1961 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 9-4-1 .692 |
| Head Coach: Lou Saban (2-3-0); Mike Holovak (7-1-1) |
| Joe Collier | Assistant Coach |
| Mike Holovak | Assistant Coach |
| Red Miller | Assistant Coach |
| Jerry Smith | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/10/1961 | H | New York Titans | 14-3 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 15387 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | N | New York Titans | 7-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Philadelphia Stadium | 15387 | |
| Fri | 8/25/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 28-10 | W | Providence, RI | Mount Pleasant Stadium | 4762 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 15-12 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 4762 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1961 | H | New York Titans | 20-21 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 16683 | |
| Sat | 9/16/1961 | H | Denver Broncos | 45-17 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 14479 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-21 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 21504 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | New York Titans | 30-37 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 15189 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1961 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-38 | L | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 17748 | |
| Fri | 10/13/1961 | H | Houston Oilers | 31-31 | T | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 15070 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | Buffalo Bills | 52-21 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 9398 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Dallas Texans | 18-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 20500 | |
| Fri | 11/3/1961 | H | Dallas Texans | 28-21 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 25063 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | A | Houston Oilers | 15-27 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 35649 | |
| Fri | 11/17/1961 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-17 | W | Boston, MA | Boston University Field | 18169 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | A | Denver Broncos | 28-24 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 9303 | |
| Sat | 12/9/1961 | A | Oakland Raiders | 35-21 | W | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 6500 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | A | San Diego Chargers | 41-0 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 21339 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tommy Addison | 53 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Houston Antwine | 65 | ROG-LOT-LOG-RDT-LDT | 6-0 | 265 | 22 | Southern Illinois | 9 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 41 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 184 | 26 | Central Michigan | 12 | 7 |
| Fred Bruney | 33 | RS | 5-10 | 184 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Burton | 22 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 12 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 20 | SE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Colclough | 81 | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Crawford | 30 | FB-TE-HB | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Wyoming | 10 | 2 |
| Walt Cudzik | 54 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 29 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Dee | 89 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 28 | Holy Cross | 14 | 13 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 74 | ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 25 | Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 72 | RDE-RDT | 6-5 | 247 | 21 | Boston College | 14 | 12 |
| Larry Garron | 40 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Western Illinois | 14 | 4 |
| Milt Graham | 70 | LOT | 6-6 | 235 | 27 | Colgate | 3 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 23 | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Missouri Valley | 9 | 7 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 79 | RDT-RDE | 5-11 | 249 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Harry Jacobs | 83 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Bradley | 9 | 9 |
| Harry Jagielski | 73 | LDT | 6-0 | 257 | 30 | Indiana | 5 | 5 |
| Joe Johnson | 24 | TE | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | Boston College | 6 | 5 |
| Bill Kimber | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Florida State | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Klein | 62 | LDT | 6-4 | 255 | 27 | Georgia; Iowa | 10 | 9 |
| Chuck Leo | 63 | LOG | 6-0 | 238 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Lindquist | 67 | RDT | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | New Hampshire | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Long | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Lott | 32 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 10 |
| Rommie Loudd | 60 | RLB | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | Los Angeles Valley JC; UCLA | 13 | 12 |
| LeRoy Moore | 61 | RDE-LDE | 6-0 | 231 | 26 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 3 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 25 | LS | 6-0 | 183 | 22 | Boston College | 7 | 7 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Kentucky | 14 | 9 |
| Willis Perkins | ROG | 6-0 | 240 | 27 | Texas Southern | 1 | 1 | |
| Ray Ratkowski | 23 | FL | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Robotti | 51 | MLB-RLB | 6-0 | 220 | 22 | Boston College | 12 | 7 |
| Al Romine | 46 | S | 6-2 | 191 | 29 | North Alabama | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Sardisco | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 226 | 29 | Tulane | 13 | 13 |
| Ger Schwedes | 44 | FB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Syracuse | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 34 | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Eastern Michigan | 8 | 1 |
| John Simerson | 75 | LOT-C | 6-3 | 257 | 26 | Purdue | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Soltis | 42 | FL | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 37 | Boston College | 14 | 5 |
| Tom Stephens | 45 | TE | 6-1 | 207 | 26 | Syracuse | 9 | 9 |
| Bobby Towns | 34 | CB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Georgia | 2 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 31 | LCB | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Don Webb | 48 | RCB | 5-10 | 196 | 22 | Iowa State | 14 | 7 |
| Mel West | 24 | HB | 5-9 | 190 | 22 | Missouri | 4 | 1 |
| Bob Yates | 50 | C | 6-0 | 233 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 14 | P-HB-SE-QB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Tommy Mason | HB | Tulane |
| 2 | 11 | Rip Hawkins | C | North Carolina |
| 3 | 19 | Danny Larose | E | Missouri |
| 4 | 27 | Mike Zeno | G | Virginia Tech |
| 5 | 35 | Fran Tarkenton | QB | Georgia |
| 6 | 44 | Larry Eisenhauer | T | Boston College |
| 7 | 50 | Paul Terhes | QB | Bucknell |
| 8 | 59 | Charlie Long | G | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 9 | 66 | Roland Lakes | C | Wichita State |
| 10 | 75 | Dickie Mueller | E | Kentucky |
