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In 2012, ESPN reported that former New Orleans Saints defensive assistant Mike Cerullo contacted the NFL regarding a bounty program after the 2009 postseason. [19] Cerullo was released after the 2009 postseason for poor performance and lying about personal leave according to the New Orleans Saints. [ 20 ]
The 2018 National Football Conference (NFC) Championship Game was a National Football League (NFL) game played on January 20, 2019, to determine the NFC champion for the 2018 NFL season. The visiting Los Angeles Rams defeated the New Orleans Saints 26–23 in sudden death overtime to advance to their first Super Bowl since the 2001 season.
Goodell spoke about the controversial no-call in the NFC title game that arguably denied the Saints a trip to Super Bowl LIII. His response: These things happen and the NFL has to do better
The game was marred with controversy after the referees missed a pass interference call of Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman's hit on Saints wide receiver Tommylee Lewis on 3rd-and-10 with 1:45 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Saints went on to lose 26–23 in overtime.
The Saints nearly fell victim to the very rule spawned by last year's pass interference controversy in the NFC championship.
NEW ORLEANS — As New Orleans church leaders braced for the fallout from publishing a list of predatory Catholic priests, they turned to an unlikely ally: the front office of the city’s NFL ...
The league then announced that although the Saints' first home game on September 18 against the New York Giants would be played at Giants Stadium at 7:30 p.m. EDT on September 19, other home games would be split between Tiger Stadium (the stadium of the LSU Tigers football) at LSU in Baton Rouge (80 miles/130 km from New Orleans), and the ...
The game at New Orleans is the first for Saints interim coach Wade Phillips. 1986: Tie 1–1: Rams 26–13: Saints 6–0: Rams 24–10 1987: Saints 2–0: Saints 31–14: Saints 37–10: Rams 24–12 Game at New Orleans played with replacement players during the 1987 NFL Players' Strike. Saints enjoy first winning season and first playoff berth ...