| Boston Patriots at New York Titans Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1961 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Polo Grounds Attendance: 15189 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 30 |
| New York TitansNY | 0 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | NY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 34 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 30 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 16 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Bill Mathis 2 run (Bill Shockley kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Thurlow Cooper 5 pass from Al Dorow (Al Dorow pass failed) | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | New York TitansNY | Art Powell 4 pass from Bob Scrabis (Bill Shockley kick) | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Larry Garron 27 pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | New York TitansNY | Bill Shockley 26 FG | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Colclough 33 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 23 | 23 |
| 4 | New York TitansNY | Bill Mathis 2 run (Bill Shockley kick) | 23 | 30 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gino Cappelletti 32 pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 30 | 30 |
| 4 | New York TitansNY | Don Maynard 13 pass from Al Dorow (Dick Guesman kick) | 30 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 20 | SE | Gino Cappelletti |
| 76 | LOT | Charlie Long |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Leo |
| 54 | C | Walt Cudzik |
| 64 | ROG | Tony Sardisco |
| 74 | ROT | Jerry DeLucca |
| 45 | TE | Tom Stephens |
| 11 | QB | Butch Songin |
| 14 | HB | Tom Yewcic |
| 81 | FL | Jim Colclough |
| 40 | FB | Larry Garron |
| 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 |
| New York Titans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Art Powell |
| 78 | LOT | Jack Klotz |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Mischak |
| 56 | C | Roger Ellis |
| 62 | ROG | Bob O'Neil |
| 70 | ROT | Gene Cockrell |
| 88 | TE | Thurlow Cooper |
| 12 | QB | Al Dorow |
| 45 | HB | Dick Christy |
| 13 | FL | Don Maynard |
| 31 | FB | Bill Mathis |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Nick Mumley |
| 75 | LDT | Tom Saidock |
| 72 | RDT | Dick Guesman |
| 76 | RDE | Sid Youngelman |
| 50 | LLB | Jim Furey |
| 57 | MLB | Hubert Bobo |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 23 | LCB | Dick Felt |
| 22 | LS | Lee Riley |
| 40 | RS | Dainard Paulson |
| 25 | RCB | Dave Ames |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Larry Garron | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Babe Parilli | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel West | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Butch Songin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Bill Mathis | 19 | 109 | 5.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Al Dorow | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Dewey Bohling | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Butch Songin | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 0 | 131 | 5.7 | 33t | 2 | 4 | 24 | 91.0 |
| Babe Parilli | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 25 | 3.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.8 |
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| New York Titans | |||||||||||
| Al Dorow | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 0 | 195 | 6.7 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 93.3 |
| Bob Scrabis | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Gino Cappelletti | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 32t | 1 |
| Jim Colclough | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 33t | 1 |
| Tom Yewcic | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Garron | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Tom Stephens | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Lott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Don Maynard | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 33 | 1 |
| Art Powell | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Thurlow Cooper | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Dick Christy | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Dewey Bohling | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Mathis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| New York Titans | |||||
| Lee Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Yewcic | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 35 | 0 |
| New York Titans | |||||
| Curley Johnson | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Billy Lott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| New York Titans | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Mel West | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Garron | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Long | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Don Webb | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Titans | ||||||
| Bill Shockley | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bobby Renn | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Brooks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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