<P> Though Orthwein's period as owner was short and controversial, he did oversee major changes to the team, first with the hiring of former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells in 1993 . Orthwein and his marketing team also commissioned the NFL to develop a new visual identity and logo, and changed their primary colors from the traditional red, white and blue to blue and silver for the team uniforms . Parcells would bring the Patriots to two playoff appearances, including Super Bowl XXXI, which they lost to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35--21 . Pete Carroll, Parcells's successor, would also take the team to the playoffs twice in 1997 & 1998 before being dismissed as head coach after the 1999 season . </P> <P> The Patriots' current coach, Bill Belichick, was hired in 2000, and a new home field, Gillette Stadium, was opened in 2002 . Under Belichick, the team won three Super Bowls in four years (2001, 2003, and 2004). The Patriots finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16--0 record, becoming only the fourth team in league history to go undefeated in the regular season, and the only one since the league expanded its regular season schedule to 16 games . After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19--0 season . With the loss, the Patriots ended the year at 18--1, becoming only one of three teams to go 18--1 along with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers and the 1985 Chicago Bears . The Patriots' returned to the Super Bowl in 2012 but lost again to the Giants, 21--17 . In 2015, they won Super Bowl XLIX, defeating the Seattle Seahawks by a score of 28--24 . The Patriots became the first team to reach nine Super Bowls in the 2016--17 playoffs and faced the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, which ended up paving the way for their fifth Super Bowl victory, tying them with the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers for the second-most in NFL history, 1 behind the Pittsburgh Steelers with 6; the game was also the first Super Bowl to go into overtime . </P> <P> The Patriots became the first team to reach ten Super Bowls in the 2017--18 playoffs but lost to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII, on February 4, 2018, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="4"> All - time Patriots leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Leader </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Record number </Th> <Th> Years played for Patriots </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Passing </Td> <Td> Tom Brady </Td> <Td> 66,159 passing yards </Td> <Td> 2000--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rushing </Td> <Td> Sam Cunningham </Td> <Td> 5,453 rushing yards </Td> <Td> 1973--1982 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Receiving </Td> <Td> Stanley Morgan </Td> <Td> 10,352 receiving yards </Td> <Td> 1977--1989 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scoring </Td> <Td> Stephen Gostkowski </Td> <Td> 1,537 points </Td> <Td> 2006--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coaching wins </Td> <Td> Bill Belichick </Td> <Td> 280 wins </Td> <Td> 2000--present </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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