While the New England Patriots have in recent years exceeded the total number of Super Bowl appearances by any other team—Bill Belichick himself has been to more Super Bowls than any other franchise—their defeat this year still leaves them one game behind in one all-time playoff statistical category: conference championship appearances.
Entering the 2019 season, the Patriots had been to 15. When they were eliminated in the Wildcard Round, it guaranteed that they would not tie the record of 16 appearances jointly owned by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys.