All Things Bill Belichick: Super Bowl XXXIX

SUPER BOWL XXXIX

New England 24, Philadelphia 21
ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville FL
February 6, 2005

SUPER BOWL XXXIX BOXSCORE
	SCORING
New England Patriots	0	7	7	10	24
Philadelphia Eagles	0	7	7	7	21
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rally in foxboro

Fans, Three Governors Give Patriots Rousing Sendoff to Super Bowl
30-Jan-2005, Associated Press
"The thousands of fans who gathered outside Gillette Stadium on Sunday to send the New England Patriots on their way to the Super Bowl cheered just as loudly for the team's owner and coach as they did for the marquee players.... The soft-spoken Belichick was typically understated. 'We know we're going to have to play our best game of the year, and that's what we're going to work on for the next week,' Belichick said."
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arrival in jacksonville

Bill Belichick's Sunday Press Conference from Jacksonville
30-Jan-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
Q: "How much wiser are you for all of your Super Bowl experience, not only on this team but on the Giants...?" BB: "Well again, I think it comes down to a week-to-week basis. There are a couple things that, logistically maybe, are a little bit smoother. But in the end it's going to come down to how we perform against Philadelphia – that's our opponent this week. It's not the environment, or the other things related to the game – that's just all part of it. Our opponent is the Philadelphia Eagles. How well we can play, coach, make adjustments, execute, and do the things that we need to do in that game, that's what will determine the outcome of the game. That's where our total focus is. Whatever has happened in the past, I'm not putting too much on that. We've never played the Eagles before in a situation like this. We'll just deal with them straight up – what they can do and what we think we can do against them."
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Patriots Video News
30-Jan-2005, Patriots.com
"Super Bowl travel day started with a Gillette Stadium rally and continued to the team's week-long resort hotel. PVN was there to capture it all. Plus, it wouldn't be a Super Bowl day if players and the head coach weren't available to the media. Hear from Belichick, Harrison, Izzo and others from the Renaissance World Golf Village."
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monday

Patriots Practice Pool Report
31-Jan-2005, Chicago Sun Times
"The New England Patriots held a loose and lively two-hour workout at Bartram Trail High School on Monday afternoon with coach Bill Belichick saying they have a long way to go in their preparations for Super Bowl XXXIX.... 'We were kind of out there on an ice rink today,' Belichick said of the combination of wet field from rain on Saturday and unseasonably cool weather. 'It's slick. We're not even going full speed and guys are falling all over the place.'"
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Bill Belichick's Monday Press Conference from Jacksonville
31-Jan-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
Opening comments: "We just got off the field. Tried to get back into some of the things that we started on last week on the Eagles. There's an awful lot to prepare for with Philadelphia. They have an outstanding scheme on offense, defense, and special teams with their coordinators, and of course an outstanding group of players. We know they have 10 Pro Bowl players, plus a whole host of other players – the Corey Simons and Jevon Kearses and all those types of people who, Mayberry, guys like that who have also been to the Pro Bowl. So it's an outstanding collection of talent, and a very difficult team to prepare for. We're going to pick up where we left off last week in Foxboro, today, and continue that through the week. We know we've got a lot of work to do, we're certainly not where we need to be to play this game. But hopefully we'll be there by the time the game comes."
On how he feels about being compared to Vince Lombardi: "I don't really have much of a reaction to being compared to some of the other people in this league. It's flattering, but that's not why I'm doing it and that's not what I'm trying to do. I'm just trying to get this team prepared to play our best game of the year against the Eagles. We know that the Eagles are a great football team. They present a tremendous challenge. We know we're going to have to play our best game of the year. That's really where all my focus is. I can't reflect back to other points in time, and I really just don't think now is the time to do it anyway. There's just too much on my plate at this point."
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Kickoff to Super Bowl 39: Celebrate Jacksonville
01-Feb-2005, St Petersburg Times
"Monday night, the River City's biggest week ever launched in style with 'Kick Off to Super Bowl XXXIX: Celebrate Jacksonville' at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Fox Sports' James Brown emceed a night of interviews with business leaders and football honchos, including Eagles coach Andy Reid and Patriots coach Bill Belichick, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and headliners Montgomery Gentry, who performed a full concert."
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media day

