1967 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Division • 3-10-1 .231 |
| Head Coach: Mike Holovak |
| Jesse Richardson | Defensive Line |
| Art Spinney | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Weber | Defense |
| Tom Yewcic | Coach Assistant |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/4/1967 | N | New York Jets | 13-55 | L | Bridgeport, CT | John F. Kennedy Stadium | 16000 | |
| Sun | 8/13/1967 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-33 | L | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 29313 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1967 | A | Buffalo Bills | 13-10 | W | Rochester, NY | Aquinas Stadium | 15300 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-13 | L | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 15523 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 21-26 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 35488 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-28 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 39337 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 26289 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | A | Buffalo Bills | 23-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45748 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | San Diego Chargers | 31-31 | T | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 23620 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Miami Dolphins | 41-10 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 23955 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-48 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 25057 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | A | New York Jets | 23-30 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62784 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 18-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 19422 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-33 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23010 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | New York Jets | 24-29 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 26790 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-27 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 28044 | |
| Sat | 12/9/1967 | H | Buffalo Bills | 16-44 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 20627 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 32-41 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 25967 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/8/1967 | San Diego Chargers | Moved from Boston, MA |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tommy Addison | 53 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | South Carolina | 11 | 9 |
| Houston Antwine | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 28 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 13 |
| Joe Bellino | 27 | FL-HB | 5-9 | 186 | 29 | Navy | 14 | 2 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 78 | OT-C | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Louisiana Tech | 5 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 27 | Notre Dame | 13 | 13 |
| Justin Canale | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 33 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Notre Dame; Northeastern | 13 | 4 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 20 | FL-K | 6-0 | 190 | 34 | Minnesota | 14 | 13 |
| John Charles | 25 | RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Colclough | 81 | SE | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Boston College | 14 | 2 |
| Jay Cunningham | 21 | LCB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Dee | 89 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 34 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 27 | Boston College | 9 | 9 |
| Tommy Fussell | 83 | RDE | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Louisiana State | 12 | 4 |
| J.D. Garrett | 32 | SE-HB | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Grambling State | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 30 | Western Illinois | 13 | 9 |
| Art Graham | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| White Graves | 44 | S | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Louisiana State | 12? | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 23 | FS | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Missouri Valley | 9? | 3 |
| John Huarte | 7 | QB | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 79 | LDT-RDE | 5-11 | 249 | 29 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Ilg | 45 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Colgate | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Johnson | 47 | CB | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Nebraska | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Leo | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Harvard | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Long | 76 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| John Mangum | 74 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 273 | 25 | Mississippi; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 2 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 41 | LCB | 6-2 | 192 | 23 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Jon Morris | 56 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Nance | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 241 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Neville | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Nichols | 87 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Boston University | 9 | 1 |
| Don Oakes | 71 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 29 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 38 | Kentucky | 14 | 12 |
| Ed Philpott | 52 | LLB-DE | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 5 |
| Vic Purvis | 31 | S | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Southern Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | Florida State | 5 | 0 |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 26 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Satcher | 58 | RLB | 6-0 | 221 | 22 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Shonta | 34 | SS | 6-0 | 196 | 30 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Karl Singer | 68 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Swanson | 36 | P | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | Massachusetts | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Toner | 75 | DT-LB-DE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Massachusetts | 14 | 1 |
| Don Trull | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | Baylor | 7 | 2 |
| Don Webb | 42 | FS-CB | 5-10 | 196 | 28 | Iowa State | 14 | 11 |
| Jim Whalen | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| Mel Witt | 70 | DE | 6-3 | 261 | 22 | Texas-Arlington | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 21 | John Charles | DB | Purdue |
| 4 | 101 | Ed Philpott | DE | Miami (Ohio) |
