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The New England Patriots are an American football team based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. They compete in the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL). 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. 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. 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. 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 few good seasons including a Super Bowl appearance against a champion Bears outfit, the Patriots reached a nadir between 1989 and 1993 when they won only nineteen of eighty games. Since Bill Belichick was hired as the team’s head coach in 2000, the Patriots have finished first or second in the AFC East every year except Belichick’s first season, with both second-place finishes caused by tiebreakers. Over that time, they have won four Super Bowls, six AFC Championship Games, and twelve AFC East titles, while amassing a regular season record of 175–65.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Pro Football Reference )〕 The team's quarterback over that same period, Tom Brady, has been awarded the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP)〔〔 twice and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player three times; he is one of only four men named Super Bowl MVP more than once.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Super Bowl History )〕 The Patriots under Belichick have won four Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, and XLIX). They also played in and lost Super Bowls XX, XXXI, XLII, and Super Bowl XLVI. 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 fourteen-game season) to complete the regular campaign undefeated. 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). Overall, the Patriots have made 22 playoff appearances, one of which was before the merger. Since the merger, they have played eleven AFC Championship Games, winning eight of them to advance to the Super Bowl.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Pro Football Reference )〕 In the Patriots’ 54-year history, they have an overall regular season record of 450 wins, 377 losses, and 9 ties, plus an overall postseason record of 28 wins and 18 losses. The Patriots are tied for first on the list of Super Bowl appearances with the Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have each appeared eight times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Pro Football Reference )〕 ==Seasons== :''For complete team history, see History of the New England Patriots.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of New England Patriots seasons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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