1963 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Division 7-6-1 .538 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Mike Holovak |
| Fred Bruney | Defensive Backs |
| Marion Campbell | Defensive Line |
| Art Spinney | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/4/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-24 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 9721 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-50 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 16427 | |
| Wed | 8/14/1963 | N | Houston Oilers | 20-21 | L | Lowell, MA | Cawley Memorial Stadium | 9387 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 14-24 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 17697 | |
| Sun | 9/1/1963 | A | New York Jets | 20-22 | L | New Brunswick, NJ | Rutgers Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1963 | H | New York Jets | 38-14 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 24120 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-17 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 26097 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-14 | W | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 17131 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-14 | L | Denver, CO | University of Denver Stadium | 18636 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1963 | A | New York Jets | 24-31 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19135 | |
| Fri | 10/11/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 20-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 26494 | |
| Fri | 10/18/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 40-21 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 25418 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-28 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 29243 | |
| Fri | 11/1/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 45-3 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 31185 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 6-7 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 28402 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-24 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 17270 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 16981 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 46-28 | W | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 23462 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1963 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-35 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 12598 | |
| Eastern Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/28/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 26-8 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33044 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/5/1964 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-51 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 30127 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 53 | Tommy Addison | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Houston Antwine | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 24 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Nick Buoniconti | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Gino Cappelletti | SE-K | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Minnesota | 14 | 13 |
| 81 | Jim Colclough | FL | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Jim Crawford | HB | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Wyoming | 14 | 9 |
| 31 | Harry Crump | FB-HB-LLB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Walt Cudzik | C | 6-2 | 231 | 31 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Bob Dee | RDE | 6-3 | 248 | 30 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Jerry DeLucca | DT | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Tennessee; Middle Tennessee State | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | Larry Eisenhauer | LDE | 6-5 | 247 | 23 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Dick Felt | LCB | 6-0 | 184 | 30 | Brigham Young | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Larry Garron | FB | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Western Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Art Graham | SE-FL | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Boston College | 14 | 1 |
| 70 | Milt Graham | ROT | 6-6 | 235 | 29 | Colgate | 11 | 11 |
| 23 | Ronnie Hall | LS-RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 26 | Missouri Valley | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Billy Hudson | DT | 6-4 | 267 | 28 | Clemson | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Jim Lee Hunt | RDT-RDE | 5-11 | 249 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Charlie Long | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Billy Lott | HB-FB | 6-0 | 203 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
| 51 | Don McKinnon | RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 233 | 22 | Dartmouth | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Billy Neighbors | ROG | 5-11 | 244 | 23 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Tom Neumann | HB | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | Wisconsin; Northern Michigan | 10 | 4 |
| 71 | Don Oakes | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 253 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Ross O'Hanley | RS | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Babe Parilli | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 34 | Kentucky | 14 | 13 |
| 75 | Jesse Richardson | LDT | 6-2 | 261 | 33 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Tony Romeo | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Florida State | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Jack Rudolph | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Chuck Shonta | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | 8 |
| 45 | Tom Stephens | LS-TE | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 1 |
| 21 | Bob Suci | RCB-S | 5-10 | 182 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 5 |
| 67 | Dave Watson | LOG-ROG | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| 50 | Bob Yates | ROT-LOT-C-K | 6-0 | 233 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | Tom Yewcic | QB-P | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Art Graham | E | Boston College |
| 2 | 14 | Lee Roy Jordan | C | Alabama |
| 3 | 23 | Bob Vogel | T | Ohio State |
| 4 | 30 | Bob Reynolds | T | Bowling Green State |
| 5 | 39 | Lou Cioci | G | Boston College |
| 6 | 46 | Sam Silas | T | Southern Illinois |
| 7 | 55 | Richard Williamson | E | Alabama |
| 8 | 62 | Rod Foster | G | Ohio State |
| 9 | 71 | Jim Simon | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 10 | 79 | Don McKinnon | C | Dartmouth |
| 11 | 86 | Dave Hayes | FB | Penn State |
| 11 | 87 | Dave Watson | G | Georgia Tech |
| 12 | 92 | Billy Gambrell | HB | South Carolina |
