The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints began playing in 1967 as an expansion franchise in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League.
The team struggled for two decades before its first winning season in 1987. The Saints have since become a beloved team, especially after their Super Bowl XLIV victory in 2010, which was a symbolic step in the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The team is known by its fans as the “the ’Aints” and Who Dat Nation.