--- title: New Orleans Saints Fans Troll Low-Scoring Super Bowl 53 description: After the Patriots defeated the Rams 13-3 in Super Bowl 53, some Saints fans —and even a few players — couldn't resist mocking the game. canonical: https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-04T15:59:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T01:04:22.000Z og:title: Saints Fans Could Not Resist Trolling the 2019 Super Bowl og:description: The Patriots defeated the Rams in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever og:url: https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34e8e9e4198594f/698944794ee262614f313ef1/super-bowl-53-low-scoring.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Super-Bowl-53-Low-Scoring og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Saints Fans Could Not Resist Trolling the 2019 Super Bowl twitter:description: The Patriots defeated the Rams in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34e8e9e4198594f/698944794ee262614f313ef1/super-bowl-53-low-scoring.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How a Lot of New Orleans Saints Fans Trolled the Super Bowl > Sponsored content. 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Jared Goff #16 of the Los Angeles Rams looks to pass during the second half against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Patrick Smith/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:04 AM UTCPublished: Feb 4, 2019 3:59 PM UTC After the [New England Patriots](http://time.com/5519790/tom-brady-daughter-super-bowl/) defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in [Super Bowl 53](http://time.com/5519584/patriots-rams-super-bowl-wrap-up/), some [New Orleans Saints fans](http://time.com/5510584/saints-billboards-atlanta/) —and even a few players — couldn’t resist mocking the low-scoring game. Ahead of Sunday night’s matchup, many Saints supporters still had a bad taste in their mouths from a [controversial pass interference no-call late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship](http://time.com/5510584/saints-billboards-atlanta/) that they saw as the cause of their team’s loss. So it’s no surprise that NOLA had a few things to say about the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever. In addition to New Orleans newspaper _The Times-Picayune_ trolling the game on both its front page and sports page lead, Saints wide receivers Michael Thomas and Tedd Ginn Jr. took to Twitter to rip into the Rams’ performance. “Super Bowl? What Super Bowl?” the front-page headline read followed by the sports lead, “What do the Rams and the Saints have in common? Neither scored a touchdown in Super Bowl LIII.” > [](https://twitter.com/NOLAnews/status/1092287571097464833) > [](https://twitter.com/TGGivens/status/1092287692753289218) “Y’all better score more then 3 points in that new stadium,” Thomas tweeted, with Ginn Jr. adding, “Don’t cry now LA.” > [](https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1092251804828618753) > [](https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1092252136409313281) > [](https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1092255136192315392) > [](https://twitter.com/Cantguardmike/status/1092256696737640450) > [](https://twitter.com/TedGinnJr%5F19/status/1092256849217404928) > [](https://twitter.com/TedGinnJr%5F19/status/1092256958160273408) > [](https://twitter.com/TedGinnJr%5F19/status/1092257617114730498) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/"},"headline":"Here's How a Lot of New Orleans Saints Fans Trolled the Super Bowl","datePublished":"2019-02-04T15:59:52.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T01:04:22.000Z","description":"The Patriots defeated the Rams in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever","url":"https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/","keywords":["Newsfeed","NFL","onetime","Sports","Super Bowl 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34e8e9e4198594f/698944794ee262614f313ef1/super-bowl-53-low-scoring.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc34e8e9e4198594f/698944794ee262614f313ef1/super-bowl-53-low-scoring.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Super-Bowl-53-Low-Scoring","caption":"Jared Goff #16 of the Los Angeles Rams looks to pass during the second half against the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.","creditText":"Patrick Smith/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5520077/super-bowl-53-new-orleans-saints/","name":"Here's How a Lot of New Orleans Saints Fans Trolled the Super Bowl"}}]}] ```