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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)
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1965 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 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 173 for 426, 2,597 yards, 18 td, 26 int, & 50 rushes for 200 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| HB | Larry Garron | 28 | 5 | 0 | 74 rushes for 259 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 222 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Jim Nance | 23 | Rook | 0 | 111 rushes for 321 yards, 5 td, & 12 catches for 83 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Gino Cappelletti* | 31 | 5 | 0 | 37 catches for 680 yards, 9 td | |
| SE | Jim Colclough | 29 | 5 | 0 | 40 catches for 677 yards, 3 td | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| SE | Art Graham | 24 | 2 | 0 | 25 catches for 316 yards, 0 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Jim Whalen | 22 | Rook | 0 | 22 catches for 381 yards, 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| LT | Don Oakes | 27 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Charley Long | 27 | 4 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Jon Morris* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Billy Neighbors | 25 | 3 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Tom Neville | 22 | Rook | 0 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee* | 32 | 8 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt | 27 | 5 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
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| RDT | Houston Antwine* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer | 25 | 4 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LLB | Tom Addison | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Jack Rudolph | 27 | 5 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
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| LCB | Chuck Shonta | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Tom Hennessey | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Don Webb | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Ross O'Hanley | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Ron Hall | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti* | 31 | 5 | 0 | 17 of 27 field goals & 27 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Tom Yewcic | 33 | 4 | 0 | 76 punts for a 40.7 average, 2 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| PR | Ron Burton | 29 | 5 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 4.1 average and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| KR | Jay Cunningham | 22 | Rook | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 14th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Addison | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Houston Antwine* | 26 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Joe Bellino | 27 | HB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Navy | 3/13/1938 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 19th / 146th pick / 1961 |
| Nick Buoniconti*+ | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Ron Burton | 29 | HB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Northwestern | 7/25/1936 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 9th pick / 1960 |
| Justin Canale | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 4/11/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 6th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| Gino Cappelletti* | 31 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 5 | |
| Jim Colclough | 29 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jay Cunningham | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Bowling Green | 10/9/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 14th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Dawson | 23 | TE-DE | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Florida State | 12/4/1942 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 19th / 148th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Dee* | 32 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Mike Dukes | 29 | LB | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Clemson | 3/16/1936 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 14th / 162nd pick / 1959 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 25 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Lonnie Farmer | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Northwestern,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 3/28/1940 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 20th / 156th pick / 1964 |
| Dick Felt | 32 | DB | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/4/1933 | 5 | |
| J.D. Garrett | 24 | HB | 12 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 11/28/1941 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 60th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Garron | 28 | HB-FB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 5 | |
| Art Graham | 24 | SE-WR | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 7/31/1941 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| White Graves | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | LSU | 3/20/1942 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 17th / 135th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Hall | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Tom Hennessey | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 2/15/1942 | Rook | |
| Jim Hunt | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Ellis Johnson | 22 | HB-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7/9/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 4th / 31st pick / 1965 |
| Charley Long | 27 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| Ed Meixler | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Boston University | 10/11/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 18th / 143rd pick / 1965 |
| Jon Morris* | 23 | C | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Nance | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/30/1942 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Billy Neighbors | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Alabama | 2/4/1940 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
| Tom Neville | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 8/12/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Ross O'Hanley | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Boston College | 2/16/1939 | 5 | |
| Don Oakes | 27 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Babe Parilli | 35 | QB | 14 | 13 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 13 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| George Pyne | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 285 | 6-4 | Olivet | 7/12/1941 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 16th / 127th pick / 1965 |
| Tony Romeo | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/7/1938 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| Jack Rudolph | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 3/21/1938 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 197th pick / 1959 |
| Chuck Shonta | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 5 | |
| Len St. Jean | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan | 10/27/1941 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| Don Webb | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Whalen | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/20/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Eddie Wilson | 25 | QB-P | 14 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Arizona | 8/14/1940 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 19th pick / 1962 |
| Bob Yates | 27 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 11/20/1938 | 4 | New York Giants / 7th / 84th pick / 1960 |
| Tom Yewcic | 33 | QB-P-HB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/9/1932 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 219.5 | 6-1.0 | 3.1 |