patriots record in opening games

The New England Patriots have a 36-31 record in season openers all-time.

TEAMDATERECTMOPPRESULTW%TD1DWNOFFOPP OFF3DWN%4DWN%
1Patriots
Patriots
9/9/1960
0-1
vs
L
10-13
.000
1
13
219
323
2Patriots
Patriots
9/9/1961
0-1
vs
L
20-21
.000
2
14
217
276
3Patriots
Patriots
9/8/1962
0-1
@
L
28-42
.000
4
22
322
421
4Patriots
Patriots
9/8/1963
1-0
vs
W
38-14
1.000
5
24
388
272
5Patriots
Patriots
9/13/1964
1-0
@
W
17-14
1.000
2
11
238
229
6Patriots
Patriots
9/11/1965
0-1
@
L
7-24
.000
1
13
215
348
7Patriots
Patriots
9/10/1966
0-1
@
L
0-24
.000
0
15
252
279
8Patriots
Patriots
9/3/1967
0-1
@
L
21-26
.000
3
14
302
209
9Patriots
Patriots
9/8/1968
1-0
@
W
16-7
1.000
1
9
195
191
10Patriots
Patriots
9/14/1969
0-1
@
L
7-35
.000
1
21
326
321
11Patriots
Patriots
9/20/1970
1-0
vs
W
27-14
1.000
3
18
301
214
12Patriots
Patriots
9/19/1971
1-0
vs
W
20-6
1.000
2
12
261
304
13Patriots
Patriots
9/17/1972
0-1
vs
L
7-31
.000
1
9
137
357
14Patriots
Patriots
9/16/1973
0-1
vs
L
13-31
.000
2
17
297
459
15Patriots
Patriots
9/15/1974
1-0
vs
W
34-24
1.000
4
22
373
310
16Patriots
Patriots
9/21/1975
0-1
vs
L
0-7
.000
0
17
279
169
17Patriots
Patriots
9/12/1976
0-1
vs
L
13-27
.000
1
17
317
272
18Patriots
Patriots
9/18/1977
1-0
vs
W
21-17
1.000
3
19
381
335
19Patriots
Patriots
9/3/1978
0-1
vs
L
14-16
.000
2
21
326
324
20Patriots
Patriots
9/3/1979
0-1
vs
L
13-16
.000
1
16
244
309
21Patriots
Patriots
9/7/1980
1-0
vs
W
34-17
1.000
4
27
452
263
22Patriots
Patriots
9/6/1981
0-1
vs
L
28-29
.000
4
22
388
346
23Patriots
Patriots
9/12/1982
1-0
@
W
24-13
1.000
3
15
330
352
24Patriots
Patriots
9/4/1983
0-1
vs
L
23-29
.000
3
19
422
455
25Patriots
Patriots
9/2/1984
1-0
@
W
21-17
1.000
3
16
315
326
Average.5372.519.4335.3316.6
Total36-31.5371671,29822,46321,214

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PASS

2,282

Maye

Drake Maye

RUSH

399

Stevenson

Rhamondre Stevenson

REC

434

Douglas

DeMario Douglas
Team Rankings

PPG

23.4

14th

OPP PPG

23.0

15th

RUSH YDS/G

119.9

10th

PASS YDS/G

261.0

9th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
Patriots Patriots
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/15
@
9:30 AM
Sun
11/29
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/6
@
4:25 PM
Thu
12/10
@
8:15 PM
Mon
12/21
@
8:15 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

6 - 3

45

Final

27

NE Patriots

5 - 4

Sun 8 Nov 2026

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NFL 2026 Standings

NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
NFC SouthWLTPCT
3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
3
6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
AFC EastWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/9
@
10-13
Thu
9/10
@
27-7
Sun
9/13
@
59-37
Sun
9/13
@
41-23
Sun
9/13
@
13-20

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/12
@
8:15 PM
Sun
11/15
@
9:30 AM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM
Sun
11/15
@
1:00 PM