Patriots reach 4th Super Bowl in 7 years
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"Now we can look ahead." Bill Belichick, a coach of few words, said it all with that sentence after his New England Patriots claimed the AFC championship trophy. Looking ahead means only one thing: A trip to the Super Bowl, and a chance to give their perfect record a whole new meaning.
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The fates have not been kind to the last four Super Bowl runners-up.
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New England's bid to claim a fourth Super Bowl crown next season will face its most challenging test since the run began.
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In reviewing a 2007 season that was filled with unexpected twists and turns, Patriots coach Bill Belichick acknowledged that the pain still lingers from losing Super Bowl XLII.
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I suppose there&#39;s only room for one winning team in New England at a time. Maybe the Patriots will win another Super Bowl in 86 years or so.
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Quarterback Tom Brady guided the defending champion New England Patriots to a 41-27 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game on Sunday and back to the Super Bowl for the third time in four years.
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It doesn&#39;t take a football genius to know that the New England Patriots are an amazing team. The organization&#39;s ability to plug in players and keep winning over the last three years is a model
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When it comes to timing, the Patriots can't get a break. When they were making their great stretch drive through the best teams in the NFL last winter on their way to winning their second Super Bowl in three years, they often were overshadowed by a team not even playing at the time.
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And then there were 10. That's how many Patriots will be making their fourth trip to the Super Bowl in the past seven seasons, and that includes Stephen Neal, who was on the 2001 squad but did not appear in a game, and Troy Brown, who has played once during this season.
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The Bucs went on to win seven, Buffalo and Pittsburgh six, Houston five and the Giants four. The five losers made the playoffs. The Patriots, you might recall, had a pretty decent year.
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By Steve Keating  JACKSONVILLE, Florida  - The image of three men  huddled together in the euphoria following the New England  Patriots' 24-21 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles  will be remembered as the defining moment of the NFL's newest  dynasty, and perhaps its end.
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The New England Patriots set an NFL record for consecutive wins, with plenty of help from the winless Miami Dolphins, in a 24-10 victory.
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FOXOBOROUGH, Massachussetts  - The New England Patriots beat the San Diego Chargers 21-12 on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl as American Football Conference champions.
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As the Patriots played in their fourth Super Bowl under coach Bill Belichick last night, questions continued to be raised about the team's conduct prior to its first, a 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.
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The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXIX with a 24-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, picking up their third NFL title in the past four years.
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For New England sports fans, this will always be an unforgettable October. The New England Patriots set an NFL record Sunday by rolling to their 19th consecutive victory, 24-10 against the winless Miami Dolphins. It came two days before the region's beloved Boston Red Sox resume an 86-year quest for a World Series title.
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The Patriots know firsthand how hard it is to repeat. They have studied why they finished 9-7 and out of the playoffs in 2002 after winning their first Super Bowl.