List of New England Patriots seasons

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Members of the Patriots organization pose with then-U.S. President George W. Bush following the Patriots' victory in Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005.

The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston town of Foxborough, Massachusetts. They play in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. Originally called the Boston Patriots, the team was founded as one of eight charter members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960 under the ownership of Billy Sullivan. [1] The team became part of the NFL when the two leagues merged in 1970. The following year, they moved from Boston to nearby Foxborough, and changed their name to the New England Patriots. [2]

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The modern NFL championship game, the Super Bowl, was founded in the 1966 season; the first four were contested between the champions of the AFL and the NFL. [3] After the merger, the Super Bowl became the united league's championship. The Patriots made the 1963 AFL Championship Game, but struggled severely in the early years of the united league, not making the postseason until 1976. After a stretch of only one losing season in 13 years, including a Super Bowl appearance against a champion Bears outfit, the Patriots reached a nadir between 1989 and 1993 when they won only 19 of 80 games.

During Bill Belichick's tenure as the team's head coach from 2000 to 2023, the Patriots won six Super Bowls, nine AFC Championship Games, and sixteen AFC East titles, earning an overall regular season record of 266–121. [4] Tom Brady, who was the team's quarterback from 2000 until 2019, was awarded the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) [5] [6] three times, and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player four times (he later won another Super Bowl MVP with the Buccaneers); he is one of only five players named Super Bowl MVP more than once, and the only one named more than three times. [7]

The Patriots have won six Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII). They also played in and lost Super Bowls XX, XXXI, XLII, XLVI, and LII. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games, and the first since the 1972 Miami Dolphins (in a 14-game season) to complete the regular campaign undefeated. [8] Belichick's Patriots are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from 1993 to 1996). [9]

Overall, the Patriots have made 27 playoff appearances, one of which was before the merger. Since the merger, they have played fifteen AFC Championship Games, winning eleven of them to advance to the Super Bowl. [10] In the Patriots' 58-year history, they have an overall regular season record of 500 wins, 391 losses, and 9 ties, plus an overall postseason record of 37 wins and 20 losses. In the 2018 NFL season, the Patriots reached their 11th Super Bowl, breaking their own record for most Super Bowl appearances by any organization of all time. [11] The Patriots had 19 consecutive winning seasons from 2001-2019, the 2nd-longest streak in NFL history, behind the Dallas Cowboys' record of 20. [12]

