user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: When was the earliest that New England Patriots played?
Columns: ['Week', 'Date', 'Opponent', 'Result', 'Record', 'Attendance']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'real']
Sample row: [1.0, 'September 17, 1972', 'at Kansas City Chiefs', 'W 20–10', '1–0', 79829.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MIN("Week") FROM "Table" WHERE "Opponent" = 'New England Patriots';