| 12 | 94 | Tim Gauntner | HB | John Carroll |
| 13 | 100 | Dave Adams | T | Arkansas |
| 13 | 103 | Ralph Ferrisi | FB | Southern Connecticut State |
| 14 | 110 | Whaley Hall | T | Mississippi |
| 15 | 119 | Bob Dentel | C | Miami (Ohio) |
| 16 | 126 | Wes Bryant | T | Arkansas |
| 17 | 135 | Tom Neumann | HB | Northern Michigan |
| 18 | 142 | Dave O'Brien | T | Boston College |
| 19 | 151 | Pat McCarthy | QB | Holy Cross |
| 20 | 158 | Jim Bradshaw | HB | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 21 | 167 | Gary Sherman | B | Bowling Green State |
| 22 | 174 | Nat Craddock | FB | Parsons |
| 23 | 183 | Al Snyder | HB | Holy Cross |
| 24 | 190 | Dick Schulz | T | Ohio University |
| 25 | 199 | Dennis Gaubatz | LB | Louisiana State |
| 26 | 206 | Jim Tullis | HB | Florida A&M |
| 27 | 215 | Dave Adams | T | Arkansas |
| 28 | 222 | Ron Whaley | HB | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 29 | 231 | Dick Kelly | G | Georgia |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 60 | 97 | 72 | 98 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 69 | 59 | 73 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 227 | 100 | 107 | 20 | / % | / % | 59 | 566 | |
| Opponents Totals | 222 | 59 | 144 | 19 | / % | / % | 62 | 583 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 2 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 0 | 113 |
| Harry Crump | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Art Graham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Babe Parilli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Garron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Lott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Tony Romeo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Suci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Neumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jack Rudolph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 35 | 36 | 97.2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 2 | 327 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 19.0 | 0 | 257 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 1 | 47 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 13/17 | 5/14 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 1 | 47 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 13/17 | 5/14 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 21 | 19.0 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 2/9 | 1/8 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Garron | 175 | 750 | 4.3 | 47t | 2 |
| Jim Crawford | 71 | 233 | 3.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Tom Yewcic | 22 | 161 | 7.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Tom Neumann | 44 | 148 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 36 | 126 | 3.5 | 19 | 5 |
| Harry Crump | 48 | 120 | 2.5 | 21 | 5 |
| Billy Lott | 35 | 78 | 2.2 | 7 | 2 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 433 | 1618 | 3.7 | 47t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals 312? | 310 | 1108 | 3.6 | 68t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Parilli | 337 | 153 | 45.4 | 160 | 2345 | 7.0 | 15.3 | 77t | 13 | 3.9 | 24 | 7.1 | 52.1 | |||
| Tom Yewcic | 70 | 29 | 41.4 | 36 | 444 | 6.3 | 15.3 | 57t | 4 | 5.7 | 5 | 7.1 | 52.3 | |||
| Jim Crawford | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 410 | 184 | 44.9 | 197 | 2816 | 6.9 | 15.3 | 77t | 17 | 4.1 | 29 | 7.1 | 27 | 233 | 2583 | 52.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 477 | 230 | 48.2 | 218 | 3253 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 74t | 21 | 4.4 | 29 | 6.1 | 56 | 526 | 2727 | 60.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Colclough | 42 | 693 | 16.5 | 56t | 3 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 34 | 493 | 14.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Tony Romeo | 32 | 418 | 13.1 | 39 | 3 |
| Larry Garron | 26 | 418 | 16.1 | 76t | 2 |
| Art Graham | 21 | 550 | 26.2 | 77t | 5 |
| Jim Crawford | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Neumann | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Harry Crump | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 55t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 184 | 2816 | 15.3 | 77t | 17 |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 3253 | 14.1 | 74t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Suci | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 98t | 2 |
| Tommy Addison | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Felt | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 61 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ronnie Hall | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 1 | 78 | 78.0 | 78t | 1 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 645 | 22.2 | 98t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 338 | 11.7 | 62t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Yewcic | 73 | 2880 | 39.5 | 65 | 2 | 321 | ||||
| Team Totals | 75 | 2880 | 38.4 | 65 | 2 | 321 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 3340 | 38.4 | 68 | 1 | 373 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Suci | 25 | 233 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tom Stephens | 14 | 117 | 8.4 | 26 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 373 | 9.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 321 | 12.8 | 61 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Garron | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 58 | 0 | |
| Bob Suci | 17 | 360 | 21.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Harry Crump | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Bob Yates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Watson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals 50/1095 | 52 | 1109 | 21.3 | 58 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 1503 | 22.1 | 47 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Addison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nick Buoniconti | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Colclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harry Crump | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Dee | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Eisenhauer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Felt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Garron | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Art Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Lott | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Neumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ross O'Hanley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Shonta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Suci | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Yewcic | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 29 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0 |
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