Some Boston Sports League Finals History

The New England Patriots will be playing in their eighth Super Bowl, their sixth since 2001.

New England is (3-4) in its previous 7 Super Bowl appearances, (3-2) since 2001 with Tom Brady as the quarterback and Bill Belichick as coach.

This will be the first post season meeting between teams from Boston and Seattle in any round of post season play in any of the four major professional sports leagues.

Boston teams: the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins have all won championships in the past 10 years.

Other than the Red Sox, those teams have also lost in rounds or games for their league championship.

The Red Sox won their first 5 World Series, then lost the next four, before winning the last three.

The Patriots have lost their last two Super Bowl games after winning three straight. Prior to that, they lost in their first two Super Bowl appearances.

The vaunted Celtics once won in 14 straight NBA finals appearances, while the Bruins lost in 5 straight finals during a 39 year title drought from 1972 until they won the Stanley Cup again in 2011.