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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)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Babe Parilli | 31 | 9 | 8 | 104 for 198, 1,314 yards, 13 td, 9 int, & 38 rushes for 183 yards and 4 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| QB | Butch Songin | 37 | 1 | 6 | 98 for 212, 1,429 yards, 14 td, 9 int, & 8 rushes for 39 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| HB | Ron Burton | 25 | 1 | 0 | 82 rushes for 260 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 115 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| HB | Larry Garron* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 69 rushes for 389 yards, 2 td, & 24 catches for 341 yards and 3 td | |
| FB | Billy Lott | 27 | 3 | 0 | 100 rushes for 461 yards, 5 td, & 32 catches for 333 yards and 6 td | New York Giants / 6th / 70th pick / 1958 |
| FL | Jim Colclough | 25 | 1 | 0 | 42 catches for 757 yards, 9 td, & 3 rushes for 37 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| SE | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | 1 | 0 | 45 catches for 768 yards, 8 td | |
| TE | Thomas Stephens | 26 | 1 | 0 | 19 catches for 186 yards, 2 td | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| LT | Charley Long | 23 | Rook | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Tony Sardisco | 29 | 5 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 |
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| C | Walt Cudzik | 29 | 7 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Charley Leo* | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||
| RT | Jerry DeLucca | 25 | 2 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee* | 28 | 4 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 5 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| LDT | Dick Klein | 27 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 29th / 347th pick / 1955 |
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| RDT | Jim Hunt* | 23 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
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| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer | 21 | Rook | 0 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LLB | Tom Addison*+ | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs | 24 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
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| RLB | Rommie Loudd | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 26th / 304th pick / 1956 |
| LCB | Don Webb | 22 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Chuck Shonta | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Ron Hall | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| RS | Fred Bruney* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | 1 | 0 | 17 of 32 field goals & 48 of 50 extra points | |
| P | Tom Yewcic | 29 | Rook | 0 | 64 punts for a 37.6 average, 2 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| PR | Fred Bruney* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 23 punt returns for a 4.7 average and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| KR | Larry Garron* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 27.4 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Addison*+ | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Houston Antwine | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Walter Beach | 26 | DB-RB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Central Michigan | 1/31/1935 | 1 | New York Giants / 15th / 180th pick / 1960 |
| Fred Bruney* | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 12/30/1931 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| Ron Burton | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 7/25/1936 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| Gino Cappelletti* | 27 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 1 | |
| Jim Colclough | 25 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Crawford | 26 | HB-FB | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 8/26/1935 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 |
| Walt Cudzik | 29 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/21/1932 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
| Bob Dee* | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 25 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State,Tennessee | 7/17/1936 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 21 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Larry Garron* | 24 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 1 | |
| Milt Graham | 27 | T-DT | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-6 | Colgate | 7/28/1934 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 14th / 167th pick / 1956 |
| Ron Hall | 24 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Jim Hunt* | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Harry Jacobs | 24 | LB-DE | 9 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Harry Jagielski | 30 | DT-T | 5 | 0 | 257 | 6-0 | Indiana | 12/25/1931 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 80th pick / 1954 |
| Joe Johnson | 32 | HB-E | 6 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 11/3/1929 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 11th / 127th pick / 1953 |
| Bill Kimber | 25 | DE | 4 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Florida State | 1/31/1936 | 2 | |
| Dick Klein | 27 | T-DT | 10 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Georgia,Iowa | 2/11/1934 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 29th / 347th pick / 1955 |
| Charley Leo* | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Indiana | 8/29/1934 | 1 | |
| Paul Lindquist | 22 | DT | 2 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | New Hampshire | 4/30/1939 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 99th pick / 1961 |
| Charley Long | 23 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| Billy Lott | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 11/8/1934 | 3 | New York Giants / 6th / 70th pick / 1958 |
| Rommie Loudd | 28 | LB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/8/1933 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 26th / 304th pick / 1956 |
| Leroy Moore | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Fort Valley State | 9/16/1935 | 1 | |
| Ross O'Hanley | 22 | DB | 7 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 2/16/1939 | 1 | |
| Babe Parilli | 31 | QB | 14 | 8 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Willis Perkins | 27 | DE-G | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 2/14/1934 | Rook | |
| Ray Ratkowski | 22 | HB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/10/1939 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 17th / 130th pick / 1961 |
| Frank Robotti | 22 | LB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Boston College | 4/6/1939 | Rook | |
| Al Romine | 29 | DB-HB | 1 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Florida,North Alabama | 3/10/1932 | 6 | |
| Tony Sardisco | 29 | G-DE-LB | 13 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Tulane | 12/5/1932 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 |
| Gerhard Schwedes | 23 | HB | 5 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 4/23/1938 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 47th pick / 1960 |
| Chuck Shonta | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 1 | |
| John Simerson | 26 | C-T | 10 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Purdue | 4/20/1935 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 22nd / 254th pick / 1957 |
| Bob Soltis | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 4/1/1936 | 1 | New York Giants / 16th / 190th pick / 1959 |
| Butch Songin | 37 | QB | 14 | 6 | 190 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/11/1924 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 19th / 247th pick / 1950 |
| Thomas Stephens | 26 | TE-DB | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 8/29/1935 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| Bobby Towns | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Georgia | 3/17/1938 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 11th / 122nd pick / 1960 |
| Clyde Washington | 23 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/21/1938 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 116th pick / 1960 |
| Don Webb | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Mel West | 22 | HB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Missouri | 1/14/1939 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 11th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| Bob Yates | 23 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/20/1938 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 84th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Yewcic | 29 | QB-P-HB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/9/1932 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 216.4 | 6-1.0 | 1.9 |