Yeah, the late 80's/early 90's helmets were my fave of all the slight changes they made to the Pat Patriot white ones.
What were the changes?
1. Middle blue stripe is added between the two reds in 1965.
2. The Pat Patriot logo on each side is enlarged sometime around 1980.
3. Three different facemask colors were used. Grey up through around 1980. White in early 80's & the '85 Super Bowl, then switch to red in late 80's for the last 3 or 4 seasons or so, before the big overhaul in '93.
Then there's the whole location of the jersey shoulder stripes thing and outlining of the numbers, which is really extensive to document.
And there's the red pants away look too, which I totally loved.
Bottom line, the Pat Patriots unis were considered the 2nd best in the league behind the Chargers' powder blues back in the day. That's why people around the league rave about them whenever they're broken out of mothballs these days. I mean, when they isolate Wilfork wearing it, his big red 75 jersey just POPS off the television screen at you.
Present era Pats unis aren't really regarded that high on the current "who's got the best uniforms" discussions.
All in all, The New England Patriots uniforms of the 60's thru early 90's drew more attention to the team. They were unique and they were drop dead gorgeous.
People will say they weren't that good back then. I say what does that have to do with the uniform? The uniform was visually fantastic.
Sure they lost their fair share games.
Yeah, but they looked damned good doing it. Damned good.
