1968 Boston Patriots

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 229 points (16.4/g), 8th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 406 points (29.0/g), 10th.
Differential of -177 points (-12.6/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 2.9-11.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 10th.

Coached by Mike Holovak (4-10-0)

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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 8	box	W	1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	16	7	9	195	45	150	3	11	191	115	76	4
2	Sun	September 22	box	L	1-1		New York Jets	31	47	15	359	304	55	6	14	268	189	79	3
3	Sun	September 29	box	W	2-1	@	Denver Broncos	20	17	14	212	143	69	1	15	234	85	149	3
4	Sun	October 6	box	L	2-2	@	Oakland Raiders	10	41	13	146	98	48	2	28	451	254	197	2
5	Sun	October 13	box	L	2-3		Houston Oilers	0	16	12	114	54	60	5	15	280	119	161	1
6	Sun	October 20	box	W	3-3		Buffalo Bills	23	6	11	299	96	203	2	9	203	154	49	5
7	Sun	October 27	box	L	3-4	@	New York Jets	14	48	8	226	182	44	8	24	356	182	174	3
8	Sun	November 3	box	L	3-5		Denver Broncos	14	35	15	175	98	77	4	18	470	232	238	4
9	Sun	November 10	box	L	3-6		San Diego Chargers	17	27	11	228	107	121	4	11	319	175	144	4
10	Sun	November 17	box	L	3-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	31	15	262	184	78	4	12	339	312	27	6
11	Sun	November 24	box	L	3-8		Miami Dolphins	10	34	18	337	225	112	3	22	391	263	128
12	Sun	December 1	box	W	4-8		Cincinnati Bengals	33	14	20	271	142	129	2	14	212	106	106	1
13	Sun	December 8	box	L	4-9	@	Miami Dolphins	7	38	11	177	16	161	4	19	312	150	162
14	Sun	December 15	box	L	4-10	@	Houston Oilers	17	45	9	126	71	55	5	25	390	255	135	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	229	3127	868	3.6	181	160	409	1765	16	33	3.9	94	421	1362	8	3.2	69	53	20	18
Team Defense	406	4415	922	4.8	388	200	416	2590	20	23	5.8	123	479	1825	22	3.8	237	40	17	28
Lg Rank Offense	8	9			8		7	8	8	9	9		6	10	10	10		10	9
Lg Rank Defense	10	7			8		6	5	6	4	7		9	6	10	5		3	2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Tom Sherman	23	qb	14	7	90	226	39.8	1199	12	5.3	16	7.1	87	5.3	2.7	13.3	85.6	45.6
Mike Taliaferro	27	QB	7	7	67	176	38.1	889	4	2.3	15	8.5	70	5.1	1.4	13.3	127.0	26.9
King Corcoran	25		2	0	3	7	42.9	33	0	0.0	2	28.6	14	4.7	-8.1	11.0	16.5	17.9
Team Total	25.4		14		160	409	39.1	2121	16	3.9	33	8.1	87	5.2	1.9	13.3	151.5	35.7
Opp Total			14		200	416	48.1	2590	20	4.8	23	5.5		6.2	4.2	13.0	185.0	61.1	27	236	5.8	3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
Jim Nance	26	FB/hb	12	12	177	593	4	30	3.4	49.4	14.8	14	51	3.6	0	13	1.2	4.3	644	4	2
Gene Thomas	26		9	3	88	215	2	25	2.4	23.9	9.8	10	85	8.5	0	32	1.1	9.4	300	2	2
R.C. Gamble	22	HB	14	8	78	311	1	45	4.0	22.2	5.6	11	55	5.0	1	16	0.8	3.9	366	2	3
Larry Garron	31		4	2	36	97	1	18	2.7	24.3	9.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.3	1.0	101	1	2
Tom Sherman	23	qb	14	7	25	80	0	17	3.2	5.7	1.8								80	0	8
Mike Taliaferro	27	QB	7	7	8	51	0	21	6.4	7.3	1.1								51	0	4
Aaron Marsh	23	WR	14	12	4	8	0	11	2.0	0.6	0.3	19	331	17.4	4	70	1.4	23.6	339	4	0
Preston Johnson	23		3	0	2	6	0	6	3.0	2.0	0.7								6	0	0
Jim Whalen+	25	TE	14	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	47	718	15.3	7	87	3.4	51.3	718	7	0
Gino Cappelletti	34	K	14	2	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	13	182	14.0	2	30	0.9	13.0	184	2	0
King Corcoran	25		2	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5								-1	0	0
Bill Murphy	22	wr	6	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	268	14.9	0	26	3.0	44.7	268	0	0
Art Graham	27	WR	11	6	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	242	15.1	1	34	1.5	22.0	242	1	0
Jim Colclough	32		14	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	136	17.0	0	44	0.6	9.7	136	0	0
Bob Scarpitto	29		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	49	24.5	1	33	0.1	3.5	49	1	0
Justin Canale	25	LG	14	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	0.0	0	0	0
Team Total	25.4		14		421	1362	8	45	3.2	97.3	30.1	160	2121	13.3	16	87	11.4	151.5	3483	24	28
Opp Total			14		479	1825	22		3.8	130.4	34.2	200	2590	13.0	20		14.3	185.0	4415	42	37

