Report: Patriots owner Robert Kraft not voted into Hall of Fame

The New England Patriots’ Pro Football Hall of Fame saga has one more chapter.

Team owner Robert Kraft was excluded from the Hall in his first go-round in voting, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday.

Kraft will join six-time Super Bowl-champion coach Bill Belichick on the sidelines after he also was reportedly left out.

The Patriots icons were among five finalists in the contributor category alongside three players. Of the panel of 50 voters, 40 votes were required for induction. If no one got 40, then the top vote-getter would get in.

The three players in the category include L.C. Greenwood, Roger Craig and Ken Anderson.

Kraft purchased the Patriots in 1994 and was part of all six Super Bowl titles with Belichick and star quarterback Tom Brady. Both men entered the organization in 2000, when the coach was hired from the Cleveland Browns while the QB was drafted in the sixth round.

The Patriots are set to play in the championship game yet again on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.

Kraft previously stood up for Belichick’s inclusion in the Hall.

“Whatever perceptions may exist about any personal differences between Bill and me, I strongly believe Bill Belichick’s record and body of work speak for themselves,” Kraft said in his statement last Wednesday.

“As head coach of the New England Patriots for more than two decades, he set the standard for on-field excellence, preparation, and sustained success in the free agency and salary cap era of the National Football League. He is the greatest coach of all time and he unequivocally deserves to be a unanimous first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Famer.”

Kraft was also on the ballot for the first time.

The Hall of Fame inductee will be announced Thursday at the league’s annual awards show.