Seasons

AFL champions (1960–1969) Super Bowl champions (1966–present)Conference championsDivision championsWild Card berth One-Game Playoff Berth
Season [a] Team [a] League ConferenceDivision Regular season [a] Postseason resultsAwards [Key] Head coaches
FinishWLT
Boston Patriots
1960 1960 AFL —Eastern4th590 Lou Saban
1961 1961 AFL—Eastern2nd941Lou Saban (2–3)
Mike Holovak (7–1–1)
1962 1962 AFL—Eastern2nd941Mike Holovak
1963 1963 AFL—Eastern1st761Won Divisional playoffs (at Bills) 26–8
Lost AFL Championship (at Chargers) 10–51
1964 1964 AFL—Eastern2nd1031 Gino Cappelletti (MVP) [13]
1965 1965 AFL—Eastern3rd482
1966 1966 AFL—Eastern2nd842 Jim Nance (MVP) [14]
1967 1967 AFL—Eastern5th3101
1968 1968 AFL—Eastern4th4100
1969 1969 AFL—Eastern3rd4100 Clive Rush
1970 1970 NFL AFC East 5th2120Clive Rush (1–6)
John Mazur (1–6)
New England Patriots
1971 1971 NFLAFCEast3rd680John Mazur
1972 1972 NFLAFCEast5th3110John Mazur (2–7)
Phil Bengtson (1–4)
1973 1973 NFLAFCEast3rd590 Chuck Fairbanks
1974 1974 NFLAFCEast3rd770 [b]
1975 1975 NFLAFCEast5th3110
1976 1976 NFLAFCEast2nd [c] 1130Lost Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 21–24 Mike Haynes (DROY) [15]
1977 1977 NFLAFCEast3rd950
1978 [d] 1978 NFLAFCEast1st [e] 1150Lost Divisional playoffs (Oilers) 14–31 [16]
1979 1979 NFLAFCEast2nd970 Ron Erhardt
1980 1980 NFLAFCEast2nd1060
1981 1981 NFLAFCEast5th2140
1982 1982 NFLAFC [f] 7th540Lost First Round playoffs (at Dolphins) 13–28 Ron Meyer
1983 1983 NFLAFCEast2nd880
1984 1984 NFLAFCEast2nd970Ron Meyer (5–3)
Raymond Berry (4–4)
1985 1985 NFLAFCEast3rd1150Won Wild Card playoffs (at Jets) 26–14
Won Divisional playoffs (at Raiders) 27–20
Won AFC Championship (at Dolphins) 31–14
Lost Super Bowl XX (vs. Bears) 10–46		Raymond Berry
1986 1986 NFLAFCEast1st1150Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 17–22
1987 [g] 1987 NFLAFCEast2nd870
1988 1988 NFLAFCEast3rd970 John Stephens (OROY) [17]
1989 1989 NFLAFCEast4th5110
1990 1990 NFLAFCEast5th1150 Rod Rust
1991 1991 NFLAFCEast4th6100 Leonard Russell (OROY) [18] Dick MacPherson
1992 1992 NFLAFCEast5th2140
1993 1993 NFLAFCEast4th5110 Bill Parcells
1994 1994 NFLAFCEast2nd [h] 1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Browns) 13–20 Bill Parcells (COY) [19]
1995 1995 NFLAFCEast4th6100 Curtis Martin (OROY) [20]
1996 1996 NFLAFCEast1st1150Won Divisional playoffs (Steelers) 28–3
Won AFC Championship (Jaguars) 20–6
Lost Super Bowl XXXI (vs. Packers) 21–35
1997 1997 NFLAFCEast1st1060Won Wild Card playoffs (Dolphins) 17–3
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Steelers) 6–7		 Pete Carroll
1998 1998 NFLAFCEast4th970Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Jaguars) 10–25
1999 1999 NFLAFCEast5th880
2000 2000 NFLAFCEast5th5110 Bill Belichick
2001 2001 NFLAFCEast1st [i] 1150Won Divisional playoffs (Raiders) 16–13 (OT)
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 24–17
Won Super Bowl XXXVI (1) (vs. Rams) 20–17		 Tom Brady (SB MVP) [21]
2002 2002 NFLAFCEast2nd [j] 970
2003 2003 NFLAFCEast1st1420Won Divisional playoffs (Titans) 17–14
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 24–14
Won Super Bowl XXXVIII (2) (vs. Panthers) 32–29		 Tom Brady (SB MVP) [22]
Bill Belichick (COY) [23]
2004 2004 NFLAFCEast1st1420Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 20–3
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 41–27
Won Super Bowl XXXIX (3) (vs. Eagles) 24–21		 Deion Branch (SB MVP) [24]
2005 2005 NFLAFCEast1st1060Won Wild Card playoffs (Jaguars) 28–3
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Broncos) 13–27		 Tedy Bruschi (CBPOY) [25]
2006 2006 NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Wild Card playoffs (Jets) 37–16
Won Divisional playoffs (at Chargers) 24–21
Lost AFC Championship (at Colts) 34–38
2007 2007 NFLAFCEast1st1600Won Divisional playoffs (Jaguars) 31–20
Won AFC Championship (Chargers) 21–12
Lost Super Bowl XLII (vs. Giants) 14–17		 Tom Brady (MVP, OPOY) [5] [26]
Bill Belichick (COY) [23]
2008 2008 NFLAFCEast2nd [k] 1150 Jerod Mayo (DROY) [27]
2009 2009 NFLAFCEast1st1060Lost Wild Card playoffs (Ravens) 14–33 Tom Brady (CBPOY) [28]
2010 2010 NFLAFCEast1st1420Lost Divisional playoffs (Jets) 21–28 Tom Brady (MVP, OPOY) [6] [29]
Bill Belichick (COY) [23]
2011 2011 NFLAFCEast1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Broncos) 45–10
Won AFC Championship (Ravens) 23–20
Lost Super Bowl XLVI (vs. Giants) 17–21
2012 2012 NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 41–28
Lost AFC Championship (Ravens) 13–28
2013 2013 NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Divisional playoffs (Colts) 43–22
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 16–26
2014 2014 NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Divisional playoffs (Ravens) 35–31
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 45–7
Won Super Bowl XLIX (4) (vs. Seahawks) 28–24		 Rob Gronkowski (CBPOY)
Tom Brady (SB MVP) [30]
2015 2015 NFLAFCEast1st1240Won Divisional playoffs (Chiefs) 27–20
Lost AFC Championship (at Broncos) 18–20
2016 2016 NFLAFCEast1st1420Won Divisional playoffs (Texans) 34–16
Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 36–17
Won Super Bowl LI (5) (vs. Falcons) 34–28 (OT)		 Tom Brady (SB MVP)
2017 2017 NFLAFCEast1st1330Won Divisional playoffs (Titans) 35–14
Won AFC Championship (Jaguars) 24–20
Lost Super Bowl LII (vs. Eagles) 33–41		 Tom Brady (MVP)
2018 2018 NFLAFCEast1st1150Won Divisional playoffs (Chargers) 41–28
Won AFC Championship (at Chiefs) 37–31 (OT)
Won Super Bowl LIII (6) (vs. Rams) 13–3		 Julian Edelman (SB MVP)
2019 2019 NFLAFCEast1st1240Lost Wild Card playoffs (Titans) 13–20 Stephon Gilmore (DPOY)
2020 2020 NFLAFCEast3rd790
2021 2021 NFLAFCEast2nd1070Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Bills) 17–47
2022 2022 NFLAFCEast3rd890
2023 2023 NFLAFCEast4th4130
Total5414339All-time regular season record (1960–2023)
3722—All-time postseason record (1960–2023) [31]
5784559All-time regular & postseason record (1960–2023)
Tom Brady has three times been named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, and four times a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player with the Patriots Tom Brady7.jpg
Tom Brady has three times been named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, and four times a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player with the Patriots
Key for the "Awards" section Key
ASG MVP American Football League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
CBPOY National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award
DROY National Football League Defensive Rookie of the Year Award
OROY National Football League Offensive Rookie of the Year Award
COY National Football League Coach of the Year Award
OPOY National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award
DPOY National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award
MVP National Football League Most Valuable Player Award
SB MVP Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award

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