1970 Boston Patriots (NFL)

5th place American Football Conference Eastern Division 2-12-0 .143

Head Coach: Clive Rush (1-6-0); Johnny Mazur (1-6-0)

Bruce Beatty	Offensive Line
Bill Elias	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Johnny Mazur	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Backs
John Meyer	Linebackers
Jesse Richardson	Defensive Line
Jerry Stoltz	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/16/1970	H	Washington Redskins	21-45	L	Boston, MA	Boston College Alumni Stadium	25584
Sat	8/29/1970	N	New Orleans Saints	20-26	L	Jackson, MS	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium	32000
Fri	9/4/1970	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-31	L	Shreveport, LA	Louisiana State Fair Park	22000
Fri	9/11/1970	N	Denver Broncos	14-16	L	Salt Lake City, UT	Ute Stadium	17832
Sun	9/20/1970	H	Miami Dolphins	27-14	W	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	32607
Sun	9/27/1970	H	New York Jets	21-31	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	36040
Sun	10/4/1970	H	Baltimore Colts	6-14	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	38235
Sun	10/11/1970	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-23	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	50698
Sun	10/18/1970	H	New York Giants	0-16	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	39091
Sun	10/25/1970	A	Baltimore Colts	3-27	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60240
Sun	11/1/1970	H	Buffalo Bills	10-45	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	31148
Sun	11/8/1970	A	St. Louis Cardinals	0-31	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	46466
Sun	11/15/1970	H	San Diego Chargers	14-16	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	30597
Sun	11/22/1970	A	New York Jets	3-17	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	61822
Sun	11/29/1970	A	Buffalo Bills	14-10	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	31427
Sun	12/6/1970	A	Miami Dolphins	20-37	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	51032
Sun	12/13/1970	H	Minnesota Vikings	14-35	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	37819
Sun	12/20/1970	A	Cincinnati Bengals	7-45	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60157

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
65	Houston Antwine	RDT	6-0	265	31	Southern Illinois	14	14
51	Mike Ballou	LLB	6-3	235	23	Santa Monica JC; UCLA	14	4
82	Tom Beer	TE	6-4	232	26	Detroit Mercy; Houston	14	4
88	Ron Berger	RDE	6-8	278	28	Wayne State (Michigan)	14	13
27	Randy Beverly	LCB	5-11	189	26	Trinidad State JC; Colorado State	13	3
22	Sid Blanks	RB	6-0	206	29	Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	0
57	John Bramlett	RLB	6-2	216	29	Memphis	12	11
86	Barry Brown	TE	6-3	228	27	Florida	14	10
67	Gary Bugenhagen	LOG	6-2	249	25	Syracuse	10	7
20	Gino Cappelletti	K	6-0	190	37	Minnesota	13	0
41	Larry Carwell	LCB-RCB	6-1	189	26	Iowa State	10	9
50	Jim Cheyunski	MLB	6-1	223	25	Syracuse	11	11
81	Charley Frazier	WR	6-0	177	31	Texas Southern	9	1
73	Tom Funchess	LOT-LOG	6-5	264	26	Jackson State	11	11
30	Carl Garrett	RB	5-11	210	23	New Mexico Highlands	13	12
24	Bob Gladieux	RB	5-11	190	23	Notre Dame	8	0
7	Charlie Gogolak	K	5-10	165	26	Princeton	6	0
79	Jim Lee Hunt	LDT	5-11	249	32	Prairie View A&M	14	13
21	Tommy Janik	P	6-3	198	30	Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville	14	0
23	Daryl Johnson	RCB-LS	5-11	190	24	Morgan State	14	14
74	Ezell Jones	OT	6-4	255	23	Minnesota	4	0
11	Joe Kapp	QB	6-2	214	31	California	11	10
45	Dan Kecman	LB	6-2	230	22	Maryland	1	0
84	Gayle Knief	WR	6-3	205	24	Morningside	3	0
87	Ike Lassiter	LDE	6-5	270	30	St. Augustine's	5	5
32	Odell Lawson	RB	6-2	218	22	Langston	14	2
66	Angelo Loukas	OG	6-3	250	23	Northwestern	2	0
28	Art McMahon	LCB-LS	5-11	188	24	North Carolina State	7	2
76	Rex Mirich	ROT-LDT	6-4	251	29	Northern Arizona	7	2
64	Mike Montler	LOT-LOG	6-4	260	26	Colorado	11	11
56	Jon Morris	C	6-4	247	28	Holy Cross	14	14
35	Jim Nance	RB	6-1	241	28	Syracuse	13	13
77	Tom Neville	ROT	6-4	252	27	Mississippi State	13	13
44	Johnny Outlaw	CB	5-10	160	25	Jackson State	5	0
52	Ed Philpott	LLB	6-3	240	25	Miami (Ohio)	14	12
33	Bill Rademacher	WR	6-1	190	28	Northern Michigan	14	1
36	Eddie Ray	RB	6-1	237	23	Louisiana State	5	1
49	Tom Richardson	WR	6-2	195	26	Jackson State	1	0
60	Len St. Jean	ROG	6-1	244	29	Northern Michigan	14	14
54	Marty Schottenheimer	MLB-RLB	6-3	225	27	Pittsburgh	12	4
26	Clarence Scott	LS-LCB-RCB	6-2	204	26	Morgan State	14	14
34	Ron Sellers	WR	6-4	195	23	Florida State	13	13
17	Mike Taliaferro	QB	6-2	205	29	Illinois	11	4
40	Bake Turner	WR	6-1	180	30	Texas Tech	14	13
42	Don Webb	RS-LS	5-10	196	31	Iowa State	14	14
53	Fred Whittingham	LB	6-2	240	31	Brigham Young; Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	13	0
55	John Williamson	LB-C	6-2	220	28	Louisiana Tech	11	0
85	Denny Wirgowski	LDE-RDE	6-5	257	23	Purdue	14	3
71	Mel Witt	LDE	6-3	261	25	Texas-Arlington	14	6

