<Tr> <Td> Darren Sharper </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> FS </Td> <Td> Antoine Bethea </Td> </Tr> <P> Slate writer Justin Peters viewed every Super Bowl over a two - month period before Super Bowl 50 . About Super Bowl XLIV, which he ranked the fifth best, he had this to say: "...coming as it did five years after New Orleans was flooded in Hurricane Katrina, the Saints' victory actually mattered ." </P> <P> The Saints finished the next season with an 11--5 record, but failed to defend their league title after they were eliminated by the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card playoff round . Super Bowl XLIV later became the subject of the wider New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, also known as "Bountygate", in which the NFL alleged in 2012 that several Saints defenders operated a slush fund that was in operation from the 2009 season and Super Bowl XLIV, through 2011 . This alleged slush fund paid out bonuses, or "bounties", for in - game performance in violation of NFL rules, including deliberately injuring or knocking opposing players out of games . The league responded with some of the most severe sanctions in the league's 92 - year history, and among the most severe punishments for an on - field incident in North American professional sports history . In 2012, New Orleans failed to make the playoffs for the first time since their Super Bowl win, with the sanctions for Bountygate cited as one of the primary causes . The Saints rebounded in 2013, but were eliminated in the Divisional playoff round by the eventual Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seahawks, and have returned to the playoffs in 2018 by defeating Carolina Panthers in the Wildcard Round, but lost to Minnesota Vikings in the Divisional Rounds . Thus, New Orleans have not advanced to the Conference Championship Game since Super Bowl XLIV . </P> <Ul> <Li> Referee--Scott Green (#19) </Li> <Li> Umpire--Undrey Wash (#96) </Li> <Li> Head Linesman--John McGrath (#5) </Li> <Li> Line Judge--Jeff Seeman (#45) </Li> <Li> Field Judge--Rob Vernatchi (#75) </Li> <Li> Side Judge--Greg Meyer (#78) </Li> <Li> Back Judge--Greg Steed (#12) </Li> <Li> Alternate Referee--Gene Steratore </Li> <Li> Alternate Umpire--Ruben Fowler </Li> <Li> Alternate Flank--Jim Mello </Li> <Li> Alternate Deep--Jeff Lamberth </Li> <Li> Alternate Back Judge--Kirk Dornan </Li> </Ul>

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