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Atlanta Falcons at New England Patriots

Final · Kickoff

2017 Regular season · Week 7 · Gillette Stadium · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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NENew England Patriots23Home
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Patriots beat Falcons 23–7 in 2017 Week 7

The New England Patriots beat the Atlanta Falcons 23–7 at home at Gillette Stadium in Week 7 of the 2017 regular season on October 22, 2017.

The result moved the Patriots to 5–2 and dropped the Falcons to 3–3. It was the Patriots’ third straight win. It was the Falcons’ third straight loss. The Falcons finished 2017 at 10–6 and lost in the Divisional round. The Patriots finished 2017 at 13–3 and lost Super Bowl LII. The Falcons’ 7 points were their fewest in any game of 2017.

In their previous meeting, the New England Patriots won 34–28 on February 5, 2017. When they met again, the New England Patriots won 25–0 on November 18, 2021.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Patriots lead the series 6–0 after meeting No. 6 since 2001 Full series history

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