Looking Back At The History Of The New England Patriots

Connecticut Public Radio

Published February 1, 2019 at 1:31 PM EST

Sandra Balfe of Wrentham sports red, white and blue hair and beads at a fan sendoff at Gillette Stadium before the 2017 Super Bowl.

The New England Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl, again. If they win, it would be the team’s sixth championship since 2001. That would tie the record for most Super Bowl wins, and make them the greatest dynasty in NFL history. But it wasn’t always that way.

We take a look back at the history of New England’s football team with Mike Stanton, he’s an associate professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut, and a long-time sportswriter and investigative journalist for The Providence Journal.

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