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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Boston Patriots at Buffalo Bills - September 23rd, 1961
Boston Patriots 23 at Buffalo Bills 21
Saturday, September 23, 1961
Boston Patriots 23, Buffalo Bills 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (2-1-0) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| Buffalo Bills (1-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| BOS | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BOS | Gino Cappelletti 36 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Wray Carlton 1 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | BOS | Gino Cappelletti 35 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
| 3rd | BOS | Larry Garron 67 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 13 | 7 |
| BOS | Thomas Stephens 1 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 7 | |
| BUF | M.C. Reynolds 1 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick) | 20 | 14 | |
| 4th | BOS | Gino Cappelletti 46 yard field goal | 23 | 14 |
| BUF | Elbert Dubenion 10 yard pass from M.C. Reynolds (Billy Atkins kick) | 23 | 21 |
Team Stats
| BOS | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-166-1 | 26-63-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-37-192-1-1 | 14-32-148-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 6-36 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 112 |
| Total yards | 329 | 175 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-80 | 3-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Garron | BOS | 7 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Butch Songin | BOS | 12 | 28 | 185 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gino Cappelletti | BOS | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Colclough | BOS | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel West | BOS | 7 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Lott | BOS | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Babe Parilli | BOS | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clyde Washington | BOS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Stephens | BOS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Yewcic | BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Burton | BOS | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| M.C. Reynolds | BUF | 12 | 22 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wray Carlton | BUF | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Rychlec | BUF | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Brown | BUF | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Bass | BUF | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Monte Crockett | BUF | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Richie Lucas | BUF | 2 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Art Baker | BUF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Fred Bruney | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walt Cudzik | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charley Long | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clyde Washington | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel West | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Art Baker | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Brown | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Wagstaff | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||