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1961 Boston Patriots

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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 413 points (29.5/g), 2nd of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 313 points (22.4/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 100 points (7.1/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 2nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 6.2, Offense: 4.8, Defense: 1.4, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Lou Saban and Mike Holovak

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 413 4214 842 5.0 238 206 420 2539 29 21 5.6 120 389 1675 14 4.3 93 30 9 25
Team Defense 313 4123 873 4.7 243 241 479 3082 27 22 5.9 151 350 1041 9 3.0 72 42 20 20
Lg Rank Offense 2 4 5 7 5 2 1 4 6 4 6 2 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 3 3 7 6 8 6 8 5 2 1 2 1 6 2

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 9 boxscore L 0-1 New York Titans 20 21 14 217 86 131 2 15 276 183 93 3
2 Sat September 16 boxscore W 1-1 Denver Broncos 45 17 19 392 346 46 1 10 270 201 69 4
3 Sat September 23 boxscore W 2-1 @ Buffalo Bills 23 21 15 329 163 166 2 14 175 112 63 2
4 Sun October 1 boxscore L 2-2 @ New York Titans 30 37 11 239 159 80 2 26 353 196 157 3
5 Sat October 7 boxscore L 2-3 San Diego Chargers 27 38 17 253 148 105 3 19 399 315 84 3
6 Fri October 13 boxscore T 2-3-1 Houston Oilers 31 31 20 383 254 129 2 25 540 448 92 2
7 Sun October 22 boxscore W 3-3-1 Buffalo Bills 52 21 18 437 202 235 2 23 275 224 51 5
7 Sun October 29 boxscore W 4-3-1 @ Dallas Texans 18 17 17 312 168 144 2 16 236 169 67 1
9 Fri November 3 boxscore W 5-3-1 Dallas Texans 28 21 19 229 145 84 2 17 364 300 64 3
9 Sun November 12 boxscore L 5-4-1 @ Houston Oilers 15 27 16 252 208 44 3 19 346 177 169 2
11 Fri November 17 boxscore W 6-4-1 Oakland Raiders 20 17 14 225 131 94 2 15 203 164 39 2
13 Sun December 3 boxscore W 7-4-1 @ Denver Broncos 28 24 11 244 173 71 2 19 281 217 64 4
13 Sat December 9 boxscore W 8-4-1 @ Oakland Raiders 35 21 29 407 200 207 2 14 213 186 27 2
14 Sun December 17 boxscore W 9-4-1 @ San Diego Chargers 41 0 18 295 156 139 3 11 192 190 2 6

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
11 Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 3-2-1 98 212 46.2 1429 14 6.6 9 4.2 58 6.7 6.2 14.6 102.1 73.0 2 1
15 Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 6-2-0 104 198 52.5 1314 13 6.6 9 4.5 53 6.6 5.9 12.6 93.9 76.5 2 2
14 Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 3 8 37.5 25 1 12.5 2 25.0 18 3.1 -5.6 8.3 1.8 46.4
22 Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
20 Gino Cappelletti* 27 K/SE 14 0 1 1 100.0 27 1 100.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 47.0 27.0 1.9 158.3
Team Total 25.7 14 9-4-1 206 420 49.0 2795 29 6.9 21 5.0 58 6.7 5.8 13.6 199.6 72.9 4 3
Opp Total 14 241 479 50.3 3490 27 5.6 22 4.6 7.3 6.35 14.5 249.3 74.0 44 408 5.9 5.0 8.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
32 Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 100 461 5 38 4.6 32.9 7.1 32 333 10.4 6 47 2.3 23.8 794 11 3
22 Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 82 260 2 43 3.2 18.6 5.9 13 115 8.8 0 45 0.9 8.2 375 2 3
40 Larry Garron* 24 KR 14 0 69 389 2 85 5.6 27.8 4.9 24 341 14.2 3 51 1.7 24.4 730 5 5
30 Jim Crawford 26 10 0 41 148 0 34 3.6 14.8 4.1 9 85 9.4 0 25 0.9 8.5 233 0 1
15 Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 38 183 4 24 4.8 13.1 2.7 183 4 2
24 Mel West 22 4 0 26 90 0 31 3.5 22.5 6.5 5 42 8.4 0 18 1.3 10.5 132 0 1
14 Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 11 51 1 13 4.6 3.6 0.8 6 56 9.3 0 46 0.4 4.0 107 1 0
44 Gerhard Schwedes 23 5 0 10 14 0 5 1.4 2.8 2.0 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.2 4.2 35 0 2
11 Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 8 39 0 11 4.9 2.8 0.6 39 0 4
81 Jim Colclough 25 FL 14 0 3 37 0 16 12.3 2.6 0.2 42 757 18.0 9 58 3.0 54.1 794 9 1
31 Clyde Washington 23 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 1
20 Gino Cappelletti* 27 K/SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 768 17.1 8 53 3.2 54.9 768 8 1
45 Thomas Stephens 26 TE 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 186 9.8 2 31 2.1 20.7 186 2 0
24 Joe Johnson 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 82 9.1 1 21 1.5 13.7 82 1 0
34 Chuck Shonta 24 RCB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 1.1 9 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 389 1675 14 85 4.3 119.6 27.8 206 2795 13.6 29 58 14.7 199.6 4470 43 25
Opp Total 14 350 1041 9 3.0 74.4 25.0 241 3082 12.8 27 17.2 220.1 4123 36 36

