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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
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 | Mike Taliaferro | 27 | 4 | 7 | 67 for 176, 889 yards, 4 td, 15 int, & 8 rushes for 51 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| QB | Tom Sherman | 23 | Rook | 7 | 90 for 226, 1,199 yards, 12 td, 16 int, & 25 rushes for 80 yards and 0 td | |
| HB | R.C. Gamble | 22 | Rook | 8 | 78 rushes for 311 yards, 1 td, & 11 catches for 55 yards and 1 td | Boston Patriots / 4th / 88th pick / 1968 |
| HB | Jim Nance | 26 | 3 | 12 | 177 rushes for 593 yards, 4 td, & 14 catches for 51 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Jim Nance | 26 | 3 | 12 | 177 rushes for 593 yards, 4 td, & 14 catches for 51 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Art Graham | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 catches for 242 yards, 1 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Aaron Marsh | 23 | Rook | 12 | 19 catches for 331 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 60th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Bill Murphy | 22 | Rook | 5 | 18 catches for 268 yards, 0 td | |
| TE | Jim Whalen+ | 25 | 3 | 13 | 47 catches for 718 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| LT | Tom Funchess | 24 | Rook | 13 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1968 |
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| LG | Justin Canale | 25 | 3 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 6th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| C | Jon Morris* | 26 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| RG | Len St. Jean | 27 | 4 | 13 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Tom Neville | 25 | 3 | 13 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dennis Byrd | 22 | Rook | 14 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1968 |
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| LDT | Jim Hunt | 30 | 8 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| RDT | Houston Antwine* | 29 | 7 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Larry Eisenhauer | 28 | 7 | 8 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
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| RDE | Mel Witt | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 5th / 128th pick / 1967 |
| LLB | Ed Philpott | 23 | 1 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1967 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti | 28 | 6 | 8 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Doug Satcher | 23 | 2 | 13 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 9th / 75th pick / 1966 |
| LCB | Leroy Mitchell* | 24 | 1 | 14 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Daryl Johnson | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 8th / 197th pick / 1968 |
| LS | John Charles | 24 | 1 | 11 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 |
| LS | Billy Johnson | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Don Webb | 29 | 7 | 9 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
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| RS | Art McMahon | 22 | Rook | 5 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 15th / 385th pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gino Cappelletti | 34 | 8 | 2 | 15 of 27 field goals & 26 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Terry Swanson | 24 | 1 | 0 | 62 punts for a 39.5 average, 2 blocked | |
| PR | Willie Porter | 22 | Rook | 0 | 22 punt returns for a 6.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Willie Porter | 22 | Rook | 0 | 36 kick returns for a 22.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Houston Antwine* | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-0 | Southern Illinois | 4/11/1939 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Boudreaux | 24 | T-DE | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Louisiana Tech | 10/11/1944 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1966 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 28 | LB | 8 | 8 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Dennis Byrd | 22 | DE | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-4 | North Carolina State | 8/31/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1968 |
| Justin Canale | 25 | G | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 4/11/1943 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| Whit Canale | 27 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/27/1941 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 17th / 227th pick / 1965 |
| Gino Cappelletti | 34 | FL-SE-DB-WR-K | 14 | 2 | 190 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/26/1934 | 8 | |
| John Charles | 24 | DB | 12 | 11 | 205 | 6-0 | Purdue | 5/9/1944 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 1967 |
| Jim Cheyunski | 23 | LB | 13 | 4 | 225 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/29/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 12th / 305th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Colclough | 32 | E | 14 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Boston College | 3/31/1936 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 30th / 353rd pick / 1959 |
| King Corcoran | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Maryland | 7/6/1943 | Rook | |
| Larry Eisenhauer | 28 | DE | 8 | 8 | 250 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/22/1940 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 6th / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Paul Feldhausen | 22 | T | 2 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | North (WI) | 6/14/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 11th / 278th pick / 1968 |
