Fellow Pats fans..whats your greatest Pats memory

Bill's Girl · Dec 29, 2005

NovaScotiaPatsFan said:
Some of my favs (Other than the obvious SB wins)

- When Brady caught a pass on a trick play. (If anyone knows which game this was in you'd be my hero)

Nova, it was week 15 against the Dolphins in the 2001 season at home!

Bill's Girl · Dec 29, 2005

Na_polian said:
Joe Bellino! Wow! Does THAT go back a ways. Anyoen who's a fan of Navy football knows who he is - 1960 Heisman winner, did his 4 years active duty, then joined the Boston Pats... He was there, what? 3-4 years? Man, wish I had gotten a chance to see him play.

I remember hearing about a guy called out of the stands to play right before kick off, but I didn't realize it was him... Cool

It was not Joe Bellino, it was Bob Gladieux in 1970 at Harvard Stadium, opening day against the Dolphins.

ilduce06410 · Dec 29, 2005

"Patsies" no more!

Na_polian said:
Those are all in my top 5 too. Especially number 3 - so many bad things over the years, and then finally... finally... no longer the "Patsies" of the league.

i think the team is finally completely free of that name. i haven't heard it used in years.
i watched 2002 SB at a friend's house. after game, as i drove home, i just could not stop grinning. walked in the house wigh that smile, probably slept all night with it. i have the dvd and i find myself grinning uncontrollably every time i play it.

Tunescribe · Dec 29, 2005

Here's one that I bet a lot of people have forgotten: Last game of the 1993 season at home against the Dolphins. Bledsoe tosses a perfect pass into the corner of the end zone in overtime to -- McMurtry, I think? -- that wins the game. That began the new era of Patriot competitiveness we've been enjoying for most of these past 12 years.

Pats67 · Dec 29, 2005

the receiver was Michael Timpson.

Another great moment - Bob Windsor, dragging would-be Viking tacklers into the end zone despite a broken leg suffered on the play, to secure a 17-14 upset over Minnesota in 1974. That brought the Pats record to 6-1 at the halfway point (they went on to lose 6 of 7 to finish .500).

PatsWickedPissah · Dec 29, 2005

Bill's Girl said:
It was not Joe Bellino, it was Bob Gladieux in 1970 at Harvard Stadium, opening day against the Dolphins.

You are correct. I know Joe Bellino. I'm also from Winchester High.

PatsWickedPissah · Dec 29, 2005

ilduce06410 said:
i think the team is finally completely free of that name. i haven't heard it used in years.

You must be an internet neophyte unaware of USENET and the football newsgroups. The name prevails.

shirtsleeve · Dec 29, 2005

italianpatthepatriot said:
this thread reminds me a little bit of my one 'new england patriots 1970-1980's. my memories start when in the beginning Eighties i saw a wonderfull red and white uniform with a beautiful logo and it was immediately passion and love.

Sorry, those are the years that broke my heart. "best team on paper", so many 7-0 starts. so many 7-7 seasons

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Other than the Adam kicks during the xxxvi run, I'd say it was Asante cleaning a certain Colt's clock! :rocker:

italian pat patriot · Dec 29, 2005

shirtsleeve said:
Sorry, those are the years that broke my heart. "best team on paper", so many 7-0 starts. so many 7-7 seasons .
Other than the Adam kicks during the xxxvi run, I'd say it was Asante cleaning a certain Colt's clock! :rocker:

it is good to be a fan in the bad and in the good times.

i have been a passionated fan (in a soccer country...) in the worst and in the beautiful moments.

and this year finally i have been able also to come to Gillette...

after 20 years...

andyguitar · Dec 29, 2005

In Superbowl 36, the game tied, Brady drives the Pats down to into field goal range. The clock is winding down and he needs to spike the ball to stop it to give Vinatieri a chance to kick the winning field goal. At 7 seconds, he spikes the ball and it comes right back into his hands and he holds it there for a second, arms extended, so casually. Just the way the ball came back into hands and his relaxed reaction to the moment let me know there was something very special going here and the start of something bigger.

italian pat patriot · Dec 29, 2005

NEM said:
Ok, here's some of my memories.

