The voice of the Patriots in these highlights was John Carlson of WHDH/WEEI. I actually called him on the phone two times. He was kind enough to talk with me for 45 minutes each time. Mr. Carlson gave up announcing due to commuting to Minnesota each week from Massachusetts. This was after he lost the Pats job when the team changed radio stations in 1987. I told him “you sound like you miss announcing”, to which Mr. Carlson replied wistfully, “I do.” I sent John Carlson 2 tapes featuring complete radio broadcasts of two Patriot games he called. He sent me a Christmas card and thanked me for my gesture. He truly enjoyed his broadcast time with New England and radio partner Jon Morris. I hope the man was enjoyed and appreciated by Patriot fans as I did. John Carlson had a voice from Heaven.
1985 was my first season following the Patriots watching with My Uncle and Cousin just about every Sunday when we had get togethers at my Grandparents house. I was only 4. 38 years later I still stay in Contact with my Uncle watching our team.
Pat the Patriot had to be the greatest logo in the history of the NFL. I was a young kid in the 70s, and I often looked at NFL items in the Sears Wish Book each year. The Patriots helmet always stood out to me, and I wish they would bring it back using the current color scheme. I also wish they would get rid of the current red stripes on the shoulders, as they are unnecessary and detract from the great blue and silver combo.
I’m a Bears fan, and even as a kid (around the time they played the Patriots in the Super Bowl) I thought the old Patriots helmet was interesting. “What is that little man on the helmet?” 😄
Steelers fan here, always liked the Pats 80s helmet. I remember this teams voyage to the super bowl that year. It was an anazing underdog journey, they were never gonna defeat Chicago, but the fact that they got there was a credit to a bunch of tough vets & young talent too….Irving Fryar, Andre Tippett. That was a fun season!
I remember watching Super Bowl XX live on television. The Chicago Bears thoroughly defeated the New England Patriots in that game. Who would ever have imagined that by 2019, after they had won Super Bowl 53, they would be on par with the Pittsburgh Steelers with six World Championships to their franchise! Bill Belichick would coach on six Super Bowl winning teams eclipsing coach Chuck Noll who led Pittsburgh to four titles! QB Tom Brady would earn SEVEN Super Bowl rings with two different teams surpassing QB Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana, who both won four Super Bowls.
Even though they got crushed, the 85 Pats were still the only team to score on the 85 Bears defense in the postseason…a very tough Giants and a peak Eric Dickerson led Rams both got shutout by the Bears. Scoring anything on that D was an accomplishment.
@@toonsis Well if you're in a conference with teams that have a defense just as great as you and also have an offense that can surpass you, it's pretty hard to win a Superbowl.
Let's keep it in perspective. 3 points were scored after Payton fumbled deep in Bears territory and the other 7 was scored in garbage time after the game was completely out of hand against most of the Bears second string defense.
I wonder how great Craig James’ career would have been had he not tore his knee up. He also had a very successful season or two in the USFL prior to joining the Patriots.
Yeah, Eason was made of glass, both in body and mind. I still remember any time there was pressure, he'd duck and fall. Sometimes, the pressure wasn't even there, but you could see he was scared and still ducked and fell with no defender within three or four yards of him. Great arm, though.
I remember this team well. The offense was decent, but Eason was far too fragile in body and mind. When he broke down (figuratively and literally), Grogan stepped in and the team actually improved because the team believed in him and you could see it in their demeanor and play. Even though Grogan didn't have the arm Eason did, he had confidence, grit, and leadership qualities, all things missing in Eason. The real strength of this team was the defense, however. The line was good, the defensive backfield was very good, but the linebackers were exceptional. This was the best Patriots team outside of the Brady years, even better than 1996. Sadly, the team was limited by Eason. Oh, and Brian Holloway looked very good as long as he had Hannah next to him. Without Hannah, he was ok at best, perhaps even mediocre.
If you watch the first two drives of Super Bowl XX, Eason was scared of the Bears Pass Rush. He was constantly jumping backwards while throwing and crouching while the rush got to him.
