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Boston Patriots 23 at Buffalo Bills 21

Saturday, September 23, 1961

Boston Patriots 23, Buffalo Bills 21

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Boston Patriots (2-1-0)3314323
Buffalo Bills (1-2-0)707721

Scoring

BOSBUF
1stBOSGino Cappelletti 36 yard field goal30
BUFWray Carlton 1 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick)37
2ndBOSGino Cappelletti 35 yard field goal67
3rdBOSLarry Garron 67 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick)137
BOSThomas Stephens 1 yard pass from Butch Songin (Gino Cappelletti kick)207
BUFM.C. Reynolds 1 yard rush (Billy Atkins kick)2014
4thBOSGino Cappelletti 46 yard field goal2314
BUFElbert Dubenion 10 yard pass from M.C. Reynolds (Billy Atkins kick)2321

Team Stats

BOSBUF
First downs1514
Rush-yards-TDs22-166-126-63-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-37-192-1-114-32-148-1-1
Sacked-yards3-296-36
Net pass yards163112
Total yards329175
Fumbles-lost2-11-1
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards7-803-25

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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