Patriots Join Broncos as Only Teams to Lose 5 Super Bowls

The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots 41-33 in Super Bowl LII on Sunday night, marking the Patriots' fifth Super Bowl loss in team history.

Eagles tight end Zach Ertz scored on an 11-yard touchdown reception with 2:21 remaining, and Jake Elliott connected on a 46-yard field goal with 1:10 left to make it an eight-point game.

The Denver Broncos are the only organization besides the Patriots to have lost five Super Bowls.

New England is perhaps tired of facing NFC East teams on the postseason's biggest stage. The Patriots are just 1-3 against the Eagles and New York Giants in the Super Bowl. They are 0-2 against the NFC North, having lost to the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.

They have fared better against the NFC South and NFC West, going 4-0 in contests against the St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons.

The team's 10 Super Bowl appearances remain an NFL record, however. The Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys have all appeared in eight Super Bowls.

Had New England won the title against Philly on Sunday night, it would have equaled Pittsburgh's record of six Super Bowl wins. (The Patriots, Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have won five.) Quarterback Tom Brady would have also become the first player in NFL history to win six titles, passing defensive end Charles Haley. Brady went into the game with the record for most Super Bowl MVPs, with four.

Head coach Bill Belichick holds the record for Super Bowl titles among head coaches with five. Former Steelers head coach Chuck Noll is in second place with four. In the asterisk department, however, resides Vince Lombardi, who won two Super Bowls in addition to three NFL championships before the onset of the Super Bowl era.

Overall, Belichick has seven Super Bowl triumphs to his name, having won two (XXI and XXV) as the defensive coordinator for the Giants under Bill Parcells.

While Sunday was a major disappointment for the Patriots, they have still won five of the past 17 Super Bowls and played in eight of them, a ridiculous streak of consistency and dominance. Since 2000, only the Steelers (XL and XLIII), Giants (XLII and XLVI) and Baltimore Ravens (XXXV and XLVII) have also won more than one title.

Even with Sunday's loss, New England is arguably the most dominant dynasty in the Super Bowl era. And assuming Brady and Belichick return to the team beyond this season, that supremacy may continue, though a Philadelphia team that will get Carson Wentz back next season will likely head into the 2018 campaign as the odds-on favorite to win the title.