New England Patriots seasons
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This is a list of seasons completed by the New England Patriots American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Patriots' franchise from 1960 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Boston Patriots were charter members of the American Football League in 1960, and became part of the NFL when the two leagues merged in 1970. They moved from Boston to Foxboro, Massachusetts in 1971, and changed their name to the New England Patriots.
The Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI, Super Bowl XXXVIII, and Super Bowl XXXIX. They also played in and lost Super Bowl XX, Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XLII, and the 1963 AFL Championship Game. In their 48-year history (through the 2007 season), they have an overall regular season record of 366 wins, 349 losses, and 9 ties. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games. They have made 15 postseason appearances, and have an overall postseason record of 21 wins and 13 losses. They are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from 1993 to 1996). Only one team has appeared in more Super Bowls than the Patriots' six: the Dallas Cowboys (eight); the Patriots are tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos.
- For complete team history, see History of the New England Patriots
- The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
| AFL Champions (1960–1969) | Super Bowl Champions (1966–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular Season | Post Season Results | Awards | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
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| 1960 | 1960 | AFL | Eastern | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1961 | 1961 | AFL | Eastern | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | AFL | Eastern | 2nd | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 1963 | 1963 | AFL | Eastern | T-1st[1] | 7 | 6 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoff Game (Bills) 26-8 Lost AFL Championship Game (Chargers) 51-10 |
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| 1964 | 1964 | AFL | Eastern | 2nd | 10 | 3 | 1 | Gino Cappelletti (AFL MVP) | ||
| 1965 | 1965 | AFL | Eastern | 3rd | 4 | 8 | 2 | |||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | Eastern | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 2 | Babe Parilli (ASG MVP) Mike Holovak (AFL COY) Jim Nance (AFL MVP) |
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| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | Eastern | 5th | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | Eastern | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | Eastern | T-3rd | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
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| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | East | T-3rd | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | East | T-4th | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | East | T-1st[2] | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 24-21 | Mike Haynes (Def. ROY) Chuck Fairbanks (AFC COY) |
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1978[3] | 1978 | NFL | AFC | East | T-1st[4] | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) 31-14 | |
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | East | T-4th | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1982[5] | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 7th | 5 | 4 | 0 | Lost First Round (Dolphins) 28-13 | ||
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | East | T-2nd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | East | T-2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 26-14 Won Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 27-20 Won Conference Championship (Dolphins) 31-14 Lost Super Bowl XX (Bears) 46-10 |
Raymond Berry (AFC COY) |
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 22-17 | |
| 1987[6] | 1987 | NFL | AFC | East | T-2nd | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | East | T-2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | John Stephens (Off. ROY) | |
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Leonard Russell (Off. ROY) | |
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | East | T-1st[7] | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Browns) 20-13 | Bill Parcells (NFL COY) |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Curtis Martin (Off. ROY) | |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 28-3 Won Conference Championship (Jaguars) 20-6 Lost Super Bowl XXXI (Packers) 35-21 |
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| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 17-3 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 7-6 |
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| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 25-10 | |
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | East | T-4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | East | T-1st[8] | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 16-13 (OT)[9] Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 24-17 Won Super Bowl XXXVI (1) (Rams) 20-17 |
Tom Brady (SB MVP) |
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | East | T-1st[10] | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Titans) 17-14 Won Conference Championship (Colts) 24-14 Won Super Bowl XXXVIII (2) (Panthers) 32-29 |
Tom Brady (SB MVP) Bill Belichick (NFL COY) |
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 20-3 Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 41-27 Won Super Bowl XXXIX (3) (Eagles) 24-21 |
Deion Branch (SB MVP) |
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 28-3 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 27-13 |
Tedy Bruschi (CBPOY) |
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 37-16 Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 24-21 Lost Conference Championship (Colts) 38-34 |
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| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 16 | 0 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) 31-20 Won Conference Championship (Chargers) 21-12 Lost Super Bowl XLII (Giants) 17-14 |
Bill Belichick (NFL COY) Tom Brady (NFL MVP) Tom Brady (NFL Offensive POTY) |
| Total | 366 | 349 | 9 | (1960–2007, includes only regular season) | ||||||
| 21 | 13 | (1960–2007, includes only playoffs) | ||||||||
| 387 | 362 | 9 | (1960–2007, includes both regular season and playoffs) | |||||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The AFL did not have a playoff tournament in 1963. The Patriots were tied for the Eastern Division lead with the Bills. A special one-game playoff was played to determine the divisional representative in the championship game.
- ^ The New England Patriots and Baltimore Colts finished the 1976 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Colts were given the Division Championship and the Patriots the Wild Card berth in the playoffs.
- ^ The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978.
- ^ The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1978 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Patriots were given the Division Championship and the Dolphins a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.
- ^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular seasons games to nine due to a players' strike. For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and eight teams from each conference were seeded one through eight based on their regular season records.
- ^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.
- ^ The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1994 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Dolphins were given the Division Championship and the Patriots a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.
- ^ The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 2001 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Patriots were given the Division Championship and the Dolphins a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.
- ^ The Snow Bowl
- ^ The Patriots, Jets, and Dolphins finished the season with identical records in 2002. By virtue of the tiebreaking procedures in place at the time, the Jets were given the Division Championship. Neither the Patriots nor the Dolphins qualified for the playoffs.
[edit] References
- New England Patriots (1960-present). Sports E-cyclopedia. Tank Productions (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- NFL History: Yearly Standings. NFL History. NFL Enterprises, LLC. (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- New England Patriots. databaseFootball.com. databaseSports.com (2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- New England Patriots History. Football @ JT-SW.com. John Troan (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
[edit] See also
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