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1966 Boston Patriots
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Record: 8-4-2, Finished 2nd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 315 points (22.5/g), 6th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 283 points (20.2/g), 3rd.
Differential of 32 points (2.3/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.
Coached by Mike Holovak (8-4-2)
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1966 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* | 36 | 14 | 14 | 181 for 382, 2,721 yards, 20 td, 20 int, & 28 rushes for 42 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| HB | Larry Garron | 29 | 6 | 0 | 101 rushes for 319 yards, 4 td, & 30 catches for 416 yards and 5 td | |
| FB | Jim Nance*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 299 rushes for 1,458 yards, 11 td, & 8 catches for 103 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Gino Cappelletti* | 32 | 6 | 0 | 43 catches for 676 yards, 6 td | |
| SE | Art Graham | 25 | 3 | 0 | 51 catches for 673 yards, 4 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Jim Whalen | 23 | 1 | 0 | 29 catches for 502 yards, 4 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| LT | Don Oakes | 28 | 5 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Charley Long | 28 | 5 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Jon Morris*+ | 24 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Len St. Jean* | 25 | 2 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Tom Neville* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee | 33 | 9 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt* | 28 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
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| RDT | Houston Antwine* | 27 | 5 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer* | 26 | 5 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LLB | Tom Addison | 30 | 6 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
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| MLB | Nick Buoniconti*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Lonnie Farmer | 26 | 2 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 20th / 156th pick / 1964 |
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| LCB | Don Webb | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Tom Hennessey | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Chuck Shonta* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Ron Hall | 29 | 7 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti* | 32 | 6 | 0 | 16 of 32 field goals & 35 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Jim Fraser | 30 | 4 | 0 | 55 punts for a 37.2 average, 2 blocked | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| PR | Tom Hennessey | 24 | 1 | 0 | 7 punt returns for a 5.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Joe Bellino | 28 | 1 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 22.8 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 19th / 146th pick / 1961 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Addison | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Houston Antwine* | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Joe Avezzano | 23 | C | 3 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Florida State | 11/17/1943 | Rook | |
| Joe Bellino | 28 | HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Navy | 3/13/1938 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 19th / 146th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 22 | T-DE | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 10/11/1944 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1966 |
| Nick Buoniconti*+ | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Justin Canale | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 4/11/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| Bob Cappadona | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Northeastern,Notre Dame | 12/13/1942 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 128th pick / 1965 |
| Gino Cappelletti* | 32 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 6 | |
| Jim Colclough | 30 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jay Cunningham | 23 | DB | 14 | 1 | 185 | 5-10 | Bowling Green | 10/9/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 14th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Bob Dee | 33 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Larry Eisenhauer* | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Lonnie Farmer | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Northwestern,Tennessee-Chattanooga | 3/28/1940 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 20th / 156th pick / 1964 |
| Dick Felt | 33 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/4/1933 | 6 | |
| Jim Fraser | 30 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 5/29/1936 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| J.D. Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 11/28/1941 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 60th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Garron | 29 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 6 | |
| Art Graham | 25 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 7/31/1941 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| White Graves | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | LSU | 3/20/1942 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 17th / 135th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Hall | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| Tom Hennessey | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Holy Cross | 2/15/1942 | 1 | |
| John Huarte | 22 | QB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 4/6/1944 | Rook | New York Jets / 2nd / 12th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Hunt* | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Billy Johnson | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 2/19/1943 | Rook | |
| Ellis Johnson | 23 | HB-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7/9/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 4th / 31st pick / 1965 |
| Ed Khayat | 31 | DT-DE-T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Millsaps,Tulane | 9/14/1935 | 9 | |
| Charley Long | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| John Mangum | 24 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-1 | Mississippi,Southern Miss | 9/30/1942 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 5th / 35th pick / 1966 |
| Jon Morris*+ | 24 | C | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Nance*+ | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/30/1942 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Neville* | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 8/12/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Don Oakes | 28 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Babe Parilli* | 36 | QB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Vic Purvis | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 11/17/1943 | Rook | |
| Tony Romeo | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/7/1938 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| Doug Satcher | 21 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 5/28/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 9th / 75th pick / 1966 |
| Chuck Shonta* | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 6 | |
| Karl Singer | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/12/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 3rd pick / 1966 |
| Len St. Jean* | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan | 10/27/1941 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| Don Webb | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Whalen | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/20/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Tom Yewcic | 34 | QB-P-HB | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 5/9/1932 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 27th / 319th pick / 1954 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 219.2 | 6-0.9 | 3.3 |