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The 2008 New England Patriots season was the 37th season for the team in the National Football League and 49th season overall. Despite finishing the regular season with an 11–5 record the Patriots did not qualify for the playoffs—becoming the first 11-win team since the expansion to a 12-team playoff in 1990 to not make the playoffs as well as only the second team (after the 1985 Denver Broncos) since the NFL expanded to a 16-game regular season in 1978.