the patriots won their first super bowl in 2001.
the patriots won their first super bowl in 2001.
when did the patriots win their first super bowl?
2001
the patriots defeated the tennessee titans in the divisional round 35–14, and the jacksonville jaguars in the afc championship game 24–20, claiming their second consecutive afc title. this was their seventh consecutive afc championship appearance, adding onto their record from the previous year. the win also made tom brady the oldest quarterback (40 years, 163 days) to win a playoff game, surpassing brett favre for the record. it was also the second time they advanced to the super bowl two consecutive seasons since 2004. they faced the philadelphia eagles in a rematch of super bowl xxxix. this also made the patriots the only team in nfl history to appear in ten super bowls, and gave the patriots a chance to repeat as super bowl champions for the second time in franchise history, and for the first time since 2004. in addition, they had the chance to tie the pittsburgh steelers for the record of most super bowl wins by a team in nfl history with 6. however, due to a late strip-sack of brady by brandon graham and a failed hail mary pass, the eagles defeated the patriots in super bowl lii by 41–33, ending the patriots chance at a sixth super bowl title and resulting in their first super bowl loss since 2011. the loss prevented the patriots from repeating their three-in-four super bowl run that they managed from 2001–2004. also with the loss, the patriots tied the nfl record for most super bowl losses with five, and made them the fifth defending super bowl champion to lose the next year's game, after the 1978 dallas cowboys, the 1983 washington redskins, the 1997 green bay packers and the 2014 seattle seahawks.
2017 new england patriots season
the patriots' victory was their sixth, tying the pittsburgh steelers for the most super bowl championships. new england, after finishing the regular season with a 11–5 record, advanced to their 11th super bowl appearance, their fourth in five years, and their ninth under the leadership of head coach bill belichick and quarterback tom brady. the rams, who finished the regular season with a 13–3 record under 33-year-old head coach sean mcvay and third-year quarterback jared goff, made their fourth super bowl appearance overall, and their first one since moving back from st. louis to los angeles in 2016. super bowl liii was a rematch of super bowl xxxvi, a 20–17 patriots win over the rams that gave the belichick–brady tandem its first super bowl championship. coincidentally, the patriots reached that super bowl with an 11-5 record as well. with the rams now playing in los angeles, super bowl liii marked the first super bowl appearance of a los angeles-based team since the then-los angeles raiders' victory in super bowl xviii. this marked the 14th meeting in a major sports championship between the los angeles and greater boston areas.
super bowl liii