New England Patriots
Founded in 1959 as the Boston Patriots, the team was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger. The Patriots played their home games at various stadiums throughout Boston until the franchise moved to Foxborough in 1971. As part of the move, the team changed its name to the New England Patriots. Home games in Foxboro were played at Foxboro Stadium from 1971 through 2002 when the stadium was demolished in conjunction with the opening of Gillette Stadium. The team began utilizing Gillette Stadium for home games the same year.
1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1959
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1971-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1971
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1971-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1971
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2002-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2002
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AFL–NFL merger
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American Football League
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1959-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1959
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