The Saints rallied from 10 points down and risked an onside kick to start the second half, to comeback  and win their first Super Bowl. The New Orleans Saints scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter, earning a 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV win over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Saints sealed their victory with 3:12 left in the game when the Saints' Tracy Porter intercepted a Peyton Manning pass for a touchdown. The play put the Saints up 31 to 17. The Colts were unable to score in the last minutes of the game.

The Colts were clearly the better team but the Saints were clearly the more aggressive team.   The interception by Manning was the nail in the coffin.  Brees outplayed Manning as Manning never went downfield with his passes.  Manning will rebound from this game, but this must go down in NFL history as a classic case of a quarterback choking.

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