In 2009, the New Orleans Saints were one of three teams in the NFL who had never appeared in a Super Bowl nor won an NFL Championship in the pre-Super Bowl era. The other two were the 15-year old Jaguars, and the 8-year old Texans. The Saints were in their 43rd year of existence. Entering the 2009 playoffs, none of the prior 43 years mattered in New Orleans. The Saints sat at 13-3 and had clinched the first top overall seed in the NFC playoffs in team history. A few weeks later they would find themselves in the only place they had never been before, the Super Bowl.
The top 10 games in Saints history - #2
