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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
The 2007 New England Patriots season was the 38th season for the team in the
National Football League and franchise's 48th season overall. The Patriots were looking
to improve on their 12–4 record from 2006 and win the AFC East for the sixth time in
seven years.
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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
The Patriots finished the 2007 regular season by winning all sixteen of their games.
They became only the fourth team in NFL history to finish a regular season
undefeated, and first to do so since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The Patriots were also
the first team with a perfect regular season since the NFL expanded its schedule to
sixteen games in 1978.
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CHAMPIONSHIP RING
THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Thus, they broke the record for victories in a single regular season that had been
shared by the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, the 1985 Chicago Bears, the 1998
Minnesota Vikings, and the 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers, who each finished with a record
of 15–1. The 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears would win Super Bowl XIX and Super Bowl
XX, respectively, while the 1998 Vikings and 2004 Steelers would lose their
conference championship games.
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THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
The Patriots were not able to join the 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears as Super Bowl
champions, failing to go 19–0 and claim their fourth Super Bowl victory. They would
have become just the fourth team to win at least four Super Bowls (joining the 49ers,
Steelers, and Dallas Cowboys, each of whom had won five at the time). In Super Bowl
XLII, the New York Giants upset the Patriots 17–14 in one of the biggest upsets in NFL
history.
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THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
The loss moved New England's all-time Super Bowl record to 3–3, having
previously lost Super Bowl XX and Super Bowl XXXI. They would also lose Super
Bowl XLVI, again to the Giants, four years later. The Patriots wouldn't get their
fourth Super Bowl title until seven years later.
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THE STORY OF 2007 AFC TITLE GAME
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
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