1 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 5 ; ▁New ▁Orleans ▁followed ▁from ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁On ▁January ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁two ▁N FC ▁South ▁teams ▁( the ▁Carolina ▁Pan thers ▁and ▁New ▁Orleans ▁Sain ts ) ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁play offs ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁the ▁division ' s ▁creation ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁Before ▁then , ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁division ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁who ▁had ▁never ▁had ▁teams ▁face ▁off ▁against ▁each ▁other ▁in ▁the ▁post season . ▁ ▁Division ▁line ups ▁▁ ▁Place ▁cursor ▁over ▁year ▁for ▁division ▁champ ▁or ▁Super ▁Bowl ▁team . ▁ ▁Division ▁champions ▁ ▁Wild ▁Card ▁qual ifiers ▁ ▁Total ▁Play off ▁Ber th s ▁( N FC ▁South ▁records ▁since ▁the ▁division ' s ▁creation ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁results ▁ ▁Sch edule ▁rotation ▁ ▁Post season ▁odd ities ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁team ▁that ▁placed ▁last ▁in ▁the ▁division ▁the ▁previous ▁year ▁would ▁improve ▁enough ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁play offs , ▁usually ▁by ▁winning ▁the ▁division . ▁T ampa ▁Bay ▁almost ▁continued ▁this ▁tr end ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁stopped ▁only ▁by ▁losing ▁a ▁tie bre aker ▁to ▁Green ▁Bay . ▁ ▁Carolina ▁finished ▁last ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁( 7 – 9 ) ▁and ▁finished ▁first ▁in ▁ 2 0