2013 New Orleans Saints season

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The 2013 season was the New Orleans Saints' 47th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 38th playing home games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. It also marked the seventh season under head coach Sean Payton, who returned to the team after serving a one-year suspension for his involvement in the team's 2012 bounty scandal. The Saints improved their 7–9 record from last season, going 11–5 and making the playoffs as the sixth seed. They earned the franchise's first road postseason victory, with a 26–24 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round, ending the drought at 0–5. However, the Saints were eliminated by the eventual Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round, by a score of 23–15. Despite the loss to Seattle, of the Seahawks' three postseason opponents en route to their Super Bowl title, the Saints committed just one turnover against the vaunted Legion of Boom defense, compared to the San Francisco 49ers committing three in the NFC Championship...

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