1968 Boston Patriots (AFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
65	Houston Antwine	RDT	6-0	265	29	Southern Illinois	14	14
64	Jim Boudreaux	OT	6-4	245	24	Louisiana Tech	3	0
85	Nick Buoniconti	LB	5-11	220	28	Notre Dame	8	8
78	Dennis Byrd	LDE-LDT	6-4	257	22	North Carolina State	14	14
63	Justin Canale	LOG	6-2	242	25	Mississippi State	14	13
67	Whit Canale	DE	6-3	245	27	Tennessee	13	0
20	Gino Cappelletti	FL-K	6-0	190	35	Minnesota	14	2
25	John Charles	LS-RS-RCB	6-1	199	24	Purdue	12	11
50	Jim Cheyunski	MLB	6-1	223	23	Syracuse	13	5
81	Jim Colclough	SE	6-0	185	32	Boston College	14	4
15	King Corcoran	QB	6-0	200	26	Maryland	2	1
72	Larry Eisenhauer	RDE	6-5	247	28	Boston College	8	8
66	Paul Feldhausen	OT	6-5	270	22	Northland	2	0
73	Tom Funchess	LOT	6-5	264	24	Jackson State	14	14
13	R.C. Gamble	RB	6-3	220	25	South Carolina State	14	8
40	Larry Garron	RB	6-0	199	31	Western Illinois	4	2
84	Art Graham	SE	6-1	205	27	Boston College	11	6
79	Jim Lee Hunt	LDT-LDE	5-11	249	30	Prairie View A&M	14	14
45	Ray Ilg	MLB	6-1	220	23	Colgate	14	1
47	Billy Johnson	LS-RS-RCB	5-10	180	25	Nebraska	14	5
23	Daryl Johnson	RCB-RS	5-11	190	22	Morgan State	14	12
48	Preston Johnson	RB	6-2	215	23	Florida A&M	3	0
54	Ed Koontz	RLB	6-2	230	22	Catawba	6	1
24	Bobby Leo	RB	5-10	180	23	Harvard	1	0
76	Charlie Long	OG-TE-RB	6-3	247	30	Tennessee-Chattanooga	13	0
29	Aaron Marsh	FL	6-0	190	23	Eastern Kentucky	14	12
28	Art McMahon	RSL-LS-RCB	5-11	188	22	North Carolina State	12	5
41	Leroy Mitchell	LCB	6-2	192	24	Texas Southern	14	14
56	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	26	Holy Cross	14	14
7	Bill Murphy	SE-RB	6-1	185	22	Cornell	5	5
35	Jim Nance	RB	6-1	241	26	Syracuse	12	12
77	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	25	Mississippi State	14	13
87	Bobby Nichols	TE	6-2	220	25	Boston University	6	1
71	Don Oakes	ROT-LOT	6-3	253	30	Virginia Tech	13	2
52	Ed Philpott	LLB	6-3	240	23	Miami (Ohio)	14	14
27	Willie Porter	DB	5-11	190	22	Texas Southern	13	0
60	Len St. Jean	ROG	6-1	244	27	Northern Michigan	14	13
58	Doug Satcher	RLB	6-0	221	23	Southern Mississippi	14	13
46	Bob Scarpitto	FL-P	5-11	194	29	Notre Dame	14	0
14	Tom Sherman	QB	6-0	190	23	Penn State	14	5
68	Karl Singer	ROG	6-3	250	25	Purdue	11	1
36	Terry Swanson	P	6-0	207	24	Massachusetts	10	0
17	Mike Taliaferro	QB	6-2	205	27	Illinois	7	7
22	Gene Thomas	RB	6-1	210	26	Northern Oklahoma JC; Florida A&M	9	5
75	Ed Toner	DT	6-3	250	24	Massachusetts	5	0
42	Don Webb	RS-LS	5-10	196	29	Iowa State	10	9
82	Jim Whalen	TE	6-2	210	25	Boston College	14	13
55	John Williamson	LB	6-2	220	26	Louisiana Tech	14	0
70	Mel Witt	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	OT
Team Totals	45	57	65	62
Opponents Totals	83	11	89	123

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	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Gino Cappelletti	2	26	26	100.0	15	27	55.6	0	83
Jim Whalen	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Aaron Marsh	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jim Nance	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
R.C. Gamble	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Gene Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Larry Garron	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Art Graham	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Philpott	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Scarpitto	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mel Witt	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Doug Satcher	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	26	26	26	100.0	15	27	55.6	1	229
Opponents Totals	49	49	49	100.0	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	RYDS
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	YDS	AVG	LG
Willie Porter	36	812	22.6	61
Billy Johnson	22	442	20.1	36
Aaron Marsh	4	74	18.5	27
Daryl Johnson	3	63	21.0	26
Charlie Long	2	20	10.0	11
Gene Thomas	1	22	22.0	22
Art Graham	1	9	9.0	9
Jim Cheyunski	1	0	0.0	0
R.C. Gamble	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	71	1442	20.3	61
Opponents Totals	40	901	22.5	63

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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