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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.

Coached by Lou Saban (2-3-0) and Mike Holovak (7-1-1)

1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 4.7 414 241 479 3082 27 22 5.9 151 350 1041 9 3.0 243 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 3 2 1 2 1 6 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 98 212 46.2 1429 14 6.6 9 4.2 58 6.7 5.5 14.6 102.1 73.0
Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 104 198 52.5 1314 13 6.6 9 4.5 53 6.6 5.2 12.6 93.9 76.5
Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 3 8 37.5 25 1 12.5 2 25.0 18 3.1 -6.9 8.3 1.8 46.4
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
Gino Cappelletti* 27 SE 14 0 1 1 100.0 27 1 100.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 37.0 27.0 1.9 158.3
Team Total 25.7 14 206 420 49.0 2795 29 6.9 21 5.0 58 6.7 5.1 13.6 199.6 72.9
Opp Total 14 241 479 50.3 3082 27 5.6 22 4.6 6.4 4.9 12.8 220.1 70.5 44 408 5.9 3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
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
Larry Garron* 24 hb 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
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
Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 38 183 4 24 4.8 13.1 2.7 183 4 2
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
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
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
Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 8 39 0 11 4.9 2.8 0.6 39 0 4
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
Clyde Washington 23 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 1
Gino Cappelletti* 27 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 768 17.1 8 53 3.2 54.9 768 8 1
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
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
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

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Fred Bruney* 30 RS 14 0 23 109 0 11 4.7 109
Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 8 128 0 62 16.0 15 401 1 91 26.7 904
Larry Garron* 24 hb 14 0 16 438 1 89 27.4 1168
Mel West 22 4 0 7 191 0 37 27.3 323
Charley Long 23 LT 14 0 4 24 0 11 6.0 24
Walter Beach 26 12 0 2 38 0 20 19.0 38
Walt Cudzik 29 C 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 802
Ray Ratkowski 22 1 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Gerhard Schwedes 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 35
Thomas Stephens 26 TE 9 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 192
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Gino Cappelletti* 27 SE 14 0 3 3 7 3 14 9 8 2 32 17 53.1% 50 48 96.0%
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

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Tom Addison*+ 25 LLB 14 0 4 17 0 10
Walter Beach 26 12 0 1 37 0 37
Fred Bruney* 30 RS 14 0 2 20 0 12
Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 3 0 0 0
Gino Cappelletti* 27 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Colclough 25 FL 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Crawford 26 10 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Dee* 28 LDE 14 14 0 5 0 0
Larry Garron* 24 hb 14 0 5 0 0 0
Ron Hall 24 LS 9 0 2 12 0 12
Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 3 0 0 0
Rommie Loudd 28 RLB 13 0 1 12 0 12
Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 2 0 0 1
Ray Ratkowski 22 1 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Robotti 22 12 0 2 18 0 11
Gerhard Schwedes 23 5 0 2 0 0 0
Chuck Shonta 24 RCB 8 0 1 12 0 12
Butch Songin 37 qb 14 6 4 0 0 0
Clyde Washington 23 14 0 4 45 0 33 1 0 0 0
Don Webb 22 LCB 14 0 5 153 2 59
Mel West 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 22 326 2 59 25 5 0 3
Opp Total 14 33 36 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gino Cappelletti* 27 SE 14 0 8 48 17 147
Billy Lott 27 FB 14 0 5 6 66
Jim Colclough 25 FL 14 0 9 54
Larry Garron* 24 hb 14 0 2 3 1 36
Babe Parilli 31 QB 14 8 4 1 1 32
Don Webb 22 LCB 14 0 1 2 1 24
Ron Burton 25 HB 14 0 2 1 18
Thomas Stephens 26 TE 9 0 2 1 18
Joe Johnson 32 6 0 1 6
Leroy Moore 26 14 0 1 6
Tom Yewcic 29 P 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.7 14 14 29 2 3 2 2 1 48 17 413
Opp Total 14 9 27 1 1 40 9 313