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The 2007 season was the New England Patriots' 38th in the National Football League (NFL), their 48th overall and their eighth under head coach Bill Belichick.The Patriots improved on their 12–4 record from 2006 and won the AFC East for the sixth time in seven years by winning all 16 of their games.
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 Patriots were awarded the Division Championship ...
The New England Patriots became the first team to complete the regular season undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978. Four weeks after the playoffs began on January 5, 2008, the Patriots' bid for a perfect season was dashed when they lost to the New York Giants 17–14 in Super Bowl XLII , the league ...
The 2007 Patriots' 18-1 record is tied for the most wins in a single season in NFL history. They are joined by the 1985 Chicago Bears and 1984 San Francisco 49ers. They are joined by the 1985 ...
2007-2008: Super Bowl XLI ended poorly for the Patriots, when they lose the championship game to Eli Manning and the New York Giants after maintaining a perfect record throughout the season ...
The Patriots set what was then a record for points scored with 589 that year (since bested by Peyton Manning and the 2013 Denver Broncos). Since that time, 14 of the 22 highest-scoring teams of ...
The first contest being the following year during the 2002 season in Oakland, with the Raiders winning 27–20; they met in the 2005 season opener in New England with the Patriots ruining Randy Moss' debut as a Raider 30–20; the Patriots defeated the Raiders 49–26 in December 2008 in Bill Belichick's 100th regular-season win as Patriots ...
During the 2010 off-season, the Patriots drafted Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett. [371] The team also made two trades for defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth and wide receiver Chad Ochocinco. [372] [373] In the first game of the 2011 season, the Patriots played the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football, and New England won 38–24. [374]