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 2004 Season Past Game History  Pats held send-off rally at Gillette Stadium. 
Super Bowl XXXIX World Champion New England Patriots On Sunday, February 6, 2005 in Jacksonville. Patriots beat the Eagles for the World Championship at 6:30 PM ET. Paul McCartney performed in the Ameriquest Mortgage Super Bowl XXXIX Halftime Show. It's hard to win consecutive Super Bowls in this day and age, but New England made it look easy. By utilizing a solid defense in the first half and exploding on offense in the second half, the Pats are Super Bowl XXXIX champions with a 24-21 victory against the Eagles. With three championships in four years, the New England dynasty rules the NFL. Last year, the Patriots were 7-point favorites against the Carolina Panthers and won 32-29. SB-XXXVIII In 2002, the Patriots were 14-point underdogs to St. Louis, but upset the Rams 20-17. SB-XXXVI "A Celebration of the NFL's 26th Season-Ending All-Star Game in Hawaii"
on ESPN - AFC-NFC NFL Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005. PRO BOWL HAWAII 2005 - Starters: The New England Patriots placed four players on the 2005 AFC Pro Bowl team announced Wednesday by the NFL. The Patriots, second in the AFC with a 14-2 season record, are sending quarterback Tom Brady, defensive tackle Richard Seymour, kicker Adam Vinatieri and special teams player Larry Izzo to represent the team in Honolulu, Hawaii. Pro Bowl noteworthy exclusions included running back Corey Dillon, linebacker Tedy Bruschi and safety Rodney Harrison. You guys are "All Stars" in the eyes of Patriot's fans. UPDATE Feb 1, 2005: Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi not originally selected for the Pro Bowl (I voted for him), takes his game to the next level. Yes, #54 will replace Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and play in his first Pro Bowl. It's great to have player like Bruschi on the New England Patriots. He's a full tilt player and full time team member. "It's something that I am proud of," Bruschi said. Read Michael Felger/ Patriots Notebook for the Boston Herald story. UPDATE Feb 4, 2005: Dillon replaces James on AFC Pro Bowl team. New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon was selected for his fourth Pro Bowl, replacing injured Indianapolis running back Edgerrin James but was also cut due to injury.
AFC Champions ~ Again! Tom Brady and Bill Belichick were an unstoppable combination again for the New England Patriots, exposing all of the Steelers' weaknesses to end their 15-game winning streak and win the 2004 AFC championship 41-27 Sunday night. New England's Adam Vinatieri kicks a 48-yard field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter of the AFC championship game in Pittsburgh (3-0). The kick gave the Patriots a 3-0 lead and equaled the longest field goal in Heinz Stadium history. Eugene Wilson (26) had an interception in the opening moments of the AFC championship game. Deion Branch (83) hauled in a 60-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter (10-0). David Givens ran undefended into the end zone on a 9-yard scoring pass play (17-3). Rodney Harrison capitalized on a 87-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second quarter. The play pushed New England's lead to (24-3). Corey Dillon had 73 yards on 24 carries and 25-yard TD run and a (31-10). Adding insult to the already injured Steelers, Branch took a reverse around right end around into the end zone from 23 yards out to make the score 41-20. Tom Brady was a humble 14 of 21 passing for 207 yards and two touchdowns. Robert Kraft and his amazing team accept the Lamar Hunt AFC Championship trophy. New England knocked off the No. 1 seed Steelers and did it convincingly, 41-27. Next stop, Jacksonville. Week 2 of The Playoffs - In Foxboro, January 16, 2005, it was a rematch of last year's AFC Championship when Tom Brady's Patriots host Peyton Manning's Colts one more time, but this time we have Corey Dillon. - 4:30 PM ET Indianapolis (12-4) at New England (14-2) (CBS-TV)- The Divisional Playoffs are over and only four teams can lay claim to NFL's grand prize. The Patriots beat the Colts 20-3 for the second year in a row and will face the Steelers next week in Pittsburgh. In the NFC, the Falcons will fly to Philly to take on the Eagles, who beat the Vikings 27-14 Sunday. In the win, Pro Bowl passer Donovan McNabb proved that he doesn't need Terrell Owens to be effective.