Super Bowl XLIV

Super Bowl XLIV

1 2 3 4th total Indianapolis Colts 10 0 7th 0 17th New Orleans Saints 0 6th 10 15th 31
date	February 7, 2010
Stadion	Sun Life Stadium
city	Miami Gardens
MVP	Drew Brees
favourite	Colts at 4
National anthem	Queen Latifah and Carrie Underwood
coin toss	Emmitt Smith
Referee	Scott Green
Halftime show	The Who
Number of visitors	76,500
Television broadcast
Network	CBS
Germany	The first
Commentators	Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Commentators (Germany)	Andreas Witte and Dirk Froberg
Audience rating (Germany)	560,000 (11.4% market share)
Audience (14 to 49 year olds)	unknown (8% market share)
Commercial price	2.5 to 2.8 million US dollars
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The Super Bowl XLIV was the 44th Super Bowl , the final of the 2009 season of the National Football League (NFL) in American football . On February 7, 2010, the American Football Conference (AFC) champions, the Indianapolis Colts , and the National Football Conference (NFC) champions, the New Orleans Saints , faced each other at Sun Life Stadium in Miami , Florida . The New Orleans Saints won with a final score of 31:17. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was elected to the Super Bowl MVP .

The way to the Super Bowl

→ see also main article: NFL 2009

Regular season

AFC South team S. N U ZK P + P- Indianapolis Colts 14th 2 0 .875 416 307 Houston Texans 9 7th 0 .563 388 333 Tennessee Titans 8th 8th 0 .500 354 402 Jacksonville Jaguars 7th 9 0 .438 290 380

NFC South team S. N U ZK P + P- New Orleans Saints 13 3 0 .813 510 341 Atlanta Falcons 9 7th 0 .563 363 325 Carolina Panthers 8th 8th 0 .500 315 308 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 13 0 .188 244 400

Seeding list

Play-off seeding list
position	AFC	NFC
1	Indianapolis Colts ( South Winner)	New Orleans Saints ( South Winner)
2	San Diego Chargers ( West Winner)	Minnesota Vikings ( North Winner)
3	New England Patriots ( East Winner)	Dallas Cowboys ( East Winner)
4th	Cincinnati Bengals ( North Winner)	Arizona Cardinals ( West Winner)
5	New York Jets	Green Bay Packers
6th	Baltimore Ravens	Philadelphia Eagles

Play-offs

Wild Card Round

Divisional Round

Conference Championships

Super bowl

January 10 - Gillette Stadium

January 16 - Lucas Oil Stadium

1

Indianapolis

20th

3

New England

14th

January 24th - Lucas Oil Stadium

6th

Baltimore

3

6th

Baltimore

33

January 17 - Qualcomm Stadium

1

Indianapolis

30th

AFC

5

New York Jets

17th

January 9 - Paul Brown Stadium

AFC Championship

2

San Diego

14th

4th

Cincinnati

14th

February 7th - Dolphin Stadium

5

New York Jets

17th

5

New York Jets

24

January 16 - Louisiana Superdome

January 10 - University of Phoenix Stadium

A1

Indianapolis

17th

N1

New Orleans

31

Super Bowl XLIV

1

New Orleans

45

4th

Arizona

51 1

January 24th - Louisiana Superdome

4th

Arizona

14th

5

Green Bay

45

January 17th - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1

New Orleans

31 1

NFC

2

Minnesota

28

January 9th - Cowboys Stadium

NFC Championship

2

Minnesota

34

3

Dallas

34

3

Dallas

3

6th

Philadelphia

14th

• ¹ after extension
• The team with the lower seeding number has home rights and is named here first, in contrast to the practice in the USA where the visiting team is named first.

