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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2010 SUPER BOWL XLIV
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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football
Conference (NFC) champion New Orleans Saints and the American Football
Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League
(NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The Saints defeated the Colts by a score of
31–17, earning their first Super Bowl win. The game was played at Sun Life Stadium in
Miami Gardens, Florida for the fifth time (and in South Florida for the tenth time), on
February 7, 2010, the latest calendar date for a Super Bowl yet.
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This was the Saints' first Super Bowl appearance and the fourth for the Colts
franchise, their second appearance in four seasons. 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 respective conferences, marking the first
time since Super Bowl XXVIII (16 years previously) that both number one seeds have
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 runners up the Arizona Cardinals and then overcoming the Minnesota
Vikings in the Conference Championship.
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Down 10–6 at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV, in what many consider the turning point of
the game, New Orleans successfully recovered a surprise onside kick on the second
half kickoff, then took their first lead of the game on Pierre Thomas' 16-yard
touchdown reception. The Colts responded with Joseph Addai's 4-yard touchdown
run to regain the lead at 17-13. The Saints then scored 18 unanswered points,
including Tracy Porter's 74-yard interception return for a touchdown, to clinch the
victory. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for
288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP. His 32 completions
tied a Super Bowl record set by Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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The live broadcast of the game on CBS was watched by an average US audience of
106.5 million viewers, making it the then-third most-watched Super Bowl. The National
Anthem was sung by Carrie Underwood and the halftime show featured the British rock
band The Who.
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Drew Brees was named Super Bowl MVP for tying a Super Bowl record by
completing 32 of 39 passes, with 288 passing yards and two touchdowns. After the
game, Brees said, "Four years ago, who ever thought this would be happening
when 85 percent of the city was under water? Most people left not knowing if New
Orleans would ever come back, or if the organization would ever come back. We
just all looked at one another and said, 'We are going to rebuild together. We are
going to lean on each other.' This is the culmination in all that belief.”
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