The History of your Favorite Team

       The Patriots started out from a local Boston business executive named Billy Sullivan. On November 16, 1959 he got permission to create the eighth team to join the American Football League.  He let Boston citizens submit ideas for what the team should be named. The most popular choice was the Boston Patriots. Later that day, the Boston Globe came out with the logo. This would be their logo for the next thirty years. The first few years of the Patriots, they had trouble finding a home stadium. They played all over Boston: Fenway Park, Alumni Stadium, and Harvard Park.
        It would not be until 1971 for the Boston Patriots to finally get a filed in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It is a small town just a few miles outside of Boston. This location continues to be the current location as for the New England Patriot's home stadium. After the change the Patriots wanted to be called from the Boston Patriots to the Bay State Patriots. However, once the name was rejected by the NFL; the Patriots became the New England Patriots. In 1970, the AFL and the NFL merged which caused the Patriots to be placed in a conference called the AFC East. Back then, the Patriots biggest rival was the Chicago Bears who were a great time very year at the beginning of the 1970's. The New England Patriots weren't really considered a good team back then though.