New England Patriots seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the New England Patriots American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Patriots' franchise from 1960 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Boston Patriots were charter members of the American Football League in 1960, and became part of the NFL when the two leagues merged in 1970. They moved from Boston to Foxboro, Massachusetts in 1971, and changed their name to the New England Patriots.

The Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI, Super Bowl XXXVIII, and Super Bowl XXXIX. They also played in and lost Super Bowl XX, Super Bowl XXXI, Super Bowl XLII, and the 1963 AFL Championship Game. In their 48-year history (through the 2007 season), they have an overall regular season record of 366 wins, 349 losses, and 9 ties. During the 2007 regular season, the Patriots became the only NFL team in history to win 16 games. They have made 15 postseason appearances, and have an overall postseason record of 21 wins and 13 losses. They are one of only two teams to win three Super Bowls in four years (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from 1993 to 1996). Only one team has appeared in more Super Bowls than the Patriots' six: the Dallas Cowboys (eight); the Patriots are tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos.

:"For complete team history, see History of the New England Patriots"

*"The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list."{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
-!rowspan="2"|Season!rowspan="2"|Team!rowspan="2"|League!rowspan="2"|Conference!rowspan="2"|Division!colspan="4"|Regular Season!rowspan="2"|Post Season Results!rowspan="2"|Awards
-!Finish!Wins!Losses!Ties
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colspan="11" align="center" | Boston Patriots
-!align="center"|1960
align="center"|1960
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|4th
align="center"|5
align="center"|9
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1961
align="center"|1961
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|9
align="center"|4
align="center"|1||
-!align="center"|1962
align="center"|1962
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|9
align="center"|4
align="center"|1||
-!align="center"|1963
align="center"|1963
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
bgcolor="#D0E7FF" align="center"|Eastern
bgcolor="#D0E7FF" align="center"|T-1st [The AFL did not have a playoff tournament in 1963. The Patriots were tied for the Eastern Division lead with the Bills. A special one-game playoff was played to determine the divisional representative in the championship game.]
align="center"|7
align="center"|6
align="center"|1
Won Divisional Playoff Game (Bills) 26-8
Lost AFL Championship Game (Chargers) 51-10|
-!align="center"|1964
align="center"|1964
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|10
align="center"|3
align="center"|1|
Gino Cappelletti (AFL MVP)
-!align="center"|1965
align="center"|1965
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|4
align="center"|8
align="center"|2||
-!align="center"|1966
align="center"|1966
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|8
align="center"|4
align="center"|2|
Babe Parilli (ASG MVP)
Mike Holovak (AFL COY)
Jim Nance (AFL MVP)
-!align="center"|1967
align="center"|1967
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|5th
align="center"|3
align="center"|10
align="center"|1||
-!align="center"|1968
align="center"|1968
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|4th
align="center"|4
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1969
align="center"|1969
align="center"|AFL
align="center"
align="center"|Eastern
align="center"|T-3rd
align="center"|4
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1970
align="center"|1970
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|12
align="center"|0||
-
colspan="11" align="center" | New England Patriots
-!align="center"|1971
align="center"|1971
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|6
align="center"|8
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1972
align="center"|1972
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|5th
align="center"|3
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1973
align="center"|1973
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|5
align="center"|9
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1974
align="center"|1974
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-3rd
align="center"|7
align="center"|7
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1975
align="center"|1975
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-4th
align="center"|3
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1976
align="center"|1976
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|T-1st [The New England Patriots and Baltimore Colts finished the 1976 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Colts were given the Division Championship and the Patriots the Wild Card berth in the playoffs.]
align="center"|11
align="center"|3
align="center"|0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 24-21
Mike Haynes (Def. ROY)
Chuck Fairbanks (AFC COY)
-!align="center"|1977
align="center"|1977
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|9
align="center"|5
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1978 [The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978.]
align="center"|1978
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|T-1st [The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1978 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Patriots were given the Division Championship and the Dolphins a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.]
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) 31-14|
-!align="center"|1979
align="center"|1979
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1980
align="center"|1980
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1981
align="center"|1981
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-4th
align="center"|2
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1982 [The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular seasons games to nine due to a players' strike. For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and eight teams from each conference were seeded one through eight based on their regular season records.]
align="center"|1982
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"
align="center"|7th
align="center"|5
align="center"|4
align="center"|0
Lost First Round (Dolphins) 28-13|