| 11 | 82 | Mel West | HB | Missouri |
| 12 | 91 | Wayne Harris | C | Arkansas |
| 13 | 98 | Dan Underwood | T | McNeese State |
| 14 | 107 | Jim Wright | QB | Memphis |
| 16 | 123 | George Balthazar | T | Tennessee State |
| 17 | 130 | Ray Ratkowski | HB | Notre Dame |
| 18 | 139 | Tom Rodgers | HB | Kentucky |
| 19 | 146 | Joe Bellino | HB | Navy |
| 20 | 155 | Clarence Childs | HB | Florida A&M |
| 21 | 162 | Don Oakes | G | Virginia Tech |
| 22 | 171 | Bob Johnson | E | Michigan |
| 23 | 178 | Darrel DeDecker | C | Illinois |
| 24 | 187 | Don Webb | HB | Iowa State |
| 25 | 194 | Bob Minihane | T | Boston University |
| 26 | 202 | Charlie Granger | T | Southern University |
| 27 | 210 | Terry Huxhold | T | Wisconsin |
| 28 | 219 | Bryant Harvard | QB | Auburn |
| 29 | 226 | Ernie McMillan | T | Illinois |
| 30 | 235 | George Hultz | T | Southern Mississippi |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 98 | 98 | 118 | 99 | 413 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 109 | 51 | 108 | 313 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 238 | 93 | 120 | 25 | / % | / % | 64 | 659 | |
| Opponents Totals | 243 | 72 | 151 | 20 | / % | / % | 67 | 661 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 8 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 147 |
| Billy Lott | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Jim Colclough | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Larry Garron | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Don Webb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tom Stephens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joe Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| LeRoy Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Butch Songin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 52 | 48 | 50 | 96.0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 413 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 0 | 313 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 2 | 46 | 3/3 | 3/7 | 9/13 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 32 | 53.1 | 2 | 46 | 3/3 | 3/7 | 9/13 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 23 | 39.1 | 4/4 | 4/7 | 1/4 | 0/6 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Lott | 100 | 461 | 4.6 | 38 | 5 |
| Larry Garron | 69 | 389 | 5.6 | 85t | 2 |
| Ron Burton | 82 | 260 | 3.2 | 43 | 2 |
| Babe Parilli | 38 | 183 | 4.8 | 24 | 4 |
| Jim Crawford | 41 | 148 | 3.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Mel West | 26 | 90 | 3.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Butch Songin | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Ger Schwedes | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 389 | 1675 | 4.3 | 85t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 350 | 1041 | 3.0 | 29 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Parilli | 198 | 104 | 52.5 | 85 | 1314 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 53 | 13 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 76.5 | |||
| Butch Songin | 212 | 98 | 46.2 | 105 | 1429 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 58t | 14 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 73.0 | |||
| Tom Yewcic | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 3 | 25 | 3.1 | 8.3 | 18t | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 46.4 | |||
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 158.3 | |||
| Ron Burton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 420 | 206 | 49.0 | 193 | 2795 | 6.7 | 13.6 | 58t | 29 | 6.9 | 21 | 5.0 | 33 | 256 | 2539 | 72.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 241 | 50.3 | 216 | 3490 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 75t | 27 | 5.6 | 22 | 4.6 | 44 | 408 | 3082 | 74.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 45 | 768 | 17.1 | 53 | 8 |
| Jim Colclough | 42 | 757 | 18.0 | 58t | 9 |
| Billy Lott | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 47 | 6 |
| Larry Garron | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 51t | 3 |
| Tom Stephens | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 31 | 2 |
| Ron Burton | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Crawford | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Tom Yewcic | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Mel West | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 206 | 2795 | 13.6 | 58t | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 3490 | 14.5 | 75t | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Webb | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 59 | 2 |
| Clyde Washington | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Tommy Addison | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Fred Bruney | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Robotti | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Rommie Loudd | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 59 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 198 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Yewcic | 64 | 2406 | 37.6 | 64 | 2 | 245 | ||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2406 | 37.6 | 64 | 2 | 245 | 34.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2887 | 40.7 | 70 | 2 | 288 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Bruney | 23 | 109 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 62 | 0 | |
| Walter Beach | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 266 | 8.1 | 62 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 245 | 16.3 | 55 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Garron | 16 | 438 | 27.4 | 89t | 1 | |
| Ron Burton | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 91t | 1 | |
| Mel West | 7 | 191 | 27.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Charlie Long | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Walter Beach | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Don Webb | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ray Ratkowski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Walt Cudzik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ger Schwedes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1136 | 23.2 | 91t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 53 | 1255 | 23.7 | 90t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Burton | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Dee | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Larry Eisenhauer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Larry Garron | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Harry Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Paul Lindquist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Billy Lott | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Rommie Loudd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| LeRoy Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ross O'Hanley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Ray Ratkowski | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ger Schwedes | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Butch Songin | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Stephens | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Don Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mel West | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 1 |
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