As the NFL approaches its highly anticipated golden anniversary Super Bowl, Yahoo Sports takes a look back at some of the most memorable moments in the game's history.

In our rankings, the moments go beyond the great scores and plays. We also take a look at entertainment performances, scandals/controversies and other events associated with corresponding Super Bowls.

Here's a look at moment No. 10:

Porter's pick

View photos Tracy Porter returns an INT for a TD in Super Bowl XLIV. (Getty) More

Few fan bases in sports have been as aggrieved as the New Orleans Saints'.

They waited 20 years to make the postseason. Twenty-four years to win their first division title. Thirty-three years to win their first playoff game. And as it turned out, 42 years to win their first championship.

The play that clinched it, a pick-six that became engraved in old gold, happened because Tracy Porter did what the fans had been doing for decades:

He stayed patient.

Porter sat on Reggie Wayne's route, intercepted Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and returned it 74 yards for a touchdown that won Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17, for the Saints.

Trailing 24-17, Indianapolis was driving and faced a third-and-5 from New Orleans' 31-yard line with three minutes, 24 seconds left.

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As they did routinely that season, the Colts stacked a pair of wide receivers on the outside, with Austin Collie coming in motion and settling behind Wayne as the ball was snapped. The routes are designed to confuse defensive backs, with Collie running inside and Wayne heading outside, but Porter never bit.

Instead, he settled into position about 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage before breaking on the ball – and into the record books.

"We knew that on third-and-short they stack, and they like the outside release for the slant," Porter said after the game. "It was great film study by me, a great jump and a great play."

Once Porter made the pick, there wasn't much in front of him except a couple Colts and pay dirt. Porter split Manning and left tackle Charlie Johnson, and he was in the clear.

A few seconds earlier, Manning and Johnson were troubled because of the Saints' defensive call on the play. Linebackers Scott Fujita and Jonathan Vilma brought extra pressure right up the middle, forcing Manning into making a quicker decision than he probably would have liked.

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