3 record for the 2009 regular season, compared to the Colts' 14–2 record. In the playoff games, both teams placed first in their conferences, marking the first time since Super Bowl XXVIII (16 years earlier) that both number-one seeds reached the Super Bowl. The Colts entered the Super Bowl off victories over the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets, while the Saints advanced after defeating the previous year's Super Bowl runner–up, the Arizona Cardinals, and then overcoming the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship. It was also the first time both teams started with a 13-game winning streak. This game would also mark the last Super Bowl appearance for both the Colts and Saints as of the 2025 NFL season.
The Saints were behind 10–6 at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV. During a play many consider the turning point of the game, Thomas Morstead kicked off the second half with a surprise onside kick.
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