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Boston had previously been home to several NFL teams. The first was the Boston Bulldogs , which lasted only one season The following winter, locals were allowed to submit ideas for the Boston football team's official name. In , the Patriots moved into a new stadium in suburban Foxborough, Massachusetts , built on land granted by the Bay State Raceway.

The Patriots added three players to the team from the NFL draft ; offensive guard John Hannah , who became the first career Patriot to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame ; [ 41 ] running back Sam Cunningham , the team's all-time leading rusher; [ 42 ] [ 43 ] and wide receiver Darryl Stingley. In , the team hired Chuck Fairbanks , who had been head coach at the University of Oklahoma , as head coach.

The draft picks acquired in the Plunkett trade were used to select defensive backs Mike Haynes and Tim Fox. The Patriots played the Oakland Raiders in the first round of the playoffs.

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Late in the game, the Patriots were leading the Raiders, 21— The season was a disappointing one for the Patriots , due in part to contract holdouts by offensive linemen John Hannah and Leon Gray. In a preseason game against the Raiders , wide receiver Darryl Stingley was paralyzed from the neck down from a tackle by Oakland's Jack Tatum.

For the next two years, the Patriots would suffer late-season losses that denied them return trips to the playoffs. In , after starting 7—3, the team lost five out of their last eight games, to finish 9—7 and out of the playoffs. Following the season, Erhardt was fired [ 69 ] and replaced by Ron Meyer , who had been the head coach at Southern Methodist University.

In the strike-shortened season , the highlight of the Patriots' campaign was the " Snowplow Game ", a controversial 3—0 late-season win over the Miami Dolphins. In , the naming-rights deal for the stadium with Schaefer expired, and the stadium was renamed Sullivan Stadium.