- The winners of these four games will meet for a chance to play in Super Bowl XXXIX ~ Game Report ~ Patriots Manning-handle Colts, 20-3 Manning-MVP, Make Vacation Plans. The Patriots win against the Colts in the AFC Divisional game at Gillette Stadium, 20-3. On the defense Tedy "Full Tilt, Full Time" Bruschi sets the pace... he strips the ball from Dominic Rhodes for a fumble recovery and gets a Reggie Wayne fumble recovery to keep the ball away from Manning and a Harrison interception in the end zone held the Colts to only three points to end the game. Corey Dillon was Full Tilt on the offense running for 144 yards in his first playoff game. David Givens scored a touchdown on third and five from the 5 and Tom Brady scored on a plunge from 1-yard out. Adam Vinatieri kicked two field goals vs.Colts. The Patriots stopped Peyton Manning cold. With all the stars on this team it's hard to mention all the terrific plays by all the different professionals, except to say they are an All Star Team. The new issue of Sports Illustrated is out and has Tedy Bruschi on the cover. Linebacker Tedy Bruschi of the New England Patriots is the NFL Defensive Player of the Week for Divisional Weekend (Jan. 15-16). Courtesy of NFL.com DEFENSE: LB TEDY BRUSCHI, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS New England's Bruschi played a key role in helping the Patriots win their seventh-consecutive playoff game as the club stymied the Colts, 20-3, in Gillette Stadium. Bruschi made eight tackles, forced a fumble and recovered two more as the Patriots limited the NFL's top-scoring offense to three points to advance to their third AFC Championship Game in the past four years. Four of Bruschi's eight tackles were within three yards of the line of scrimmage. Perhaps Bruschi's biggest play came with 3:19 remaining in the first half while the Patriots nursed a 6-0 lead. On the eighth play of an Indianapolis drive, the Colts faced 2nd down and 17 from New England's 39-yard line and closing in on field goal range. Bruschi closed in on Colts' running back Dominic Rhodes, who had just hauled in a screen pass, and stripped the ball away to thwart a scoring threat on Indianapolis' longest drive of the first half. Bruschi and the New England defense allowed the Colts 22:17 of ball possession and limited NFL MVP Peyton Manning to a 69.3 passer rating -- his lowest since last season's AFC Championship Game when the Patriots limited him to a 35.5 mark. Just 14 days earlier he won the same honors against San Francisco on January 2nd. This is the fifth-career Player of the Week Award for Bruschi, his third this season (Weeks 4 and 17). Week 1 of The Playoffs  - Patriots have a first-round bye on Sunday January 9th and will host a divisional playoff game Sunday, January 16, 2005 at 4:30 pm in Gillette Stadium.OFFENSE: RB COREY DILLON, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - 1-7-05 In five December-January games, New England’s Dillon rushed 109 times for a 102.8-yard-per-game average and six touchdowns (five rushing) to help the Patriots go 4-1 in that span and earn a second-consecutive AFC East Division title. Dillon posted three 100-yard rushing performances in his team’s final five games and totaled no less than 88 yards rushing in his other two outings. His 116 rushing yards and touchdown on only 14 carries in a Week 17 victory against San Francisco was his ninth 100-yard game of the season to tie a franchise record and also earned him a club-record and career-high 1,635 yards rushing for the season. On the year, the 6-1, 225-pound back tied his career-high in touchdowns (13) and also tied the third-greatest single-season touchdown output by a Patriots player. In his eighth year from Washington, this is Dillon’s first career Player of the Month Award. Week 17, Patriots vs 49ers at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, 21-7 win gives Patriots 14-2 mark on season. Corey Dillon rushed for 102 yards on 12 carries in the season finale against the 49ers, tying the franchise mark of 100-yard rushing games in a season set by Curtis Martin in 1995. It was the 37th career 100-yard game for Dillon, who also extended his career-high rushing total this season to 1,621 yards. Dillon became the first player in franchise history to reach the 1,600-yard plateau. It was a rough start in the first half with Bethel Johnson, returned his first attempt after the 49ers opening drive in the first quarter for an 86-yard touchdown, only to see the return called back on an illegal blocking penalty. Earthwind Moreland was called for a block in the back and the play came back to the Patriots 7 where they had to start first and 10. New England began the game with a series of mistakes and two interceptions and the 49ers led with 7 points in the first quarter. Once the Pats turned it around in the second quarter, they never looked back and kept the lead to the end. The Patriots finished 14-2 this season, tying the best regular-season record in NFL history by a defending Super Bowl champion. Linebacker Tedy Bruschi led the Patriots with a game-high 15 total tackles. Linebacker Willie McGinest had the Patriots only sack, giving him a team-high nine this season. Linebacker Mike Vrabel caught his second touchdown of the season on a 1-yard pass from Brady in the first quarter. Running back Patrick Pass led the Patriots with a career-high five receptions for 22 yards. Deion Branch scored on an 8-yard pass that he did most of the work on, outracing his defender and sticking the ball over the goal line for the score.
