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22 unusual facts about New England Patriots


Aaron Gordon

Ed reprotedly made the New England Patriots football team as a tight end, but chose to pursue a basketball career.

Alysha Castonguay

In Spring of 2006 Castonguay auditioned for and was selected to be part of the 24 member New England Patriots Cheerleaders.

Braxston Cave

On August 30, 2013, he was waived by the Browns, and was claimed off waivers by the New England Patriots.

Braxston Cave (born July 29, 1989) is an American football offensive center for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

David E. Harrison

In 1970 he married Michelle Holovak, the daughter of former Boston College and Boston Patriots head coach Mike Holovak.

Domenik Hixon

He made his mark by returning a kickoff 74 yards for a touchdown in the Giants' 2007 regular season finale against the undefeated New England Patriots.

Drop goal

The last successful drop kick in a professional American football game was when Doug Flutie successfully drop kicked a football for an extra point in the New England Patriots' regular-season finale against the Miami Dolphins on January 1, 2006; prior to that, the last successful drop kick in a regular-season game was in 1941.

Gene Mingo

That touchdown won the first-ever American Football League game, as the Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots.

Glenville, Cleveland

Pierre Woods, NFL University of Michigan linebacker and player for the New England Patriots

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Abandoning the old nickname of "Patriots", which by then was best known for the New England Patriots of the NFL, the new club instead decided to adopt the nickname Greensboro Hornets.

Greg Dickerson

From 1997 to 2002, he was the Celtics' public address announcer, as well as the alternate PA announcer for the New England Patriots and the PA announcer for the Worcester Ice Cats of the American Hockey League.

Inés Gómez Mont

Gomez Mont gained notoriety in the English speaking world when, at the Super Bowl Media Day for Super Bowl XLII, she attended a news conference with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady wearing a revealing wedding dress and pleaded with Brady to marry her.

Jason Carthen

As a former professional football player with the New England Patriots, he is a highly sought-after international speaker in areas of leadership, faith and business.

Jeff Baicher

Kraft owned the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) and had grown up and lived in the New England area his entire life.

Larry Cook

Larry Cook (born February 12, 1939) is a scouting consultant for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.

In 1979, he entered the St. Louis Rams' scouting department, where he stayed until joining the scouting department of the New England Patriots in 1985.

Luke Patterson

Lucas Patterson (born September 19, 1987) is an American football offensive lineman for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).

Matt Roark

New England Patriots signed Matt Roark as an undrafted free agent following the 2012 NFL Draft.

Murder of Odin Lloyd

He is released 90 minutes after his arrest by the New England Patriots.

Pete Palmer

In 1973, he joined the stat crew of the New England Patriots, compiling the official statistics for the team's home games.

Sox Appeal

For the second season, former New England Patriots player Larry Izzo has been added as the host of a post-date interview segment.

WTIC-TV

The football issue is not typically as stark because the New York Giants and New England Patriots play in separate conferences, each with their own network television deals, so there is little overlap.


1992 NFL season

Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England PatriotsMiami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18.

2009 Connecticut Huskies football team

Donald Brown was selected at No. 27 by the Indianapolis Colts, Darius Butler was selected by the New England Patriots at No. 41, Will Beatty and Cody Brown were selected late in the 2nd round at No. 60 (Will Beatty, New York Giants) and No. 63 (Cody Brown, Arizona Cardinals).

A. J. Feeley

Starting in place of an injured Donovan McNabb on November 25, Feeley threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns with three interceptions in a 31-28 game loss to the then undefeated New England Patriots.

Bob Lobel

Lobel has also done some play-by-play work, calling WBZ's annual broadcast of the Boston Marathon, Boston Celtics games from 1989–1993, Boston College Eagles football games in 1986, New England Patriots preseason games from 1985–1991, and two NFL games for NBC in 1985.

Bristol Central High School

Aaron Hernandez, tight end for the Florida Gators 2008 National Championship team, drafted by the New England Patriots in the 4th Round of the 2010 NFL Draft, and terminated by the Patriots after being charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd in 2013

Charley Winner

In 1970, St. Louis rolled to an 8-2-1 record at the end of November, including three consecutive shutouts over the Houston Oilers (44-0), Boston Patriots (31-0) and Dallas Cowboys (38-0 on Monday Night Football in Dallas).

