Revised: June 25, 2008.

	Coach		Regular Season W-L-T	Notes
1st	Lou Saban	1960~61	7-12-0	Released after 5 games in '61 season.
2nd	Mike Holovak	1961~68	52-46-9	1-1 in playoffs.
3rd	Clive Rush	1969~70	5-16-0	Released after seven games in 1970
4th	John Mazur	1970~72	9-21-0	Resigned after nine games in 1972
5th	Phil Bengtson	1972	1-4-0
6th	Chuck Fairbanks	1973~78	46-39-0	0-2 in playoffs. Built & coached greatest Patriots team ever (1976). Suspended for final regular-season game in '78 after signing contract at U of Colorado.
7th	Hank Bullough #	1978	0-1-0	# Served as Co-coach with Ron Erhardt for final game of the season.
8th	Ron Erhardt	1979~81	21-27-0
9th	Ron Meyer	1982~84	18-15-0	0-1 in playoffs. Released after eight games in 1984
10th	Raymond Berry	1984~89	48-39-0	3-2 in playoffs. Took Patriots to their first Super Bowl.
11th	Rod Rust	1990	1-15-0	Defensive coordinator under Berry.
12th	Dick McPherson	1991~92	8-24-0	Ex-Head coach of Syracuse U.
13th	Bill Parcels	1993~96	32-32-0	2-2 in playoffs. Resigned after taking New England to its 2nd Super Bowl in Jan. 1997 over conflicts because he was  not allowed to have the decision making power of a GM.
14th	Pete Carroll	1997~99	27-21-0	1-2 in playoffs. Had best winning percentage of any Patriots coach to date.
15th	Bill Belichick	2000~08	98-41-0	Best record and most wins of any Patriots coach. Was a perfect 10-0 in the playoffs before first loss in 2005. NFL Coach of the year in 2003 & 2007. Lead Patriots to 4 Super Bowls, winning 3. �@ As of January 2007, The Pats under Belichick are 9-0 in overtime games. In the past they  seldom won OT games. Only perfect 16-0 regular season in NFL history.

