Super Bowl XLIV

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Super Bowl XLIV

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Super Bowl XLIV was the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2009 season. The game was played on February 7, 2010, and featured the New Orleans Saints of the National Football Conference (NFC) against the Indianapolis Colts of the American Football Conference (AFC).1

The New Orleans Saints, led by quarterback Drew Brees, defeated the Indianapolis Colts with a score of 31-17. Brees was named the game's Most Valuable Player (MVP) for his performance, completing 32 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns. This victory marked the first Super Bowl championship in the history of the New Orleans Saints franchise. The game was played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.21

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Drew Brees
…start and the franchise’s first Super Bowl berth, a victory over the Indianapolis Colts. In the Super Bowl, Brees completed 32 passes (which tied Tom Brady’s Super Bowl record) for 288 yards and two touchdowns, and he was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
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…start and the franchise’s first Super Bowl berth, a victory over the Indianapolis Colts. In the Super Bowl, Brees completed 32 passes (which tied Tom Brady’s Super Bowl record) for 288 yards and two touchdowns, and he was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
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Indianapolis Colts
…then easily advanced to the Super Bowl, where it was upset by the New Orleans Saints. Manning missed the entire 2011 NFL season owing to preseason neck surgery, and the Colts posted a 2–14 record, ending the team’s streak of nine consecutive seasons of at least 10 victories (which also…
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…then easily advanced to the Super Bowl, where it was upset by the New Orleans Saints. Manning missed the entire 2011 NFL season owing to preseason neck surgery, and the Colts posted a 2–14 record, ending the team’s streak of nine consecutive seasons of at least 10 victories (which also…
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New Orleans
Cultural life
…sports franchise, won their first Super Bowl—an important symbolic step on the road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is the site of the Louisiana Superdome, one of the world’s largest sports arenas. In early January the Superdome hosts the Sugar Bowl game, one of the collegiate championship contests…
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…sports franchise, won their first Super Bowl—an important symbolic step on the road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is the site of the Louisiana Superdome, one of the world’s largest sports arenas. In early January the Superdome hosts the Sugar Bowl game, one of the collegiate championship contests…
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New Orleans Saints
…over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. New Orleans won 11 games the following season but was upset by a seven-win Seattle Seahawks team in the opening round of the playoffs. The Saints had the NFL’s top-ranked offense once more in 2011 (for the fourth time in a six-year…
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…over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. New Orleans won 11 games the following season but was upset by a seven-win Seattle Seahawks team in the opening round of the playoffs. The Saints had the NFL’s top-ranked offense once more in 2011 (for the fourth time in a six-year…
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the Who
…Who later performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2010 and at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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…Who later performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in 2010 and at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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