How long has it been since you saw a Pats game in person?

I was in Denver a few months ago for the meltdown.

Ive been to Denver 3 times for Pats games and 3 times theyve lost: Bradys 1st Denver game in 2001, the Champ Bailey 99 yard pick 6 playoff game and this last one.

I will be starting my 4th year as a season ticket holder. I have
attended all the home games for the past three years. Like my fellow
Mainer, I started following the team in 1960. I was also a season ticket
holder from 1973-1975 during the Fairbanks era.

My last one was the Colts game. I usually go to 2 regular season games and then playoffs
Bucket list thing #1 Pats play Green Bay at Lambeau.... trying to get a group together. Some of my friends are Packer fans!!
Bucket List #2 Next time the Pats play in London..fly there but first catch a Liverpool match (provided they play on Sat and then travel to London for the Pats! I know English Patriot would help me out...just by his Avatar!

2008 @ Seattle. Merriweather with the strip sack for the win. Missed the game in Houston last year (had a hip replacement the week before the game).

PatsGuy said:

My last one was the Colts game. I usually go to 2 regular season games and then playoffs
Bucket list thing #1 Pats play Green Bay at Lambeau.... trying to get a group together. Some of my friends are Packer fans!!
Bucket List #2 Next time the Pats play in London..fly there but first catch a Liverpool match (provided they play on Sat and then travel to London for the Pats! I know English Patriot would help me out...just by his Avatar!

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Screw Liverpool, go and see Celtic instead.

chasa said:

i've never been. two tickets will be about $200, parking, food, etc. its just not worth it, i can go to a Sox game for $20

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It can be very fun but overall I prefer my hdtv/replays/dvr/couch/snacks etc to being in the stadium

Triumph said:

I was in Denver a few months ago for the meltdown.

Ive been to Denver 3 times for Pats games and 3 times theyve lost: Bradys 1st Denver game in 2001, the Champ Bailey 99 yard pick 6 playoff game and this last one.

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Stop going!!!! You're killing us here!!!! LOL

chasa said:

i've never been. two tickets will be about $200, parking, food, etc. its just not worth it, i can go to a Sox game for $20

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Two tix will be more then that especially if you buy on the secondary market

I go to one or two a year. I dont have season tickets but I know a couple people who do so I usually can get them without going to the secondary market. This year I saw the NO game with the wife (best game ever!) and the 12/29 buffalo game with a friend. Last year I saw Houston with my brother and another game with my wife (who is a big fan and understands the game better than a lot of my guy friends), but I can't for the life of me remember which game right now.

I'm thinking the 2012 wife game was also buffalo.....

The last and only game I ever attended was Dec. 27, 1992 againt the Dolphins. We were 2-13 going into the game and Scott Zolak was our starting QB. Game time temp was 8 with the wind chill. They lost in OT 16-13.

The game was almost switched to Miami because Hurricane Andrew had destroyed Joe Robbie for week 1 and the league wanted to just swap the dates, but NE couldn't because Foxboro's field was destroyed because of a U2 show (I was there).

Each week a new calamity befalls the winless New England - 11.02.92 - SI Vault

After that game they hired Parcells, drafted Bledsoe and Kraft bought the team. I never went back so I kept my jinx away. The rest is history.

I have been to training camp at Gillette though and got a couple of autographs in 2010 from these 2 guys:

Last game I attended: October 27th 1991, vs Denver. They lost in the slop 9-6 while Hugh Millen
was scrambling around aimlessly as time expired instead of running to the sidelines. Brutal.

I moved to Dallas TX in January 1992, and haven't found the time/opportunity to attend another
one, even though we've since moved much closer, to Hershey PA, in June 2002.

captain stone said:

Last game I attended: October 27th 1991, vs Denver. They lost in the slop 9-6 while Hugh Millen
was scrambling around aimlessly as time expired instead of running to the sidelines. Brutal.

I moved to Dallas TX in January 1992, and haven't found the time/opportunity to attend another
one, even though we've since moved much closer, to Hershey PA, in June 2002.

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Ah, someone else who experienced those most painful years.

I'll bet most of the kids here don't remember Bill Parcells first year when we started 1-11. From 1989 to game 13 in 1993, the Patriots were 15-61 for a robust .197 winning percentage and we were about a budweiser away from becoming the St. Louis Stallions. I remember Zolak saying they even had hats made up.

Talk about coming back from the edge of annihilation.

OhExaulted1 said:

Ah, someone else who experienced those most painful years.

I'll bet most of the kids here don't remember Bill Parcells first year when we started 1-11. From 1989 to game 13 in 1993, the Patriots were 15-61 for a robust .197 winning percentage and we were about a budweiser away from becoming the St. Louis Stallions. I remember Zolak saying they even had hats made up.

Talk about coming back from the edge of annihilation.

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http://i.imgur.com/ZM0JE4A.jpg?1

Wow, the logo and colors are Arena League crap.

the last game I went to was the loss in Miami in December...great game, great venue , great break from the cold for 5 days...marred only by the presence of Dolphin fans...

captain stone said:

Last game I attended: October 27th 1991, vs Denver. They lost in the slop 9-6 while Hugh Millen
was scrambling around aimlessly as time expired instead of running to the sidelines. Brutal.

I moved to Dallas TX in January 1992, and haven't found the time/opportunity to attend another
one, even though we've since moved much closer, to Hershey PA, in June 2002.

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When we play Pittsburgh away next time (won't be for a few years), you can make the 3.5 hr drive and be my guest for tickets--my treat.

I haven't seen a Pats game in person myself since they were in Pittsburgh in the 2011 season, so it's been about 2.5 yrs for me as well. Was going to go to the BAL away game on Dec.22nd this past season and ended up putting it aside since my dad was so sick.

Joker said:

the last game I went to was the loss in Miami in December...great game, great venue , great break from the cold for 5 days...marred only by the presence of Dolphin fans...

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Now, that sounds like an excellent away venue to consider for the future. I used to live on Ft Myers Beach, only about 75-90 min away, and never made the trip.

Lots of Pats fans there too, Joker? Maybe not as many as a few years ago, I assume.

are you kidding? half the dyam place was filled with Pats fans...my seat was at the five yard line 10 rows up from the field...I SAW the Amendola drop and the uncalled Hooman PI call in the EZ...Dolphin fans are cowards...on the way back to our van these twerps were running around insulting Pats fans with their wives and Pats fans of short stature. I walked right through Dolfan alley to my vehicle with my brother and no one said a word to us...I guess because we were too large...my brother has size 15 feet and red hair...maniac Irish.

Joker said:

are you kidding? half the dyam place was filled with Pats fans...my seat was at the five yard line 10 rows up from the field...I SAW the Amendola drop and the uncalled Hooman PI call in the EZ...Dolphin fans are cowards...on the way back to our van these twerps were running around insulting Pats fans with their wives and Pats fans of short stature. I walked right through Dolfan alley to my vehicle with my brother and no one said a word to us...I guess because we were too large...my brother has size 15 feet and red hair...maniac Irish.

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Definitely would be a nice get away during the colder months for a long, extended weekend. Something I may consider for the future. Thanks, man.