Bill Belichick during Media Day at ALLTEL Stadium
01-Feb-2005, Alltel Stadium
On his biggest difference as a head coach now compared to his first time as a head coach: "One would be my record. I think the two changes that would be most notable would be delegating things to other people in the organization. I am a detail oriented person and sometimes that is not good, it's better to let somebody else worry about the things they can do and let me worry about the things that only a head coach can do. Off the field there are a lot of things that can affect your football team. It is not all about technique and play calling, although that is certainly a significant part of it. Sometimes there are things off the field that can affect how your team functions and I have tried to be a little more cognizant of those."
On what kind of team he wants to have: "Professional, hard working, playing with physical and mental toughness, and able to stand up to a competitive challenge on a week-in and week-out basis."
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wednesday

Bill Belichick Press Conference from Jacksonville
02-Feb-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
Opening statement: "We shuffled our schedule around a little bit this morning, and had obviously a lot of people accommodate us, particularly Bartram Trail High School. We worked out over there in much better conditions than we had on Monday, so that was good. All the players participated. I think that we're continuing to make steps in our preparations for the Eagles. We have a lot to cover, we still have a lot to do. But we're getting there, so that's a positive. We will have our meetings this afternoon and then get back on a normal schedule tomorrow, on our normal Thursday schedule here for this week. So that's pretty much where we're at today."
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thursday

Bill Belichick Press Conference from Jacksonville
03-Feb-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
Q: "...Have you learned about game management in your evolution as a head coach, or is that an intrinsic thing?" BB: "I think game management is something you probably learn a little bit about in every single game. You prepare certain situational strategies, and plays to use in those situations, at the beginning of the season, and sometimes modify them a little bit as you go through the year – maybe as new situations occur, or as your personnel changes, or your groupings get modified a little bit through the course of the season. But they're not always quite the way you draw them up. There are always some little wrinkles – field position, field conditions, the weather, time, timeouts, score, etc. So I think you're always learning on that. And it's something that as a coach, and as a quarterback, and as a coordinator and a play-caller, you've always got to stay on top of. You've always got to keep thinking about it. And the more you think about it, I think the quicker you can react when those situations do occur in the game. But it's tough. It's a lot easier when you can plan ahead. The toughest ones are the ones that change in a hurry...."
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friday

Bill Belichick's Final Pre-Game Press Conference from Jacksonville
04-Feb-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
Q: "You held that trophy before. What does that mean to you, and do you ever see your name on one of these trophies in the future?" BB: "No, no. What does that mean? That means – that trophy represents the team, I mean that word collectively, T-E-A-M, that is able to play the best season for the year that it's engraved. It doesn't mean anything about what happened the year before. It doesn't say what's the best team, which has the most talented players, which teams as the biggest payroll, smallest payroll. It stands for the team that played the best in that season, and put the number on there for that year, and the next year we start all over again, everybody is at the same point."
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saturday

Patriots Skip Saturday's Walk-Through
05-Feb-2005, Associated Press
"'It's been two weeks since our last game,' said coach Bill Belichick, who has bypassed the final walk-through before several games late in the season. 'We've pretty much hit everything we needed.' The team took a bus to Alltel Stadium for photos, and many players brought cameras or camcorders. Players' families and children also joined them."
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super bowl sunday

VIDEO: Belichick Comes Into Focus
06-Feb-2005, FOX Sports
"FOX's coach Jimmy Johnson takes a closer look at Bill Belichick." Originally aired during FOX's Super Bowl XXXIX pregame show.
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SUPER BOWL XXXIX: Patriots 24, Eagles 21
06-Feb-2005, Alltel Stadium
"The Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years – 24-21 against the Philadelphia Eagles – and now they are challenging history. It was their ninth consecutive postseason victory, equaling Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers. It was coach Bill Belichick's 10th playoff victory in 11 games, one better than the great Lombardi. And it matched Dallas' run of three championships in four years in the early 1990s."
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Bill Belichick's Super Bowl XXXIX Postgame Press Conference
06-Feb-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
"First of all, I can't say enough about our players. These guys have worked so hard, for over six months, putting up with me, beating all the challenges this season – a lot of good football teams, a lot of adversity – they just step up. No matter what happens, they just keep working, keep fighting, keep playing."
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the day after

