1965 Boston Patriots (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 4-8-2 .333 |
| Head Coach: Mike Holovak |
| Jesse Richardson | Defensive Line |
| Art Spinney | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 0-23 | L | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 23674 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1965 | N | New York Jets | 16-26 | L | Allentown, PA | Cement Bowl | 18000 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-27 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30142 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | New York Jets | 0-17 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 18000 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-34 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 15157 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 7-24 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45502 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 10-31 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 32445 | |
| Fri | 9/24/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-27 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 26782 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 26773 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1965 | H | Oakland Raiders | 10-24 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24824 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 13-13 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 20924 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 21-30 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 20858 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 22-6 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 33366 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 7-23 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24415 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | New York Jets | 20-30 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18589 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-10 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 13056 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | New York Jets | 27-23 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 56511 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 28-20 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 27207 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 42-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 14508 | |
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 | 29 | South Carolina | 14 | 11 |
| Houston Antwine | 65 | RDT | 6-0 | 265 | 26 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Bellino | 27 | HB | 5-9 | 186 | 27 | Navy | 10 | 2 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Burton | 22 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | Northwestern | 14 | 4 |
| Justin Canale | 63 | ROG | 6-2 | 242 | 22 | Mississippi State | 14 | 2 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 20 | FL-K | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Colclough | 81 | SE | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Boston College | 14 | 10 |
| Jay Cunningham | 21 | RCB-S | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 14 | 1 |
| Bill Dawson | 83 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Florida State | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Dee | 89 | LDE | 6-3 | 248 | 32 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Dukes | 54 | RLB | 6-3 | 231 | 29 | Clemson | 11 | 5 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 72 | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 7 |
| Lonnie Farmer | 55 | LB | 6-0 | 223 | 25 | Northwestern; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 3 | 3 |
| Dick Felt | 24 | CB | 6-0 | 184 | 32 | Brigham Young | 1 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Grambling State | 12 | 3 |
| Larry Garron | 40 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Western Illinois | 10 | 8 |
| Art Graham | 84 | SE | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Boston College | 10 | 4 |
| White Graves | 44 | RS | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 1 |
| Ronnie Hall | 23 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Missouri Valley | 14 | 13 |
| Tom Hennessey | 30 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 183 | 23 | Holy Cross | 14 | 10 |
| Jim Lee Hunt | 79 | LDT | 5-11 | 249 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 8 |
| Ellis Johnson | 38 | HB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 3 |
| Charlie Long | 76 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Meixler | 52 | LB | 6-3 | 245 | 22 | Boston University | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Morris | 56 | C | 6-4 | 247 | 23 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Nance | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 241 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 8 |
| Billy Neighbors | 73 | ROG | 5-11 | 244 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | 12 |
| Tom Neville | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 252 | 22 | Mississippi State | 14 | 3 |
| Don Oakes | 71 | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 25 | LS | 6-0 | 183 | 26 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| Babe Parilli | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 36 | Kentucky | 14 | 13 |
| George Pyne | 75 | LDT | 6-5 | 290 | 24 | Olivet | 14 | 3 |
| Tony Romeo | 86 | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 27 | Florida State | 14 | 3 |
| Jack Rudolph | 80 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 9 |
| Len St. Jean | 60 | RDE-LDT-OG | 6-1 | 244 | 24 | Northern Michigan | 14 | 10 |
| Chuck Shonta | 34 | RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 8 |
| Don Webb | 42 | LCB | 5-10 | 196 | 26 | Iowa State | 14 | 9 |
| Jim Whalen | 12 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Boston College | 14 | 11 |
| Eddie Wilson | 12 | QB-P | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Arizona | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Yates | 50 | ROT-C | 6-0 | 233 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Yewcic | 14 | P-QB | 5-11 | 185 | 33 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 7 | Jerry Rush | T | Michigan State | |
| 3 | 23 | Jim Whalen | OE | Boston College | |
| 4 | 31 | Ellis Johnson | HB | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| 5 | 39 | Corwyn Aldredge | E | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |
| 6 | 47 | Justin Canale | G | Mississippi State | |
| 7 | 55 | Tom Neville | T | Mississippi State | |
| 8 | 63 | Fred Brown | E | Miami (Florida) | |
| 9 | 71 | Bob Malone | T | Louisiana Tech | |
| 11 | 87 | John Frechette | T | Boston College | |
| 12 | 95 | Jim Weatherly | DB | Mississippi | |
| 13 | 103 | Charlie Green | QB | Wittenberg | |
| 14 | 111 | Jay Cunningham | HB | Bowling Green State | |
| 15 | 119 | Ted Rodosovich | G | Cincinnati | |
| 16 | 127 | George Pyne | T | Olivet | |