@@alec1115 I mean if you saw one of the meanest and most physical defenses ever led by Mike Singletary, a guy who played football at my high school that I graduated from in Worthing High, you would totally crap your pants.
@@jrayner21679 I loved that logo especially in the mid 80s whenever I'm playing Madden NFL on my PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3 I select those uniforms
The guy that John Hannah, the greatest offensive lineman in Patriots history, called a pussy and should be wearing a dress. Everyone knows Grogan was the better QB. Don't even joke about taking Eason over God.
David Dolan Eason crumbled to the Bears rush, after ‘85, he crumbled. The Pats drafted Eason over Marino. Sports Illustrated called Hannah, the greatest lineman in NFL history.
David Dolan, the top 5 QBs in Patriots history from 1975 up. 1. A man named Brady 2. Drew Bledsoe 3. Steve Grogan 4. Tony Eason 5. And rising, Cam Newton.
6 > 1. Packers fans say 12 > 9. I have no dog in the race. But many people think Halas was the greatest cheater of them all. No one tried to cut corners on the rules like the Papa Bear.
I am a Bears fan but I have respect for the 1985 Patriots because they won three playoff games on the road.
It was even more bizarre when you realize the pats were 4-4 on the road during the regular season
I was in high school and it was really a fun run. But no one was beating that Bears team, best defense I ever saw in my 50 years of watching football.
The voice of the Patriots in these highlights was John Carlson of WHDH/WEEI. I actually called him on the phone two times. He was kind enough to talk with me for 45 minutes each time.
Mr. Carlson gave up announcing due to commuting to Minnesota each week from Massachusetts. This was after he lost the Pats job when the team changed radio stations in 1987. I told him “you sound like you miss announcing”, to which Mr. Carlson replied wistfully, “I do.”
I sent John Carlson 2 tapes featuring complete radio broadcasts of two Patriot games he called. He sent me a Christmas card and thanked me for my gesture. He truly enjoyed his broadcast time with New England and radio partner Jon Morris.
I hope the man was enjoyed and appreciated by Patriot fans as I did. John Carlson had a voice from Heaven.
I am a lifelong Pats fan and that was s great season. Nobody was going to beat the Bears in that Super Bowl. The 46 defense dominated everybody!
1985 was my first season following the Patriots watching with My Uncle and Cousin just about every Sunday when we had get togethers at my Grandparents house. I was only 4. 38 years later I still stay in Contact with my Uncle watching our team.
OH THIS SEASON WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE PATRIOTS! Threw away the orange bowl AT THE RIGHT TIME!
January 1986 to October 1986: Pats in Super Bowl, Celtics win NBA Finals, Red Sox in World Series.
For the 1980 season the Phillies won the World Series, and the Flyers/Eagles/Sixers appeared in the Stanley Cup/Super Bowl/Finals.
Shame the B's didn't join the party.
Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!
Pat the Patriot had to be the greatest logo in the history of the NFL. I was a young kid in the 70s, and I often looked at NFL items in the Sears Wish Book each year. The Patriots helmet always stood out to me, and I wish they would bring it back using the current color scheme. I also wish they would get rid of the current red stripes on the shoulders, as they are unnecessary and detract from the great blue and silver combo.
I’m a Bears fan, and even as a kid (around the time they played the Patriots in the Super Bowl) I thought the old Patriots helmet was interesting. “What is that little man on the helmet?” 😄
@djeanpierre My favorite Logo plus whenever I play madden nfl on my Playstation 3 I select those uniforms
Sears is throwback foreal
Steelers fan here, always liked the Pats 80s helmet. I remember this teams voyage to the super bowl that year. It was an anazing underdog journey, they were never gonna defeat Chicago, but the fact that they got there was a credit to a bunch of tough vets & young talent too….Irving Fryar, Andre Tippett. That was a fun season!
the hat + numbers helmet is better
Andre tippett was unstoppable
I remember watching Super Bowl XX live on television. The Chicago Bears thoroughly defeated the New England Patriots in that game. Who would ever have imagined that by 2019, after they had won Super Bowl 53, they would be on par with the Pittsburgh Steelers with six World Championships to their franchise! Bill Belichick would coach on six Super Bowl winning teams eclipsing coach Chuck Noll who led Pittsburgh to four titles! QB Tom Brady would earn SEVEN Super Bowl rings with two different teams surpassing QB Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana, who both won four Super Bowls.
