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1963 Boston Patriots
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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 327 points (23.4/g), 4th of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 257 points (18.4/g), 2nd.
Differential of 70 points (5.0/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-5.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 4th.
Coached by Mike Holovak (7-6-1)
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1963 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* | 33 | 11 | 13 | 153 for 337, 2,345 yards, 13 td, 24 int, & 36 rushes for 126 yards and 5 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| HB | Jim Crawford | 28 | 3 | 0 | 71 rushes for 233 yards, 1 td, & 10 catches for 89 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 |
| FB | Larry Garron* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 175 rushes for 750 yards, 2 td, & 26 catches for 418 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Jim Colclough | 27 | 3 | 0 | 42 catches for 693 yards, 3 td | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| SE | Gino Cappelletti* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 34 catches for 493 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Tony Romeo | 25 | 2 | 0 | 32 catches for 418 yards, 3 td | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Don Oakes | 25 | 2 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Charley Long* | 25 | 2 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Walt Cudzik | 31 | 9 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
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| RG | Billy Neighbors* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Milt Graham | 29 | 2 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 167th pick / 1956 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee* | 30 | 6 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Jess Richardson | 33 | 10 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 92nd pick / 1953 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| RDT | Houston Antwine*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer*+ | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| LLB | Tom Addison* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Jack Rudolph | 25 | 3 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
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| LCB | Bob Suci | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Chuck Shonta | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Dick Felt | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Ross O'Hanley | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Ron Hall* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti* | 29 | 3 | 0 | 22 of 38 field goals & 35 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Tom Yewcic | 31 | 2 | 1 | 74 punts for a 38.9 average, 1 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| PR | Bob Suci | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 9.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Larry Garron* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 28 kick returns for a 24.8 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Addison* | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Houston Antwine*+ | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Nick Buoniconti* | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Gino Cappelletti* | 29 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 3 | |
| Jim Colclough | 27 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jim Crawford | 28 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Wyoming | 8/26/1935 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 163rd pick / 1957 |
| Harry Crump | 23 | FB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 6/18/1940 | Rook | |
| Walt Cudzik | 31 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Purdue | 2/21/1932 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 212th pick / 1954 |
| Bob Dee* | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Jerry DeLucca | 27 | T-DT | 3 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Middle Tenn. State,Tennessee | 7/17/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 84th pick / 1957 |
| Larry Eisenhauer*+ | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Dick Felt | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/4/1933 | 3 | |
| Larry Garron* | 26 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 3 | |
| Art Graham | 22 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 7/31/1941 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| Milt Graham | 29 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-6 | Colgate | 7/28/1934 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 14th / 167th pick / 1956 |
| Ron Hall* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Bill Hudson | 28 | DT | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Clemson | 7/9/1935 | 2 | Chicago Cardinals / 3rd / 34th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Hunt | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Charley Long* | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| Billy Lott | 29 | FB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 11/8/1934 | 5 | New York Giants / 6th / 70th pick / 1958 |
| Don McKinnon | 22 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Dartmouth | 8/28/1941 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 10th / 79th pick / 1963 |
| Billy Neighbors* | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Alabama | 2/4/1940 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
| Tom Neumann | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan,Wisconsin | 3/4/1940 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 17th / 135th pick / 1963 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 2/16/1939 | 3 | |
| Don Oakes | 25 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Babe Parilli* | 33 | QB | 14 | 13 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Jess Richardson | 33 | DT | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-2 | Alabama | 8/18/1930 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8th / 92nd pick / 1953 |
| Tony Romeo | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/7/1938 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| Jack Rudolph | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 3/21/1938 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
| Chuck Shonta | 26 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 3 | |
| Thomas Stephens | 28 | TE-DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 8/29/1935 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 132nd pick / 1959 |
| Bob Suci | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Michigan State | 4/7/1939 | 1 | |
| Dave Watson | 93 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 0/0/0 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 11th / 87th pick / 1963 |
| Bob Yates | 25 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/20/1938 | 2 | New York Giants / 7th / 84th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Yewcic | 31 | QB-P-HB | 14 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/9/1932 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 28.3 | 14 | 221.4 | 6-1.2 | 2.9 |