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2026 New England Patriots season

67th season in franchise history

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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The 2026 season is the New England Patriots' 57th in the National Football League (NFL), their 67th overall, their third under de facto general manager Eliot Wolf and their second under head coach Mike Vrabel. The Patriots will look to match or improve on their 14–3 record from the previous season. With a Week 2 home win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Patriots became the first team originating in the American Football League to reach 600 lifetime wins.

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The public source identifies “2026 New England Patriots season” as 67th season in franchise history. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around England, Patriots and season.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with England, Patriots and season providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “2026 New England Patriots season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.