How the Patriots Won Superbowl 51

Tim Darling
6 min readJan 16, 2020

The one chart that shows how they pulled off the greatest comeback win in sports history

A recap

The New England Patriots played the Atlanta Falcons in Superbowl LI on February 5, 2017, the final game of the 2016 NFL season. The Patriots were down 21–0 with 5 seconds left in the first half when they finally scored 3 points. The score was still lopsided at 10 minutes left in…

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Tim Darling

I’ve spent the last 15 years building new products and companies using a combination of data/analytics/AI and strategy.