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Playing in the Divisional Round against the Tennessee Titans, the Patriots hosted the coldest game (4 °F (2 °C), −12 °F (−7 °C) wind chill) in New England Patriots history. The Patriots won 17–14. The stadium also played host to the 2003 AFC Championship Game, in which the Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts 24–14. [48]
The stadium opened in August 1971 as Schaefer Stadium, [2] primarily as the home venue for the renamed New England Patriots of the National Football League. [1] The team was known as the Boston Patriots for its first eleven seasons 1960–70, [5] and had played in various stadiums in the Boston area.
Gillette Stadium: New England Patriots: Foxborough, Massachusetts: 66,829 FieldTurf CORE [10] Open 2002 [16] Hard Rock Stadium: Miami Dolphins: Miami Gardens, Florida: 65,326 Bermuda grass: Open 1987 [17] Highmark Stadium: Buffalo Bills: Orchard Park, New York: 71,608 A-Turf Titan 50 [18] Open 1973 [18] Huntington Bank Field: Cleveland Browns ...
The playing surface had been natural grass for 38 seasons. The New England Patriots installed FieldTurf midway into the 2006 NFL season. [4] The installation was made during a week when the team was on the road. In 2004, Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey installed FieldTurf where the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team plays.
The new stadium was supposed to be built on the Connecticut Convention Center site in downtown Hartford. However, when the Patriots completed the deal for Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, the Hartford stadium plan was scaled down and the location was moved to East Hartford. The current capacity of 40,000 can expand to 50,000 with ...
Grass New York Jets (New York Titans) MetLife Stadium (2010–present) New Meadowlands Stadium (2010) 2010–present: 82,500 [8] 2010 FieldTurf East Rutherford, New Jersey: Giants Stadium: 1984–2009: 79,469 [5] 1976 FieldTurf (2003–2010) Grass (2000–2002) AstroTurf (1976–1999) Shea Stadium: 1964–1983: 57,800 1964 Grass Queens, New ...
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The Ravens first met the New England Patriots in 1996, [156] but the rivalry truly started in 2007 when the Ravens suffered a bitter 27–24 loss in the Patriots' quest for perfection. [157] The rivalry began to escalate in 2009 when the Ravens lost to the Patriots 27–21 in a game that involved a confrontation between Patriots quarterback Tom ...