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Indianapolis never recovered, never put Manning into the game, and lost 29–15, ending the Colts' chance at an undefeated season. Manning's reaction was, "Until any player in here is the head coach, you follow orders and you follow them with all of your heart."
Super Bowl XLIV was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champions New Orleans Saints and the American Football Conference (AFC) champions Indianapolis Colts to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2009 season. The underdog Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31–17, earning the ...
The Indianapolis Colts won their 23rd consecutive regular season game with a 35–31 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 16, 2009. The previous week, the Colts had broken the previous record (21-games) held by the 2003–2004 New England Patriots .
Finally, Indianapolis sealed the game when Kelvin Hayden picked off a pass from Sanchez with just over two minutes remaining. This was the third postseason meeting between the Jets and Colts, with New York winning both meetings, including 41–0 in the 2002 AFC Wild Card playoffs .
However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on a better division record (7–1 to Patriots' 6–2). [45] h The Colts and Dolphins finished tied. However, the Colts finished ahead of Miami based on better conference record (9–3 to Dolphins' 8–4). [45] i The game involved the infamous Ghost to the Post play. [46]
The 2009 season also marked the twelfth season that Peyton Manning was the starting quarterback for the Colts. Indianapolis began the season with their best mark as a franchise in 2009: the Colts set new records by winning their first 14 games, including a come–from–behind victory over the Patriots after a controversial 4th and 2 play.
The Colts' signal-caller engineered a frenetic six-play, 68-yard touchdown drive in under two minutes that culminated with Michael Pittman Jr. catching the go-ahead score.
With under three minutes left in the game, Mike Scifres's 52-yard punt pinned the Colts back at their own 1-yard line. The Colts managed to get away from their own end zone with their first two plays, but on third down and two, linebacker Tim Dobbins drove them back to the 1 by sacking Manning for an 8-yard loss.