The Steelers won 4 super bowls in the 1970s..........two more recently.................New England is really Boston...........Lynchburgh had a home of Tom Jefferson..............................who designed the campus of nearby University of VA.......
The Patriots struggled for most of their years in the AFL, and they never had a regular home stadium. Nickerson Field, Harvard Stadium, Fenway Park, and Alumni Stadium all served as home fields during their time in the American Football League. They played in only one AFL championship game, following the 1963 season, in which they lost to the San Diego Chargers 51–10. They did not appear again in an AFL or NFL post-season game for another 13 years.[7]
When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, the Patriots were placed in the American Football Conference (AFC) East division, where they still play today.[7] The following year, the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts,
which would serve as their home for the next 30 years. As a result of
the move, they announced they would change their name from the Boston
Patriots to the Bay State Patriots.[6] The name was rejected by the NFL and on March 22, 1971, the team officially announced they would change its geographic name to New England.[7]
During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976—as a wild card
team—and in 1978—as AFC East champions. They lost in the first round
both times. In 1985, they returned to the playoffs, and made it all the
way to Super Bowl XX, which they lost to the Chicago Bears
46–10. Following their Super Bowl loss, they returned to the playoffs
in 1986, but lost in the first round. The team would not make the
playoffs again for eight more years. During the 1990 season, the
Patriots went 1–15. They changed ownership three times in the ensuing 14
years, being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988, who sold the team to James Orthwein
in 1992. Though Orthwein's period as owner was short and controversial,
he did oversee major changes to the team, first with the hiring of
former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells
in 1993. Orthwein and his marketing team also commissioned the NFL to
develop a new visual identity and logo, and changed their primary colors
from the traditional red, white and blue to blue and silver for the
team uniforms.[8] Orthwein intended to move the team to his native St. Louis, Missouri (where it would have been renamed as the St. Louis Stallions), but instead sold the team in 1994 for $175 million to its current owner, Robert Kraft.[7]
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