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The 1990 New England Patriots season was the team's 31st, and 21st in the National Football League. It was the first for head coach Rod Rust, who was looking to improve on the 5-11 mark from the year before that cost Raymond Berry, who had led the Patriots to the playoffs twice in his tenure.

The Patriots instead finished the season with a record of 1–15, the worst record in franchise history. They finished last in the AFC East Division and dead last in the NFL. The roster still had a number of All-Pros and regular contributors from their successful teams of the 1980s, but many of them were past the peak of their career, and the team lacked any young talent to replace them. After the team started 1–1, they would go on to lose their next fourteen games, many in humiliating fashion. Off the field, the team and its management were embarrassed by the harassment of a reporter during a locker room interview.

17 years later, the Patriots went 16-0, becoming the first team since the AFL-NFL merger to have both a one-win season and an undefeated season.

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 * Boston Patriots renamed to New England Patriots.
 * Houston Oilers move to newly created AFC Central division (1970 season) and later are renamed the Tennessee Oilers (1997 season), then Tennessee Titans (1999 season) . Moved to AFC South in 2002.
 * New York Titans renamed to New York Jets (1963 season)
 * Miami Dolphins enfranchised (1966 season)
 * Baltimore Colts merge from NFL's Coastal Division (1970 season)
 * Baltimore Colts relocate to Indianapolis subsequently renamed Indianapolis Colts (1984 season) . Moved to AFC South in 2002.