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Fireworks exploded as singer Paul McCartney performed during the Super Bowl XXXIX halftime show.
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Hillary and Liz Hart were among the Patriots fans who turned out for Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville.
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Eagles fans and Patriots fans mingled prior to the game.
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Inside, Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas performed with Earth, Wind and Fire before kickoff.
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Country singers Gretchen Wilson and Charlie Daniels also performed.
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Alicia Keys sang "America the Beautiful" prior to the game.
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady led his team onto the field before the start of the Super Bowl.
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Corey Dillon, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown during the game, ran the ball here during the first quarter.
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Rodney Harrison picked off one of his two interceptions during the first quarter,
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Linebacker Tedy Bruschi sacked Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb in the first quarter, but Philadelphia struck first with a McNabb touchdown pass to L.J. Smith for a 7-0 lead.
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David Givens evened the score for the Patriots with a 4-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter,
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Deion Branch, en route to setting a new Super Bowl mark for receptions, stayed just in bounds after catching a pass in the second quarter.
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With the score tied 7-7, Paul McCartney performed during the halftime show.
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It was McCartney's first time performing at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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The stadium went dark to focus on McCartney's performance.
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The Patriots opened the second half with a 69-yard drive culminating in Mike Vrabel hauling in a 2-yard scoring pass over the Eagles' Quintin Mikell.
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Vrabel's touchdown catch represented his second straight Super Bowl with a score.
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Richard Seymour, sacking McNabb during the third quarter, and the Patriots registered four sacks during the game.
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Brady completed 23 of 33 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns.
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After the Eagles tied the game at 14-14, Dillon provided the Patriots' go-ahead touchdown with a 2-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
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Brady, en route to his third Super Bowl title, reacted after Dillon's scoring run.
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Adam Vinatieri added a fourth-quarter field goal that at the time made the score 24-14 and ended up providing the margin of victory.
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Branch caught his Super Bowl-record 11th pass of the game over the outstretched arms of cornerback Sheldon Brown in the fourth quarter.
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Bruschi had one of the game's three interceptions off McNabb during the fourth quarter.
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The game's clinching play came with nine seconds left when Harrison, center, picked off McNabb again.
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The Patriots erupted in celebration as the clock ran out.
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Patriots coach Bill Belichick became the only man to shepherd a team to three Super Bowl wins in four years.
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Belichick, flanked by his father, Steve, received the celebratory cold shower.
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For the third time, Vinatieri's field goal provided the Patriots' winning margin in a Super Bowl.
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Brady shared a celebratory moment with team owner Robert Kraft on the field after the game.
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Bruschi, left, and Roman Phifer celebrated with defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who was in his final game with the Patriots.
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Tight end Christian Fauria lifted a Adam Vinatieri into his arms as time ran out.
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Brady, 27, hoisted the Lombardi Trophy for the third time since becoming the starter in 2001.
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Seymour got some help parading the Lombardi Trophy around the field.
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The assembled Patriots fans got an opportunity to see their team accomplish what just one previous team had done -- win three Super Bowls in four seasons.
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Branch, with his record-setting performance, was named Super Bowl MVP.
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Brady cemented his legend in Boston and had his name placed in annals with Bill Russell, Larry Bird and Bobby Orr.
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Back in Massachusetts, students at UMass Amherst students embraced as they ran from their dorms following the game.
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Several days later, fans gathered on the streets of Boston for a parade honoring the Patriots.
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For the second time in three months, Boston organized a "rolling rally." The Patriots basked in the joy the Red Sox had experienced earlier.
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Bruschi cheered to fans lining the streets as the team passed by on the Duck Boats.
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Thousands of fans on Beacon Street cheered as the Patriots went by.
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Tonia Nee and Sarah Leahy, both 15, painted their faces for the Patriots parade.
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Belichick and Kraft partook in what was becoming a tradition for the Patriots, a parade through the streets of Boston.
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From left, Patriots director of player personnel Scott Pioli, Belichick, Kraft, and team vice chairman Jonathan Kraft held the team's three Super Bowl trophies aloft during the parade.
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Tens of thousands of raucous fans cheered the Patriots as the parade moved through.
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Brady and Branch, both in the club of Super Bowl MVPs, shared a duck boat.
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The parade worked its way through the streets of Boston in front of tens of thousands of fans.
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More than two months later, President George W. Bush welcomed the Patriots to the White House again to celebrate their title.
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Bush got to share some laughs with Kraft, Belichick and Bruschi.
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As the debate raged about whether football historians would call the Patriots a dynasty, Bruschi celebrated putting a third championship ring on his fingers.



















































