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About The Patriots
Billy Sullivan Jr., a Boston businessman with a strong sports
background, secured an AFL franchise on November 22, 1959. In keeping
with New England history, the nickname Patriots was selected by a
panel of Boston sportswriters after a contest to name the team. The
Boston team was involved in two significant "firsts" in 1960. On July
30, the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in the first AFL
pre-season game. Then, on September 9, they lost to the Denver
Broncos, 13-10, in the first-ever AFL regular-season game.
During the Patriots' first decade, finding a suitable playing home in
the Boston area was almost as urgent as putting a competitive team on
the field. The Patriots played at Boston University Field in 1960 and
1961 and at Harvard in 1962 and again in 1970. From 1963 to 1969, the
Patriots played at Fenway Park, home to baseball's Red Sox. In 1971,
the team changed its name from the Boston Patriots to the New England
Patriots and finally found a permanent home in Foxboro, Mass.
In spite of their stadium problems, the Patriots were frequent
contenders during their AFL days. Mike Holovak, who replaced Lou Saban
midway into the 1961 season, is the winningest coach in team history,
with a 53-47-9 record. His best season was 1963, when the Patriots
defeated Buffalo, 26-8, in a one-game playoff for the AFL East crown.
New England lost the championship game to San Diego, 51-10.
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Holovak didn't have many star players around whom to build a team.
Nevertheless, Gino Cappelletti, the team's place kicker and ace wide
receiver, became the AFL's all-time leading scorer with 1,100
points, 252 coming on touchdown catches and the remainder on
kicking. Running Back Jim Nance won AFL rushing championships in
1966, when he rushed for an AFL record 1,458 yards, and 1967, when
he rushed for 1,216 yards.
After the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, the Patriots suffered through a
string of losing seasons. But in the late 1970's, they became
serious contenders once again. The 1976 Patriots finished 11-3 and
lost a close game in the first round of the playoffs to the
eventual-Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders. They won the AFC
Eastern championship in 1978 and finished a close second in 1979.
In 1984, Raymond Berry took over as coach and led the Patriots to a
51-41-0 record over the next five and a half years. Berry's 1985
team had an 11-5 record, earned a wild-card playoff berth. New
England won three playoff games on the road and advanced to the
Super Bowl for the first time in team history. New England lost
Super Bowl XX, 46-10, to the Chicago Bears. The game marked the end
of guard John Hannah's career. In 1991, Hannah became the first
Patriot to be elected to the Hall of Fame.
In recent years, New England ownership has changed often, from
Sullivan to Victor K. Kiam II in 1988, to James B. Orthwein in 1992
and finally to Robert Kraft in 1994. With highly-regarded coach Bill
Parcells in charge, the Patriots won the AFC Championship in 1996
and earned a trip to their second Super Bowl.
Bill Belichick returned to New England when Patriots owner Robert
Kraft named him the 14th head coach in Patriots history on Jan. 27,
2000. Belichick, who was a defensive assistant and assistant head
coach for the Patriots when the team won a conference title in 1996,
took over and quickly molded the Patriots into one of the elite
teams in the NFL. On Feb. 3, 2002, he became the first head coach in
the franchise?s 42-year history to lead the team to a league title,
AFL or NFL, with a dramatic 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in
Super Bowl XXXVI. Then, on Feb. 1, 2004, after the Patriots defeated
the Carolina Panthers, 32-29, in Super Bowl XXXVIII. He became just
the sixth head coach in NFL history to win two Super Bowls in a
three year span.
The Super Bowl XXXVIII victory improved Belichick?s record in the
playoffs to 6-0 since joining the Patriots in 2000 and gave him
seven career playoff victories in eight postseason games. His
current six-game postseason win streak is the third longest in NFL
history. To put that into perspective, consider that in the
franchise?s first 40 seasons, the team had only won seven of its 17
playoff games. Belichick?s three playoff victories last season
improved his career winning percentage in the playoffs to .875. The
only coach to enjoy a better rate of success in the playoffs is the
coach whose name is now emblazoned on the Super Bowl trophy, Vince
Lombardi. Lombardi won nine of his 10 playoff appearances, including
the league?s first two Super Bowl titles while coaching the Green
Bay Packers.
Patriots Tickets
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Patriots Tickets can be purchased online or by calling our toll free
number (866) 248-9054. We specialize in providing tickets in a wide
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