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New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats" by sports writers and fans, are a professional American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The owners changed the name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating the team to Foxborough in 1971.

An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of those leagues. The team advanced to the playoffs four times before appearing in Super Bowl XX in January 1986, losing to the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997, losing to the Green Bay Packers.

Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in four years and the eighth to win consecutive Super Bowls. In 2007, the Patriots became only the second team in the modern era of the NFL to complete a perfect regular season with a record of 16-0, and the first team to do so since the introduction of the 16-game season.

On November 16, 1959, Boston business executive Billy Sullivan was awarded the eighth and final franchise of the developing American Football League (AFL). The following winter, locals were allowed to submit ideas for the Boston football team's official name. The most popular choice and the one that Sullivan selected was "Boston Patriots". Immediately thereafter, Phil Bissell developed the "Pat Patriot" logo.

Training camp started on July 4, 1960, two months prior to the franchise's first game. On September 9, 1960, the Boston Patriots played the Denver Broncos in the first-ever AFL regular season game. The Patriots missed the AFL playoffs for their first three seasons. However, in 1963 the Patriots reached the AFL Championship for the first time. The Patriots failed to make it to the AFL playoffs for the rest of the decade. During this period, Patriots running back Jim Nance was named the American Football League's MVP in 1966.

The Patriots' second decade began with significant changes. In 1970, the Patriots' franchise joined the NFL pursuant to the merger of the AFL and NFL that had been agreed to three years earlier. The Patriots were merged into the American Football Conference (AFC), where they remain to the present day. However, the Patriots' first season as part of the NFL resulted in a record of 2-12, giving them sole possession of the newly merged league's worst record. Finally, the Patriots moved into a new stadium in Foxborough (also known as Foxboro). The stadium, initially named Schaefer Stadium, became Sullivan Stadium in 1983 and ultimately Foxboro Stadium in 1990.

A subpar 1999 season followed in which the Patriots jumped to a 6-2 record but collapsed after their bye week to finish 8-8. The second half of the season resulted in Carroll's firing. After Carroll was fired, Bill Belichick, hand-picked to be Parcells' successor with the Jets, quit after one day as Jets head coach to join New England. In New England's first Super Bowl victory, Brady drove his team 48 yards in 1:21 with no timeouts to set up the winning field goal, and was selected Super Bowl MVP. An estimated 1.5 million people turned out in Boston for the Patriots' first victory parade. In the 2002 offseason, Bledsoe was traded, in an unusual move, within the division, to the Buffalo Bills.

The 2006 off-season saw the departure and arrival of several personnel. The team finished the 2006 regular season with a 12-4 record and won the AFC East for the fourth consecutive time. During the 2007 offseason, the Patriots traded for wide receiver Randy Moss of the Oakland Raiders and signed linebacker Adalius Thomas of the Baltimore Ravens.

The 2007 New England Patriots season kicked off against the Jets. During the game, NFL security confiscated a video camera and its tape from a New England Patriots video assistant, Matt Estrella, who was filming the Jets coaching staff's play signals on the team's sideline, a violation of league rules. On September 13, Belichick was fined $500,000, and the Patriots fined $250,000. Additionally, the Patriots will forfeit their first-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft because they reached the playoffs.

The Patriots finished the 2007 season with a 38-35 win over the New York Giants on December 29, making their record 16-0. The team's on-field performance and attendance has drastically improved since Robert Kraft bought the team in 1994. Since Kraft, the Patriots have won the AFC East eight times, made the playoffs nine times and have been to the Super Bowl on four occasions, winning three. From the 1996 season onward, every Patriots home game has sold out, both at Foxboro and Gillette stadiums, including preseason games.

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