Summary of Patriots records 1960-2007
 

Here is a summary of the Patriots seasons from 1960 to the present. There were some pretty awful seasons and maybe it will give some prospective to this years season.

New England Patriots (1960-Present)

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Prerequisite reading should be "Tales from the Patriots Sidelines", by Felger.. with that being said, cannot believe that I am pimping Felger..

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who did that website and do they realize that 1970 was a 14 game season, so there is no way they could have gone 2-14

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I've been watching them for over 40 years......I can say that the 2009 pats are one of the least physical pats teams in history

I found some of the lousier teams who kicked and clawed and hit their way through futility more entertaining than this year's team

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This one still hurts. I'm convinced that had it not been for the rought call, that would have been our first SB win that year.

1976: With the draft picks acquired from the 49ers for Jim Plunkett the Patriots drafted CB Mike Haynes, and Safety Tim Fox. The two became instant starters and contributors. After a losing the season opener the Pats won their next 3 games against the most dominant teams in the AFC during the decade. First victim was the Miami Dolphins who the Pats defeated in the season opener of Schafer Stadium. The following week saw QB Steve Grogan lead a rally from an 11-point deficit to stun the Steelers in Pittsburgh. One week later it was back to Schaffer Stadium where the Pats humiliated the Oakland Raiders 48-17. After a disappointing loss in Detroit to the Lions the Pats would embarrass the New York Jets 41-7 in front of a Monday Night National Audience. The Pats were in deed for real and would go on to earn a tie for the AFC East title with an 11-3 record, as Mike Haynes captured Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. However the Baltimore Colts would earn the tiebreaker as the Pats were forced to settle for the Wild Card berth. In their first playoff game in 13 years the Patriots traveled to Oakland for a showdown with the Raiders. Despite beating them in Week 4 the Pats were heavy underdogs. Just like the first match up, the Pats controlled the game early, and had a 21-10 lead after 3 quarters. The Raiders would cut the lead to 4 by scoring early in the 4th. The last 8 minutes of the game was filled with several controversial plays. Facing a 3rd-and-inches situation just inside the Oakland 30-yard line, Brock jumped offside, forcing the Patriots out of their short-yardage offense. On the next play Grogan attempted to hit Ron Francis over the middle for a drive-sustaining first down, but Raider LB Phil Villipiano all but tackled Francis before the ball arrived, but no penalty was called. After PK John Smith missed a 50-yard FG, Raiders QB Ken Stabler maneuvered his team downfield but faced a desperate 3rd-and-18 situation at the New England 27-yard line. Stabler's passed to former Carl Garrett sailed incomplete, but referee Ben Dreith threw a late flag on Ray Hamilton for roughing the passer. The penalty gave the Raiders a 1sst down on the Pats 12. Aided by 2 more penalties on the Patriots for unsportsmanlike conduct, the Raiders scored the game-winning TD on a 1-yard run by Stabler with 10 seconds remaining.

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My dad still talks about this game to me...he said brock's false start he just moved a finger or something and it was absolutely ridiculous and Francis got spun all the way around as the ball was in the air and no call.......He says that's why he doesn't feel bad about the Tuck rule because it was paybacks for this game listed above....

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I just skimmed through this and found a number of inaccuracies.

The sixteen game scheduled started in 1978 - any season before that had only fourteen games so they couldn't go 3-13 in 1972 and 1975.

The summary for 1998 says that the Patriots missed the playoffs, which is incorrect. The Patriots 9-7 record was good enough for 6th seed in the AFC. Interestingly, they were the fourth AFC East team to make the playoffs that season. Led by QB Scott Zolak, the Patriots lost their only playoff game that season - 25-10 in Jacksonville.

Haven't read the all of the other years closely ...

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From the 1976 summary, Ron Francis. Christ, Russ is an all timer! Also, it's Villapiano, not Villipiano. Someone should say "not to shoot the messenger" to the original poster of this thread, so, not to shoot the messenger.

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I did not have time to read all of it before I posted the site. But it's still an interesting summary in spite of the inaccuracies that were mentioned.

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There might have been SOME teams more physical..or more entertaining..but to just clobber this team for an 8-5 record is a bit much..you think?? Even the year they won 2 games was entertaining...or the 7-7 team of the mid 70s...Is that all though..wanting to be entertained??