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Boston business executive Billy Sullivan received the eighth and final franchise of the developing American Football League on the 16th of November 1959. The team subsequently adopted the name Boston Patriots after locals submitted ideas for the team name during the following winter.
The franchise never secured a regular home stadium during its AFL years and played at various times at Boston University Field, Harvard Stadium, Fenway Park, and Boston College's Alumni Stadium. They played at Fenway Park from 1963 to 1969 before relocating to Foxborough, Massachusetts, in 1971.
Backup quarterback Tom Brady became the starting quarterback after Drew Bledsoe went down with a sheared blood vessel in his chest in a week two match-up against the rival New York Jets. Brady never lost the job again and led the team to three Super Bowl victories between 2001 and 2004.
Coach Ron Meyer motioned to snowplow operator Mark Henderson to clear a spot on the field for kicker John Smith who kicked what proved to be the game-winning 33-yard field goal to give the Patriots a 3, 0 win. The following year the NFL banned the use of snowplows on the field during a game after league rules were protested by Dolphins head coach Don Shula.
Robert Kraft purchased the franchise for $175 million on the 21st of January 1994 having already bought Foxboro Stadium out of bankruptcy in 1988. A $350 million facility privately financed by Robert Kraft called Gillette Stadium opened in 2002 to replace the aging Foxboro Stadium which was demolished that same year.