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Willie Porter	22	RET	13	0	22	135	0	24	6.1	36	812	0	61	22.6	947
Billy Johnson	25	ls	14	5	10	34	0	9	3.4	22	442	0	36	20.1	476
Daryl Johnson	22	RCB	14	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	3	63	0	26	21.0	68
Aaron Marsh	23	WR	14	12						4	74	0	27	18.5	413
Art Graham	27	WR	11	6	2	11	0	6	5.5	1	9	0	9	9.0	262
Bobby Leo	23		1	0	2	12	0	8	6.0						12
Charley Long	30		13	0						2	20	0	11	10.0	20
Jim Cheyunski	23		13	4						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
R.C. Gamble	22	HB	14	8						1	0	0	0	0.0	366
Gene Thomas	26		9	3						1	22	0	22	22.0	322
Team Total	25.4		14		37	197	0	24	5.3	71	1442	0	61	20.3	5122
Opp Total			14		59		1			40	901	0		22.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Terry Swanson	24	P	10	0																	62	2449	57	2	39.5
Gino Cappelletti	34	K	14	2	4	4	7	6	6	4	8	1	2		27	15	55.6%	26	26	100.0%
Bob Scarpitto	29		14	0																	34	1382	87	2	40.6
Team Total	25.4		14		4	4	7	6	6	4	8	1	2		27	15	55.6%	26	26	100.0%	96	3831	87	4	39.9
Opp Total			14												31	21	67.7%	49	49	100.0%	81	3280			40.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Nick Buoniconti	28	MLB	8	8		3	22	0	14
Justin Canale	25	LG	14	13								0	1	0	0
John Charles	24	LS	12	11		1	29	0	29
Jim Cheyunski	23		13	4		1	21	0	21
R.C. Gamble	22	HB	14	8								3	1	0	0
Larry Garron	31		4	2								2	0	0	0
Jim Hunt	30	LDT	14	14								0	4	51	0
Billy Johnson	25	ls	14	5		2	33	0	19			3	2	2	0
Daryl Johnson	22	RCB	14	14		1	11	0	11			0	1	9	0
Aaron Marsh	23	WR	14	12								0	1	0	0
Art McMahon	22	rs	12	5		2	27	0	27
Leroy Mitchell*	24	LCB	14	14		7	41	0	20
Jon Morris*	26	C	14	14								0	1	0	0
Jim Nance	26	FB/hb	12	12								2	0	0	0
Ed Philpott	23	LLB	14	14		4	31	0	17			1	3	14	1
Willie Porter	22	RET	13	0								3	4	2	0
Doug Satcher	23	RLB	14	13		1	1	0	1			0	3	0	0			1
Tom Sherman	23	qb	14	7								8	3	0	0
Mike Taliaferro	27	QB	7	7								4	0	0	0
Gene Thomas	26		9	3								2	0	0	0
J.R. Williamson	27		14	0								0	1	0	0
Mel Witt	23	rde	14	6		1	4	1	4
Team Total	25.4		14			23	220	1	29			28	25	78	1			1
Opp Total			14		38							37	20

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Gino Cappelletti	34	K	14	2		2				26	15		83
Jim Whalen+	25	TE	14	13		7							42
Aaron Marsh	23	WR	14	12		4							24
Jim Nance	26	FB/hb	12	12	4								24
R.C. Gamble	22	HB	14	8	1	1							12
Gene Thomas	26		9	3	2								12
Larry Garron	31		4	2	1								6
Art Graham	27	WR	11	6		1							6
Ed Philpott	23	LLB	14	14				1					6
Bob Scarpitto	29		14	0		1							6
Mel Witt	23	rde	14	6					1				6
Doug Satcher	23	RLB	14	13								1	2
Team Total	25.4		14		8	16		1	1	26	15	1	229
Opp Total			14		22	20	1			49	21		406

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