The New England Patriots Champions of the NFL
By: Nate Kwak
Table Of Contents
Gillette Stadium !! ! ! ! ! ! 1-2 Super Bowl History !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 3-4 Best Players/Coaches ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 5-6 History !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 7 Glossary!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 8 Citations!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 9 About The Author ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10
Stadium
Gillette Stadium Every football team needs a place to play, Gillette Stadium is the home of The New England Patriots, located in Foxborough, MA, USA. Gillette also serves as a stadium for “New England Revolution: a soccer team that plays in the MLS (Major League Soccer). Gillette was first opened in 2002 to replace old Foxburogh Stadium. Gillette can hold 68,756 people including 6,000 club seats and 87 luxury suites. The stadium is owned by New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft.
The Patriots Had many problems with their Goalposts Because of storms causing them to fall down.
Preparing Gillette Stadium
The Patriot’s logo in the center of the field is changed often for the New England Revolution
Preparing the Field Although The Patriots play in Gillette Stadium, Staff still have to clean it up after games. For instance, Staff have to change the logo on the field for the Revolution. If they make one mistake, They have to wash it all out, and re-spray! They also have to take out the goal posts, and put in soccer goals every week. Patriots stadium staff are very busy
Goalposts must be changed every week when the soccer and the football season overlap!
The modern day Patriots have a very tough offense which makes them very tough to stop and has sent them to the Super Bowl 5 times this decade. The Patriots have done really well thanks to coach Bill Bilichick who joined the team with quarterback Tom Brady in 2000. Together, they have lead the team to 5 Super Bowls in the last 13 years! They could even add a 6th as this season as they are in the playoffs. The last Super Bowl the Patriots have played in was in 2012 which resulted in a loss to the New York Giants.
Super Bowl History
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the team that wins the Super Bowl each year.
Even though the past is the past, the Patriots still have their best players. 17 players and one contributor have been elected into the hall of fame. These Players Range from Kickers and Linemen, to Quarterbacks and Wide Receivers.
The All Time Patriots
John Hannah was the best linemen on the Patriots ever.
Andre Tippett was probably the best linebacker on the Patriots Ever.He recorded100.0 sacks in his career.
Tom Brady is the best quarterback to play on the Patriots ever and arguably the best quarterback in the NFL.
Patriots All Time Coaches
Bill Belichick
! Fourteen head coaches have coached the New England Patriots in franchise history. Lou Saban was the first coach on the Patriots. Currently, Bill Belichick is the head coach. Bill Belichick started coaching the Patriots in 2000 and has been to 192 games in the regular season, and 22 games in the playoffs. he has coached 12 full seasons for the Patriots as a head coach. Belichick has led the patriots to 5 super bowls winning 3 and losing 2 to the New York Giants. Bill Parcells and Raymond Berry also led the patriots to 3 super bowls but lost every time!
History
On November 16, 1959, a business executive named Billy Sullivan was given his eighth team to complete the AFL (American Football League). The Team was to belong to Boston. Shortly after, local citizens were allowed to submit and vote for the teams name. The most common name was the Boston Patriots. After that, an artist from “The Boston Globe,” named Phil Bissell created the “Pat Patriot” official team logo. The Patriots struggled in their early years of the AFL. One reason was because they didn’t have a regular home stadium. Instead they borrowed stadiums such as Fenway Park, Alumni Stadium, Harvard Stadium, and Nickerson field. In 1963, the Patriots finally did well making it to the AFL championship game but suffered an embarrassing 51-0 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
In 1970 the AFL and the NFL (National Football League) joined together to make a league called the NFL, The Patriots were put in what we now call the East division of the NFL. In 1971, The Patriots finally built a stadium of their own called Foxboro Stadium. (What we now call Gillette stadium). Later the Boston Patriots announced that their name would be changed to the Bay State Patriots. This name was rejected by the NFL so the Patriots settled on the New England Patriots.
offense- The unit of football that mainly scores points Super Bowl- The Final game of the NFL season to determine which team is the champion franchise- A team given to a city by a league playoffs- A series of games that determines which team goes to the super bowl luxury suites- The best quality seats in an NFL stadium Goalposts- Three yellow bars arranged to make a goal so the kicker can kick a ball though it
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