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New York Titans 21 at Boston Patriots 20

Saturday, September 9, 1961

New York Titans 21, Boston Patriots 20

1234Final
New York Titans (1-0-0)770721
Boston Patriots (0-1-0)0710320

Scoring

NYTBOS
1stNYTAl Dorow 2 yard rush (Bill Shockley kick)70
2ndBOSBabe Parilli 1 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick)77
NYTThurlow Cooper 16 yard pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)147
3rdBOSGino Cappelletti 10 yard pass from Babe Parilli (Gino Cappelletti kick)1414
BOSGino Cappelletti 27 yard field goal1417
4thNYTDon Maynard 37 yard pass from Al Dorow (Bill Shockley kick)2117
BOSGino Cappelletti 32 yard field goal2120

Team Stats

NYTBOS
First downs1514
Rush-yards-TDs27-93-132-131-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-26-183-2-111-26-92-1-1
Sacked-yards0-01-6
Net pass yards18386
Total yards276217
Fumbles-lost3-21-1
Turnovers32
Penalties-yards4-572-10

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Al Dorow NYT 15 26 183 2 1 0 5 27 1 0
Don Maynard NYT 7 86 1 0
Art Powell NYT 5 63 0 0
Bill Mathis NYT 16 47 0 0
Thurlow Cooper NYT 2 30 1 0
Dick Christy NYT 6 19 0 0 1 4 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Billy Lott BOS 11 51 0 0 3 11 0 0
Babe Parilli BOS 11 26 92 1 1 0 3 14 1 0
Mel West BOS 10 31 0 0 3 19 0 0
Gino Cappelletti BOS 3 38 1 0
Ron Burton BOS 6 23 0 0 1 12 0 0
Larry Garron BOS 2 12 0 0
Thomas Stephens BOS 1 12 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dick Christy NYT 0 0 0 0 2 32 16.0 0 0
Junior Wren NYT 1 2 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Walter Beach BOS 1 37 0 0
Fred Bruney BOS 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Ron Burton BOS 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Ray Ratkowski BOS 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Mel West BOS 0 0 0 0 1 34 34.0 0 0