Check Out Sights From Patriots’ Fanless Season Opener Vs. Dolphins

This was perhaps the strangest Pats season-opener in history

The Patriots' 2020 season-opener was a historic one, but not in typical fashion.

New England on Sunday kicked off its regular-season slate against the Miami Dolphins inside an empty Gillette Stadium. The Pats were not allowed to host fans at Sunday's Week 1 contest under Massachusetts' COVID-19 regulations, making for some incredible sights on and around the field.

Here's are just a few of the amazing images that emerged from Foxboro, Mass.

Check it out:

Bizarre pic.twitter.com/epWepcA4ab
— Mike Giardi (@MikeGiardi) September 13, 2020

Gillette Stadium - 1 1/2 hours before kick-off of Pats vs Dolphins

Hard to get used to this pic.twitter.com/kQYpa9Gu5V
— Boston Sports Info (@bostonsportsinf) September 13, 2020

We back pic.twitter.com/ov5sGSh7G0
— Zack Cox (@zm_cox) September 13, 2020

Here’s Julian Edelman’s “sprint” out of the tunnel. At the end, he realizes there’s nobody here to applaud his flying fist pump. #Patriots pic.twitter.com/lfrSTO3mtW
— Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) September 13, 2020

The Patriots will play the Seattle Seahawks in another fanless situation at CenturyLink Field in Week 2.

Thumbnail photo via Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports Images