Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion St. Louis Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2001 season. The Patriots defeated the Rams by the score of 20 -- 17. It was New England's first Super Bowl championship, and the franchise's first league championship of any kind, having suffered two previous losses. The game was also notable for snapping the AFC East's long streak of not being able to win a Super Bowl championship, as the division's teams had lost eight Super Bowls in total (prior to the Patriots victory in XXXVI).

Answer this question: when was the first super bowl the patriots won? Let's give stream of consciousness first:
This is the relevant information: It was New England's first Super Bowl championship, and the franchise's first league championship of any kind, having suffered two previous losses.
So, the final answer is Super Bowl XXXVI.