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 Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31 -- 17, earning their first Super Bowl win. The game was played at Hard Rock Stadium (formerly Joe Robbie Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida, for the fifth time (and in South Florida for the tenth time), on February 7, 2010, the latest calendar date for a Super Bowl yet.

Based on this passage, who did the saints beat in the super bowl? Let's give stream of consciousness first:
To answer the question, consider the following: The Saints defeated the Colts by a score of 31 -- 17, earning their first Super Bowl win.
So, the final answer is the Colts.