Allen Kee / ESPN Images(NEW YORK) — What was life like the last time the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles faced off in the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl XXXIX was the first weekend of February 2005.
We still had two years to go until the first iPhone.
The world was reeling from the January 2005 split of the ultimate power couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston…
…and the game took place weeks after Donald and Melania Trump married at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
One year after the infamous Janet Jackson Super Bowl halftime show, it was Paul McCartney who rocked the Jacksonville, Florida stadium at the Feb. 6, 2005 game.
What was different back then?
“Boogeyman” and “The Wedding Date” were the top two movies at the box office the weekend of the 2005 Super Bowl.
The number one song that week was “Let Me Love You” by Mario and the top TV show was “American Idol.” That season’s “American Idol” winner — Carrie Underwood — was catapulted to stardom.
What’s the same now and then?
New episodes of “Will & Grace” are back on the air.
And quarterback Tom Brady is still a Patriot, of course. While this year marks the Eagles’ first Super Bowl appearance since 2005, the Patriots have made it to the big game 8 times since Brady was drafted in 2000.
At Super Bowl XXXIX the Patriots beat the Eagles 24-21. Their rematch is this Sunday in Minneapolis.
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