1966 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-4-2 .667 |
| Head Coach: Mike Holovak |
| Rommie Loudd | Assistant Coach |
| Jesse Richardson | Defensive Line |
| Art Spinney | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1966 | H | Buffalo Bills | 13-19 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23674 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | N | Oakland Raiders | 21-10 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 36038 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-31 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 15434 | |
| Thu | 9/1/1966 | N | New York Jets | 3-41 | L | Mobile, AL | Ladd Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | San Diego Chargers | 0-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 29539 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | Denver Broncos | 24-10 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 25337 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-43 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 22641 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | New York Jets | 24-24 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 27255 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 20-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45542 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | San Diego Chargers | 35-17 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 32371 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 24-21 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 26941 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-17 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18154 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Houston Oilers | 27-21 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23426 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-27 | T | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 41475 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 20-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 22754 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-3 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 39350 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | Houston Oilers | 38-14 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 17100 | |
| Sat | 12/17/1966 | A | New York Jets | 28-38 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 58921 | |
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 | 30 | South Carolina | 14 | 10 |
| Houston Antwine | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 27 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Avezzano | 50 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Florida State | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Bellino | 27 | FL | 5-9 | 186 | 28 | Navy | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 78 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Louisiana Tech | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Justin Canale | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 23 | Mississippi State | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Cappadona | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Notre Dame; Northeastern | 14 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 20 | FL-K | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Colclough | 81 | SE | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
| Jay Cunningham | 21 | RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Dee | 89 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 33 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 26 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| Lonnie Farmer | 55 | RLB | 6-0 | 223 | 26 | Northwestern; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Felt | 24 | CB | 6-0 | 184 | 33 | Brigham Young | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 51 | LLB-RLB-P | 6-3 | 236 | 30 | Wisconsin | 14 | 4 |
| J.D. Garrett | 32 | HB-FB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Western Illinois | 14 | 13 |
| Art Graham | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| White Graves | 44 | RS | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 3 |
| Ronnie Hall | 23 | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | Missouri Valley | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Hennessey | 30 | LCB | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| John Huarte | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 79 | LDT | 5-11 | 249 | 28 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 10 |
| Billy Johnson | 47 | S | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Nebraska | 12 | 0 |
| Ellis Johnson | 38 | FB | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Khayat | 73 | LDT-DE | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Millsaps; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Tulane | 14 | 4 |
| Charlie Long | 76 | ROG | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 13 |
| John Mangum | 74 | DT | 6-3 | 273 | 24 | Mississippi; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | 56 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Holy Cross | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Nance | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 241 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Neville | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Oakes | 71 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 37 | Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Vic Purvis | 31 | S-FL | 5-11 | 200 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Florida State | 14 | 2 |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | LOG | 6-1 | 244 | 25 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Satcher | 58 | LB | 6-0 | 221 | 21 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 34 | RS | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 11 |
| Karl Singer | 68 | LOT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Don Webb | 42 | RCB | 5-10 | 196 | 27 | Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Whalen | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 12 |
| Tom Yewcic | 14 | P | 5-11 | 185 | 34 | Michigan State | 7 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 3 | Karl Singer | T | Purdue | |
| 2 | 10 | Jim Boudreaux | T | Louisiana Tech | |
| 3 | 19 | Hal Lucas | T | Michigan State | |
| 5 | 35 | John Mangum | T | Southern Mississippi | |
| 6 | 43 | Dan Irby | T | Louisiana Tech | |
| 7 | 52 | Jim Battle | T | Southern University | |
| 8 | 65 | Sam Montgomery | DB | Southern University | |
| 9 | 75 | Doug Satcher | LB | Southern Mississippi | |
