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January 20, 2008

On to Arizona

The New England Patriots have just clinched their fourth AFC Championship since 2001 and the sixth in franchise history with a 21-12 win over the San Diego Chargers.

The story of the game was the play of the defense, which kept the Chargers out of the end zone on three red zone chances in the game. After a near-perfect game last week against Jacksonville, Tom Brady was uncharacteristically inefficient and was helped out by his receivers, namely Kevin Faulk who had two huge catches in the second half.

Laurence Maroney continued his recent impressive streak and posted another 122-yard game, as he did against the Jaguars.

New England is now 18-0 on the season and has won 11 straight postseason home games. They will face the winner of the NFC title game which kicks off shortly between the Giants and Packers in freezing-cold Green Bay.

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