1960 or was it 61...Pats vs. Titans of New York, Polo Grounds...Few seconds left in game, Chuck Shonta blocks punt of Rik Sapienza and runs it back for game winning TD. That was the first game that I really started doing a lot of yelling...

I got to know Sapienze several years later when he became the WR, and punter, for the Boston Sweepers of the Atlantic Coast Football League where I began my first work inprofessional football as assistant to the General Manager and worked with the place kicker in practice sessions as his holder.

1963 Sending an article in to John Gilhooly of the Boston Record-American and he printed it and I managed to get 45 people to fill a bus, leaving at midnight in a snowstorm, headed to Buffalo for the divisional playoff between the Bills and Pats.

We spent the 2nd half of the game on the field, standing next to the Pats bench as they won and went to the AFC title game in San Diego..and got crushed.

Another game in the 60's, cant remember who was playing, i think it was Dallas Texans..or maybe they had become KC Chiefs by then..... anyway, Tom Yewcic was at QB and the Pats had the ball deep in their own territory, right infront of us.....Yewcic went back to pass and it was obvious his arm was going forward, but referee Walter FitzGerald Orange Striped AFL referee jerseys) called it a fumble and the other team picked it up for a TD.

I was so incensed (I always believed Fitzgerald had it in for the Pats) that I jumped down onto the field and started running towards FitzGerald...I had my hands up and was about to grab him when I was grabbed from behind by Boston's finest. I was not arrested, but Iwas escorted out of the stadium. (Braves Field)

There was the game at BC Alumni Stadium where the stands caught on fire.

Another game at BC Stadium where they actually called a player (I believe it was Joe Bellino) out of the stands to report to the Pats locker room to get dressed... And, he played in the game.

Bellino was another player I got to know with the Boston Sweepers.

And one more at BC, when I got tosit on the Pats bench. A good friend of mine was the driver for Fallon Ambulance service. He asked me to go along one day....we got to the stadium, pulled in to the ramp and we were required to sit at the end of the bench in case a player got hurt and the ambulance was needed.

Strangely, I wasnt asked which plays to run.....

I will have more later on... HOpe you enjoyed reading these little tidbits. Mabe I should write a book.

wonderfull NEM
write a book.
one copy for me.

3 to be 4 · Jun 22, 2007

as Vinatieri got ready to kick my entire Patriot watching life flashed before my eyes and I went over all the things that could go wrong. Bad snap, jumping offsides, bad handle, bad kick, blocked kick etc etc and even if it was good i knew there would still be 2 seconds left for the Rams to get the kickoff. So for me, the entire play went in slow motion. Just this one, Adam, i kept saying......
the snap, ok that went well.....the catch, the put down, BOOM!! goes the kick. Has there EVER been a more perfect kick?? Not only right down the middle, but it had such height too, ok, wheres the flag? wheres the flag? I kept looking for the flag...ok, theres no flag? , ok get those guys off the field we still have a kickoff!! The Rams are going to protest for a kickoff, its not over, its not over...
And then I saw Mike Martz walking off............................
WHAT????? Its really over??? The Patriots are the World Champions?????

I was stunned. Absolutely stunned. I just went to my knees and stared at the screen and felt like I was in a wonderful dream. And I knew instantly being a Boston sports fan would never be the same.

this all took about 10 seconds. Its never going to get better than that.

PATRIOT64 · Jun 22, 2007

If you are in your 40s like me theres no comparison - Yes that even means the 3 SBs we won don't compare to this.....

That game was the AFC Championship game against Miami in 1986 where we almost never won before and we were huge longshots to win that game but guts and glory got us out of the Orange Bowl with Super Bowl 20 ahead FINALLY THE PATRIOTS WERE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!

Of course the SB 20 game dissapointed but never was a game so great in Patriots history as that one IMO.