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
33 Fred Bruney* 30 PR/RS 14 0 23 109 0 11 4.7 109
22 Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 8 128 0 62 16.0 15 401 1 91 26.7 904
40 Larry Garron* 24 KR 14 0 16 438 1 89 27.4 1168
24 Mel West 22 4 0 7 191 0 37 27.3 323
76 Charley Long 23 LT 14 0 4 24 0 11 6.0 24
41 Walter Beach 26 12 0 2 38 0 20 19.0 38
54 Walt Cudzik 29 C 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
32 Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 802
23 Ray Ratkowski 22 1 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
44 Gerhard Schwedes 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 35
45 Thomas Stephens 26 TE 9 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 192
48 Don Webb 22 LCB 14 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Team Total 25.7 14 32 245 0 62 7.7 49 1136 2 91 23.2 5851
Opp Total 14 13 1 53 1255 1 23.7

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
20 Gino Cappelletti* 27 K/SE 14 0 3 3 7 3 14 9 8 2 32 17 53.1% 50 48 96.0%
14 Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 64 2406 64 2 37.6
Team Total 25.7 14 3 3 7 3 14 9 8 2 32 17 53.1% 50 48 96.0% 64 2406 64 2 37.6
Opp Total 14 23 9 39.1% 40 40 100.0% 71 2890 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
89 Bob Dee* 28 LDE 14 14 0 0 5 0 0
40 Larry Garron* 24 KR 14 0 0 5 0 0 0
31 Clyde Washington 23 14 0 4 45 0 33 0 0 1 0 0 0
48 Don Webb 22 LCB 14 0 5 153 2 59 0
53 Tom Addison*+ 25 LLB 14 0 4 17 0 10 0
11 Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 0 4 0 0 0
22 Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
32 Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
33 Fred Bruney* 30 PR/RS 14 0 2 20 0 12 0
23 Ron Hall 24 LS 9 0 2 12 0 12 0
15 Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 0 2 0 0 1
51 Frank Robotti 22 12 0 2 18 0 11 0
44 Gerhard Schwedes 23 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
41 Walter Beach 26 12 0 1 37 0 37 0
20 Gino Cappelletti* 27 K/SE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
81 Jim Colclough 25 FL 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Jim Crawford 26 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
60 Rommie Loudd 28 RLB 13 0 1 12 0 12 0
23 Ray Ratkowski 22 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
34 Chuck Shonta 24 RCB 8 0 1 12 0 12 0
24 Mel West 22 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 22 326 2 59 0 0 25 5 0 3
Opp Total 14 33 36 16

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
20 Gino Cappelletti* 27 K/SE 14 0 8 8 48 17 147
32 Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 5 6 11 66
81 Jim Colclough 25 FL 14 0 9 9 54
40 Larry Garron* 24 KR 14 0 2 3 1 6 36
15 Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 4 1 5 1 32
48 Don Webb 22 LCB 14 0 1 2 1 4 24
22 Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 2 1 3 18
45 Thomas Stephens 26 TE 9 0 2 1 3 18
24 Joe Johnson 32 6 0 1 1 6
61 Leroy Moore 26 14 0 1 1 6
14 Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.7 14 14 29 2 3 2 2 52 1 48 17 413
Opp Total 14 9 27 1 1 40 9 313