1968 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 4th place • Eastern Division • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Mike Holovak |
| Claude Gibson | Defensive Backs |
| Jesse Richardson | Defensive Line |
| Art Spinney | Offensive Line |
| Tom Yewcic | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 0-19 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 54400 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | N | New York Jets | 6-25 | L | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 14000 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1968 | N | Miami Dolphins | 19-17 | W | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 15003 | |
| Mon | 9/2/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-22 | L | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Stadium | 31404 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1968 | A | Buffalo Bills | 16-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 38865 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | New York Jets | 31-47 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 29192 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | Denver Broncos | 20-17 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 37024 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 44253 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Houston Oilers | 0-16 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 32502 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | Buffalo Bills | 23-6 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 21082 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | A | New York Jets | 14-48 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62351 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | H | Denver Broncos | 14-35 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18304 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-27 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 19278 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48271 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-34 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18305 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 33-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 17796 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-38 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 24242 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-45 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 34198 | |
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 |
| Houston Antwine | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 29 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 64 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | LB | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | Notre Dame | 8 | 8 |
| Dennis Byrd | 78 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 257 | 22 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Justin Canale | 63 | LOG | 6-2 | 242 | 25 | Mississippi State | 13 | 13 |
| Whit Canale | 67 | DE | 6-3 | 245 | 27 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 20 | FL-K | 6-0 | 190 | 35 | Minnesota | 14 | 2 |
| John Charles | 25 | LS-RS-RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 223 | 23 | Syracuse | 13 | 5 |
| Jim Colclough | 81 | SE | 6-0 | 185 | 32 | Boston College | 14 | 4 |
| King Corcoran | 15 | QB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Maryland | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 28 | Boston College | 8 | 8 |
| Paul Feldhausen | 66 | OT | 6-5 | 270 | 22 | Northland | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Funchess | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 264 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| R.C. Gamble | 13 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | South Carolina State | 14 | 8 |
| Larry Garron | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 31 | Western Illinois | 4 | 2 |
| Art Graham | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | Boston College | 11 | 6 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 79 | LDT-LDE | 5-11 | 249 | 30 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Ilg | 45 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | Colgate | 14 | 1 |
| Billy Johnson | 47 | LS-RS-RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 5 |
| Daryl Johnson | 23 | RCB-RS | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Morgan State | 14 | 12 |
| Preston Johnson | 48 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Florida A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Koontz | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Catawba | 8 | 1 |
| Bobby Leo | 24 | RB | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | Harvard | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Long | 76 | OG-TE-RB | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 29 | FL | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Eastern Kentucky | 14 | 12 |
| Art McMahon | 28 | RSL-LS-RCB | 5-11 | 188 | 22 | North Carolina State | 13 | 5 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 41 | LCB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| Jon Morris | 56 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Murphy | 7 | SE-RB | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Cornell | 5 | 5 |
| Jim Nance | 35 | RB | 6-1 | 241 | 26 | Syracuse | 12 | 12 |
| Tom Neville | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Mississippi State | 14 | 13 |
| Bobby Nichols | 87 | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Boston University | 7 | 1 |
| Don Oakes | 71 | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 30 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 2 |
| Ed Philpott | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Porter | 27 | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Texas Southern | 13 | 0 |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 27 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| Doug Satcher | 58 | RLB | 6-0 | 221 | 23 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 46 | FL-P | 5-11 | 194 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 5 |
| Karl Singer | 68 | ROG | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | Purdue | 11 | 1 |
| Terry Swanson | 36 | P | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | Massachusetts | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Illinois | 8 | 8 |
| Gene Thomas | 22 | RB | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Northern Oklahoma JC; Florida A&M | 9 | 5 |
| Ed Toner | 75 | DT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Massachusetts | 5 | 0 |
| Don Webb | 42 | RS-LS | 5-10 | 196 | 29 | Iowa State | 10 | 9 |
