2010 New England Patriots season

2010 New England Patriots season
Owner	Robert Kraft
Head coach	Bill Belichick
Home field	Gillette Stadium
Results
Record	14–2
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Playoffs (vs. Jets) 21–28
Pro Bowlers	8 QB Tom Brady WR Wes Welker T Matt Light G Logan Mankins DT Vince Wilfork ILB Jerod Mayo CB Devin McCourty FS Brandon Meriweather
AP All-Pros	6 QB Tom Brady (1st team) G Logan Mankins (1st team) ILB Jerod Mayo (1st team) T Sebastian Vollmer (2nd team) DT Vince Wilfork (2nd team) CB Devin McCourty (2nd team)
Uniform
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The 2010 season was the New England Patriots' 41st in the National Football League (NFL) and their 51st overall. The Patriots improved on their 10–6 record from 2009 by finishing with a league-best 14–2 record and clinching the top seed in the AFC, before losing to the New York Jets in the playoffs.

After losing to the Baltimore Ravens at home in the first round of the 2009 playoffs, the Patriots went into the 2010 season without either an offensive or defensive coordinator following the departure of defensive coordinator Dean Pees. An October 6 trade sent All-Pro wide receiver Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings, and eventually led to the return of wide receiver Deion Branch from the Seattle Seahawks in a separate deal. After acquiring Branch, the Patriots won 11 of their last 12 games of the season to finish with a 14–2 record and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. Quarterback Tom Brady finished the regular season with an NFL-record 335 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, and broke his own 2007 TD to INT ratio record with 9:1 and was named NFL MVP. The Patriots committed an NFL-record low 10 turnovers on the season, setting an NFL record with seven consecutive games without a turnover.

In their Divisional playoff game against the Jets, the Patriots could not recover from a 14–3 halftime deficit, and were held to their lowest scoring total in their last 11 weeks, dropping the contest 28–21 to the underdog Jets.

Statistics site Football Outsiders calculated that the Patriots 2010 offense was not only more efficient, play-for-play, than their record-setting 2007 offense, but was actually the best offense they calculated in their history.^[1]

This was the last time the Patriots failed to make the AFC championship game until 2019.