| Tom Funchess | 24 | T | 14 | 13 | 265 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 9/12/1944 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1968 |
| R.C. Gamble | 22 | RB | 14 | 8 | 220 | 6-3 | South Carolina State | 9/27/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 4th / 88th pick / 1968 |
| Larry Garron | 31 | HB-FB | 4 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | Western Illinois | 5/23/1937 | 8 | |
| Art Graham | 27 | SE-WR | 11 | 6 | 205 | 6-1 | Boston College | 7/31/1941 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Hunt | 30 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 5-11 | Prairie View | 10/5/1938 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 181st pick / 1960 |
| Ray Ilg | 23 | LB | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Colgate | 11/25/1945 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 336th pick / 1967 |
| Billy Johnson | 25 | DB | 14 | 5 | 180 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 2/19/1943 | 2 | |
| Daryl Johnson | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 5-11 | Morgan State | 8/11/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 8th / 197th pick / 1968 |
| Preston Johnson | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 2/18/1945 | Rook | |
| Ed Koontz | 22 | LB | 6 | 1 | 230 | 6-2 | Catawba | 6/11/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 17th / 440th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Leo | 23 | RB-WR | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Harvard | 1/19/1945 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 180th pick / 1967 |
| Charley Long | 30 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 4/6/1938 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 8th / 58th pick / 1961 |
| Aaron Marsh | 23 | WR | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-1 | Eastern Kentucky | 7/27/1945 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 60th pick / 1968 |
| Art McMahon | 22 | DB | 12 | 5 | 190 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 2/24/1946 | Rook | Boston Patriots / 15th / 385th pick / 1968 |
| Leroy Mitchell* | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | Texas Southern | 9/22/1944 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 11th / 283rd pick / 1967 |
| Jon Morris* | 26 | C | 14 | 14 | 254 | 6-4 | Holy Cross | 4/5/1942 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 27th pick / 1964 |
| Bill Murphy | 22 | WR | 6 | 5 | 185 | 6-1 | Cornell | 3/26/1946 | Rook | |
| Jim Nance | 26 | RB | 12 | 12 | 235 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 12/30/1942 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Neville | 25 | T | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-4 | Mississippi State | 8/12/1943 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 7th / 55th pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Nichols | 25 | TE | 6 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | Boston University | 1/30/1943 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 17th / 440th pick / 1967 |
| Don Oakes | 30 | T-DT | 13 | 3 | 255 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 7/22/1938 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1961 |
| Ed Philpott | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 9/14/1945 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 4th / 101st pick / 1967 |
| Willie Porter | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Texas Southern | 3/25/1946 | Rook | |
| Doug Satcher | 23 | LB | 14 | 13 | 220 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 5/28/1945 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 75th pick / 1966 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 29 | FL-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 1/7/1939 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 9th / 71st pick / 1961 |
| Tom Sherman | 23 | QB | 14 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Penn State | 12/5/1945 | Rook | |
| Karl Singer | 25 | T | 11 | 1 | 250 | 6-3 | Purdue | 10/12/1943 | 2 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 3rd pick / 1966 |
| Len St. Jean | 27 | G | 14 | 13 | 250 | 5-11 | Northern Michigan | 10/27/1941 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 68th pick / 1964 |
| Terry Swanson | 24 | P | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Massachusetts | 1/8/1944 | 1 | |
| Mike Taliaferro | 27 | QB | 7 | 7 | 202 | 6-2 | Illinois | 7/26/1941 | 4 | New York Giants / 10th / 138th pick / 1963 |
| Gene Thomas | 26 | RB | 9 | 3 | 210 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 9/1/1942 | 2 | |
| Ed Toner | 24 | DT | 5 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Massachusetts | 9/11/1944 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 275th pick / 1966 |
| Don Webb | 29 | DB | 10 | 9 | 182 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/22/1939 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 24th / 186th pick / 1961 |
| Jim Whalen+ | 25 | TE | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/20/1943 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| J.R. Williamson | 27 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Louisiana Tech | 10/9/1941 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 71st pick / 1964 |
| Mel Witt | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 6 | 250 | 6-3 | Texas-Arlington | 11/23/1945 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 5th / 128th pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 222.2 | 6-1.4 | 2.7 |