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	4	Phil Olsen	DT	Utah State
3	56	Mike Ballou	LB	UCLA
4	83	Eddie Ray	RB	Louisiana State
5	107	Bob Olson	LB	Notre Dame
7	160	Odell Lawson	RB	Langston
9	212	Denny Wirgowski	DE	Purdue
10	239	Henry Brown	K-WR	Missouri
11	264	Dennis Bramlett	T	Texas-El Paso
12	291	Greg Roero	DT	New Mexico Highlands
13	316	Ronnie Shelley	DB	Troy
14	343	Garvie Craw	RB-TE	Michigan
15	368	Kent Schoolfield	WR	Florida A&M
16	395	Otis McDaniel	DE	Tuskegee
17	420	Joe Killingsworth	WR	Oklahoma

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	13	50	41	45
Opponents Totals	92	131	55	83

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		184	63	98	23	/ %	/ %	88	849
Opponents Totals		242	115	105	22	/ %	/ %	101	1096

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Nance	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Gino Cappelletti	0	12	13	92.3	6	15	40.0	0	30
Carl Garrett	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ron Sellers	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Bake Turner	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Charlie Gogolak	0	5	5	100.0	2	7	28.6	0	11
Gayle Knief	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	18	17	18	94.4	8	22	36.4	0	149
Opponents Totals	44	44	44	100.0	17	28	60.7	1	361

