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The Patriots were also the second team to enter the Super Bowl undefeated, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who reached Super Bowl VII with a 16–0 record and won to become the first and to date only NFL team to win the league championship after going all the way through the regular season and playoffs undefeated and untied, but were the first ...
i The Patriots and the Dolphins finished the 2001 season with the same record. However, the Patriots were named Division Champions based on a better division record (6–2 to the Dolphins' 5–3). [37] j The Patriots, Dolphins, and New York Jets finished the season with 9–7 records in 2002. For having the best record against common opponents ...
As they were favored to do, the Patriots won the game to finish the regular season undefeated. Still, the game was close and competitive, with both teams playing their starters for all 60 minutes. New England won, 38–35, by overcoming a 12-point deficit in the third quarter, the largest deficit the Patriots had faced all season.
The undefeated Patriots held onto a 7-3 lead entering the final quarter. ... Their opponent, the 49ers, were back in the Super Bowl for the first time in 25 years.
Super Bowl 51: New England Patriots 34, Atlanta Falcons 28 (OT) Super Bowl 52: Philadelphia Eagles 41, New England Patriots 33. Super Bowl 53: New England Patriots 13, Los Angeles Rams 3.
In what became a preview of Super Bowl XLII, the game was a close comeback win for the Patriots, giving them the first undefeated regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated regular season since the league expanded to 16 games, and the only undefeated 16 game season as the NFL season was expanded to 17 games in 2021.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins and 2007 New England Patriots are safe for another year. Since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger, those two teams were the only ones ever to go undefeated during the regular season ...
The New England Patriots became the first team to complete the regular season undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978. Four weeks after the playoffs began on January 5, 2008, the Patriots' bid for a perfect season was dashed when they lost to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII , the league championship game ...