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This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the New England Patriots franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Babe Parilli was the franchise's first longtime starter, leading the Patriots to their only playoff berth and championship game appearance while a member of the American Football League (AFL). Following the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, Jim Plunkett was drafted by the Patriots first overall to become the starting quarterback, but an unsuccessful ...
This category is for NFL players that played for the New England Patriots. There are separate categories for each era of the franchise: Category:Boston Patriots players (1960–1970) Category:New England Patriots players (1971–) Players should be included in each category that applies.
Until 2005. Cappelletti was the Patriots all-time leading scorer and remains third on their all-time points list. [5] Hunt played defensive tackle for 11 seasons with the Patriots, making the AFL All-Star team four times, All-AFL second team four times, and the Boston Patriots All-1960s Team. [6]
Looking at the Patriots' entire roster with jersey numbers.
The following Patriots were named to the AFL All-Time Team (1960–1969), as well any NFL all-decade team after the AFL–NFL merger in 1970 (and NFL 75th and 100th Anniversary All-Time Teams, selected in 1994 and 2019, respectively). [227] Only those who spent time with New England during the respective decades are listed for all-decade team ...
The team began as the Boston Patriots in the American Football League, a league which merged with the National Football League before the 1970 season. [1] There have been 15 head coaches for the Patriots franchise. Lou Saban became the first coach of the Patriots in 1960, although he was fired part way through their second season. [2]
The Boston Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in an AFL Eastern Division playoff game in 1963 and made it to the AFL Championship for the first time, but lost to the San Diego Chargers 51–10. [15] [16] During the 1963 season, nine Patriots made the AFL All-star team, including Gino Cappelletti, Nick Buoniconti, and Babe Parilli. [17]