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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 in Super Bowl XLII , the league championship game ...
The 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots are safe for another year. Since the 1970 NFL -AFL merger, those two teams were the only ones ever to go undefeated during the regular season.
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 ...
Additionally, this gave Brady a 6.25:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio on the year, a new single season NFL record (Brady himself would shatter this record again three seasons later). The Patriots converted the subsequent two-point attempt, their only two-point attempt of the season, on a Maroney rush to take a 31–28 lead with 11:15 remaining.
Brady's 2007 season stands the test of time and quarterback brilliance — and it indelibly changed the NFL.
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]