2010 NFL season
The 2010 NFL season was the 91st regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the 45th of the Super Bowl era.
| Regular season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | September 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011 |
| Playoffs | |
| Start date | January 8, 2011 – January 23, 2011 |
| AFC Champions | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| NFC Champions | Green Bay Packers |
| Super Bowl XLV | |
| Date | February 6, 2011 |
| Site | Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas |
| Champions | Green Bay Packers |
| Pro Bowl | |
| Date | January 30, 2011 |
| Site | Aloha Stadium, Halawa, Honolulu, Hawaii |
The regular season began with the NFL Kickoff game on NBC on Thursday, September 9, at the Louisiana Superdome as the New Orleans Saints, the Super Bowl XLIV champions, defeated the Minnesota Vikings.
Tom Brady, quarterback of the New England Patriots, was named NFL MVP for the 2010 season. In Super Bowl XLV, the league's championship game played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to win their fourth Super Bowl, spoiling the Steelers' chance for a seventh title. This season also marked the first full-length season in which a team with a losing record made the playoffs, when the Seattle Seahawks won the NFC West with a 7–9 record. One week later, the Seahawks dethroned the defending champion New Orleans Saints in the wild-card round, to become the first ever sub-.500 playoff team to win a postseason game.