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Sean Pa Patriot · 01-23-2007, 10:44 PM

My youth was watching a great Bears team destroy the Pats, then the following yr watch Rulon Jones sack Tony Eason.. Then the next yr the strike...

BoTown · 01-23-2007, 10:56 PM

This one is #2 for me, with #1 having been 2003 ALCS Game 7. Most painful basketball loss was BC losing to Florida in the regional finals in 1994 (college) and Celtics getting eliminated by the Nets in 2002.

patsfaninpa · 01-24-2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by 3 to be 4

this isnt even in my top 10. They've won me 3 Super Bowls. the losses that occurred when I wondered if we'd ever win one hurt much, much more.

id rank them

Game 6 1986
Bruins, too many men on the ice, 1979
Roughing the passer, 1976
Pedro game 2003 ( although the Patriots OT win at Miami just days later saved us a long winter of pain, in fact the Patriots never lost again and won a Super Bowl. HOW can we not love a team like THAT)

You nailed it. Just in a different order for me.

1. Game 7 79 Semis at Montreal. Honestly, I'd have sold my soul to the devil to win that one. And, I think I tried but it didn't work. I loved that Bruins team and haven't felt that way towards them since that night.

2. Game 6 86 World Series. I can't even talk about it!!

3. Game 7 ALCS at Yankee "Dog" Stadium. I might have put Grady you're a f'n moron on my tombstone. But, thankfully we know what happened in 04.

4. This game was nr. 4. Four f'n yards from the Super Bowl.

5. I thought that 76 Patriots team had championships in their future. Even though they lost that game. I still say to this day. If you think the tuck call was a bad call. We're even. Shut up!!!

***DarrylS*** · 01-24-2007, 05:52 AM

Not sure if this even makes my top ten, we were competitive up to the last drive and really believed they would win, for me the trampling by the Bears in the SB was the worse along with the '96 Parcellian exit loss in that SB. There are too many great memories in this run, I know we will be back and will look different in the future.. we will also look better.

***mtbykr*** · 01-24-2007, 08:41 AM

I can't really put the buckner game in perspective becuase I was only 10 at the time.....but still remember it vividly. For me this is def the worst loss for the pats. However the worst loss overall for me is the 03 ALCS. Being on a rolleroaster every night (same in 04 but we won

) to get to game 7, then extra innings, then aaron *%$#@ 'n boone. I just sat there forever after that game with a blank look!

onegameatatime · 01-24-2007, 08:58 AM

For football, I'd have to say Oakland in 78 was worse. I believe Oakland had been 13-1 and the one loss was when they were destroyed by the Pats.

I can't say the SB losses, because we were big underdogs in both cases.

The loss to the Steelers 7-6 was really bad -- the 7 came from a 40 yard run by Kordell, when Collins pulled up because he did not want to be flagged for hitting out of bounds. Pats were missing Martin, Glenn, and the TE and could not move the ball. I thought Pete Carroll had that defense in better shape than the SB team the year before.

What about the loss to the Jets at home in 2002 that knocked us out of the playoffs?

I'd say Oakland, Colts, Steelers.

BradyManny · 01-24-2007, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by GJAJ15

Not sure if this even makes my top ten, we were competitive up to the last drive and really believed they would win, for me the trampling by the Bears in the SB was the worse along with the '96 Parcellian exit loss in that SB. There are too many great memories in this run, I know we will be back and will look different in the future.. we will also look better.

I think you're missing my point - b/c we were in it until the end, b/c we led the whole game, b/c we should have won, b/c we would've basically been stealing a Super Bowl berth on a team fighting injuries, flu & other crap, that's what made this game more painful.

If we had gotten trampled on, the game would've been a lot easier to swallow. It was the circumstances of the loss that made it so brutal to watch.

***richpats*** · 01-24-2007, 09:31 AM

Painful? Not at all. The Pats didn't play a full 60, so in that respect it is disappointing, but the end result shouldn't surprise us. Like in the SD game, if you give a good team too many opportunities to win they will eventually capitalize. We can't expect the other team to just make mistakes in crunchtime.

***mtbykr*** · 01-24-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by onegameatatime

For football, I'd have to say Oakland in 78 was worse. I believe Oakland had been 13-1 and the one loss was when they were destroyed by the Pats.

I can't say the SB losses, because we were big underdogs in both cases.

The loss to the Steelers 7-6 was really bad -- the 7 came from a 40 yard run by Kordell, when Collins pulled up because he did not want to be flagged for hitting out of bounds. Pats were missing Martin, Glenn, and the TE and could not move the ball. I thought Pete Carroll had that defense in better shape than the SB team the year before.

What about the loss to the Jets at home in 2002 that knocked us out of the playoffs?

I'd say Oakland, Colts, Steelers.

I dont' remember that, but i do remember that amazing win against the fins (great catch by Fauria) to keep us alive. Then watching green bay lay down to the jets at 4 to give them the division was tough!

pats60 · 01-24-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by NEM

Didnt anyone say BILL BUCKNER........

But, sunday's game will forever be burnt in my memory...As the worst, the most painful, and the one that we let get away that never should have been.

Without a doubt this game.
Since 1960 no game bothered me more than this one.
Not even the Oakland game .We had to win another one to get to
super bowl.Only 4 yards away and we had it.I`ts hard getting there.
Never settle for less or you will never get there.