Patriots Mount a Comeback for the Ages to Win a Fifth Super Bowl By BEN SHPIGELFEB. 5, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/sports/new-england-patriots-beat-atlanta-falcons-super-bowl.html? Across the field, the Falcons watched from their sideline as if fossilized in amber, too exhausted and dumbstruck to move. The Patriots trailed by 25 points with 2 minutes 12 seconds remaining in the third quarter — and by 19 with 9:48 left in regulation — and they won.