Global InformationNew England Patriots information
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| Established November 16, 1959[1] First season: 1960 Play in and headquartered in Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts | |||||
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American Football League (1960–1969)
National Football League (1970–present)
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| Team colors | Nautical blue, red, new century silver, white[2][3][4] | ||||
| Fight song | "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" | ||||
| Mascot | Pat Patriot | ||||
| Personnel | |||||
| Owner(s) | Robert Kraft | ||||
| CEO | Robert Kraft | ||||
| President | Jonathan Kraft | ||||
| General manager | Eliot Wolf (de facto) | ||||
| Head coach | Jerod Mayo | ||||
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| Championships | |||||
League championships (6)
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Conference championships (11)
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Division championships (22)
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| Playoff appearances (28) | |||||
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The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. The Patriots compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Patriots play home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Boston. The franchise is owned by Robert Kraft, who purchased the team in 1994.[13][14] As of 2023, the Patriots are tied for the third most valuable sports team in the world[15] and have sold out every home game since 1994.[16][17]
Founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, the team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger. The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston, including Fenway Park from 1963 to 1969[18] until the franchise moved to Foxborough in 1971. As part of the move, the team changed its name to the New England Patriots. Home games were played at Foxboro Stadium until 2002 when the stadium was demolished alongside the opening of Gillette Stadium. The team began utilizing Gillette Stadium for home games the same year.
The Patriots hold the records for most Super Bowl wins (6, tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers), appearances (11), and losses (5, tied with the Denver Broncos). Generally unsuccessful prior to the 21st century, the franchise enjoyed a period of dominance under head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady from 2001 to 2019.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] The Brady–Belichick era, regarded as one of the greatest sports dynasties, would see the Patriots claim nearly every major Super Bowl record.[27][28][29][30][25][31] Other NFL records held by the franchise include the most playoff wins (37), the most wins in a 10-year period (126 from 2003 to 2012), the longest winning streak of regular season and playoff games (21 from October 2003 to October 2004), the most consecutive winning seasons (19 from 2001 to 2019), the most consecutive conference championship appearances (8 from 2011 to 2018), the most consecutive division titles (11 from 2009 to 2019), the only undefeated 16-game regular season (2007), and the highest postseason winning percentage (.638).
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Exactly what do colors Nautical Blue and New Century Silver look like? Find out Saturday evening, May 27, right here on Patriots.com. We'll show you exactly what the new uniforms look like after they are unveiled at the WBCN River Rave concert at Foxboro stadium.
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Poor Boston fans. After years of being the Evil Empire, they watched their Golden Boy move to Tampa and bring all that success with him.
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