Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

In 1977 Baltimore tied for first for the third straight year ( in 1976 they tied with the now-New England Patriots ) with Miami, and this time advanced to the playoffs on even slimmer pretenses, with a conference record of 9 – 3 compared to Miami's 8 – 4, as they had split the season series.

The Patriots ' time in the AFL saw them struggle most years as they never had a regular home stadium.

During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 — as a wild card-team — and in 1978 — as AFC East champions.

From 2003 through 2008, the New England Patriots had a " light " jersey ( their alternate, a bright metallic silver ) that isn't white in which the other team would wear their colored, or " dark " jerseys against them since the third jersey rule was implemented in the NFL in 2002.

The rivalry was relatively docile in its early years until 1966 when the Jets removed the Patriots, who had hopes of appearing in Super Bowl I, from playoff contention with a 38 – 28 defeat at Shea Stadium.

The Patriots also had an outstanding offensive line, led by Pro Bowl tackle Brian Holloway and future Hall of Fame guard John Hannah.

The Patriots had lost to Miami there 18 consecutive times, including a 30-27 loss in their 15th game of the season.

Patriots coach Raymond Berry then replaced Eason with Steve Grogan, who had spent the previous week hoping he would have the opportunity to step on to NFL's biggest stage.

After the Patriots received the second half opening kickoff, they managed to get one first down, but then had to punt after Grogan was sacked twice.

But the Patriots defense still had no ability to stop Chicago's offense.

One irony in the Bears victory was that Payton had a relatively poor performance running the ball and never scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XX, his first and only Super Bowl appearance during his Hall of Fame career ( Many people including Mike Ditka have claimed that the reason for this due to the fact that the Patriots defensive scheme was centered around stopping Walter Payton ).

In addition, the Redskins set new NFL records with 541 points ( since broken by the 1998 Minnesota Vikings and 2007 New England Patriots ), a givaway / takaway ratio of + 43, and had the top rated rush – defense.

The Patriots ' chances for a Super Bowl appearance seemed bleak shortly after the season had begun.

Behind them, the Patriots had 3 outstanding linebackers: Mike Vrabel ( 2 interceptions, 3 sacks ), Willie McGinest ( 5 sacks ), and Tedy Bruschi ( 2 interceptions ).

The following year's " Lindy's Pro Football Annual " reported had fan voting not been a contribution in the game, Patriots ' cornerback Ty Law would have won the award.

Harvard law professor and Creative Commons board member Lawrence Lessig had called for a constitutional convention in a September 24 – 25, 2011 conference co-chaired by the Tea Party Patriots ' national coordinator, in Lessig's October 5 book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress – and a Plan to Stop It, and at the Occupy protest in Washington, DC.

Only a few years later, the French Revolution began, which embraced many of the political ideas that the Patriots had espoused in their own revolt.

Motley did not get to deal explicitly with the Batavian Republic, but the way his collaborator William Elliot Griffis dismissed the Patriots speaks for itself :"... whether under the name of the ' Batavian Republic ', the Kingdom of Holland, or the provinces of the French empire, the French occupation was virtually a French conquest that had little permanent influence on Dutch history or character.

The " Patriots " name refers to the Middlebrook encampment where the first official flag of the United States was unfurled, after a law to adopt a national flag had been passed by Congress on June 14, 1777.

The population of Newport had divided loyalties and many pro independence " Patriots " left town while loyalist " Tories " remained.

Known as the " Isle of 8 Flags ", it has had the flags of the following nations flown over it since 1562: France, Spain, Great Britain, Spain ( again ), the Patriots of Amelia Island, the Green Cross of Florida, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, and the United States.

From there, Favre led the Packers all the way to the New England 37, but the Patriots made a key defensive stand, stopping Green Bay running back Dorsey Levens for no gain on third down and one, and then tackling him again for a 7-yard loss on a fourth down conversion attempt.

While the Patriots possessed the ball, trailing the Raiders 13 – 10 with under two minutes left in regulation and no time outs, Tom Brady was sacked by defensive back Charles Woodson, and appeared to fumble the ball.

The Patriots committed no turnovers.

The new constitution addressed many of the reformist concerns of the Patriots since 1785 ( no hereditary offices ; no sinecures ; accountability of officials ).

Governor Mason met with the Patriots at Gibraltar on February 12, again to no avail.

Casualties are uncertain, with the British commander claiming no deaths on either side but other reports claiming 5 British dead and 15 wounded and at least 5 Patriots wounded, some of whom required amputations of their arms.

The score was tied with 1: 21 left in the Super Bowl and the Patriots were at their own 15 — with no timeouts — when sportscaster and Super Bowl-winning coach John Madden said he thought the Patriots should run out the clock and try to win the game in overtime.

This was because the Patriots received no funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the town of Foxborough.

With a new defensive coordinator in Eric Mangini and no named offensive coordinator, the Patriots went 10 – 6 in 2005 and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Wild Card round before losing to the Denver Broncos in the divisional round.

" Tarleton's quarter ," meaning no quarter would be offered to British and Loyalist soldiers, became a rallying cry for American Patriots for the rest of the war especially at the massacre by American troops on loyalist forces at the Battle of Kings Mountain, 7 October 1780, where all the participants save for one British officer were colonists.

Following a game in which the Patriots defeated the Redskins 52-7, Godfrey accused Belichick of showing the Redskins " no respect " because the Patriots continued to call deep passing plays despite leading 38-0 entering the fourth quarter.

Since he was hired in 1999, no other franchise has earned more divisional playoff round appearances ( 7 ) and only Bill Belichick's New England Patriots have exceeded Philadelphia's ( 5 ) conference championship game appearances with ( 6 ).

In 1971, a portion of the Young Patriots attempted to build a national organization, renamed the Patriot Party, no relation to the right-wing group of the same name.

In a 2004 game, the New England Patriots used no down linemen and seven linebackers for two plays against the Miami Dolphins.

The Patriots limited Manning to 238 passing yards with 1 interception and no touchdowns, and Edgerrin James to just 39 rushing yards.

The Patriots converted four Pittsburgh turnovers into 24 points, while committing no turnovers themselves.

The drive ended with no points when Vinatieri missed a 44-yard field goal attempt, but on the next play, safety Rodney Harrison intercepted a pass from McNair and returned it 7 yards to the Patriots 43-yard line.

In 1976 and 1977 the Pirates became the Patriots, but the name change still had no effect on the team's play as the team failed to post a winning record and watched attendance plunge.

* Super Bowl I – As previously mentioned, the first ever Super Bowl is the only Super Bowl to have been broadcast in the United States by two television networks simultaneously ( no other NFL game was subsequently carried nationally on more than one network until December 29, 2007, when the New England Patriots faced the New York Giants on NBC, CBS, and the NFL Network ).