Perfect Patriots beat Chargers to reach Super Bowl
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The New England  Patriots kept up their pursuit of a perfect season by beating  the San Diego Chargers 21-12 on Sunday to advance to the Super  Bowl as American Football Conference champions.
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There are many ways to break down a football game, figure out why one team won and another lost. Last night, they all led back to the simpliest of facts - the New England Patriots are way better than the Buffalo Bills.
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The San Diego Chargers earned a trip to New England and the A.F.C. championship after upsetting the Indianapolis Colts, the reigning champions, Sunday afternoon.
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Tom Brady threw a pair of touchdown passes as the New England Patriots set a National Football League record for consecutive wins by downing the winless Miami Dolphins 24-10 in Foxboro on Sunday.
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Ask just about anyone what they remember most about the New England Patriots' dramatic 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers in last year's Super Bowl and chances are you will get the same answer.
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Corey Dillon rushed for 105 yards and  two touchdowns as the New England Patriots won their 20th  consecutive game, defeating the Seattle Seahawks 30-20 in  National Football League action in Foxboro on Sunday.
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One of the most impressive aspects of New England's third Super Bowl title in four years was who the Patriots beat this year.
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Gone Â Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, Adam Vinatieri and the rest of the Colts. By stunning Indianapolis, the San Diego Chargers just knocked off New England's biggest road block to the Super Bowl. Now San Diego must avoid a repeat of its last performance at New England.
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The New York Giants won Super Bowl XLII with a last-minute touchdown, upsetting the New England Patriots' hopes of becoming the first team in the NFL to complete a season undefeated since 1972.
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New York - Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes to help the New England Patriots set a record for consecutive victories by downing the winless Miami Dolphins 24-10 in Foxboro on Sunday.
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Tom Brady completed 21-of-32 passes for 264 yards as the New England Patriots clinched a first-round bye in the play-offs with a 23-7 victory over AFC East division rivals the New York Jets.
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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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Laurence Maroney scored on a 1-yard touchdown run and Tom Brady threw a 12-yard scoring pass to Jabar Gaffney to give the New England Patriots a 14-6 lead over the San Diego Chargers in the second quarter of the AFC championship game on Sunday.
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The unbeaten New England Patriots continue their quest for perfection this weekend as the top-seeded teams join the NFL playoffs.
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The Patriots rout the Chargers, 38-14, as Tom Brady, above, throws for 279 yards and three touchdowns, two of which are caught by Randy Moss.
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FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts  - Only a Super Bowl XLII victory against the New York Giants now stands between the New England Patriots and a perfect, unbeaten season.
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Tom Brady was far from flawless. Except when it mattered most. A tough week ended sweetly for the NFL's latest matinee idol when the New England Patriots finally wriggled free of the Philadelphia Eagles, 24-21, to claim their third Super Bowl in the last four years. His numbers weren't eye-popping &#151; they never are &#151; but they were good enough, as usual.