SUPER BOWL XLIV
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Before I get going with this last puzzle (for now)
of our Super Bowl Puzzle Trail, I just wanted to say that I am a
HUGE, ravenous Saints fan. Have been for many many years. The
Saints winning Super Bowl XLIV was something I thought I would
never see. I wanted to just thank T for letting me have the even
numbered Super Bowls so I could do this particular puzzle. Hope
everyone has had fun doing this series. It was sure a blast to put
together!
Super
Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the American
Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the
National Football Conference (NFC) champion New Orleans Saints to
decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009
season. The Saints (16–3) defeated the Colts (16–3) by
a score of 31–17, earning their first Super Bowl win. New
Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for
288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP. His 32
completions tied a Super Bowl record set by Tom Brady in Super Bowl
XXXVIII. With the victory, the Saints became the fourth team to win
in their only Super Bowl appearance after the New York Jets,
Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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27.ABC
A. The
Saints' offense led the NFL in scoring, averaging just under 32
points per game. Brees finished the season as the NFL's top rated
quarterback (109.6), completing an NFL-record 70.6% of his passes
for 4,33(A) yards and 34
touchdowns, with just 11 interceptions.
B. The New
Orleans Saints finished the season with an NFC best 13–3
record and went on to advance to the first Super Bowl in their 43
years as an NFL team. After joining the NFL in 1967, it took them
2(B) years to record their
first winning season and another 13 years after that to win their
first playoff game. Five years later, the New Orleans area suffered
another setback when the Louisiana Superdome was devastated with
the rest of the city by Hurricane Katrina, forcing them to play all
of their home games in 2005 elsewhere as they finished with a
3–13 record.
C. Cost of
30-second commercial for Super Bowl XLIV was $2.(C) – $2.8
million.
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14.DEF
D. Once
again, the Colts boasted a powerful offense led by 10-time Pro Bowl
quarterback Peyton Manning, who threw for (D),500 yards and 33 touchdowns during
the season, with only 16 interceptions, earning him a 99.9 passer
rating and a league record fourth National Football League Most
Valuable Player Award.
E. Running
back Joseph Addai led the Colts' ground game with 821 rushing yards
and 10 touchdowns, while also catching 5(E) passes for another 336 yards and 3
scores during the regular season.
F. Under
their new coach Jim Caldwell, the Colts started off the season with
14 consecutive wins before suffering their first loss to the New
York Jets, 29–1(F), a
game in which Caldwell made the controversial decision to rest his
starters after the team took a slim lead rather than keep them in
to play for a chance at a 16–0 season. Indianapolis finished
the season at 14–2 following a loss to the Buffalo Bills, in
which they rested their starters and went on to advance to the
Super Bowl, making them perfect in all their games in which their
starters played all four quarters.
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