The New England Patriots, or known as the “Pats” by most sports writers and fans, is a professional American football team that plays its home games in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Its original or former name is Boston Patriots after moving sites to where it is now.
The team is an original member of the American Football League (AFL), but joined the NFL in the 1970 merger. This team advanced to the playoffs four times before appearing in Super Bowl XX in January 1986 in which they lost. against the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997 in which they again lost to the Green Bay Packers.
The New England Patriots became the second team in NFL history between 2001 and 2005 after the Dallas Cowboys to win three Super Bowls in four years and the eighth to win consecutive Super Bowls. But the team was defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII after winning its first 18 games of the 2007 season. Because of Tom Brady’s strong performance at quarterback and his enthusiastic head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots they had the two longest winning streaks in NFL history with 18 game streaks in 2003-2004 and 21 games in 2006-2008. Their current coach, Bill Belichick, has made a significant contribution to the team’s three Super Bowl wins in four years and has a perfect 16-0 record in the 2007 regular season in which they became the fifth team in history. of the league that goes undefeated. in the regular season, and the only one since the league expanded its regular-season schedule to 16 games. After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team’s fourth Superbowl in seven years, they were defeated by the New York Giants.
This year 2009, one of the famous players recently inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame is James Solomon “Jim” Nance, who was a football fullback for the Boston Patriots during his time in the American Football League. This team will still leave a mark on football history.