New England Patriots: Ranking team’s six Super Bowl victories
By Connor Floyd
No. 5: Super Bowl XXXIX – New England Patriots 24, Philadelphia Eagles 21
The one that forever etched Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and the Patriots into NFL royalty. This game capped off an absurd run of three Super Bowl wins in four years for the Pats.
Frankly, it’s amazing that this game was ever close. The Philadelphia Eagles turned it over three times in the first quarter, but Brady and the offense were unable to capitalize.
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The Patriots defense bothered Donovan McNabb and the Eagles all night long, and that was the saving grace of this game. The usual suspects – Willie McGinest, Richard Seymour, Tedy Bruschi, and Rodney Harrison – were all playing lockdown defense and cemented the Patriots dynasty in the annals of NFL history.
No. 4: Super Bowl XXXVIII – New England Patriots 32, Carolina Panthers 29
This game gets overlooked way too much. We’re at the part in this list where these are all interchangeable.
This game was scoreless for the majority of the first half until the teams combined for 24 total points in just over three minutes of gameplay. In the end, Tom Brady out-dueled Jake Delhomme and the Carolina Panthers with what became his signature: a last-minute drive to win the game on the foot of Adam Vinatieri.
No 3: Super Bowl XLIX – New England Patriots 28, Seattle Seahawks 24
Storylines aplenty here.
Deflategate had just been brought to the attention of the NFL, Russell Wilson and the Legion of Boom were trying to win back-to-back Super Bowls, Brady and the Pats were back in the big game again after losing the previous two conference championships, I could go on and on.
The New England Patriots and the Seahawks went into halftime tied at 14 after the Patriots defense couldn’t stop Wilson and Chris Mathews (remember him?) with less than a minute left in the second quarter. Brady and the Pats came out slow in the third, and the Seahawks took advantage and went up by 10 points.
What followed was one of the best quarters in Tom Brady’s long and successful career. Brady completed 13 of 15 passes for 124 yards and two touchdowns against the Legion of Boom to go up 28-24.
There are too many heroic plays near the end of this game to count. Dont’a Hightower’s desperately latching onto Marshawn Lynch’s foot to prevent a go-ahead touchdown and a sure defeat, and of course, Malcolm Butler’s miraculous interception. Butler will never have to buy drinks in the New England area again.