Cleon Daskalakis

He is the President of Celebrities for Charity, Director of Celebrity Marketing, and the agent for Troy Brown of the New England Patriots and NHL player Sergei Samsanov.

Clete Blakeman

Blakeman's crew was involved in a controversial call at the end of the New England Patriots-Carolina Panthers Monday Night Football game on November 18, 2013.

Cleveland Brown

Furthering this connection, a commercial aired during Super Bowl XLV that showed many TV characters wearing NFL jerseys, with everyone in Quahog wearing New England Patriots jerseys except Cleveland, who is wearing a Cleveland Browns jersey in reference to his name.

Count Your Sheep

It would seem that they live somewhere in New England, indicated when Laurie was seen wearing jerseys that were clearly intended to replicate those of the New England Patriots (more specifically, those of Tom Brady) before and after the Colts vs. Patriots game during the 2007 NFL Playoffs.

Don Calhoun

Donald Clevester Calhoun (born April 29, 1952 in Sumner, Oklahoma) is a former professional American football running back who played for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots.

Fumble

The butt fumble: On November 2, 2012, during the primetime Thanksgiving Day game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez slipped and collided with the backside of his teammate Brandon Moore and fumbled the ball, which was recovered by the Patriots and returned for a touchdown.

Gary Hoey

As writer, producer, and guitar player, Hoey's clients have included Disney, ESPN, and No Fear, and he has performed the National Anthem for the New England Patriots, San Diego Padres, and the Boston Red Sox.

Greg Orton

Gregory Carlton Orton (born December 17, 1986, in Dayton, Ohio) is an American football wide receiver who is currently Is a member of the New England Patriots practice squad.

J. R. Reed

In a week 12 game against the New England Patriots, Reed was named the starter at the strong safety position when Sean Considine and Quintin Mikell could not play due to injuries.

Jeff Dellenbach

Jeffrey Alan Dellenbach (born February 14, 1963 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jerry Vainisi

On August 24, 1983, Vainisi replaced Jim Finks as the general manager of the Bears, and led the Bears to its only Super Bowl win in 1985 when the Bears defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX.

Joe Amorosino

Amorosino is an Emmy Award-winning sports reporter who has covered all three New England Patriots Super Bowl wins (2002, 2004, 2005) the Boston Red Sox World Series wins (2004, 2007), and the Boston Celtics NBA Championship win (2008) and the Boston Bruins most recent Stanley Cup Championship (2011).

Joel Dreessen

Dreessen caught the first touchdown pass in the Texans' last game against the New England Patriots from Matt Schaub.

Jose Davis

Jose Davis (born July 29, 1978 in Bellaire, Ohio) is an American Arena Football League quarterback who was most recently the second string quarterback for the Cleveland Gladiators before being cut to make room for former New England Patriots and New York Dragons quarterback Rohan Davey.

Lenny Schafer

Award—given in honor of Doug Flutie Jr., the son of New England Patriot, Doug Flutie—who has autism.

Lofa Tatupu

Hasselbeck's father Don had been a teammate of Lofa's father Mosi during Mosi's career with the New England Patriots.

Mike Woicik

He holds the record for Super Bowl rings won by a coach with six, winning three with the Cowboys and three with the New England Patriots.

Patriot Reign

Patriot Reign is a best-selling book by Boston Globe/New York Times sports writer Michael Holley resulting from two years he was given unprecedented access to the inner sanctums of the world champion New England Patriots football operations, as they worked to turn a season of good luck into a legitimate contender of a team.

Raymond Clayborn

Raymond DeWayne Clayborn (born January 2, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas), is a former American Football cornerback who played for the New England Patriots (1977–1989) and Cleveland Browns (1990, 1991) in the NFL.

Saddle Brook High/Middle School

Steve Beauharnais (born 1990), defensive linebacker for the New England Patriots who transferred out of the high school before his senior year.

Sione Pouha

Pouha once again appeared in all of the team's sixteen matchups, recording 23 tackles, and recorded his first half-sack of his career against New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel.