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1965 Boston Patriots

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Record: 4-8-2, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 244 points (17.4/g), 8th of 8 in the AFL.
 Allowed 302 points (21.6/g), 5th.
 Differential of -58 points (-4.1/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 5.3-8.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 8th.

Coached by Mike Holovak (4-8-2)

1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 11 box L 0-1 @ Buffalo Bills 7 24 13 215 111 104 5 17 348 271 77 2
2 Sun September 19 box L 0-2 @ Houston Oilers 10 31 22 207 150 57 5 17 420 320 100 4
3 Fri September 24 box L 0-3 Denver Broncos 10 27 9 125 91 34 4 22 262 42 220 2
4 Sun October 3 box L 0-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 17 27 16 206 174 32 3 19 263 144 119 2
5 Fri October 8 box L 0-5 Oakland Raiders 10 24 15 210 138 72 20 418 269 149
6 Sun October 17 box T 0-5-1 San Diego Chargers 13 13 7 178 141 37 2 15 284 168 116 2
7 Sun October 24 box L 0-6-1 @ Oakland Raiders 21 30 14 293 220 73 3 21 320 220 100
8 Sun October 31 box W 1-6-1 @ San Diego Chargers 22 6 10 253 120 133 3 17 230 150 80 4
9 Sun November 7 box L 1-7-1 Buffalo Bills 7 23 15 264 236 28 4 9 161 99 62
10 Sun November 14 box L 1-8-1 New York Jets 20 30 18 287 259 28 6 13 253 155 98 1
11 Sun November 21 box T 1-8-2 Kansas City Chiefs 10 10 14 284 169 115 2 16 326 222 104 3
12 Sun November 28 box W 2-8-2 @ New York Jets 27 23 16 251 168 83 1 18 382 251 131 3
13 Sun December 12 box W 3-8-2 @ Denver Broncos 28 20 17 320 189 131 2 21 348 213 135 4
14 Sat December 18 box W 4-8-2 Houston Oilers 42 14 22 531 341 190 1 7 112 72 40 3

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 244 3624 883 4.1 214 193 473 2507 19 29 4.9 130 373 1117 8 3.0 55 41 12 29
Team Defense 302 4131 886 4.7 232 206 431 2600 17 21 5.6 127 425 1531 10 3.6 92 30 9 13
Lg Rank Offense 8 8 6 3 6 6 6 7 6 8 7 8 6 3
Lg Rank Defense 5 3 4 2 4 1 7 6 6 6 3 6 8 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
15 Babe Parilli 35 QB 14 13 4-8-1 173 426 40.6 2597 18 4.2 26 6.1 73 6.1 4.2 15.0 185.5 50.0
12 Eddie Wilson 25 14 1 0-0-1 20 46 43.5 257 1 2.2 3 6.5 30 5.6 3.1 12.9 18.4 41.7
14 Tom Yewcic 33 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.1 14 4-8-2 193 473 40.8 2854 19 4.0 29 6.1 73 6.0 4.1 14.8 203.9 49.1
Opp Total 14 206 431 47.8 2891 17 3.9 21 4.9 6.7 5.3 14.0 206.5 62.7 30 291 5.6 4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
35 Jim Nance 23 FB 14 0 111 321 5 20 2.9 22.9 7.9 12 83 6.9 0 22 0.9 5.9 404 5 2
40 Larry Garron 28 HB 10 0 74 259 1 59 3.5 25.9 7.4 15 222 14.8 1 52 1.5 22.2 481 2 1
15 Babe Parilli 35 QB 14 13 50 200 0 17 4.0 14.3 3.6 200 0 8
22 Ron Burton 29 RET 14 0 45 108 1 22 2.4 7.7 3.2 10 127 12.7 2 73 0.7 9.1 235 3 6
32 J.D. Garrett 24 12 0 42 147 1 26 3.5 12.3 3.5 7 49 7.0 2 15 0.6 4.1 196 3 1
27 Joe Bellino 27 10 0 24 49 0 10 2.0 4.9 2.4 5 74 14.8 0 20 0.5 7.4 123 0 0
38 Ellis Johnson 22 14 0 19 29 0 9 1.5 2.1 1.4 4 29 7.3 0 23 0.3 2.1 58 0 2
12 Eddie Wilson 25 14 1 8 4 0 17 0.5 0.3 0.6 4 0 0
81 Jim Colclough 29 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 677 16.9 3 41 2.9 48.4 677 3 0
20 Gino Cappelletti* 31 FL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 680 18.4 9 57 2.6 48.6 680 9 0
84 Art Graham 24 se 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 316 12.6 0 33 2.5 31.6 316 0 0
82 Jim Whalen 22 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 381 17.3 0 67 1.6 27.2 381 0 0
86 Tony Romeo 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 203 13.5 2 36 1.1 14.5 203 2 0
14 Tom Yewcic 33 P 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.9 13 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 373 1117 8 59 3.0 79.8 26.6 193 2854 14.8 19 73 13.8 203.9 3971 27 24
Opp Total 14 425 1531 10 3.6 109.4 30.4 206 2600 12.6 17 14.7 185.7 4131 27 17

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 Ron Burton 29 RET 14 0 15 61 0 12 4.1 7 188 0 39 26.9 484
21 Jay Cunningham 22 RET 14 0 5 35 0 13 7.0 17 374 0 45 22.0 409
32 J.D. Garrett 24 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 12 232 0 25 19.3 447
27 Joe Bellino 27 10 0 7 138 0 26 19.7 261
40 Larry Garron 28 HB 10 0 5 141 0 36 28.2 622
30 Tom Hennessey 23 RCB 14 0 5 21 0 9 4.2 21
35 Jim Nance 23 FB 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 3 40 0 19 13.3 460
54 Mike Dukes 29 11 0 3 45 0 20 15.0 45
63 Justin Canale 22 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
38 Ellis Johnson 22 14 0 2 29 0 16 14.5 87
75 George Pyne 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
80 Jack Rudolph 27 RLB 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 26.1 14 27 152 0 19 5.6 60 1191 0 45 19.9 5314
Opp Total 14 33 0 41 946 1 23.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
14 Tom Yewcic 33 P 14 0 76 3094 70 2 40.7
20 Gino Cappelletti* 31 FL 14 0 5 5 7 4 11 7 2 2 1 27 17 63.0% 27 27 100.0%
12 Eddie Wilson 25 14 1 6 194 49 1 32.3
Team Total 26.1 14 5 5 7 4 11 7 2 2 1 27 17 63.0% 27 27 100.0% 82 3288 70 3 40.1
Opp Total 14 40 22 55.0% 28 28 100.0% 78 3284 42.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
53 Tom Addison 29 LLB 14 0 1 13 0 13
65 Houston Antwine* 26 RDT 14 0 1 2 0 2
85 Nick Buoniconti*+ 25 MLB 14 0 3 31 0 26
22 Ron Burton 29 RET 14 0 6 0 0 0
21 Jay Cunningham 22 RET 14 0 2 16 0 10 2 0 0 0 1
54 Mike Dukes 29 11 0 1 10 0 10
55 Lonnie Farmer 25 3 0 1 16 0 16
32 J.D. Garrett 24 12 0 1 0 0 0
40 Larry Garron 28 HB 10 0 1 0 0 0
44 White Graves 23 14 0 2 0 0 0
23 Ron Hall 28 RS 14 0 3 35 0 29
30 Tom Hennessey 23 RCB 14 0 2 14 0 14 1 0 0 0
38 Ellis Johnson 22 14 0 2 0 0 0
35 Jim Nance 23 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
25 Ross O'Hanley 26 LS 14 0 1 5 0 5
15 Babe Parilli 35 QB 14 13 8 0 0 0
75 George Pyne 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
34 Chuck Shonta 28 LCB 14 0 2 46 0 27
42 Don Webb 26 rcb 14 0 2 45 0 45
Team Total 26.1 14 21 233 0 45 24 0 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 37 17 8

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
20 Gino Cappelletti* 31 FL 14 0 9 9 27 17 132
35 Jim Nance 23 FB 14 0 5 5 30
22 Ron Burton 29 RET 14 0 1 2 3 18
81 Jim Colclough 29 SE 14 0 3 3 18
32 J.D. Garrett 24 12 0 1 2 3 18
40 Larry Garron 28 HB 10 0 1 1 2 12
86 Tony Romeo 27 14 0 2 2 12
21 Jay Cunningham 22 RET 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.1 14 8 19 27 27 17 1 242
Opp Total 14 10 17 1 28 22 302