On the freezing afternoon of December 12, 1982, the Patriots and Dolphins were deep into the 4th quarter of a snowy scoreless tie. New England, having advanced the ball to the 16 yard line, called timeout as they planned to attempt a 33-yard field goal. At that moment, a John Deere Model 314 tractor came streaking across the field, plowing a swath of grass exactly where kicker John Smith needed to stand. Aided by their freewheeling groundskeeper, the Patriots drove home the game's only points, winning by a 3-0 score. This remains one of the most enduring moments in the team's 50-year history. Its story, along with that of the miraculous 2001 Super Bowl, the perfect regular season of 2007, and many others, is told in this riveting book. Jim Baker and Bernie Corbett take their oral history format to one of the NFL's most successful and popular franchises, giving voices to key Patriot players and showing us the plays, stunts, and negotiations that built a championship team. Baker and Corbett let the players themselves tell the war stories that all New England fans love to relive, and in so doing, construct an engrossing and exciting history of the Patriots.