who did tom brady play in his first super bowl
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title: Tom Brady text: for the first four games of the 2016 NFL season. Subsequently, Brady went on to play in the next two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl LI and losing Super Bowl LII. Brady was born in San Mateo, California, the only son and fourth child of Galynn Patricia ("née" Johnson) and Thomas Brady, Sr. He has three older sisters, named Nancy, Julie, and Maureen. He was raised Catholic. His father is of Irish descent, while his mother has German, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish ancestry. A set of Brady's great-great-grandparents on his father's side, John and Bridget Brady, were Irish refugees from title: Tom Brady text: Tom Brady Thomas "Tom" Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players in NFL history to have won five Super Bowls (along with defensive player Charles Haley), and he is the only player to have won them all with a single franchise. Because of his numerous accomplishments and accolades, many analysts and sportswriters consider Brady to be among the greatest quarterbacks of all time. After playing college football for the University of Michigan, Brady was drafted by title: Super Bowl text: the decade. They would become only the second team in the history of the NFL to do so (after the 1990s Dallas Cowboys). In Super Bowl XXXVI, first-year starting quarterback Tom Brady led his team to a 20–17 upset victory over the St. Louis Rams. Brady would go on to win the MVP award for this game. The Patriots also won Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX defeating the Carolina Panthers and the Philadelphia Eagles respectively. This four-year stretch of Patriot dominance was interrupted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 48–21 Super Bowl XXXVII victory over the Oakland Raiders. The Pittsburgh Steelers title: Super Bowl VI text: Super Bowl VI Super Bowl VI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1971 season. The Cowboys defeated the Dolphins by the score of 24–3, to win their first Super Bowl. The game was played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second time the Super Bowl was played in that city. Despite the southerly location, it was unseasonably cold at the time, with the kickoff air temperature of title: Drew Bledsoe text: season with the team, he was named to the 1995 Pro Bowl and was the youngest quarterback to appear in the NFL's all-star game at the time. Following a period of declining success and two consecutive seasons where the Patriots missed the playoffs, Bledsoe suffered a near-career-ending injury early in the 2001 season and was replaced as starter by Tom Brady. He was unable to regain his starting position after he was medically cleared to play due to Brady's success with the team, which culminated with the franchise's first Super Bowl win in Super Bowl XXXVI over the St. Louis