| Jim Whalen | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| John Williamson | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Louisiana Tech | 12 | 0 |
| Mel Witt | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 261 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Dennis Byrd | DT | North Carolina State |
| 2 | 32 | Tom Funchess | T | Jackson State |
| 3 | 60 | Aaron Marsh | FL | Eastern Kentucky |
| 4 | 88 | R.C. Gamble | RB | South Carolina State |
| 5 | 116 | Jim Smithberger | DB | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 170 | John Schneider | QB | Toledo |
| 8 | 197 | Daryl Johnson | DB | Morgan State |
| 10 | 249 | Johnny Outlaw | DB | Jackson State |
| 11 | 278 | Paul Feldhausen | T | Northland |
| 12 | 305 | Jim Cheyunski | LB | Syracuse |
| 13 | 332 | Max Huber | G | Brigham Young |
| 14 | 358 | Henry McKay | E | Guilford |
| 15 | 385 | Art McMahon | DB | North Carolina State |
| 16 | 413 | Charlie Fulton | RB | Tennessee |
| 17 | 440 | Ed Koontz | LB | Catawba |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 57 | 65 | 62 | 229 |
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 11 | 89 | 123 | 406 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 181 | 69 | 94 | 18 | / % | / % | 67 | 682 | |
| Opponents Totals | 237 | 86 | 123 | 28 | / % | / % | 70 | 874 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 0 | 83 |
| Jim Whalen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Aaron Marsh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Nance | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| R.C. Gamble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gene Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Philpott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Witt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Satcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 1 | 229 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 49 | 49 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 0 | 406 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 2 | 42 | 4/4 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 2 | 42 | 4/4 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 7/8 | 7/8 | 4/5 | 4/8 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nance | 177 | 593 | 3.4 | 30t | 4 |
| R.C. Gamble | 78 | 311 | 4.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Gene Thomas | 88 | 215 | 2.4 | 25 | 2 |
| Larry Garron | 36 | 97 | 2.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Tom Sherman | 25 | 80 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Preston Johnson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| King Corcoran | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 421 | 1362 | 3.2 | 45t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 1825 | 3.8 | 55t | 22 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Sherman | 226 | 90 | 39.8 | 120 | 1199 | 5.3 | 13.3 | 87t | 12 | 5.3 | 16 | 7.1 | 19 | 190 | 1009 | 45.6 |
| Mike Taliaferro | 176 | 67 | 38.1 | 94 | 889 | 5.1 | 13.3 | 70t | 4 | 2.3 | 15 | 8.5 | 18 | 156 | 733 | 26.9 |
| King Corcoran | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 33 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 17.9 |
| Team Totals | 409 | 160 | 39.1 | 216 | 2121 | 5.2 | 13.3 | 87t | 16 | 3.9 | 33 | 8.1 | 38 | 356 | 1765 | 35.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 416 | 200 | 48.1 | 193 | 2826 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 90t | 20 | 4.8 | 23 | 5.5 | 27 | 236 | 2590 | 63.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Whalen | 47 | 718 | 15.3 | 87t | 7 |
| Aaron Marsh | 19 | 331 | 17.4 | 70t | 4 |
| Bill Murphy | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Art Graham | 16 | 242 | 15.1 | 34 | 1 |
| Jim Nance | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 30 | 2 |
| R.C. Gamble | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Gene Thomas | 10 | 85 | 8.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 33t | 1 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Whit Canale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 160 | 2121 | 13.3 | 87t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 2826 | 14.1 | 90t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Mitchell | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Philpott | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Art McMahon | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| John Charles | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Witt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Doug Satcher | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 220 | 9.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 510 | 15.5 | 94t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Scarpitto | 34 | 1382 | 40.6 | 87 | 2 | |||||
| Terry Swanson | 62 | 2449 | 39.5 | 57 | 2 | |||||
| Team Totals | 96 | 3831 | 39.9 | 87 | 4 | 502 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 3280 | 40.5 | 65 | 0 | 197 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Porter | 22 | 5 | 135 | 6.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 10 | 8 | 34 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Leo | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Art Graham | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnson | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 19 | 197 | 5.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 13 | 502 | 8.5 | 76t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Porter | 36 | 812 | 22.6 | 61 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 22 | 442 | 20.1 | 36 | 0 | |
| Aaron Marsh | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Daryl Johnson | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Long | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Art Graham | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jim Cheyunski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.C. Gamble | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 71 | 1442 | 20.3 | 61 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 901 | 22.5 | 63 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whit Canale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R.C. Gamble | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Daryl Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Aaron Marsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Philpott | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |
| Willie Porter | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Satcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Sherman | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Taliaferro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Williamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 78 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 |
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