| 17 | 130 | White Graves | DB | Louisiana State | |
| 17 | 135 | David Lee | OE | Louisiana Tech | |
| 18 | 143 | Ed Meixler | LB | Boston University | |
| 19 | 151 | Jim Nance | FB | Syracuse | |
| 20 | 159 | Fred Fugazzi | FB | Missouri Valley | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 7 | Dave McCormick | T | Louisiana State | |
| 2 | 15 | Bob Kowalkowski | T | Virginia | |
| 3 | 24 | Bob Cappadona | FB | Northeastern | |
| 4 | 31 | Dick Arrington | G | Notre Dame | |
| 5 | 39 | Dennis Smith | DE | Cincinnati | |
| 6 | 47 | Billy Ezell | DB | Louisiana State | |
| 7 | 55 | John Hankinson | QB | Minnesota | |
| 8 | 63 | Beau Colle | DB | Louisiana State | |
| 9 | 71 | Charlie Brown | T | Tulsa | |
| 10 | 79 | Dave Hettema | T | New Mexico | |
| 11 | 87 | Roy Schmidt | G | Long Beach State | |
| 12 | 95 | Leon Standridge | E | San Diego State | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 39 | 98 | 46 | 61 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 87 | 62 | 93 | 302 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 214 | 55 | 130 | 29 | / % | / % | 58 | 537 | |
| Opponents Totals | 232 | 92 | 127 | 13 | / % | / % | 72 | 658 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 9 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 132 |
| Jim Nance | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ron Burton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| J.D. Garrett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Larry Garron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tony Romeo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jay Cunningham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 244 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 0 | 302 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gino Cappelletti | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 53 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 2 | 53 | 5/5 | 4/7 | 7/11 | 0/2 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 11/11 | 3/5 | 5/14 | 3/8 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Nance | 111 | 321 | 2.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Larry Garron | 74 | 259 | 3.5 | 59 | 1 |
| Babe Parilli | 50 | 200 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 42 | 147 | 3.5 | 26 | 1 |
| Ron Burton | 45 | 108 | 2.4 | 22 | 1 |
| Joe Bellino | 24 | 49 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ellis Johnson | 19 | 29 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Wilson | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 373 | 1117 | 3.0 | 59 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 425 | 1531 | 3.6 | 63t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babe Parilli | 426 | 173 | 40.6 | 227 | 2597 | 6.1 | 15.0 | 73t | 18 | 4.2 | 26 | 6.1 | 50.0 | |||
| Eddie Wilson | 46 | 20 | 43.5 | 23 | 257 | 5.6 | 12.9 | 30 | 1 | 2.2 | 3 | 6.5 | 41.7 | |||
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 473 | 193 | 40.8 | 251 | 2854 | 6.0 | 14.8 | 73t | 19 | 4.0 | 29 | 6.1 | 37 | 347 | 2507 | 49.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 431 | 206 | 47.8 | 204 | 2891 | 6.7 | 14.0 | 85t | 17 | 3.9 | 21 | 4.9 | 30 | 291 | 2600 | 62.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Colclough | 40 | 677 | 16.9 | 41 | 3 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 37 | 680 | 18.4 | 57t | 9 |
| Art Graham | 25 | 316 | 12.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Whalen | 22 | 381 | 17.3 | 67 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 15 | 222 | 14.8 | 52 | 1 |
| Tony Romeo | 15 | 203 | 13.5 | 36 | 2 |
| Jim Nance | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 73t | 2 |
| J.D. Garrett | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Joe Bellino | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ellis Johnson | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 193 | 2854 | 14.8 | 73t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 206 | 2891 | 14.0 | 85t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Hall | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Chuck Shonta | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Webb | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Jay Cunningham | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Hennessey | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| White Graves | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Farmer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Addison | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Dukes | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Antwine | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 233 | 11.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 365 | 12.6 | 38t | 4 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Yewcic | 74 | 3094 | 41.8 | 70 | 2 | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 49 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 82 | 3288 | 40.1 | 70 | 3 | 232 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3281 | 42.1 | 64 | 0 | 152 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Burton | 15 | 0 | 61 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jay Cunningham | 5 | 0 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Hennessey | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 152 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 232 | 7.0 | 41 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Cunningham | 17 | 374 | 22.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| J.D. Garrett | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 39 | 0 | |
| Joe Bellino | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Larry Garron | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Mike Dukes | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ellis Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Justin Canale | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Rudolph | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| George Pyne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1191 | 19.9 | 45 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 946 | 23.1 | 102t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Burton | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Jay Cunningham | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Dukes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Garrett | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Larry Garron | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Tom Hennessey | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Lee Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ellis Johnson | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Jim Nance | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Ross O'Hanley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Pyne | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Rudolph | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 24 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1 |
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