| Boston Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1961 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 21504 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 68 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 36 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Wray Carlton 1 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 35 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 67 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Tom Stephens 1 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | M.C. Reynolds 1 run (Billy Atkins kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 46 FG | 23 | 14 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Elbert Dubenion 10 pass from M.C. Reynolds (Billy Atkins kick) | 23 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| ROG | Willis Perkins | |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 45 | TE | Tom Stephens |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 22 | HB | Ron Burton |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 32 | FB | Billy Lott |
| Defense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Bob Dee |
| 73 | LDT | Harry Jagielski |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 72 | RDE | Larry Eisenhauer |
| 53 | LLB | Tommy Addison |
| 83 | MLB | Harry Jacobs |
| 60 | RLB | Rommie Loudd |
| 31 | LCB | Clyde Washington |
| 25 | LS | Ross O'Hanley |
| 33 | RS | Fred Bruney |
| 41 | RCB | Walter Beach |
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Glenn Bass |
| 75 | LOT | Ken Rice |
| 66 | LOG | Billy Shaw |
| 50 | C | Al Bemiller |
| 70 | ROG | Ed Muelhaupt |
| 74 | ROT | Harold Olson |
| 80 | TE | Monte Crockett |
| 11 | QB | Richie Lucas |
| 46 | HB | Fred Brown |
| 44 | FL | Elbert Dubenion |
| 30 | FB | Wray Carlton |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mack Yoho |
| 73 | LDT | Chuck McMurtry |
| 79 | RDT | Jim Sorey |
| 87 | RDE | Laverne Torczon |
| 57 | LLB | Ralph Felton |
| 56 | MLB | Archie Matsos |
| 54 | RLB | Joe Hergert |
| 45 | LCB | Richie McCabe |
| 22 | LS | Jim Wagstaff |
| 20 | RS | Billy Atkins |
| 25 | RCB | Vern Valdez |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 67t | 1 |
| Mel West | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Fred Brown | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| M.C. Reynolds | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 1 |
| Wray Carlton | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Art Baker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 0 | 185 | 6.6 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.2 |
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 39.6 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| M.C. Reynolds | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 129 | 5.9 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 87.1 |
| Richie Lucas | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 19 | 1.9 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Mel West | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Tom Yewcic | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Elbert Dubenion | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Tom Rychlec | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Glenn Bass | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wray Carlton | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Monte Crockett | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Clyde Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 5 | 189 | 37.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Billy Atkins | 9 | 467 | 51.9 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Fred Bruney | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Jim Wagstaff | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Mel West | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Charlie Long | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Walt Cudzik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Art Baker | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Fred Brown | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| In Memoriam |
| NFL Boxscores |
| NFL Game Officials |
| NFL Training Camps |
| NFL Roster Limits |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Super Bowl |
| Privacy Policy |
| ©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. |
| Last Updated: August 26, 2025 |