the patriots have made 19 super bowl appearances.
how many super bowl appearances have the patriots made?
19
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.
super bowl xxxvi
the new england patriots () and pittsburgh steelers () have won the most super bowls with six championships, while the dallas cowboys () and the san francisco 49ers () have five wins. new england has the most super bowl appearances with 11, while the buffalo bills () have the most consecutive appearances with four (all losses) from 1990 to 1993. the miami dolphins (1971–1973) and new england patriots (2016–2018) are the only other teams to have at least three consecutive appearances. the denver broncos () and patriots have each lost a record five super bowls. the minnesota vikings () and the bills have lost four. the record for consecutive wins is two and is shared by seven franchises: the green bay packers (1966–1967), the miami dolphins (1972–1973), the pittsburgh steelers (1974–1975 and 1978–1979, the only team to accomplish this feat twice and the only team with four wins in six consecutive seasons), the san francisco 49ers (1988–1989), the dallas cowboys (1992–1993), the denver broncos (1997–1998), and the new england patriots (2003–2004). among those, dallas (1992–1993; 1995) and new england (2001; 2003–2004) are the only teams to win three out of four consecutive super bowls. the 1972 dolphins capped off the only perfect season in nfl history with their victory in super bowl vii. the only team with multiple super bowl appearances and no losses is the baltimore ravens, who in winning super bowl xlvii defeated and replaced the 49ers in that position. four current nfl teams have never appeared in a super bowl, including franchise relocations and renaming: the cleveland browns, detroit lions, jacksonville jaguars, and houston texans, though both the browns (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964) and lions (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) had won nfl championship games prior to the creation of the super bowl in the 1966 season.
list of super bowl champions