Super Bowl Winning Coach and MVP Press Conference
07-Feb-2005, Super Bowl XXXIX
On losing some of the coaching staff: "The coaching staff issue will be a change for us. There are changes every year on every team, there's no team that stays the same from one year to the next and the National Football League. Romeo (Crennel) and Charlie (Weis) have done a great job. Their record speaks for itself and a lot of the success that we've had is certainly a large share of the credit should go to them. We wish them well and we'll have to adjust to and make some changes on our end. But that's the way it is every year."
On the challenge of next year: "We treat every year the same. We'll start at the bottom of the heap with everyone else – same record – and all try to get to the same point. We approach every year the same."
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Pats Return To Throngs Of Cheering Fans
08-Feb-2005, Associated Press
"The scene was familiar, an annual celebration played out in a dark, chilly parking lot at the home of the New England Patriots. They were greeted by a passionate crowd when they returned home Monday as Super Bowl champions for the second straight year. Players signed autographs again and fans got another chance to touch the Vince Lombardi trophy."
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parade in boston

Patriots Greeted By Throngs Of Cheering Fans
08-Feb-2005, Associated Press
"Three silver Super Bowl trophies and one famous gray sweat shirt worn by the mastermind who won them all passed by thousands of screaming fans Monday as the New England Patriots savored yet another championship ride through the streets of Boston.... In the lead vehicle, coach Bill Belichick wore his trademark sweat shirt. He was surrounded by team, owner Robert Kraft, vice chairman Jonathan Kraft and vice president for player personnel Scott Pioli – all clutching trophies from their three titles."
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Players Say Celebrating Victory Never Gets Old
08-Feb-2005, Associated Press
"It was the New England Patriots' third Super Bowl parade in four years. But quarterback Tom Brady said afterward: 'It's good every time.' Brady and Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch drew rock-star level cheers as they rode together through the streets of Boston, celebrating their 24-to-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 39."
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the white house

President Congratulates New England Patriots
13-Apr-2005, The White House
"THE PRESIDENT: Well, back again. (Laughter.) I was thinking that Coach Belichick was so comfortable coming to the Rose Garden that he might just wear one of those designer sweatshirts. (Laughter.) I'm a little disappointed. (Laughter.) I'm glad to see you own a tie, though. I want to welcome — COACH BELICHICK: Is this a roast? (Laughter.)"
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super bowl dvds

America's Game: Super Bowl XXXIX DVD

3 Games to Glory III

Super Bowl XXXIX Highlight DVD

super bowl rings

The New England Patriots NFL World Championship
Super Bowl XXXIX Ring
12-Jun-2005, New England Patriots
"The top of the ring is designed in the shape of a football, which is flanked by the words 'WORLD' on the left and 'CHAMPIONS' on the right. Each letter is filled with small round diamonds. The center structure features three Lombardi Trophies, each topped by a marquise shaped diamond, with the Patriots logo at the base of the trophies. Twenty-one diamonds, representing the team's NFL record 21-straight wins, surround the Patriots logo. Diamonds also line the perimeter of the ring, with 20 above the Patriots logo and nine below the logo. The 20 diamonds represent the team's current 20-game win streak at Gillette Stadium. The nine diamonds below represent the team's current nine-game win streak in the playoffs."
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multimedia

BILL BELICHICK PRESS CONFERENCES
Sunday, Jan 30	After arriving in Jacksonville	audio+transcript
Monday, Jan 31	Press Conference	audio+transcript
Tuesday, Feb 1	Media Day at ALLTEL Stadium	transcript \| video
Wednesday, Feb 2	Press Conference	audio+transcript
Thursday, Feb 3	Press Conference	audio+transcript
Friday, Feb 4	Pre-Game Press Conference	audio+transcript
Sunday, Feb 6	Post-Game Press Conference	audio+transcript
Monday, Feb 7	Super Bowl Winning Coach & MVP Presentation	audio \| transcript