new england patriots won super bowl between eagles and patriots.
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since super bowl xiii in january 1979, the home team is given the choice of wearing their colored or white jerseys. originally, the designated home team had to wear their colored jerseys, which resulted in dallas donning their less exposed dark blue jerseys for super bowl v. while most of the home teams in the super bowl have chosen to wear their colored jerseys, there have been six (6) exceptions: the dallas cowboys during super bowl xiii and xxvii, the washington redskins during super bowl xvii, the pittsburgh steelers during super bowl xl, the denver broncos during super bowl 50, and the new england patriots in super bowl lii. the cowboys, since , have worn white jerseys at home. the redskins wore white at home under coach joe gibbs starting in through , continued by richie petitbon and norv turner through , then again when gibbs returned from through . meanwhile, the steelers, who have always worn their black jerseys at home since the afl–nfl merger in , opted for the white jerseys after winning three consecutive playoff games on the road, wearing white. the steelers' decision was compared with the new england patriots in super bowl xx; the patriots had worn white jerseys at home during the season, but after winning road playoff games against the new york jets and miami dolphins wearing red jerseys, new england opted to switch to crimson for the super bowl as the designated home team. for the broncos in super bowl 50, denver general manager john elway simply stated, "we've had super bowl success in our white uniforms"; they previously had been in super bowls when wearing their orange jerseys. the broncos' decision is also perceived to be made out of superstition, losing all super bowl games with the orange jerseys in terrible fashion. it is unclear why the patriots chose to wear their white jerseys for super bowl lii. during the pairing of bill belichick and tom brady, new england has mostly worn their blue jerseys for home games, but have worn white for a home game in the , , and seasons. the new england patriots were 3–0 in their white uniforms in super bowls prior to super bowl lii with belichick and brady, and they may have been going on recent trends of teams who wear white for the super bowl game. white-shirted teams have won 33 of 52 super bowls to date (63%). the only teams to win in their dark-colored uniform in more recent years are the green bay packers against the pittsburgh steelers in super bowl xlv and the philadelphia eagles against the new england patriots in super bowl lii, with teams in white winning 12 of the last 14 super bowls.
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the game heralded the patriots dynasty, being the first of nine super bowl appearances under the duo of head coach belichick and quarterback brady. the patriots finished the 2002 nfl season 9–7, missing the playoffs. but they went on to win super bowl xxxviii, super bowl xxxix, thus winning three super bowls in four years. then, they won their fourth, fifth, and sixth super bowls (super bowl xlix, super bowl li, and super bowl liii) a decade after their third. brady also won three more super bowl mvp awards in super bowl xxxviii, super bowl xlix, and super bowl li, making him the only player to be named super bowl mvp four times. super bowl xxxvi later became part of the wider 2007 new england patriots videotaping controversy, also known as "spygate". in addition to other videotaping allegations, the "boston herald" reported, citing an unnamed source, that the patriots had also taped the rams' walkthrough practice prior to the game. after further investigations, the league determined that no tape of the rams' super bowl walkthrough was made, and the "herald" later issued an apology in 2008 for their article about the alleged walkthrough tape. nevertheless, the patriots finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16–0 record, but failed to record an undefeated 19–0 championship season after losing super bowl xlii to the new york giants. and at the conclusion of the 2015 nfl season, the patriots held the nfl's best record since spygate, compiling a 96–32 record from 2008 to 2015.
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