| 10 | 84 | Dennis Brewster | T | Brigham Young | |
| 12 | 101 | Dick Fugere | LB | Cincinnati | |
| 13 | 111 | Tom Carr | FB | Bates | |
| 14 | 120 | Bob Hall | DB | Brown | |
| 15 | 129 | Billy Laird | QB | Louisiana Tech | |
| 16 | 138 | Buddy Owens | G | Michigan State | |
| 17 | 147 | Dick Capp | DE | Boston College | |
| 18 | 156 | John Pincavage | E-DB | Virginia | |
| 19 | 165 | Joe Novogratz | G | Pittsburgh | |
| 20 | 174 | Paul Soule | HB | Bowdoin | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 2 | Willie Townes | T | Tulsa | |
| 2 | 11 | Ken Avery | LB | Southern Mississippi | |
| 3 | 20 | Ed Toner | G | Massachusetts | |
| 4 | 29 | Heath Wingate | T | Bowling Green State | |
| 5 | 38 | Ray Perkins | E | Alabama | |
| 6 | 47 | Joe Avezzano | G | Florida State | |
| 7 | 56 | Brent Caston | DB | Mississippi | |
| 8 | 65 | Tom Schaefer | FB | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 9 | 74 | Jack White | QB | Penn State | |
| 10 | 83 | Bob Ellis | HB | Massachusetts | |
| 11 | 92 | Jerry Marion | HB | Wyoming | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 111 | 89 | 57 | 315 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 58 | 61 | 100 | 283 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 243 | 100 | 121 | 22 | / % | / % | 64 | 601 | |
| Opponents Totals | 243 | 68 | 153 | 22 | / % | / % | 76 | 757 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 6 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 0 | 119 |
| Jim Nance | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Larry Garron | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Art Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Whalen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Cappadona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Joe Bellino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Romeo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 0 | 315 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 34 | 36 | 94.4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 283 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 16 | 33 | 48.5 | 3 | 49 | 6/6 | 1/4 | 6/9 | 3/11 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 33 | 50.0 | 3 | 49 | 6/6 | 1/4 | 6/9 | 3/11 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 6/6 | 1/5 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nance | 299 | 1458 | 4.9 | 65t | 11 |
| Larry Garron | 101 | 319 | 3.2 | 54 | 4 |
| Bob Cappadona | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 28 | 42 | 1.5 | 17 | 1 |
| John Huarte | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 471 | 1963 | 4.2 | 65t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 369 | 1135 | 3.1 | 61 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Parilli | 382 | 181 | 47.4 | 181 | 2721 | 7.1 | 15.0 | 63t | 20 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.2 | 66.9 | |||
| John Huarte | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 5 | 63 | 5.7 | 12.6 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 25.9 | |||
| Team Totals | 393 | 186 | 47.3 | 186 | 2784 | 7.1 | 15.0 | 63t | 20 | 5.1 | 21 | 5.3 | 25 | 211 | 2573 | 65.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 509 | 247 | 48.5 | 240 | 3565 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 77t | 26 | 5.1 | 22 | 4.3 | 22 | 209 | 3356 | 70.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Graham | 51 | 673 | 13.2 | 42 | 4 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 43 | 676 | 15.7 | 63t | 6 |
| Larry Garron | 30 | 416 | 13.9 | 61t | 5 |
| Jim Whalen | 29 | 502 | 17.3 | 45 | 4 |
| Jim Colclough | 16 | 284 | 17.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 8 | 103 | 12.9 | 45 | 0 |
| Joe Bellino | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 25t | 1 |
| Tony Romeo | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 186 | 2784 | 15.0 | 63t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 3565 | 14.4 | 77t | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Hall | 6 | 159 | 26.5 | 87 | 0 |
| Tom Hennessey | 6 | 99 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| White Graves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Webb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 87 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 204 | 9.7 | 32t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fraser | 53 | 2044 | 38.6 | 68 | 2 | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 20 | 732 | 36.6 | 49 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 2776 | 36.5 | 68 | 3 | 127 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3312 | 38.5 | 60 | 1 | 143 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hennessey | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Vic Purvis | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 | |
| Joe Bellino | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 | |
| White Graves | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 143 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 127 | 6.4 | 21 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bellino | 18 | 410 | 22.8 | 43 | 0 | |
| Jay Cunningham | 17 | 371 | 21.8 | 39 | 0 | |
| Vic Purvis | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bob Cappadona | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ellis Johnson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Karl Singer | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| John Mangum | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 1145 | 21.2 | 43 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 988 | 21.5 | 62 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Addison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Houston Antwine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Bellino | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Buoniconti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Dee | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Eisenhauer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lonnie Farmer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Fraser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Garron | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| White Graves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Hennessey | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Nance | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vic Purvis | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Satcher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Shonta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 25 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0 |
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