Pats 25th Anniversary of 1st Super Bowl Appearance

[seven]

25th anniversary of Challenger disaster today.
It was this event that put things back in perspective for me.
By a quirk, a recording of Challenger ended up on right after
the end of the game.
Still have the old tape.

 

[OldPatsfans]

I started watching football just a few years before that and became a Pats fan. I was less knowledgeable about the game and could have been called a "homer" in today lexicon. Although I knew the Bears were better, and all the pundits picked them, I held out hope that the Pats might, just might, somehow pull a miracle, or at least put up a battle.

Well, it hurt. We were at a colleague's house for SB party, and a guy was so sick that he didn't come in the next day. This same fellow, who was a Red Sox fan also, later that year (after the world series), vowed that he would quit being a sport fan forever. I didn't check if he lived up with that vow .

 

[Opus232]

It was that '85 team that got me into following the Patriots and the NFL. Also in 1986 they didn't have a bad year. They won 11 games but ended up being knocked out of the playoff's by John Elway and the Broncos.

Unfortunately after that it was a deterioration into the oblivion of 1-15 and 2-14 seasons until Parcells was hired in '93.