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c The Patriots and the Baltimore Colts finished tied. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on a better division record (7–1 to Patriots' 6–2). [32] d The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978. [33] e The Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1978 season with the same record. However ...
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 ...
The team was renamed the New England Patriots on March 22, 1971, to reflect its new location. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] The original choice, Bay State Patriots was rejected by the NFL. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The stadium, to be known as Schaefer Stadium , was built at a cost of about $6.2 million in only 327 days. [ 32 ]
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 ...
Brady's return to New England became the second most-watched Sunday Night Football game on NBC. [41] The broadcast also scored a 43.8 rating and 70 share in Boston, making it the city's second-biggest audience for a regular season Patriots game after New England clinched their undefeated season against the New York Giants in 2007. [42]
The 2003 season was the New England Patriots' 34th in the National Football League (NFL), their 44th overall, and their fourth under head coach Bill Belichick.They finished with a league-best and franchise-best 14–2 record before advancing to and winning Super Bowl XXXVIII.
The 2012 season was the New England Patriots' 43rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their 53rd overall. The Patriots did not improve upon their 13–3 record from 2011, finishing at 12–4, but did win the AFC East for the fourth season in a row, and a first-round bye as one of the top two seeds in the AFC for the third consecutive year.
But despite the Patriots' success in the playoffs, they proved unable to compete with the acclaimed 15–1 Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX, losing 46–10 in what was at the time the most lopsided defeat in Super Bowl history. The Patriots were held to a Super Bowl record of just 7 rushing yards and their quarterbacks, Tony Eason and Steve ...