Semifinals

AFC Championship Game team 1 2 3 4th OT T Indianapolis Colts 0 13 7th 10 - 30th New York Jets 0 17th 0 0 - 17th

NFC Championship Game team 1 2 3 4th OT T New Orleans Saints 7th 7th 7th 7th 3 31 Minnesota Vikings 14th 0 7th 7th 0 28

Starting grid

New Orleans	position	Indianapolis
Offense
Marques Colston	WR	Reggie Wayne
Jermon Bushrod	LT	Charlie Johnson
Carl Nicks	LG	Ryan Lilja
Jonathan Goodwin	C.	Jeff Saturday
Jahri Evans	RG	Kyle DeVan
Jon Stinchcomb	RT	Ryan Diem
Jeremy Shockey	TE	Dallas Clark
Devery Henderson	WR	Pierre Garçon
Reggie Bush	RB / FB	Gijon Robinson
Pierre Thomas	RB	Joseph Addai
Drew Brees	QB	Peyton Manning
Defense
Bobby McCray	DE	Robert Mathis
Sedrick Ellis	DT	Daniel Muir
Will Smith	DE / DT	Antonio Johnson
Marvin Mitchell	ILB / DE	Dwight Freeney
Scott Fujita	LOLB	Philip Wheeler
Jonathan Vilma	ILB	Gary Brackett
Scott Shanle	ROLB	Clint session
Jabari Greer	LCB	Kelvin Hayden
Tracy Porter	RCB	Jacob Lacey
Roman Harper	SS	Melvin Bullitt
Darren Sharper	FS	Antoine Bethea

Game summary

Quarter	Playtime	Play turn ( drive )			team	Information on how to earn points	Points
		Moves ( plays )	Space gain	Duration of possession			Saints	Colts
1	7:29	11 plays	53 yards	5:53	IND	38-yard field goal from Stover	0	3
1	0:36	11 plays	96 yards	7:12	IND	Garçon with a 19-yard touchdown after the pass from Manning ; Point after touchdown ( PAT ) successful from Stover	0	10
2	9:34	11 plays	60 yards	6:02	NO	46-yard field goal from Hartley	3	10
2	0:00	5 plays	26 yards	0:35	NO	44-yard field goal from Hartley	6th	10
3	11:41	6 plays	56 yards	3:19	NO	Thomas with a 16-yard touchdown after the pass from Brees ; PAT successful from Hartley	13	10
3	6:15	10 plays	76 yards	5:26	IND	Addai with a 4-yard touchdown run; PAT successful from Stover	13	17th
3	2:01	8 plays	50 yards	4:14	NO	47-yard field goal from Hartley	16	17th
4th	5:42	9 plays	59 yards	4:57	NO	Shockey with a 2-yard touchdown after the pass from Brees; Two-Point Conversion (Brees on Moore )	24	17th
4th	3:12	-	-	-	NO	After a bad pass ( interception ), Porter returned with a 74-yard run to touchdown; PAT successful from Hartley	31	17th

transmission

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United States

In the United States, the game was broadcast live on CBS . Jim Nantz and Phil Simms commented . Prior to the start of the Super Bowl, CBS aired a four-hour preview.

A 30-second commercial cost 2.8 million US dollars , which equates to around 2 million euros .

Germany

As in previous years, Das Erste broadcast the game, which was commented on by Andreas Witte and Dirk Froberg .

Austria

For the first time, the Super Bowl in Austria was broadcast by the private broadcaster Puls 4 after the ORF withdrew for financial reasons. Robert Seeger and Walter Reiterer commented on the broadcast .

Europe

The Super Bowl could be received in parts of Europe on the pay-TV channel ESPN America .

radio

As in previous years, Westwood One for the USA and Canada and BBC Radio 5 Live for Europe again took over the radio broadcasts. In addition, other broadcasters in various countries were able to secure the rights.

Cultural program

Before the game

The American national anthem was sung by Carrie Underwood . Queen Latifah also sang " America the Beautiful ".

Halftime show

The NFL announced on November 26th, 2009, when the Oakland Raiders vs. Dallas Cowboys were broadcast, that The Who would perform the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIV. The band presented some of their hits including Pinball Wizard , Who Are You , Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again .

Web links

Commons : Super Bowl XLIV  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Super Bowl odds (English). Accessed October 1, 2015
2. ↑ espn.com: “Underwood, Latifah sing at Super Bowl”
3. ↑ NFL.com: “The Who set to play Super Bowl XLIV halftime” ( Memento from January 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ TV cult: "ARD will broadcast the Super Bowl 2010"
5. ↑ [1] Super Bowl XLIV can only inspire to a limited extent in Germany. Accessed February 18, 2010.
6. ↑ huffingtonpost.com: "Super Bowl Commercial Prices Fall For Second Time EVER"