| 5 | 128 | Mel Witt | DE | Texas-Arlington |
| 6 | 154 | Ron Medlen | DE | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | 180 | Bobby Leo | HB | Harvard |
| 8 | 206 | Tommy Fussell | DT | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 232 | Charlie Thornhill | DB | Michigan State |
| 10 | 257 | John Runnels | LB | Penn State |
| 11 | 283 | Leroy Mitchell | FL | Texas Southern |
| 12 | 310 | Dave Davis | T | Harvard |
| 13 | 336 | Ray Ilg | LB | Colgate |
| 14 | 361 | Bobby Beaird | DB | Auburn |
| 15 | 388 | Tom Folliard | LB | Mississippi State |
| 16 | 414 | Dick Nocera | HB | Southern Connecticut State |
| 17 | 440 | Bobby Nichols | TE | Boston University |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 74 | 81 | 60 | 65 | 280 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 139 | 66 | 108 | 389 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 80 | 120 | 19 | / % | / % | 59 | 520 | |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 61 | 138 | 20 | / % | / % | 70 | 722 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 3 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 0 | 95 |
| Jim Nance | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Larry Garron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Whalen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Art Graham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Don Trull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Cappadona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Charles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jay Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Leo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Buoniconti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Justin Canale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Babe Parilli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 2 | 280 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 0 | 389 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 3 | 45 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6/11 | 0/4 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 31 | 51.6 | 3 | 45 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6/11 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 31 | 61.3 | 7/8 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 2/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nance | 269 | 1216 | 4.5 | 53 | 7 |
| Larry Garron | 46 | 163 | 3.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 28 | 100 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Trull | 19 | 35 | 1.8 | 10 | 3 |
| Joe Bellino | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Leo | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 8 | 0 |
| John Huarte | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Art Graham | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 391 | 1604 | 4.1 | 53 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 417 | 1350 | 3.2 | 67 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Parilli | 344 | 161 | 46.8 | 159 | 2317 | 6.7 | 14.4 | 79t | 19 | 5.5 | 24 | 7.0 | 29 | 250 | 2067 | 58.5 |
| Don Trull | 81 | 27 | 33.3 | 47 | 442 | 5.5 | 16.4 | 52 | 1 | 1.2 | 7 | 8.6 | 11 | 75 | 367 | 20.7 |
| John Huarte | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 5 | 25 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 5 | 36 | -11 | 2.8 |
| Team Totals | 434 | 191 | 44.0 | 211 | 2784 | 6.4 | 14.6 | 79t | 20 | 4.6 | 32 | 7.4 | 45 | 361 | 2423 | 50.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 423 | 211 | 49.9 | 195 | 3123 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 75t | 28 | 6.6 | 17 | 4.0 | 31 | 267 | 2856 | 79.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Graham | 41 | 606 | 14.8 | 79t | 4 |
| Jim Whalen | 39 | 651 | 16.7 | 41t | 5 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 35 | 397 | 11.3 | 35 | 3 |
| Larry Garron | 30 | 507 | 16.9 | 66 | 5 |
| Jim Nance | 22 | 196 | 8.9 | 36 | 1 |
| Jim Colclough | 14 | 263 | 18.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Bobby Leo | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Bobby Nichols | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Romeo | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 191 | 2784 | 14.6 | 79t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 211 | 3123 | 14.8 | 75t | 28 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Webb | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jay Cunningham | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 |
| John Charles | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Ronnie Hall | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 257 | 15.1 | 54t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 640 | 20.0 | 68t | 7 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Swanson | 65 | 2632 | 40.5 | 62 | 0 | 252 | ||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2632 | 40.5 | 62 | 0 | 252 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3062 | 41.9 | 60 | 1 | 412 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Bellino | 15 | 8 | 129 | 8.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Jay Cunningham | 17 | 5 | 105 | 6.2 | 44 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 6 | 1 | 124 | 20.7 | 52 | 0 |
| Bobby Leo | 5 | 0 | 54 | 10.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 14 | 412 | 9.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 12 | 252 | 8.1 | 39 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cunningham | 30 | 627 | 20.9 | 41 | 0 | |
| Joe Bellino | 18 | 357 | 19.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bobby Leo | 11 | 232 | 21.1 | 31 | 0 | |
| J.D. Garrett | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bob Cappadona | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 | |
| Karl Singer | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ray Ilg | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 73 | 1436 | 19.7 | 41 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 946 | 21.0 | 51 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Antwine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Bellino | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Cappadona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jay Cunningham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Leo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mangum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -51 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Neville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Philpott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Len St. Jean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Satcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Karl Singer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Swanson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Trull | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 32 | -20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 17 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 1 |
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