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The 2009 season was the New England Patriots' 40th in the National Football League (NFL), their 50th overall and their 10th under head coach Bill Belichick.They finished with a 10–6 record and a division title before losing to the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs.
c The Patriots and the Baltimore Colts finished tied. However, the Colts finished ahead of New England based on a better division record (7–1 to Patriots' 6–2). [32] d The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978. [33] e The Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1978 season with the same record. However ...
The 2009 schedule was released on April 14, 2009. [11] Highlights of the 2009 season included: NFL Kickoff Game: The 2009 season began with the Kickoff Game on September 10, with the Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the Tennessee Titans 13–10 in overtime.
The 2009 season featured a Friday night game on December 25, as the Thursday that week was Christmas Eve, and the NFL tried not to schedule games that night in deference to the holiday (a lone exception being a Monday Night Football game in 2007 due to scheduling conflicts caused by ESPN's broadcast contracts). Also, the start times were pushed ...
The October 4 game between the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins, marked Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski's Monday Night Football debut. The November 1 game between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts was the first Monday Night Game played at Lucas Oil Stadium and the final MNF game for Peyton Manning with the Indianapolis ...
An argument could be made that this is the easiest game left on the Patriots’ schedule. The Patriots have owned the Zach Wilson-led Jets in the last five head-to-head meetings. Bad things seem ...
The Steelers lost the 2004 AFC Championship Game to the New England Patriots, who went on to win Super Bowl XXXIX over the Eagles 24–21. This was the third postseason meeting between the Eagles and Cardinals.
Playing in the first playoff game in Cowboys Stadium, in front of a crowd of 92,951, the largest to attend an NFL postseason game other than the Super Bowl, Dallas racked up 426 yards and forced four turnovers en route to their first playoff win since 1996, while handing the Eagles their first one-and-done playoff run since that same year.