The upcoming Super Bowl will be a rematch of the 2001-02 title game.
Greg Zuerlein kicked the Los Angeles Rams into the Super Bowl, and the New England Patriots are headed back there for the third straight year and the ninth time in the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.
Zuerlein drilled a 57-yard field goal in overtime to complete the Rams' comeback in a 26-23 victory over the Saints in the NFC Championship Game at a raucous New Orleans Superdome.
The game-ending kick came after Drew Brees heaved a fluttering pass that was picked off by John Johnson III on the first drive of the extra period.
The Saints were on the verge of a 23-20 victory until Zuerlein hit a 48-yard field goal with 15 seconds remaining in regulation.
The tying drive came after Los Angeles cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman committed a blatant interference penalty with a helmet-to-helmet hit inside the Rams 5.
The officials missed the penalty, forcing the Saints to settle for Wil Lutz's 31-yard field goal that made it 23-20 with 1:45 left in regulation.
It was the first home playoff loss for the Saints with Brees and coach Sean Payton.
The NFL Super Bowl will take place Sunday February 3 in Atlanta.