Pats Fanatic · Jun 22, 2007

PATRIOT64 said:
If you are in your 40s like me theres no comparison - Yes that even means the 3 SBs we won don't compare to this.....

That game was the AFC Championship game against Miami in 1986 where we almost never won before and we were huge longshots to win that game but guts and glory got us out of the Orange Bowl with Super Bowl 20 ahead FINALLY THE PATRIOTS WERE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!

Of course the SB 20 game dissapointed but never was a game so great in Patriots history as that one IMO.

Your right, I was actually watching that game yesterday, I remember everyone of those players. By the way Dan Marino was godawful in that game and Don Blackmon was incredible.

BHSL2 · Jun 22, 2007

I loved watching the 2004 Patriots. They weren't even the most talented team when you compare them to other dominant seasons other teams have had, but the Pats just churned out wins like they were nothing.

patsfan13 · Jun 22, 2007

1971 Plunkett's first year Pats sub .500, Fins 10-1-1 record

Pats 31
Fins 13

very big upset

3 days later I'm at basic training in Tx.

PATRIOT64 · Jun 22, 2007

Pats Fanatic said:
Your right, I was actually watching that game yesterday, I remember everyone of those players. By the way Dan Marino was godawful in that game and Don Blackmon was incredible.

I still get 'excited' thinking about that game (sorry so dramatic but IT WAS THAT GOOD!)

Craig James was like a bulldozer though that Miami defense in that game,I loved watching him play more so than any RB in Pats history including the legendary Sam Bam Cunningham,He may have had the greatest overall performance of any running back during those few 80s years he was a team member even though it did not show on the stats,Craig WAS more powerful in my opinion than even Corey was this decade.

PatsSteve1 · Jun 22, 2007

They'd have to be all games I attended starting with the 1st Super Bowl win over the Rams. All those Rams fans saying before the game how it'd be over at halftime ran silently out of the Dome after the game. Then the Snow Bowl win over the Raiders and the last game at the Fox. Then the 2 playoffs games in 2003 when Ty Law INT'd Peyton 3 times and the Titans game in very cold temp's. Coldest game I ever went to.

tailgater · Jun 23, 2007

A few of the games I haven't seen mentioned much:

The last regular season game in the old stadium, against Miami. The impromptu celebration at the end of the game, with the entire team going around the field shaking hands and exhanging thanks & hi fives with the fans, giving the old dump a proper sendoff.

The Ice Bowl against the Titans and that amazing kick by AV in the single digit temp. What an amazing sound he he hit that rock. One of his best ever IMO.

A game mentioned for the Bledsoe injury, that game against the Jets in 2001 was the first game after 9-11. It was such a somber atmosphere, with the emotional pregame ceremony on the field, then the flyover (came up behind me - i was in the last row on the south side - scared the crap out of me!) and the F-15's went vertical over the stadium, and the stadium erupted like I had never heard prior to that moment.

The back-to-back shutouts in 2003, Browns & Fins

I'm torn about this one, since the Pats lost the game, but the game at home against ther Rams in 2001 was one of the memorable moments at the birth of the recent run, dynasty or not. If they had won that game, would the Rams have come into the SB with the same game plan? Maybe, Martz is one confident sob.

Great thread.

zarakotas5 · Jun 23, 2007

I don't know about the best...

My FIRST Pats memory involves remembering "Squish the Fish". At the time, I thought that was the apex of human evolution for comedy. (I owned a Dolphins bean-bag, one of the originals, that a relative gave me. If it helps, I farted, drooled, etc. all OVER that thing, before I knew the relevance of my actions).

I clearly remember the Superbowl against the Bears. My mom had gotten me a Pats t-shirt after I asked for one. With my little bowl-cut and biscuit shoes that didn't reach the floor, I dangled off the edge of the couch until the very last second. I now understood the "agony of defeat" from the Wide World of Sports shows. Prepared me well for a future as a Patriots fan.

Until now.

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