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The 2004 season was the New England Patriots' 35th in the National Football League (NFL), their 45th overall and their fifth under head coach Bill Belichick. They finished with their second consecutive 14–2 record before advancing to and winning Super Bowl XXXIX, their third Super Bowl victory in four years, and their last until 2014. They are, as of 2022, the most recent team to repeat as NFL Champions and only the second to win 3 Super Bowls in a 4-year span (the other being the Dallas Cowboys from the 1992 to 1995 seasons). Following a Super Bowl win in 2003, the Patriots looked to improve their running game in the offseason. They replaced Antowain Smith with longtime but disgruntled Cincinnati Bengals running back Corey Dillon, who was acquired in a trade days before the 2004 NFL Draft; Dillon would rush for a career-high 1,635 yards in 2004. Winning their first six games of the season, the Patriots set the NFL record for consecutive regular season victories (18), which was later broken by the 2006–2008 Patriots (21), and consecutive regular season and playoff victories (21) before losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 31. In that game, Pro Bowl cornerback Ty Law was lost for the season with a foot injury. Combined with the loss of other starting cornerback Tyrone Poole two weeks earlier, the Patriots were forced to complete the regular season and playoffs by using second-year cornerback Asante Samuel, undrafted free agent Randall Gay, and longtime Patriots wide receiver Troy Brown at cornerback, among others. With a 14–2 record and the second seed in the AFC playoffs, the Patriots defeated the Indianapolis Colts at home in the playoffs for the second-straight year, holding the Colts' top offense to three points. The Patriots then defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers on the road, 41–27, in the AFC Championship Game. Prior to the Patriots' matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX, Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell said he did not know the names of the Patriots' defensive backs, which was taken as a sign of disrespect by the Patriots' "replacement" secondary. The Patriots would go on to defeat the Eagles 24–21 in their second straight Super Bowl victory and third championship in four seasons, cementing their status as the NFL sports dynasty of the 2000s. Despite being eventually overshadowed by their 2007 counterparts, the 2004 Patriots are still considered one of the greatest NFL teams of all time. In 2019, the NFL on its 100th anniversary ranked the 2004 Patriots as the No. 16 greatest NFL team of all time, the highest ranked New England team that won the Super Bowl. La stagione 2004 dei New England Patriots è stata la 35ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 45ª complessiva e la 5ª con Bill Belichick come capo-allenatore. Per il secondo anno consecutivo terminarono con un record di 14–2, vincendo il Super Bowl XXXIX, il terzo in quattro anni. Al 2015, sono stati l'ultima squadra a ripetersi come campioni. Dopo la vittoria del Super Bowl nel 2003, i Patriots cercarono di migliorare il loro gioco sulle corse. Sostituirono Antowain Smith con lo scontento running back dei Cincinnati Bengals Corey Dillon, acquisito in uno scambio prima del Draft NFL 2004; Dillon corse un record in carriera di 1.635 yard nel 2004. Con la vittoria delle prime sei gare della stagione, i Patriots stabilirono un record NFL per vittorie consecutive nella stagione regolare (18), superato poi da loro stessi nel periodo 2006-2008 (21), e di vittorie consecutive tra stagione regolare e playoff (21) prima di perdere con i Pittsburgh Steelers il 31 ottobre. In quella gara, il cornerback Pro Bowler Ty Law si infortunò al piede per il resto della stagione. Con un record di 14-2 e il secondo posto nel tabellone dei playoff della AFC, i Patriots sconfissero gli Indianapolis Colts in casa nei playoff per il secondo anno consecutivo, tenendo il prolifico attacco avversario a tre punti segnati. Poi batterono i Pittsburgh Steelers numero 1 del tabellone in trasferta, 41–27, nella finale della AFC. Prima dell'incontro coi Philadelphia Eagles nel Super Bowl XXXIX, il wide receiver degli Eagles disse di non conoscere i nomi dei defensive back dei Patriots, cosa che fu interpretata come una mancanza di rispetto da parte dei giocatori di riserva dei Patriots, che avevano sostituito diversi titolare infortunati. New England batté gli Eagles 24–21 vincendo il suo secondo titolo consecutivo.
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