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The Patriots go back out on the road where they are 2-0 this season to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. Kickoff is slated for 4:25 p.m. This will be the nationally televised game by CBS with their top announcing crew of Jim Nantz, Phil Simms and Tracy Wolfson on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

The first time the two teams met was 44 years ago today at the old Three Rivers Stadium with the Steelers taking home a 33-3 win.<\/p>\n

So with the wait before the game tomorrow afternoon, here are some other interesting numbers to pore over.<\/p>\n

4:<\/strong>\u00a0Super Bowl wins by HC Bill Belichick, tied for most with Steelers Coach Chuck Noll<\/p>\n

4:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of times Tom Brady has led the NFL in TD passes. Tied with Len Dawson, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Johnny Unitas, and Steve Young<\/p>\n

5:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of consecutive Conference Title games by NE, tied with Oakland (73-77)<\/p>\n

6: <\/strong>Number of consecutive games to start the season without throwing an interception. The NFL record is Nine (Cleveland 1960)<\/p>\n

7:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of consecutive Division Titles by NE, tied with Rams (73-79)<\/p>\n

7:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of consecutive years in the playoffs, only five teams have reached 8 in a row<\/p>\n

13: <\/strong>Number of 30-yard punt returns by Julian Edelman, 2nd<\/sup> most in Patriots team history. Troy Brown leads with 14.<\/p>\n

13:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of Division Titles by Belichick, tied with Tom Landry, and Don Shula<\/p>\n

13:\u00a0<\/strong>Number of Division Titles by Tom Brady, most of any QB in NFL history, Peyton Manning is 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0with 12<\/p>\n

13:\u00a0<\/strong>Number of consecutive 10-win seasons by NE<\/p>\n

15:<\/strong>\u00a0Consecutive winning seasons by NE, can tie SF, Dallas for most since 1970 merger<\/p>\n

17:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of seasons by Tom Brady, most in team history passing Steve Grogan<\/p>\n

19: <\/strong>The longest streak of consecutive pass completions by Brady in a regular season game (Sept. 2015 vs. Pittsburgh), a team record<\/p>\n

22: <\/strong>Number of 100 yard games by TE Rob Gronkowski, fourth all-time in the NFL moving past Antonio Gates. Tony Gonzalez leads with 31. Stanley Morgan leads all Patriots receivers with 38, 100 yard games.<\/p>\n

22: <\/strong>Wins by the Patriots against the AFC North since the realignment of 2002. Overall record of 22-6 against AFC North teams, including 8-3 against Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

22.2: <\/strong>Patriots special teams holding their opponent to an NFL-low starting possession average at the 22.2-yard line.<\/p>\n

23:<\/strong>\u00a0Postseason wins by Bill Belichick, most in NFL history. Landry (20) is second.<\/p>\n

25: <\/strong>Number of times Tom Brady has been AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Peyton Manning has the most in NFL history with 27.<\/p>\n

30: <\/strong>Number of winning seasons by the Patriots since the 1970 merger. Tied for second (Dallas) in the NFL. Pittsburgh is first with 33.<\/p>\n

30: <\/strong>Team scored 30 or more points for the third time in 2016 last week. The 2015 Patriots scored 30+ points seven times.<\/p>\n

35: <\/strong>Number of career rushes by Julian Edelman, tied for most in team history by a WR with Irving Fryar.<\/p>\n

38:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of playoff games played by the Patriots since Robert Kraft bought the team. Most in the NFL, Green Bay is second with 33.<\/p>\n

39:<\/strong>\u00a0Wins by the Pats since 2001 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. Top winning percentage in the NFL with .709 (39-15) during that time.<\/p>\n

43:\u00a0<\/strong>Since 2000 wins when a Patriot rushes for 100+ yards, record of 43-1. Only loss was at Miami in 2004, Corey Dillon rushed for 121 yards and Miami won 29-28<\/p>\n

47:<\/strong>\u00a0Number of wins (47-5) since 2008 when the Patriots don\u2019t turn over the ball<\/p>\n

46:<\/strong>\u00a0Wins by the Patriots over NFC opponents since 2002, NFL best record of 46-11<\/p>\n

51: <\/strong>Wins by the Patriots in the month of October since 2000. NFL best 51-17, Pittsburgh second with 46 wins,<\/p>\n

52: <\/strong>Streak of consecutive games Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass, second longest in NFL history. It was broken by the Bengals in Cincinnati on 10\/6\/2013<\/p>\n

57:<\/strong>\u00a0Road wins since 2006, Pats road record of 57-25 best in the NFL<\/p>\n

61: <\/strong>Number of different players that Tom Brady has thrown TD passes to. Latest was TE Martellus Bennett who had three two weeks ago in Cleveland.<\/p>\n

66:<\/strong>\u00a0TD passes to Gronk from Tom Brady, second most in NFL history between a QB and TE. Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates lead with 79<\/p>\n

67:<\/strong>\u00a0Career touchdowns by Rob Gronkowski, needs two to pass Stanley Morgan (68) for most in Patriots history.<\/p>\n

66:\u00a0<\/strong>Most sacks in team history, back in 1963, Most by a Belichick team, 49 in 2015<\/p>\n

73: <\/strong>Number of 300 yard games by Tom Brady. 3rd<\/sup> most in NFL history.<\/p>\n

84: <\/strong>Number of consecutive home wins by the Patriots when leading at halftime.<\/p>\n

85:<\/strong>\u00a0Road wins by NE since 2000, tops in the NFL, Philadelphia is 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0with 79<\/p>\n

107:\u00a0<\/strong>Wins since 2002 when not throwing an interception. NFL best 107-16<\/p>\n

108: <\/strong>Number of road wins by the Patriots since Robert Kraft purchased the team in 1994. Most in the NFL at 108-70, Pittsburgh is second at 97-82.<\/p>\n

139:<\/strong>\u00a0Pats record of 139-43 is the best in the NFL the last decade with a winning pct of .764. Indy next with 120 wins (120-62), winning pct of .659<\/p>\n

150: <\/strong>Points scored by Stephen Gostkowski in four different seasons with the Patriots. Most in the NFL.<\/p>\n

155: <\/strong>Numbers of wins by Tom Brady in his first 200 starts, best in the Super Bowl era. Peyton Manning is second with 136.<\/p>\n

180: <\/strong>The Patriots since the 1994 season, lead the NFL with a plus 180 turnover margin. The next closest team is KC with +110.<\/p>\n

196:<\/strong>\u00a0Wins by Tom Brady combined regular\/post season. Needs 5 to pass Manning (200), Favre (199) for most career wins by a QB<\/p>\n

245: <\/strong>Number of consecutive home games that the Patriots have been sold out.<\/p>\n

250:\u00a0<\/strong>Career wins by Bill Belichick, 4th<\/sup>\u00a0place all-time in wins. Tom Landry 270 is in 3rd<\/p>\n

434:<\/strong>\u00a0Career TD passes by Tom Brady, 4th<\/sup>\u00a0all-time, Drew Brees is 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0with 442<\/p>\n

496:\u00a0<\/strong>Franchise wins by the Patriots, most of any original AFL team, Denver 483 is 2nd<\/sup><\/p>\n

2596: <\/strong>The number of points scored by the Patriots since 2011, the most in the NFL. Denver is second with 2386.<\/p>\n

2551:<\/strong> Number of yards Tom Brady needs passing this season to pass Dan Marino (61,361) for fourth place all-time<\/p>\n

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