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Year	Record	Finish	Stats	Season Notes & Post season results (total for season's playoff  results in bold & brackets.)
1960 � +	5-9-0	4th	#'s
1961 � +	9-4-1	2nd	#'s
1962 � +	9-4-1	2nd	#'s
1963 � +	7-6-1	T 1st	#'s	Won tie-breaker game at Buffalo 26-8 Lost AFL Championship at San Diego 51-10. ( 1-1 )
1964 � +	10-3-1	2nd	#'s
1965 � +	4-8-2	3rd	#'s
1966 � +	8-4-2	2nd	#'s
1967 � +	3-10-1	5th	#'s
1968 � +	4-10-0	4th	#'s
1969 � +	4-10-0	T 3rd	#'s
1970+	2-12-0	5th	#'s
1971	6-8-0	T 3rd	#'s
1972	3-11-0	5th	#'s
1973	5-9-0	3rd	#'s
1974	7-7-0	T 3rd	#'s
1975	3-11-0	T 4th	#'s
1976	11-3-0	T 1st	#'s	Arguably the best Patriots team ever.  However lost in Wildcard game 24-21 at Oakland ( 0-1 )
1977	9-5-0	3rd	#'s
1978	11-5-0	1st	#'s	Lost 31-14 against Houston ( 0-1 ) First home play-off game in team history.
1979	9-7-0	2nd	#'s
1980	10-6-0	2nd	#'s
1981	2-14-0	T 4th	#'s	"Needed" a season ending loss in Baltimore to get the No. 1 overall pick in the 1982 draft. I was actually on hand for this game on Dec. 20 where the temperature was well below freezing. The bitter wind made your eyes water, where your tears would then freeze to your jacket. No wonder only 17,000 were on hand.
1982	5-4-0	7th AFC ##	#'s	* - Strike shortened season, 7games missed. Played at Miami in first round. Lost 34-20. ( 0-1 )
1983	8-8-0	T 2nd	#'s
1984	9-7-0	2nd	#'s
1985	11-5-0	T 2nd	#'s	As the 3rd wild card team, won 3 games on the road, (Only duplicated in 2005: Steelers) @ N.Y.Jets 26-14, @ L.A. Raiders 27-20, @ Miami 31-14, 1985 AFC Champions Lost in Super Bowl XX to Chicago 46-10. ( 3-1 )
1986	11-5-0	1st	#'s	Lost in Division playoff at Denver 22-17 ( 0-1 )
1987	8-7-0*	T 2nd	#'s	* - Strike shortened season, 1 game missed, 3 games played with replacements.
1988	9-7-0	T2nd	#'s
1989	5-11-0	4th	#'s
1990	1-15-0	5th	#'s	The worst season in Patriots history.
1991	6-10-0	4th	#'s
1992	2-14-0	5th	#'s	These were the darkest days in Patriot History. The owner James Orthwein begins talk of moving the team to St Louis for financial reasons. The won a total of 9 games over a 3 season stretch.
1993	5-11-0	4th	#'s	Team logo and colors are changed from Pat Patriot to the Flying Elvis. Bill Parcels named head coach. Bob Kraft buys team to prevent a move.
1994	10-6-0	2nd	#'s	Patriots win final 7 games of the season to earn playoff berth. Lost in Wildcard game at Cleveland 20-13 ( 0-1 )
1995	6-10-0	4th	#'s
1996	11-5-0	1st	#'s	With 1st round bye, won 2 games at home, vs. Pittsburgh 28-3, vs. Jacksonville 20-6. 1996 AFC Champions   Lost in Super Bowl XXXI to Green Bay 35-21. ( 2-1 )
1997	10-6-0	1st	#'s	Pete Carroll is named head coach. Patriots win back-to-back division titles for the first time in the history of the franchise. In the play-offs, won game against Miami 17-3,but lost at Pittsburgh 7-6. (1-1)
1998	9-7-0	4th	#'s	As #3 Wildcard in AFC played at Jacksonville and lost 25-10 (0-1). First time ever to make payoffs 3 years in a row.
1999	8-8-0	T4th	#'s	After a 4-0 start that became 6-2, the team dropped 6 of the last 8 games.
2000	5-11-0	5th	#'s	New head coach Bill Belichick takes over but has limited success in first season.
2001	11-5-0	1st	#'s	With 1st round bye, won home game over Raiders 16-13 (OT) and at Pittsburgh 24-17 to become 2001 AFC Champions   WON Super Bowl XXXVI over St. Louis 20-17. ( 3-0 )  And OH does that 0 look sweet.    WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
2002	9-7-0	T1st	#'s	Finished in a 3 way tie for first with the Jets & Dolphins. However, Pats did not win the division or make the playoffs.
2003	14-2-0	1st	#'s	Best regular season record in team history. HFA for 1st time ever. Best record in league. Won home games vs Titans 17-14 and Colts 24-14 to become 2003 AFC Champions. Won Super Bowl XXXVIII over Carolina 32-29. (3-0)            WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
2004	14-2-0	1st	#'s	21 game winning streak. (18 regular season) both are NFL records. Best start in team history (6-0). Scored first in 23 consecutive games (NFL record). Won Home game vs. Colts 20-3 and at Pittsburgh 41-27 to become 2004 AFC Champions. Won Super Bowl XXXIX over Philadelphia 24-21. (3-0)                       WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
2005	10-6-0	1st		Patriots win AFC East. It is the first time the Patriots have ever won the division 3 consecutive seasons. Patriots play in the final Monday Night Football game ever to air on ABC television. Won Home game (Wild Card) vs. Jaguars 28-3, Lost Div game @ Denver 27-13. (1-1)
2006	12-4-0	1st		Patriots win AFC East for the 4th consecutive season. First 12 win regular season. Won Home Wild Card game vs. Jets 37-16 and at San Diego 24-21. Lost the AFC Championship at Indianapolis 38-34. (2-1)
2007	16-0-0	1st		UNDEFEATED. Patriots go a perfect 16-0 & have 19 game winning streak (reg. season NFL Record). Patriots win AFC East for 5th straight year. Tie NFL record for earliest to clinch division. Set NFL records for ..well for almost everything. Won Home game (Div.) vs Jaguars 31-20, Won the AFC C over San Diego 21-12. Lost Super Bowl to NY Giants 17-14. (2-1)
2008	7-4-0			NFL Regular season winning streak extends to 21 games.
Team Regular season Totals
49 seasons	376- 349- 9			Playoff record 21 - 13

� - Denotes years team was in the American Football League's Eastern Division.
+ - Team known as Boston Patriots.

## - in 1982, due to the strike shortened season, the NFL used a special system for determining playoff teams. All teams were ordered by conference instead of by division.

Home record  11-1
Away record 4-8 (7-12 if you count Super Bowls)

The Patriots have played in more play-off games in the 7 years ('97~'04) than they did in the previous 37 seasons ('60~'96).
They have also won 3 times as many in the last 7 as in the previous 37 seasons.

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