The Matchup History Between the Patriots and Falcons
Friday, February 03, 2017
The Patriots hold a record of 7-6 all-time against the Atlanta Falcons in the 13 previous games between the organizations.
But, the Super Bowl will be the first game between the two teams since 2013.
“This is a team we're really not very familiar with, so we've had to do a lot of digging to get caught up,” said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick in his press conference on Friday, January 27.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn his Wednesday, February 1 press conference in Houston, Belichick indicated that the game plan is ready to go.
"We got a lot of things done in Foxborough. We practiced three days and had a walkthrough for one day. We will be ready; we have plenty of time. We will just try to pace ourselves through it," Belichick said.
Patriots vs Falcons
The Falcons and Patriots first met in September of 1972 with the Patriots holding on for a 21-20 win in Foxboro. From that point, it was almost all Falcons.
Atlanta dominated the Patriots over the next 20 years, winning six of eight games including a stretch of four straight from 1989 and 1998. The 41-10 win over the Patriots in 1998 is the last Falcons' win in the series.
Since 2001, it has been Patriots who have dominated.
New England has won four straight games, three of which were inside Atlanta's Georgia Dome.
In the most recent meeting in 2013 in Atlanta, Tom Brady threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Patriots to a 30-23 win.
When the teams meet in the Super Bowl, it will be the second ever Super Bowl appearance for the Falcons and the ninth Super Bowl appearance for the Patriots.
See the previous meetings in the chart below.
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