The Patriots were not yet finished, however.

Brady and the Patriots finished the year at 9 – 7, tied with the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins for the best record in the division ; however, the Jets won the division on the third tiebreaker, and the Patriots missed the playoffs.

In the playoffs, Brady led the Patriots to a 28 – 3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the wild card round ; however, on January 14, 2006, the Patriots lost 27 – 13 to the Denver Broncos at INVESCO Field.

The Patriots and Colts had faced each other twice in the previous three postseasons at Foxborough ; this game, however, was played at Indianapolis.

The Patriots led at halftime, 21 – 6 ; however, the Colts staged a comeback, resulting in a last minute interception thrown by Brady, and a Patriots loss.

WBZ's sports commitment also included the return of the Boston Bruins Radio Network to the station in 1995 ; however, the station lost the New England Patriots to WBCN ( 104. 1 FM, now occupied by WBMX ) starting with the 1995 season, and for several seasons afterward WBZ was an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network.

After receiving intelligence on the oncoming attack, Ferguson elected to retreat to the safety of Lord Cornwallis ' host ; however, the Patriots caught up with the Loyalists at Kings Mountain on the border with South Carolina.

The Green Bay Packers, coached by Vince Lombardi, picked Morris as their number two draft choice, however Morris chose to go with the Boston Patriots instead and he was signed on as their third pick.

Under these conditions, the Patriots did not match the offer however they received the Jets ' first and third round selections in the 1998 NFL Draft as compensation after filing a complaint with the NFL management council claiming the offer sheet violated the terms of the league's collective bargaining agreement at the time.

The following season, the team made the playoffs as a wild card ; however, the season was ended with a 28 – 3 loss to the New England Patriots.

( Despite the Jets – Patriots rivalry becoming more intense during the show's run than the Dolphins – Jets rivalry, it was never mentioned on the show ; however, the Monday Night Miracle did take place during the show's third season.

As an example, if the Buffalo Bills are losing to the New England Patriots by over 20 points in the fourth quarter, most of the CBS stations carrying that game can be switched to another game ; however, WBZ-TV Boston and WIVB Buffalo must carry the New England / Buffalo game to conclusion as they are in the two markets whose local teams are playing.

Ultimately, however, the Patriots decided not to use such an offer and traded their 2007 second-and seventh-round draft picks to the Dolphins for Welker.

The Panthers were then headed to their first Super Bowl in team history, to be played against the New England Patriots.

The nature of this rivalry is ironic because while the Colts and Patriots were division rivals from 1970 to 2001, it did not become prominent in league circles until after Indianapolis was relocated to the AFC South.

However, in the divisional round, the Jaguars fell to the then-undefeated New England Patriots ; the teams were tied at halftime, but the Patriots pulled ahead and won 31 – 20.

When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, the Patriots were placed in the AFC East division, where they still play today.

After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19 – 0 season.

The Jets were featured in the first NFL playoff game in the stadium's history, falling to the Patriots on December 28, 1985.

The Patriots returned the favor in 1985 when the Jets lost to New England 26 – 14 in the wild card round ; the Patriots went on to Super Bowl XX where they were defeated by the Bears.

The Patriots ( 18 – 0 ) entered the Super Bowl undefeated and were 12 point favorites going into game weekend.

( The Baltimore Colts were favored by 17 over the New York Jets in Super Bowl III, and the St. Louis Rams were favored by 14 over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI.

The Patriots were allowing Bradshaw to get the touchdown so they would get the ball with some time remaining.

They were second to the Colts in passing yards per game ( 282. 4 ), second to the Patriots in points scored per game ( 27. 6 ), 1st in passing yards allowed per game ( 177. 8 ), 4th in rushing yards allowed per game ( 93. 8 ), and tied for 2nd in sacks ( 47 ).

The Patriots were considered a cinderella team during the 1985 season, and posted an 11-5 regular season record, but entered the playoffs as a wild card because of tiebreakers.

But the Patriots were eventually held to negative yardage (- 19 ) throughout the entire first half, and finished with just 123 total yards from scrimmage, the second lowest total yards in Super Bowl history, behind the Minnesota Vikings ( 119 total yards ) in Super Bowl IX.

The Patriots were a cinderella team during the 1985 season because many sports writers and fans thought they were lucky to make the Super Bowl at all.

The Patriots were also considered a losing team for much of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including a dismal 1 – 15 regular season record in 1990.

Although the Patriots posted a 5-11 regular season record during Parcells ' first year, eight of their losses were by 7 points or fewer.

The Packers were favored to win the game by 14 points, largely because many thought the Patriots were a Cinderella team, and because of the recent dominance of the NFC in Super Bowl games.

The Patriots ' physical play led Rams coach Mike Martz to say after the game that the Patriots were " a Super Bowl – caliber team.

On October 16, 2011, the Cowboys wore their road blue jerseys against the New England Patriots for the first time since December 27, 2009, against the Redskins ; the Patriots defeated the Cowboys 20 – 16.

On November 4, 2007 the Patriots defeated the Colts 24 – 20 ; in the next matchup on November 2, 2008, the Colts won 18 – 15 in a game that was one of the reasons the Patriots failed to make the playoffs ; in the 2009 meeting, the Colts staged a spirited comeback to beat the Patriots 35 – 34 ; in the most recent 2010 game, the Colts almost staged another comeback, pulling within 31 – 28 after trailing 31 – 14 in the fourth quarter, but fell short due to a Patriots interception of a Manning pass late in the game.

The Giants defeated the Patriots 17 – 14 in Super Bowl XLII, capped by the famous " Manning to Tyree " pass.

The Bears defeated the Patriots by the score of 46 – 10.

The Raiders defeated the New England Patriots, 24 – 21, with the aid of a penalty call against the Patriots.

The Packers defeated the Patriots by the score of 35 – 21, winning their third overall Super Bowl victory, and their first since Super Bowl II.

The Patriots then defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars, 20 – 6, in the AFC Championship Game.

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Denver Broncos, 27-10 in Super Bowl XII, the Oakland Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in Super Bowl XV, the Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots, 46-10 in Super Bowl XX and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos 55-10 in Super Bowl XXIV.

In one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history, the 14-point underdog Patriots defeated the Rams by the score of 20 – 17, to win the franchise's first ever Super Bowl.

In the AFC, the Patriots defeated the Oakland Raiders 16 – 13 in the final game at Foxboro Stadium played in a driving New England snowstorm.

Opening their new ballpark called The Sandcastle on May 20, the Surf was defeated by the Somerset Patriots by a score of 8 to 5.

The Patriots defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters with a score of 6 to 5, in the day game of a day / night doubleheader.

The Patriots were defeated and Willem V was restored in his position as Stadtholder.

** Hunter Patriots, the rebels defeated in the Patriot War

The figure was offered in 1986, the same year the Bears defeated the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl.

In 1781, Robeson and 70 Patriots defeated an army of 400 Loyalists at the Battle of Elizabethtown.