the patriots played carolina panthers in the super bowl 2004.
the patriots played carolina panthers in the super bowl 2004.
who did the patriots play in the super bowl 2004?
carolina panthers
the eagles defeated the new england patriots by a score of 41–33 in super bowl lii for their first super bowl victory in franchise history. it was also their fourth nfl championship, and their first league title since 1960. this was the second time the eagles and patriots battled in a super bowl; when they met in super bowl xxxix, the patriots won 24–21. backup quarterback nick foles was named super bowl mvp and became the first backup to receive this award since his opponent, tom brady, did so in super bowl xxxvi 15 years earlier. the eagles defeated both super bowl teams from the previous nfl season (the new england patriots and the atlanta falcons) in the playoffs, the third team to beat both of them this season, after the carolina panthers and miami dolphins. they also defeated both teams who had beaten them in their only two previous super bowl appearances: the oakland raiders in the regular season, who beat them in super bowl xv, and the patriots in the super bowl, who previously beat them in super bowl xxxix.
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since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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