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gino Cappelletti	6	15	40.0	2/3	3/4	0/2	1/5	0/1
Charlie Gogolak	2	7	28.6	1/1	0/0	1/2	0/3	0/1
Team Totals	8	22	36.4	3/4	3/4	1/4	1/8	0/2
Opponents Totals	17	28	60.7	4/4	4/7	5/6	4/8	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Nance	145	522	3.6	21t	7
Carl Garrett	88	272	3.1	26	4
Odell Lawson	56	99	1.8	15	0
Joe Kapp	20	71	3.6	14	0
Sid Blanks	13	44	3.4	12	0
Eddie Ray	5	13	2.6	4	0
Mike Taliaferro	3	11	3.7	6	0
Bob Gladieux	4	8	2.0	8	0
Team Totals	334	1040	3.1	26	11
Opponents Totals	503	2074	4.1	56t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Taliaferro	173	78	45.1	84	871	5.0	11.2	45	4	2.3	11	6.4	15	158	713	41.8
Joe Kapp	219	98	44.7	104	1104	5.0	11.3	48	3	1.4	17	7.8	27	231	873	32.6
Team Totals	392	176	44.9	188	1975	5.0	11.2	48	7	1.8	28	7.1	42	389	1586	36.7
Opponents Totals	334	177	53.0	149	2430	7.3	13.7	60t	19	5.7	8	2.4	28	243	2187	85.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Sellers	38	550	14.5	48	4
Bake Turner	28	428	15.3	43	2
Carl Garrett	26	216	8.3	29	0
Jim Nance	26	148	5.7	16	0
Barry Brown	15	145	9.7	22	0
Tom Beer	11	150	13.6	25	0
Odell Lawson	11	113	10.3	19	0
Charley Frazier	9	86	9.6	16	0
Sid Blanks	5	49	9.8	18	0
Bill Rademacher	4	51	12.8	16	0
Gayle Knief	3	39	13.0	22t	1
Team Totals	176	1975	11.2	48	7
Opponents Totals	177	2430	13.7	60t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Daryl Johnson	2	51	25.5	42	0
Art McMahon	1	72	72.0	72	0
Ed Philpott	1	23	23.0	23	0
Clarence Scott	1	18	18.0	18	0
John Bramlett	1	16	16.0	16	0
Don Webb	1	2	2.0	2	0
John Williamson	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	8	184	23.0	72	0
Opponents Totals	28	302	10.8	59t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Tommy Janik	86	3364	39.1	57	1	303
Team Totals	86	3364	39.1	57	1	303
Opponents Totals	63	2758	43.8	67	0	305

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Carl Garrett	17	0	168	9.9	62
Sid Blanks	9	4	83	9.2	22
Larry Carwell	3	0	48	16.0	45
Daryl Johnson	2	3	6	3.0	6
Odell Lawson	1	1	0	0.0	0
Bob Gladieux	0	1	0
Team Totals	32	9	305	9.5	62
Opponents Totals	42	16	303	7.2	54

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Odell Lawson	25	546	21.8	52	0
Carl Garrett	24	511	21.3	30	0
Sid Blanks	7	152	21.7	29	0
Larry Carwell	1	30	30.0	30	0
Fred Whittingham	1	24	24.0	24	0
Marty Schottenheimer	1	8	8.0	8	0
Tom Beer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Randy Beverly	1	0	0.0	0	0
Barry Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	62	1275	20.6	52	0
Opponents Totals	51	841	16.5	96t	2

SACKS	NO	YDS
Ron Berger	9.0
Houston Antwine	6.0
Ike Lassiter	3.5
Jim Lee Hunt	2.5
John Bramlett	2.0
Jim Cheyunski	1.5
Daryl Johnson	1.0
Ed Philpott	0.5
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	28.0	243.0
Opponents Totals	42.0	389.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Houston Antwine	0	0	0	1	1	11
Tom Beer	1		0	0	0	0
Ron Berger	0	0	0	1	1	0
Randy Beverly	0	0	1	1	2	0
Carl Garrett	1		0	2	2	0
Jim Lee Hunt	0	0	0	1	1	0
Tommy Janik	1		0	0	0	-7
Joe Kapp	1		0	0	0	0
Ike Lassiter	0	0	0	1	1	0
Odell Lawson	2		1	0	1	0
Art McMahon	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jim Nance	6		0	0	0	0
Tom Neville	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ed Philpott	0	0	0	3	3	27
Bill Rademacher	0	0	1	0	1	0
Len St. Jean	0	0	1	0	1	0
Clarence Scott	1		1	2	3	5
Mike Taliaferro	5		0	0	0	0
Don Webb	0	0	0	2	2	2
Team Totals	18	13	5	17	22	38
Opponents Totals	33	17	15	13	28