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The 2008 season was the New England Patriots' 39th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 49th overall. The Patriots were defending AFC champions. Despite finishing the regular season with an 11–5 record, the Patriots did not qualify for the playoffs—becoming the first 11-win team since the expansion to a 12-team playoff in 1990 to miss the playoffs, as well as only the second ...
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Since their founding in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, over 1,000 players, including 10 Pro Football Hall of Famers have played for the team. [1] Of those players, eight have had their uniform numbers officially retired by the organization. [2]
The team became part of the NFL when the two leagues merged in 1970. The following year, they moved from Boston to nearby Foxborough, and changed their name to the New England Patriots. [2] The modern NFL championship game, the Super Bowl, was founded in the 1966 season; the first four were contested between the champions of the AFL and the NFL ...
As the Patriots' primary quarterback in the AFL, Babe Parilli led them to the 1963 championship The Patriots drafted Jim Plunkett first overall in 1971, but traded him after five seasons Steve Grogan set the season record for quarterback rushing touchdowns in 1976, which stood for 35 years Drew Bledsoe helped transform the Patriots into playoff contenders during the 1990s Considered the ...
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 2024 NFL season.
Jim Kelly, the first player to have his jersey number (12) officially retired by the Buffalo Bills, is seen here in 2010 Otto Graham, whose number 14 was retired by the Browns, at his new job, as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Athletic Director in 1959 Jim Brown's #32 was retired by the Browns after his 9-years tenure on the franchise Lenny Moore, whose number 24 was retired by the Colts, poses ...
The former linebacker played for New England for eight years between 2001 and 2008, winning the Super Bowl three times and being named a First-Team All-Pro.
Quarterback Drew Bledsoe, drafted in 1993, was the most recent Patriots player to be drafted first overall. He spent nine seasons with the team, during which time he was a four-time Pro Bowler and led the league in passing once. He is a member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston metropolitan ...