Week #16, New England will visited the New York Jets for a post-holiday matchup with important playoff implications. The playoff-bound Patriots had a 23-7 win over the Jets Sunday clinched a first-round bye, through the first round of the playoffs and host a divisional playoff game the weekend of Jan. 15-16 at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots have clinched the AFC East title, assuring that they will host at least one home playoff game this season. The Patriots defeat of the Jets on Sunday, as the 13-2 Pats lock up the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs. Dillon Sets Mark, in his first season in New England, running back Corey Dillon has put up the best-ever rushing season in franchise history. Dillon rushed for 89 yards on 29 carries Sunday, giving him 1,519 rushing yards this season to break the single-season franchise mark set by Curtis Martin (1,487) in 1995. Dillon, who did most of his damage in the second half against the Jets, also broke his previous career-high of 1,435 set in 2000 with Cincinnati. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady rebounded from one of his worst performances of the season last week with a solid day against the Jets, completing 21-of-32 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Linebacker Tedy Bruschi ended New York's first drive of the game with his third interception of the season. Bruschi and linebacker Ted Johnson tied for the team-lead with four tackles each. Deion Branch led the Patriots with seven receptions for 82 yards and his third touchdown of the season, tying his career-high he set last season. Wide receiver David Givens was back in the starting lineup for the Patriots, and his impact was certainly felt. Green, Mike Vrabel and Rosevelt Colvin each recorded sacks for the Patriots. Week #15, It looked like it was going to be a typically hard-earned victory for the Patriots -- until they started making un-Patriot-like mistakes. Leading 28-23, Tom Brady was intercepted on an ill-advised pass under pressure deep in New England territory, which led to a Miami touchdown moments later. Brady was intercepted moments later on another desperate pass, and the Patriots walked off the field with a stunning 29-28 defeat. "That's a situation we're usually pretty good in," coach Bill Belichick said. "We weren't tonight." New England trailed 17-14 in the third quarter, but Brady threw touchdown passes to Corey Dillon in the third quarter and to Daniel Graham with 3:59 left in the game to give the Patriots a 28-17 lead. Brady passed for 171 yards and three touchdowns but was intercepted four times. The Patriots (12-2) are one game behind Pittsburgh for the top seed in the AFC, and must play a road game Dec. 26 against the Jets (10-4).Historically Miami has been one of the toughest places for New England to win. In week #14, The Pats successfully defend their divisional title with a win over Cincinnatti. New England needed every bit of Tom Brady's 260 yards passing and Corey Dillon's 88 yards rushing to offset the Bengals high-powered offense. Patriots running back Corey Dillon spent the first seven years of his career playing for the Bengals and in that time came to own or share 18 different Bengals franchise records, including most rushing yards in a game (278), most rushing yards in a season (1,435 in 2000) and most rushing yards in a career (8,061). The Patriots forced three key turnovers Sunday, including two in the red zone, saving a 35-28 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Brady was good for 260 yards and 2 touchdowns on 18 of 26 passing while David Patten had 107 yards receiving with 5 catches. Asante Samuel made his presence known when he picked off Palmer of the Bengals from scrimmage. Palmer was looking to the right sideline and Houshmandzadeh but Samuel read it perfectly and took the pass 34 yards the other way for the defensive score. New England opened the second half with another scoring drive, this one going 75 yards on 11 plays. The play of the drive had to be Brady connecting with Patrick Pass from the seat of his pants. In week #13, The Patriots traveled to Cleveland on December 5th to begin the final stretch of the season with a clash against the Browns. Patriots score every which way in 42-15 rout. Bethel Johnson had a kickoff return for a touchdown on the first play of the game, Randall Gay returned a fumble and Corey Dillon had two touchdowns.In week #12, Patriots vs Ravens in a Thanksgiving Weekend clash.
Gillette Stadium- Foxboro 4:15 p.m on WBZ-TV Channel 4 Boston.
The Patriots will face a tough test in the Ravens, who boast one of the NFL's most fearsome defenses and the stingiest defense in the NFL. In week #11, the Patriots faced another tough challenge from a formidable opponent and they passed the test once again. New England's defense came up huge in shutting down the Kansas City's top-ranked offense. The Chiefs (3-7), who were without their star RB Priest Holmes due to a knee injury, was held to just 64 yards on the ground as the Patriots defeated the Chiefs 27-19 in a hard-fought battle.
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