The south end of Gillette Stadium was getting pretty crowded. Not with fans, but with Super Bowl banners.
Gillette Stadium, which opened in 2002 just after the Patriots’ first Super Bowl win, has displayed the team’s championship banners above the south end zone. But as the below photo — taken this past January following the Patriots’ AFC Championship win — shows, the Patriots’ fourth Super Bowl XLIX banner left little room for a fifth.
One miraculous 25-point comeback later, and owner Robert Kraft had a problem.