in most places, the side walls of a building are just that ... boring, cold, impersonal cinder block or brick walls ... throughout patriot place, the side walls are much more than just blank walls ... here these side walls are filled with murals rich in new england patriots football history ... murals which market new england patriots football to visitors of patriot place ... murals that market the hall at patriot place (presented by raytheon) to visitors and fans of the new england patriots ... murals which brighten otherwise empty, lifeless walls ... murals around every corner
new england patriots chairman and ceo robert kraft holds super bowl trophy for fans gathered at boston city hall to celebrate the patriots 20-17 "shock the world", "tonite we are all patriots" last second upset victory over the st louis rams in super bowl xxxvi ... on february 3, 2002 at the louisana superdome in new orleans
pro football league and new england patriots hall of fame linebacker andre tippett (1982-93) doing what he did best ... defend
quarterback tom brady celebrates following the new england patriots 1st super bowl victory on february 3, 2002 ... brady was voted mvp of that 20-17 victory over the "greatest show on turf" ... the 2001 st louis rams
new england patriots linebacker tedy bruschi holds afc championship trophy ... with wide receiver troy brown leading the cheers of teammates ... after the patriots beat the pittsburgh steelers 24-17 at heinz stadium on january 27, 2002 ... to advance to super bowl xxxvi in new orleans
new england patriots hall of fame wide receiver / placekicker gino cappelletti (1960-70) kicks a field goal ... gino is still the patriots all-time leading scorer ... and holds patriots records for extra points attempted, extra points made, field goals attempted and field goals made
one of the greatest moments in new england patriots history ... december 7, 2003 ... miami dolphins (8-4) vs new england patriots (10-2) at gillette stadium ... new england wintry blast of snow, sleet and wind before game ... stadium seating buried in inches of snow ... fans shoveling snow to find fanny space ... into the 4th quarter, new england leads 3-0 on a 2nd quarter field goal by adam vinatieri ... with time winding down, miami starts another drive toward taking the lead ... tedy bruschi intercepts jay fielder and scampers 5 yards thru the snow for a touchdown ... new england leads 10-0 (and wins 12-0) ... fans of the new england patriots ... frozen and surrounded by snow ... erupt spontaneously ... throwing handfuls of snow powdery in the air ... in unison around gillette stadium
a moment from the early years (1960's) in new england patriots history ... this picture could have been taken at nickerson field (on the boston university campus) ... or at fenway park (home of the boston red sox) ... or at harvard stadium (home of harvard university athletics) or at alumni stadium (at boston college) ... because the patriots called each of these venues home for a period of time over the first 11 years of their existence 
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