Patriots Begin Title Defense with Narrow Win Over Colts
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The New England Patriots began their  quest for successive Super Bowl titles with a tight 27-24 win  over the Indianapolis Colts in the opening game of the NFL  season in Foxboro Thursday.
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The New England Patriots opened defense of their second Super Bowl title in three years by taking a 3-0 lead over the Indianapolis Colts after the first quarter Thursday night.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- If Patriots defensive backs were munching chips and dip while lounging on the sofa watching Peyton Manning dismantle the Denver Broncos yesterday, they likely uttered the favorite phrase of grumpy old Frank on "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- "Holy crap!' "
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FOXBOROUGH -- The Patriots pulled within one game of the NFL record for consecutive victories with a 23-12 win over the Cardinals Sunday, but coach Bill Belichick was not satisfied with the team's performance.
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The Indianapolis Colts opened the defense of their Super Bowl title with a ruthless 41-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in the NFL season opener on Thursday.
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FOXBORO, Mass. - Forget last season's win over Indianapolis in the AFC championship game...
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The New England Patriots are unbeaten because of a simple approach &#151; score a lot early and keep the other team from scoring late.
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The Patriots are right back where this season really began, the AFC Championship game. It was last season's gut-wrenching 38-34 AFC title game loss to the Indianapolis Colts that served as the impetus for the creation of Patriots version 2.0, a team built to defeat the high-scoring Colts at their own game, except that now it won't have to in ...
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New England advanced to the A.F.C. Championship against either Indianapolis or San Diego, both of whom the Patriots have already beaten on their way to a 17-0 record.
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The New England Patriots showed the stingiest team in the NFL that they also can dominate on defense. They shut down Baltimore 24-3 Sunday, scoring on a fumble recovery and holding the Ravens to 124 yards.
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The New England Patriots showed the stingiest team in the NFL that they also can dominate on defense.
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As the Colts began serious preparations for their AFC divisional playoff game against the Patriots Sunday at Gillette Stadium, they attempted to maintain a sense of normalcy.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - One of the Patriots' mantras during their run at a perfect 16-0 season has been that they can focus only on the game and the opponent that week. Another constant theme was that they had more important goals, meaning the Super Bowl.
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Tonight's season opener between the Patriots and Indianapolis Colts is likely to be a shootout, unless the weather dictates more conservative game plans from two teams that can't wait to air it out on national television.
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Tom Brady passed the New England Patriots into the playoffs by guiding an offensive system that may be on display at Notre Dame next season. And their defense held off the Cincinnati Bengals for a 35-28 win Sunday.
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CLEVELAND -- The Patriots' defense wasn't tested much while the outcome was in doubt during a 42-15 victory over the Cleveland Browns yesterday. The Patriots allowed one first down and picked off a Luke McCown pass in taking a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
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The Patriots played a bend-but-don't-break brand of defense in a 31-20 AFC Divisional playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars Saturday night, but their ability to generate turnovers - and not turn the ball over on offense - turned out be the breaking point for the Jaguars.