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1967 Boston Patriots
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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 5th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 280 points (20.0/g), 5th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 389 points (27.8/g), 7th.
Differential of -109 points (-7.8/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 4.4-9.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.4/g), 9th.
Coached by Mike Holovak (3-10-1)
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1967 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 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 161 for 344, 2,317 yards, 19 td, 24 int, & 14 rushes for 61 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| HB | Larry Garron* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 46 rushes for 163 yards, 0 td, & 30 catches for 507 yards and 5 td | |
| FB | Jim Nance*+ | 25 | 2 | 14 | 269 rushes for 1,216 yards, 7 td, & 22 catches for 196 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Gino Cappelletti | 33 | 7 | 0 | 35 catches for 397 yards, 3 td | |
| SE | Art Graham | 26 | 4 | 0 | 41 catches for 606 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Jim Whalen | 24 | 2 | 0 | 39 catches for 651 yards, 5 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| LT | Don Oakes* | 29 | 6 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Charley Long | 29 | 6 | 0 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Jon Morris* | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
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| RG | Len St. Jean | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| RT | Tom Neville | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Dee | 34 | 10 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| LDT | John Mangum | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 5th / 35th pick / 1966 |
| RDT | Houston Antwine* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| LLB | Ed Philpott | 22 | Rook | 13 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Doug Satcher | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 9th / 75th pick / 1966 |
| LCB | Leroy Mitchell | 23 | Rook | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| RCB | John Charles | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 |
| LS | Don Webb | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| RS | Chuck Shonta | 30 | 7 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti | 33 | 7 | 0 | 16 of 31 field goals & 29 of 30 extra points | |
| P | Terry Swanson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 65 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Jay Cunningham | 24 | 2 | 1 | 17 punt returns for a 6.2 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 14th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| KR | Jay Cunningham | 24 | 2 | 1 | 30 kick returns for a 20.9 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 | 31 | LB | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 4/12/1936 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 141st pick / 1958 |
| Houston Antwine* | 28 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Joe Bellino | 29 | HB | 14 | 1 | 185 | 5-9 | Navy | 3/13/1938 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 19th / 146th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 23 | T-DE | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 10/11/1944 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1966 |
| Nick Buoniconti*+ | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Justin Canale | 24 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 4/11/1943 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| Bob Cappadona | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Northeastern,Notre Dame | 12/13/1942 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 128th pick / 1965 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 33 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 7 | |
| John Charles | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Purdue | 5/9/1944 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 |
| Jim Colclough | 31 | E | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| Jay Cunningham | 24 | DB | 12 | 1 | 185 | 5-10 | Bowling Green | 10/9/1943 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 14th / 111th pick / 1965 |
| Bob Dee | 34 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-3 | Holy Cross | 5/18/1933 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 220th pick / 1955 |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 27 | DE | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Thomas Fussell | 22 | DE | 12 | 2 | 250 | 6-3 | LSU | 5/25/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 8th / 206th pick / 1967 |
| J.D. Garrett | 26 | HB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 11/28/1941 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 60th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Garron* | 30 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 7 | |
| Art Graham | 26 | SE-WR | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 7/31/1941 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| White Graves | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | LSU | 3/20/1942 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 17th / 135th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Hall | 30 | DB | 9 | 3 | 190 | 6-0 | Missouri Valley | 4/30/1937 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 28th / 331st pick / 1959 |
| John Huarte | 23 | QB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 4/6/1944 | 1 | New York Jets / 2nd / 12th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Hunt* | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Ray Ilg | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Colgate | 11/25/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 13th / 336th pick / 1967 |
| Billy Johnson | 24 | DB | 6 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 2/19/1943 | 1 | |
| Bobby Leo | 22 | RB-WR | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Harvard | 1/19/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 7th / 180th pick / 1967 |
| Charley Long | 29 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| John Mangum | 25 | DT | 14 | 5 | 270 | 6-1 | Mississippi,Southern Miss | 9/30/1942 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 5th / 35th pick / 1966 |
| Leroy Mitchell | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 9/22/1944 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| Jon Morris* | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Nance*+ | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/30/1942 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Neville | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 8/12/1943 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Nichols | 24 | TE | 9 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Boston University | 1/30/1943 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 17th / 440th pick / 1967 |
| Don Oakes* | 29 | T-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Babe Parilli | 37 | QB | 14 | 11 | 196 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 5/7/1930 | 15 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1952 |
| Ed Philpott | 22 | LB | 13 | 13 | 240 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 9/14/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1967 |
| Vic Purvis | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Southern Miss | 11/17/1943 | 1 | |
| Tony Romeo | 29 | TE | 5 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Florida State | 3/7/1938 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 19th / 255th pick / 1961 |
| Doug Satcher | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 5/28/1945 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 75th pick / 1966 |
| Chuck Shonta | 30 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-0 | Eastern Michigan | 8/29/1937 | 7 | |
| Karl Singer | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/12/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 3rd pick / 1966 |
| Len St. Jean | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan | 10/27/1941 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| Terry Swanson | 23 | P | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Massachusetts | 1/8/1944 | Rook | |
| Ed Toner | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Massachusetts | 9/11/1944 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 275th pick / 1966 |
| Don Trull | 26 | QB | 7 | 3 | 195 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/20/1941 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 111th pick / 1963 |
| Don Webb | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Whalen | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/20/1943 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Mel Witt | 22 | DE-DT | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas-Arlington | 11/23/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 5th / 128th pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.0 | 3.3 |