-!align="center"|1983
align="center"|1983
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-2nd
align="center"|8
align="center"|8
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1984
align="center"|1984
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1985
align="center"|1985
align="center"|NFL
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|T-2nd
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 26-14
Won Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 27-20
Won Conference Championship (Dolphins) 31-14
Lost Super Bowl XX (Bears) 46-10
Raymond Berry (AFC COY)
-!align="center"|1986
align="center"|1986
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 22-17|
-!align="center"|1987 [The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.]
align="center"|1987
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-2nd
align="center"|8
align="center"|7
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1988
align="center"|1988
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-2nd
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0|
John Stephens (Off. ROY)
-!align="center"|1989
align="center"|1989
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|4th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1990
align="center"|1990
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|5th
align="center"|1
align="center"|15
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1991
align="center"|1991
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|4th
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0|
Leonard Russell (Off. ROY)
-!align="center"|1992
align="center"|1992
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1993
align="center"|1993
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|4th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1994
align="center"|1994
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|T-1st [The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 1994 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Dolphins were given the Division Championship and the Patriots a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.]
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Browns) 20-13
Bill Parcells (NFL COY)
-!align="center"|1995
align="center"|1995
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|4th
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0|
Curtis Martin (Off. ROY)
-!align="center"|1996
align="center"|1996
align="center"|NFL
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 28-3
Won Conference Championship (Jaguars) 20-6
Lost Super Bowl XXXI (Packers) 35-21|
-!align="center"|1997
align="center"|1997
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 17-3
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 7-6|
-!align="center"|1998
align="center"|1998
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|4th
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0
Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 25-10|
-!align="center"|1999
align="center"|1999
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|T-4th
align="center"|8
align="center"|8
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|2000
align="center"|2000
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|East
align="center"|5th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|2001
align="center"|2001
align="center" bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|NFL
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|T-1st [The New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins finished the 2001 season with the same record. By virtue of the tie-breaking procedures in place at the time, the Patriots were given the Division Championship and the Dolphins a Wild Card berth in the playoffs.]
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|Won Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 16-13 (OT) [The Snow Bowl]
Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 24-17
Won Super Bowl XXXVI (Eagles) 24-21
Deion Branch (SB MVP)
-!align="center"|2005
align="center"|2005
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jaguars) 28-3
Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 27-13
Tedy Bruschi (CBPOY)
-!align="center"|2006
align="center"|2006
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|12
align="center"|4
align="center"|0
Won Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 37-16
Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 24-21
Lost Conference Championship (Colts) 38-34|
-!align="center"|2007
align="center"|2007
align="center"|NFL
align="center" bgcolor="#ddffdd"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|1st
align="center"|16
align="center"|0
align="center"|0
Won Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) 31-20
Won Conference Championship (Chargers) 21-12
Lost Super Bowl XLII (Giants) 17-14
Bill Belichick (NFL COY)
Tom Brady (NFL MVP)
Tom Brady (NFL Offensive POTY)
-!align="center"|2008
align="center"|2008
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|East
align="center" bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|TBD
align="center"|3
align="center"|1
align="center"|0||
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-!align="center" rowSpan="3" colSpan="6"|Total
align="center"|369
align="center"|350
align="center"|9
colSpan="2"|(1960–2008, includes only regular season)
-
align="center"|21
align="center"|13
align="center"
colSpan="2"|(1960–2008, includes only playoffs)
-!align="center"|390!align="center"|363!align="center"|9
colSpan="2"|(1960–2008, includes both regular season and playoffs)
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Footnotes

References

*cite web | title = New England Patriots (1960-present) | work = Sports E-cyclopedia | publisher = Tank Productions | date = 2007 | url = http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/nengalnd/patriots.html | accessdate = 2007-04-11
*cite web | title = NFL History: Yearly Standings | work = NFL History | publisher = NFL Enterprises, LLC. | date = 2007 | url = http://www.nfl.com/history/standings/ | accessdate = 2007-04-11
*cite web | title = New England Patriots | work = databaseFootball.com | publisher = databaseSports.com | date = 2006 | url = http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=NWE&lg=nfl | accessdate = 2007-04-11
*cite web | title = New England Patriots History | work = Football @ JT-SW.com | publisher = John Troan | date = 2007 | url = http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/teams.nsf/histories/patriots | accessdate = 2007-04-11

ee also

*History of the New England Patriots