 The 1990 New England Patriots finished in last place in the AFC East.Therefore, in , they played all of their division rivals (marked in blue) twice each, one game against each team in the four-team AFC Central (marked in yellow), two games against the last-place finisher in the AFC West (marked in orange), and one game each against the last-place finishers in the NFC East and NFC Central (marked in red).This is an example of the formula used for determining a team's opponents between 1995 and 1998, when the league consisted of six divisions of five teams each.