Prior to the 1985 NFL Season, the New England Patriots have never won a playoff game in the Super Bowl era. The last time the team won a postseason game in any league was the AFL’s Divisional Game against the Buffalo Bills in January 1964. The Patriots won 26-8; Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States and the Beatles have not yet played a show on American soil.
Fast forward 21 years. It was the first full season of Raymond Berry’s head coaching career and his team, after starting its 1985 campaign 2-3, entered the playoffs as an 11-5 wild card team.