Discussion History UsefulNotes / SuperBowl

\\\"The New England Patriots in their pre-Brady years were this trope. Before the 1990s, they seldom made the playoffs and the one time they went all the way to the Super Bowl, they had the misfortune of facing Mike Ditka\\\'s formidable 1985 Chicago Bears. The game was a Curbstomp Battle ending in a 45-10 score. Their next Super Bowl berth placed them in the path of the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers, and again, the Pats were vanquished 35-21, though they put up a fight. They finally shook off this reputation when they defeated the 2001 Rams — the Greatest Show on Turf — in Super Bowl XXXVI, and followed up with back to back victories two years later. The surprise defeat of the undefeated 2007 team and the 2011 team to the New York Giants tarnished the team\\\'s image entering The New \\\'10s -- doubts which the 2017 team\\\'s loss to Philly briefly resurrected — but then they won three Super Bowls in 5 years, shedding any lingering doubts of the strength of the present day team. Because of the topsy-turvy nature of the Pats\\\' postseason history, they simultaneously hold records for the most Super Bowl wins (tied with the Steelers at six) and the most losses (tied with the Broncos at five).