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1962 Boston Patriots
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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 346 points (24.7/g), 4th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 295 points (21.1/g), 4th.
Differential of 51 points (3.6/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 8.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 3rd.
Coached by Mike Holovak (9-4-1)
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1962 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 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 140 for 253, 1,988 yards, 18 td, 8 int, & 28 rushes for 169 yards and 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| QB | Tom Yewcic | 30 | 1 | 4 | 54 for 126, 903 yards, 7 td, 5 int, & 33 rushes for 215 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| HB | Ron Burton | 26 | 2 | 0 | 134 rushes for 548 yards, 2 td, & 40 catches for 461 yards and 4 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| HB | Jim Crawford | 27 | 2 | 0 | 139 rushes for 459 yards, 2 td, & 22 catches for 224 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 |
| FB | Larry Garron | 25 | 2 | 0 | 67 rushes for 392 yards, 2 td, & 18 catches for 236 yards and 3 td | |
| FL | Jim Colclough* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 40 catches for 868 yards, 10 td, & 1 rush for 14 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| SE | Gino Cappelletti | 28 | 2 | 0 | 34 catches for 479 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Tony Romeo | 24 | 1 | 0 | 34 catches for 608 yards, 1 td | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Charley Long* | 24 | 1 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Tony Sardisco | 30 | 6 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 |
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| C | Walt Cudzik | 30 | 8 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Billy Neighbors | 22 | Rook | 14 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Milt Graham | 28 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 167th pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee | 29 | 5 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Jess Richardson | 32 | 9 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 92nd pick / 1953 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt | 24 | 2 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
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| RDT | Houston Antwine | 23 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer*+ | 22 | 1 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LLB | Tom Addison* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Jack Rudolph | 24 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
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| LCB | Chuck Shonta | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Dick Felt* | 29 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Ross O'Hanley | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Ron Hall | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti | 28 | 2 | 0 | 20 of 37 field goals & 38 of 40 extra points | |
| P | Tom Yewcic | 30 | 1 | 4 | 69 punts for a 38.5 average, 1 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| PR | Ron Burton | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 punt returns for a 5.8 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| KR | Larry Garron | 25 | 2 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 28.6 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Addison* | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Don Allard | 26 | QB | 4 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Boston College | 4/21/1936 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 4th pick / 1959 |
| Houston Antwine | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Fred Bruney* | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 12/30/1931 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 35th pick / 1953 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Ron Burton | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 7/25/1936 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 28 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 2 | |
| Jim Colclough* | 26 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Crawford | 27 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 8/26/1935 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 |
| Walt Cudzik | 30 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/21/1932 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
| Bob Dee | 29 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Larry Eisenhauer*+ | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Dick Felt* | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/4/1933 | 2 | |
| Larry Garron | 25 | HB-FB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 2 | |
| Milt Graham | 28 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-6 | Colgate | 7/28/1934 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 167th pick / 1956 |
| Ron Hall | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Jim Hunt | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Harry Jacobs | 25 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Claude King | 24 | HB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Houston | 12/3/1938 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 18th / 212th pick / 1960 |
| Dick Klein* | 28 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Georgia,Iowa | 2/11/1934 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 29th / 347th pick / 1955 |
| Charley Leo | 28 | G | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-0 | Indiana | 8/29/1934 | 2 | |
| Charley Long* | 24 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| Billy Lott | 28 | FB | 7 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 11/8/1934 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 70th pick / 1958 |
| Rommie Loudd | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/8/1933 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 26th / 304th pick / 1956 |
| Leroy Moore | 27 | DE | 5 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Fort Valley State | 9/16/1935 | 2 | |
| Billy Neighbors | 22 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-0 | Alabama | 2/4/1940 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 2/16/1939 | 2 | |
| Babe Parilli | 32 | QB | 10 | 10 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Jess Richardson | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/18/1930 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 92nd pick / 1953 |
| Tony Romeo | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/7/1938 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| Jack Rudolph | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 3/21/1938 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
| Tony Sardisco | 30 | G-DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Tulane | 12/5/1932 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 64th pick / 1956 |
| Chuck Shonta | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 2 | |
| Thomas Stephens | 27 | TE-DB | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 8/29/1935 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| Don Webb | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Bob Yates | 24 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/20/1938 | 1 | New York Giants / 7th / 84th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Yewcic | 30 | QB-P-HB | 14 | 4 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/9/1932 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 218.2 | 6-1.0 | 2.7 |