Really? Who ever would have guessed
Even though they got crushed, the 85 Pats were still the only team to score on the 85 Bears defense in the postseason…a very tough Giants and a peak Eric Dickerson led Rams both got shutout by the Bears. Scoring anything on that D was an accomplishment.
Hard to believe the 80s Bears only had that 1 superbowl
@@toonsis Well if you're in a conference with teams that have a defense just as great as you and also have an offense that can surpass you, it's pretty hard to win a Superbowl.
Let's keep it in perspective. 3 points were scored after Payton fumbled deep in Bears territory and the other 7 was scored in garbage time after the game was completely out of hand against most of the Bears second string defense.
Great to see video of John Hannah just trucking guys!
He has a nice farm in Bama now.
I wonder how great Craig James’ career would have been had he not tore his knee up.
He also had a very successful season or two in the USFL prior to joining the Patriots.
After the Pats squished the fish in ‘85, the fish hadn’t resurfaced yet.
The Patriots only had one losing season from 1976-87. Every team in the league had at least two.
Steve Grogan 🐐#14
that was 1981. 2-14!!!!
@@johnnguyen270 , believe or not that season, the Patriots were outscored by just 50 points. There were lot of stupid losses.
Wow. For real? That is amazing. The Raiders won 3 Super Bowls in that 12 season run. The 49ers also won a couple of Super Bowls as did the Steelers.
I loved this team
My memory of Eason was of disappointment ... but boy could he throw an amazing deep ball. Wow in the bucket.
He’d be a lot better in today’s NFL where you can’t hit the QB as hard anymore…but he was too fragile for 80s NFL
He was a disappointment in the Super Bowl because he threw the ball against the defense that was designed to stop the pass.
Yeah, Eason was made of glass, both in body and mind. I still remember any time there was pressure, he'd duck and fall. Sometimes, the pressure wasn't even there, but you could see he was scared and still ducked and fell with no defender within three or four yards of him. Great arm, though.
That was one heck of a season! Too bad the Goliath (known as the Chicago Bears) were just to big to slay for the David Patriots!
Don Blackmon was a beast...
Bring back pat patriot logo now please
Ok….done
I paid $250 on the internet and got a official pat patriot helmet.
Grogan is the best!
Yes he was a leader
Jim McMahon was a LEADER. The 1985 Chicago Bears were WAY BETTER than THESE LOSERS.
@@chadwickwhite6107 Jim McMahon was overrated. Everybody knows that team was carried by Walter Payton and by one of the best defenses of all time.
1:31
Irving Fryar
Number one overall pick in 1984
Dumisa Tony Johnson his wife stabbed him in a domestic incident that kept him out of the AFC championship in Miami.
@Su!c!de Surv!vor Yup. He played in Super Bowl but we had zero chance.
Best Season before Robert Kraft bought the patriots
I always thought the ‘86 team was a little better. They really weren’t sneaking up on anyone
@@thefrase7884 We won 7 in a row.
1976 and 1996 were pretty awesome, too
That was a great playoff run. They played hard nosed football and forced turnovers. I was very surprised when they beat the Raiders in particular.
I mean tony Franklin and rich camarillo legit had great performances that game
Big Pats for fan for my life but deep down I knew the Super Bowl would play out the way it did. Miami would have given Chicago a better game.
The Browns would have given the 9ers a better game the superbowl before
Raiders turned the ball over 5 times..and it was still a close game !
True!!!
