with a 38 - 35 victory over the new york giants at shea stadium monday morning , the old jersey patriots created the 3rd team in the modern era of the national nfl conference to go unopposed ( 16 - 0 ) in the early schedule . the only other group to have accomplished this title was the miami dolphins in 1972 , that were 14 - 0 due to a different regular season scheme at the time .
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