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NFL New Orleans Saints: Road to Super Bowl XLIV (Post-Season Collector’s Edition)

NFL New Orleans Saints: Road to Super Bowl XLIV (Post-Season Collector’s Edition)

• Format: DVD
• Digit of Discs: 4
• Officially licensed Disc Contents Disc 1: Week 13 – New Orleans Saints vs. Washington Redskins
• Disc 2: NFC Divisional Playoffs – Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints Disc 3: NFC Championship Game – Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints/li> Disc 4: Super Bowl® XLIV – New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts

For the first time in their history, the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl Champions. That is neither misprint nor illusion and it bears repeating for the long-waiting faithful — the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl Champions! Now, in this unforgettable 4-disc set, relive the Saints’ remarkable championship run with the original network broadcasts of four thrilling games. Follow New Orleans from their exciting week-13 overtime win in Washington to their post-season run — a runaway victory o

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Super Bowl Party Recipe: Clams Casino Appetizers

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Super Bowl IX between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings
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Super Bowl Facts

• Miami has hosted the Super Bowl the most at 10 times.
• Pittsburgh has won the most Super Bowls at 6 times.
• The longest Super Bowl winning streak has only been two in a row.
• Minnesota, Buffalo and Denver have lost the most Super Bowls at 4 times. Buffalo lost 4 times in a row.
• The longest run in a Super Bowl was 100 yards after an interception by Pittsburgh Steeler James Harrison during Super Bowl XLIII.
  (Formerly 75 yards by Willie Parker during Super Bowl XL)
• Mike Ditka, Tom Flores, and Tony Dungy have all won a Super Bowl both as a player and a coach.
• In 1981, Oakland linebacker Rod Martin set a record with three interceptions.
• In 2000, St. Louis quarterback Kurt Warner set a record with 414 yards passing.
• In 1989, San Francisco wide receiver Jerry Rice gained 215 yards on 11 catches.

NFL Films Super Bowl Collection – Super Bowls XI-XX

NFL Films Super Bowl Collection – Super Bowls XI-XX

• Disc 1 – XI Oakland Raiders vs. Minnesota Vikings; XII Dallas Cowboys vs. Denver Broncos
• Disc 2 – XIII Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys; XIV Pittsburgh Steelers vs. LA Rams
• Disc 3 – XV Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles; XVI San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals Disc 4 – XVII Washington Redskins vs. Miami Dolphins; XVIII LA Raiders vs. Washington Redskins
• Disc 5 – XIX San Francisco 49ers vs. Miami Dolphins; XX Chicago Bears vs. New England Patriots Digit of discs: 5 Run time: 617 min
• MPAA Rating: NR Closed Captioning: Yes Subtitles: English

Live the excitement of the second 10 Super Bowls and the seasons leading up to each huge game in a five-disc collector’s set loaded with defining highlights, enhanced content and exclusive memorabilia.

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New Orlean Saints Defeat Minnesota Vikings In NFL Playoffs, Super Bowl 2010, 2010 Super Bowl, Super Bowl XLIV, NFL Super Bowl 2010, NFL Super Bowl XLI

Super Bowl 2010, Super Bowl XLIV, Super Bowl 44(2010)

In these parts, they refer to it as lagniappe, a Cajun word that roughly translated means “a small bit extra.”

On Sunday in the Superdome, the underappreciated New Orleans Saints defense provided a dose of lagniappe to this long-suffering franchise. The Saints’ defenders compensated for a sometimes conservative New Orleans offense in a 31-28 overtime victory over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game.

“We just weren’t going to lose, no matter how much we had to do,” said cornerback Tracy Porter, whose interception of Brett Favre with seven seconds remaining in regulation killed a Minnesota drive that had reached the Saints’ 38-yard line.

“We said to ourselves, ‘OK, it’s on us, right?’ We just felt like a bigwig would step up … and that someone just happened to be me.”

The Saints earned the first Super Bowl berth in franchise history courtesy of Garrett Hartley’s 40-yard field goal nearly five minutes into the extra period. Hartley’s game winner sent the 71,276 fans dancing onto Bourbon Street.

But the Saints’ defense was the difference maker. After surrendering touchdowns on Minnesota’s opening two possessions, coordinator Gregg Williams’ unit settled in and started pounding away at Favre and the Vikings. It crowded the line of scrimmage, blitzed on every passing-situation play and it took the ball away, netting five turnovers.

Favre was not sacked, but the Saints’ rush hit him plenty and forced him to unload some throws before he could set his feet.

Not surprisingly, the Porter interception and 26-yard return came on a third-and-15 play on which the Saints brought inside pressure. The rush forced Favre to roll to his right and he threw across his body into Porter’s hands.

The heavy pressure took a toll on Favre. The veteran suffered a left leg injury in the third quarter, but returned to end what could be his final game. Favre, who came out of retirement a second time to resume his NFL career with the Vikings, was disconsolate after the loss, but declined to publicly recommend that the game was his swan song.

“I reckon we led the league in quarterback pressures — maybe not sacks but hitting the guy — and we came at [Favre] all night,” said right end Will Smith, who finished with six tackles and one forced fumble.

“They weren’t like-taps, either, man. I reckon it had a [cumulative] effect on him. After he got hurt, you could tell it was bothering him. He was limping around and could barely make it to the line of scrimmage at times. We knew we had to take advantage of that.”

The New Orleans defense failed to take advantage of a lot of breaks, even if, for much of the game. The butterfingered Vikings fumbled six times, including a pair by tailback Adrian Peterson, but the Saints recovered only three of the bobbles. One recovery, by defensive tackle Remi Ayodele in the fourth quarter, set up a Drew Brees 5-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Bush that staked the Saints to a 28-21 lead.

But the Vikings rallied back to tie the contest at 28 on Peterson’s third score of the game, a 2-yard run, setting up a nail-biting end.

Peterson rushed for 122 yards on 25 carries, snapping a career-long streak of eight games without a 100-yard performance. But the Saints’ defense, burned on a run-blitz on the opening possession, when Peterson romped thorough a wide hole off the left side for a 19-yard touchdown run, kept coming. The Saints’ defenders tackled well close to the line of scrimmage, if not always in the secondary, and limited Peterson’s cutbacks.

The Vikings more than doubled the Saints in first downs (31-15), and had healthy advantages in total yards (475-257) and time of possession (36:49-27:56). Still, the Saints didn’t alter their defensive calls.

It became nearly a pattern: On virtually every second or third down, the Saints would send at least one extra rusher, the Minnesota line would hold firm in terms of not permitting a sack, but Favre would absorb a shock.

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