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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h4>2009</h4> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7C2009%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%20season%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​:*<b>Main article:</b> <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22wikitextIdx%22%3Anull%2C%22text%22%3A%222009%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%20season%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20New%20Orleans%20Saints%20season%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" class="new" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwOV9OZXdfT3JsZWFuc19TYWludHNfc2Vhc29uP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">2009 New Orleans Saints season</a></i>​</span> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The 2009 season was the team's most successful season, which culminated in the franchise's first league championship win against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Indianapolis%20Colts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20Indianapolis%20Colts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%20Indianapolis%20Colts%7CIndianapolis%20Colts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_Colts" title="2009 Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XLIV%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%20XLIV%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%20XLIV%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">Super Bowl XLIV</a>. After achieving a record of 13–0 with their win over the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Atlanta%20Falcons%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%20Atlanta%20Falcons%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%20Atlanta%20Falcons%7CAtlanta%20Falcons%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Falcons" title="2009 Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta Falcons</a>, it marked the Saints' best start to a season in its franchise history. The result clinched an NFC <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22playoff%22%2C%22link%22%3A%222009%5Cu201310%20NFL%20playoffs%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B2009%5Cu201310%20NFL%20playoffs%7Cplayoff%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" class="new" title="2009–10 NFL playoffs (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvMjAwOSVFMiU4MCU5MzEwX05GTF9wbGF5b2Zmcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">playoff</a> berth, a bye in the first round of the playoffs. By winning their first 13 games, the Saints also set the record for the longest undefeated season opening (13–0) by an NFC team since the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22AFL%5Cu2013NFL%20merger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22AFL-NFL%20Merger%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAFL-NFL%20Merger%7CAFL%5Cu2013NFL%20merger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/AFL-NFL_Merger" title="AFL-NFL Merger">AFL–NFL merger</a>, surpassing the previous record (12–0) held by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221985%20Chicago%20Bears%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221985%20Chicago%20Bears%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1985%20Chicago%20Bears%7C1985%20Chicago%20Bears%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/1985_Chicago_Bears" title="1985 Chicago Bears">1985 Chicago Bears</a>. However, they would fall victim to the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dallas%20Cowboys%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dallas%20Cowboys%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDallas%20Cowboys%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> in week 15, going on to end the season with a 3 game losing streak. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Although its opponents would include winners of 9 of the last 15 NFL MVP awards, the team advanced to the 2009 NFC Championship game where they defeated the Minnesota Vikings 31–28 in overtime, and then went on to win their first <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Super%20Bowl%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSuper%20Bowl%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> appearance in franchise history. Television ratings for Super Bowl 44 were the highest for any TV program, sports or otherwise, in history.,<span data-rte-instance="58596-10462836695f0d96d2b6302" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fsportsillustrated.cnn.com%5C%2F2010%5C%2Ffootball%5C%2Fnfl%5C%2Fsuper-bowl%5C%2F02%5C%2F08%5C%2Fratings.ap%5C%2Findex.html%3Feref%3Dsihp%20Sportsillustrated.cnn.com%5D%20%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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