the patriots were in the afc or nfc east.
the patriots were in the afc or nfc east.
are the patriots in the afc or nfc?
nfc east
2002—brett favre (3), green bay packers (nfc); rich gannon (3), oakland raiders (afc) 









































2003—randy moss, minnesota vikings (nfc); jamal lewis, baltimore ravens (afc) 









































2004—donovan mcnabb, philadelphia eagles (nfc); peyton manning (2), indianapolis colts (afc) 









































2005—shaun alexander, seattle seahawks (nfc); carson palmer, cincinnati bengals (afc) 









































2006—drew brees, new orleans saints (nfc); ladainian tomlinson, san diego chargers (afc)









































2007—brett favre (4), green bay packers (nfc); tom brady, new england patriots (afc)









































2008—kurt warner (3), arizona cardinals (nfc); peyton manning (3), indianapolis colts (afc)









































2009—brett favre (5), minnesota vikings (nfc); peyton manning (4), indianapolis colts (afc)
washington d.c. touchdown club
after a patriots punt, the seahawks drove all the way to the patriots 9, but ended up forcing to settle for a 34-yard field goal by steven hauschka. the patriots responded, racing 82 yards in 6 plays, scoring on a 46-yard touchdown bomb from brady to welker. seattle countered with a touchdown of their own, racing 85 yards in 7 plays, scoring on a 24-yard touchdown pass from rookie russell wilson to doug baldwin, taking a 10-7 lead. the patriots countered again, going 80 yards in 15 plays, scoring on a yard touchdown pass to hernandez, retaking the lead 14-10. seattle drove to the patriots 48 on their next drive, but chandler jones strip-sacked wilson with ninkovich recovering at the seahawks 47. after starting the first half with a 17–10 lead, the patriots score only two field goals in the second half. the patriots drove to the seahawks' 6, but settled for a 24-yard field goal by gostkowski, increasing their lead to 17-10. the seahawks turned the ball over at their own 38 with less than a minute remaining in the half, and the patriots drove to the seahawks' 3, but an intentional grounding penalty cost the patriots points, sending the game to the half 17-10. after a seahawks punt, the patriots drove to the seahawks' 17, and gostkowski increased the lead to 20-10 on a 35-yard field goal by gostkowski. after a seattle punt, the patriots drove to the seahawks' 43, but brady was intercepted by richard sherman at the seahawks 20. after a seahawks three-and-out, the patriots drove to the seahawks 6, but brady was intercepted again at the 3, this time by earl thomas who returned it 20 yards to the seahawks 23. on the third play of the seahawks' next drive, wilson hit zach miller for a 7-yard gain, but fumbled with mayo recovering at the patriots 30. the patriots drove to the seattle 17, settling for a 35-yard field goal by gostkowski, extending the patriots lead to 23-10 midway through the fourth quarter. on the first play of the seahawks' next drive, wilson hit golden tate for a 51-yard gain, with a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on spikes, moving the ball to the patriots 17. four plays later, wilson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to braylon edwards with 7:21 remaining, trimming the deficit to 23-17. later in the fourth, after forcing the patriots to go three and out, leon washington got the ball to the seahawks 43 with a 25-yard return. on the fourth play of the seahawks' drive, wilson hit sidney rice for a 46-yard touchdown bomb, giving the seahawks a 24-23 lead with 1:18 remaining. on the second play of the patriots next drive, jason jones sacked brady for a 7-yard loss. two plays later on 4th down, brady completed a pass to welker for 15 yards, but it was 2 yards short of a first down, giving the seahawks the ball. wilson kneed twice and the seahawks got the surprising win. with the loss, the patriots fell to 3–3. the loss also left them 0–2 against the nfc west.
2012 new england patriots season