New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area.
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48 Facts About New England Patriots
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The New England Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston until the franchise moved to Foxborough in 1971.
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New England Patriots hold the records for most Super Bowl wins, appearances, and losses .
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The following year, the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which would serve as their home for the next 30 years.
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Under Belichick and Brady, the New England Patriots became one of the most consistently dominant teams in the NFL, with many describing the team as a "dynasty".
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New England Patriots original helmet logo was a simple tricorne hat, used only for the 1960 season.
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From 1961 to 1992, the New England Patriots used a logo of a Revolutionary War minuteman hiking a football.
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In 1979, the Patriots worked with NFL Properties to design a new, streamlined logo, to replace the complex Pat Patriot logo.
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The New England Patriots originally wore red jerseys with white block numbering at home, and white jerseys with red block numbering on the road.
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In 1979, the New England Patriots began the first of many sporadic runs of wearing red pants with the white jerseys.
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New England Patriots underwent a complete identity overhaul before the 1993 season, starting with the introduction of the aforementioned "Flying Elvis" logo.
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In 1995, the New England Patriots switched the block numbers to a more modern rounded number font with a dropshadow.
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The New England Patriots were one of the first adopters of custom numbers, a trend that would grow drastically over the next 20 years.
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In 2000, the New England Patriots then became one of the few teams at the time to drop the rounded numbers and switch back to block numbers.
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On two consecutive home games that season, the New England Patriots wore blue tops with their road blue pants and white socks; they lost both games .
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In 1994, the New England Patriots wore the "Pat Patriot" helmets and plain white striped pants from two seasons prior as alternates as part of the NFL's 75th-anniversary celebration.
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The New England Patriots reintroduced a red jersey as their alternate, complemented with the old-style "Pat Patriot" helmet.
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In 2003, the New England Patriots changed their alternate to a silver jersey with blue pants.
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The Patriots temporarily retired their alternate red uniforms in 2013, thanks to a new NFL rule outlawing throwback alternate helmets, and restricting teams to one helmet shell only.
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In 2016, the New England Patriots took part in the NFL's Color Rush program, wearing monochrome navy uniforms on September 22 against the Houston Texans.
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New England Patriots hold training camp and practices just outside of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, with twin practice fields available for team use.
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From 1960 to 1961, then from 1969 to 1975, the New England Patriots held training camp at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Between 1962 and 1968, the New England Patriots held training camp at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
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New England Patriots first played the Miami Dolphins in 1966 in the AFL, when Miami was one of two expansion teams to debut that year in that league.
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The Broncos' rivalry with the New England Patriots later intensified when longtime Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning became the Broncos' starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015.
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The game was won by the New England Patriots and marred by a chaotic rumble between the teams in the end zone as players were leaving the field after the game.
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Late in the game, an incomplete pass, ruled a fumble, by quarterback Tom Brady was overturned, and the New England Patriots went on to win in overtime and eventually won the Super Bowl against the heavily favored St Louis Rams.
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Since that game, the New England Patriots have won five of the last six regular-season contests between the two teams.
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Under head coach Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots have employed specific on-field and off-field strategies.
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New England Patriots are noted for the following characteristics under coach Belichick's tenure, dubbed as the "Patriot Way":.
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New England Patriots have won eleven AFC Championships, the record for the most conference championships all-time in the NFL.
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New England Patriots have won 22 Division Championships, which is second place for the most all-time behind the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys, who are tied in first with 24.
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New England Patriots have had four owners since becoming a franchise, the first being Massachusetts native Billy Sullivan from 1959 to 1988.
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Kraft used his ownership of the stadium to stage a hostile takeover, offering to pay $175 million for the New England Patriots franchise knowing that Orthwein no longer wanted the team if he could not move it to St Louis.
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New England Patriots would have been responsible for any legal expenses as well, and Kraft had already made it clear that he would go to court to enforce the lease.
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Since then, the New England Patriots have appeared in ten Super Bowls, have won six, and had numerous league records established by the franchise.
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New England Patriots have had 14 head coaches throughout their history as a franchise.
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New England Patriots has been widely considered one of the greatest coaches of all time, and was named a member of the NFL 100th All-Time Anniversary Team, due to his countless accomplishments with the Patriots.
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New England Patriots has specifically led the Patriots to 17 AFC East division titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, with a record six wins.
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New England Patriots is one of only three head coaches who have won six NFL titles.
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For compensation, the New England Patriots gave the Jets their first round pick in the 2000 NFL draft, where even without their first round pick, the New England Patriots would coincidentally draft Tom Brady in the sixth round, widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time and the NFL's greatest draft steal.
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New England Patriots's was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2021 as a contributor.
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The New England Patriots has commemorated the game with an exhibit at the Hall at Patriot Place within Gillette Stadium, where the plow itself hangs from the ceiling.
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The Wells Report found that balls provided by the New England Patriots, who were the home team, indeed had less pressure on average than the balls provided by the Colts.
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