The New England Patriots AMAZING history, often called the "Pats", are a professional footy team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Footy Conference (AFC) in the National Footy League (NFL). The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971, although Foxborough is a suburb of Boston, 22 miles (35 km) away.
An original member of the American Footy League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of those leagues. The team advanced to the playoffs times before appearing in Tremendous Bowl XX in January 1986, losing to the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Tremendous Bowl XXXI in January 1997, losing to the Green Bay Packers.Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history (after the Dallas Cowboys) to win Tremendous Bowls in years (Tremendous Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX), and the eighth to win consecutive Tremendous Bowls. The Patriots, however, were defeated by the New York Giants in Tremendous Bowl XLII, after winning the first 18 games of their 2007 season. Under quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have also compiled the longest winning streak consisting of regular season and playoff games in NFL history, a 21-game streak from October 2003 October 2004.
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