--- title: Super Bowl 2017: New England Patriots Beat Atlanta Falcons description: The New England Patriots managed to beat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 2017 in a historic overtime game with the final score at 34-28. canonical: https://time.com/4660642/super-bowl-2017-patriots-beat-falcons-new-england-atlanta/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-06T03:37:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:08:47.793Z article:section: Sports og:title: New England Patriots Win the Super Bowl og:description: The final score was 34-28 og:url: https://time.com/4660642/super-bowl-2017-patriots-beat-falcons-new-england-atlanta/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt507fad8e736abf26/6988b8ddab6d7731726acbe6/patriots-win-tom-brady-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Super Bowl LI - New England Patriots v Atlanta Falcons og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New England Patriots Win the Super Bowl twitter:description: The final score was 34-28 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt507fad8e736abf26/6988b8ddab6d7731726acbe6/patriots-win-tom-brady-super-bowl.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New England Patriots Win the Super Bowl by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 3:37 AM UTC  Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 during Super Bowl 51 at NRG Stadium on Feb. 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 during Super Bowl 51 at NRG Stadium on Feb. 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas.Mike Ehrmann—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Feb 6, 2017 3:37 AM UTC The New England Patriots won Super Bowl LI on Sunday night, besting the Atlanta Falcons in the first overtime game in the tournament’s 51-year history. The score was 34-28. At halftime, it looked like the Falcons’ game. Atlanta had scored three touchdowns to bring the score to 21-3, but the Patriots pulled ahead in the last two quarters to bring the score to 28-28, where it stayed with seconds to go left in the game. When the clock ran out, the game was still tied, forcing the teams to enter the first overtime period ever clocked since the Super Bowl began in 1967\. 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