patriots played green bay packers last year in the super bowl.
patriots played green bay packers last year in the super bowl.
who did patriots play last year in the super bowl?
green bay packers
the patriots' returned to the super bowl in 2012 but lost again to the giants, 21–17. in 2015, the patriots reached a record-tying eighth super bowl, where they defeated the defending champions seattle seahawks by a score of 28–24 to win super bowl xlix for their fourth league title. the patriots became the first team to reach nine super bowls in the 2016–17 playoffs and faced the atlanta falcons in super bowl li, which ended up paving the way for their fifth super bowl victory, tying them with the dallas cowboys and the san francisco 49ers for the second-most in nfl history, 1 behind the pittsburgh steelers with 6; the game was also the first super bowl to go into overtime. the patriots extended their record to ten super bowl appearances in the 2017–18 playoffs but lost to the philadelphia eagles in super bowl lii, on february 4, 2018, at u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis, minnesota. the patriots extended their record to eleven super bowls reached with super bowl liii, following their victory of the kansas city chiefs in the . they defeated the los angeles rams 13-3 to win their sixth super bowl, tying them with the pittsburgh steelers for most super bowl victories in nfl history.
new england patriots
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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