New England had never conceded more points at Gillette Stadium since the ground opened in 2002, and the 45 points were their most in a regular-season loss since a 45-7 defeat to the New York Jets on 26 September 1993.

Love threw for 372 yards and three touchdowns and ran in another score, with Christian Watson (171 yards, one touchdown) and Matthew Golden (164 yards, one touchdown) both going over 150 receiving yards. The pair are the first Green Bay teammates since Don Hutson and Andy Uram in 1942 to post 150+ receiving yards with a touchdown apiece in the same game.

“It’s definitely up there. It felt great,” Love told reporters of his performance.

Green Bay’s defence did the rest. Safety Xavier McKinney intercepted Drake Maye twice, Evan Williams added a third pick, and Rhamondre Stevenson lost a fumble that set up Watson’s score. The Packers converted four Patriots turnovers into 21 points and improved to 6-3.

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Vrabel takes the blame after Patriots thrashed at home

Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel offered no excuses in his post-game media session.

“We lost, and we got our asses kicked. There’s no two ways around it.”

“It’s all of us, and it starts with me.”

Vrabel said the team had to play “much more sound” and improve at tackling and pressuring the quarterback. The defeat dropped New England to 5-4.

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Maye takes the blame as interceptions mount

Drake Maye finished 21 of 38 for 299 yards and three touchdowns, but three interceptions left the second-year quarterback tied with Justin Herbert for the most picks in the NFL this season at 11.

“I wasn’t good. I wasn’t good today,” Maye said.

“Starting with me, it’s one of the biggest differences between winning and losing football.”

Stevenson, Efton Chism and Mack Hollins caught the Patriots’ touchdowns.

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A scoring day not seen since 1962

Green Bay piled up 478 total yards, including 129 on the ground from a team that had entered the weekend ranked last in rushing in the league. The Packers had not combined 45 points with 450+ yards in the same game since 11 November 1962.

Love hit three passes of at least 43 yards and seven of 28 yards or more.

Head coach Matt LaFleur said the quarterback had turned low-percentage throws into routine ones.

“Those are low-percentage throws in theory, but he’s making them look high-percentage.”

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New England next play the Detroit Lions in the NFL’s Munich game at FC Bayern Munich Arena on 15 November, with kick-off at 3:30pm local time.

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