@@toonsis 6 times, plus wilson was so bad, two timeouts in a row, he looked stressed all game
Had we played anybody BUT the bears
Holy shit at Bruce smith pinning tony Eason WWF (it’ll never be wwe to me) style
I remember this team well. The offense was decent, but Eason was far too fragile in body and mind. When he broke down (figuratively and literally), Grogan stepped in and the team actually improved because the team believed in him and you could see it in their demeanor and play. Even though Grogan didn't have the arm Eason did, he had confidence, grit, and leadership qualities, all things missing in Eason.
The real strength of this team was the defense, however. The line was good, the defensive backfield was very good, but the linebackers were exceptional.
This was the best Patriots team outside of the Brady years, even better than 1996. Sadly, the team was limited by Eason.
Oh, and Brian Holloway looked very good as long as he had Hannah next to him. Without Hannah, he was ok at best, perhaps even mediocre.
I thought my Raiders would play the bears in the Superbowl that year unfortunately plunkett broke his collarbone vs the 49ers and wilson had to start
Eason could throw but word was he wasnt very tough. Grogan's was hurt and a little past his prime.
If you watch the first two drives of Super Bowl XX, Eason was scared of the Bears Pass Rush. He was constantly jumping backwards while throwing and crouching while the rush got to him.
@@alec1115 I mean if you saw one of the meanest and most physical defenses ever led by Mike Singletary, a guy who played football at my high school that I graduated from in Worthing High, you would totally crap your pants.
@@alec1115 you will also see the first 2 passes DROPPED
Anomalous as it might seem, the defensive backfield looked better after the departure of Mike Haynes, a consummate professional and Hall of Farmer
Addition by subtraction. NE was less reliant on a star and could spread the wealth.
@@MGAF688 Both Raymond Clayborn and Fred Marion made the Pro Bowl that year, and Ronnie Lippett and Roland James were just as good.
The sad part is 90% of these plays are illegal now I'm tired of holding my breathe everytime someon gets tackled I m done!!!!
Tippett was far better than lt, doesn't get enough respect
Who is the narrator ?
Jeff Kaye
The great John Facenda’s last narration before passing away was for Redskins/Raiders SB highlight film.
Anyone else see the quarterback being tapped out lol 3 count.
Where is Bill Belichick and Tom Bra-- oh never mind wrong year!!
War eagle 🦅
Even a BLIND SQURREL finds an ACORN ONCE in a WHILE. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
hated that helmet
I wish they would go back to that emblem the red face mask though.
I remember in the 1970’s they considered going to a helmet emblem somewhat similar in concept to what they have now and the fans absolutely hated it.
@@jrayner21679 I loved that logo especially in the mid 80s whenever I'm playing Madden NFL on my PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3 I select those uniforms
@@jrayner21679 I agree as well
everybody loved those unis and helmets..u must be high.
I would take Tony Eason over Tom Brady any day of the week.
The guy that John Hannah, the greatest offensive lineman in Patriots history, called a pussy and should be wearing a dress. Everyone knows Grogan was the better QB. Don't even joke about taking Eason over God.
David Dolan Eason crumbled to the Bears rush, after ‘85, he crumbled.
The Pats drafted Eason over Marino.
Sports Illustrated called Hannah, the greatest lineman in NFL history.
Are u on drugs?
David Dolan, the top 5 QBs in Patriots history from 1975 up.
1. A man named Brady
2. Drew Bledsoe
3. Steve Grogan
4. Tony Eason
5. And rising, Cam Newton.
David Dolan aw, c’mon! Eason rocked!
How about those 1985 Chicago Bears?! REAL CHAMPIONS. The New England Patriots can ONLY WIN if they CHEAT. DEFLATE a FOOTBALL, SPY on OTHER TEAMS.
6 > 1. Packers fans say 12 > 9. I have no dog in the race. But many people think Halas was the greatest cheater of them all. No one tried to cut corners on the rules like the Papa Bear.
I’m a Bears fan and cheating or not I would switch places with the Pats in a heartbeat. One championship in 36 years is nothing to really gloat about.