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1961 Boston Patriots Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-4-1, 2nd in AFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Lou Saban (2-3-0) and Mike Holovak (7-1-1)

Points For: 413 (29.5/g) 2nd of 8

Points Against: 313 (22.4/g) 3rd of 8

Expected W-L: 9.2-4.8

SRS: 6.25 (3rd of 8), SOS: -0.89

Other Notable Asst.: Joe Collier (Assistant Coach), Red Miller (Assistant Coach) and Jerry Smith (Defensive Line/Linebackers)

Stadium: Nickerson Field

Founder/Principal Owner: Billy Sullivan

Head Coach/General Manager: Mike Holovak

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	413	4214	842	5.0	30	9	238	206	420	2539	29	21	5.6	120	389	1675	14	4.3	93	64	659	25
Opp. Stats	313	4123	873	4.7	42	20	243	241	479	3082	27	22	5.9	151	350	1041	9	3.0	72	67	661	20
Lg Rank Offense	2	4			1	1	5		7	5	2	1	4		6	4	6	2
Lg Rank Defense	3	3			6	2	7		6	8	6	8	5		2	1	2	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 9		boxscore	L		0-1		New York Titans	20	21	14	217	86	131	2	15	276	183	93	3
2	Sat	September 16		boxscore	W		1-1		Denver Broncos	45	17	19	392	346	46	1	10	270	201	69	4
3	Sat	September 23		boxscore	W		2-1	@	Buffalo Bills	23	21	15	329	163	166	2	14	175	112	63	2
4	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		2-2	@	New York Titans	30	37	11	239	159	80	2	26	353	196	157	3
5	Sat	October 7		boxscore	L		2-3		San Diego Chargers	27	38	17	253	148	105	3	19	399	315	84	3
6	Fri	October 13		boxscore	T		2-3-1		Houston Oilers	31	31	20	383	254	129	2	25	540	448	92	2
7	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		3-3-1		Buffalo Bills	52	21	18	437	202	235	2	23	275	224	51	5
8	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		4-3-1	@	Dallas Texans	18	17	17	312	168	144	2	16	236	169	67	1
9	Fri	November 3		boxscore	W		5-3-1		Dallas Texans	28	21	19	229	145	84	2	17	364	300	64	3
10	Sun	November 12		boxscore	L		5-4-1	@	Houston Oilers	15	27	16	252	208	44	3	19	346	177	169	2
11	Fri	November 17		boxscore	W		6-4-1		Oakland Raiders	20	17	14	225	131	94	2	15	203	164	39	2
13	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		7-4-1	@	Denver Broncos	28	24	11	244	173	71	2	19	281	217	64	4
14	Sat	December 9		boxscore	W		8-4-1	@	Oakland Raiders	35	21	29	407	200	207	2	14	213	186	27	2
15	Sun	December 17		boxscore	W		9-4-1	@	San Diego Chargers	41	0	18	295	156	139	3	11	192	190	2	6

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Butch Songin	37	QB	14	5	3-2-1	98	212	46.2	1429	14	6.6	9	4.2	58	6.7	6.2	14.6	102.1	73.0	18	138	7.83	5.61	5.1	2	1
2	Babe Parilli	31	QB	14	9	6-2-0	104	198	52.5	1314	13	6.6	9	4.5	53	6.6	5.9	12.6	93.9	76.5	15	118	7.04	5.62	4.9	2	2
3	Gino Cappelletti	27	LE	14	14		1	1	100.0	27	1	100.0	0	0.0	27	27.0	47.0	27.0	1.9	158.3						0	0	PB
4	Tom Yewcic	29	QB	14	1		3	8	37.5	25	1	12.5	2	25.0	18	3.1	-5.6	8.3	1.8	46.4						0	0
5	Ron Burton	25	HB	14	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	9-4-1	206	420	49.0	2539	29	6.9	21	5.0	58	6.7	5.8	13.6	181.4	72.9	33	256	7.45	5.60	4.80	4	3

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Colclough	25	FL	14	14	3	37	0	16	12.3	2.6	0.2	42	757	18.0	9	58	3.0	54.1	45	17.6	794	9	1
2	Billy Lott	27	FB	14	10	100	461	5	38	4.6	32.9	7.1	32	333	10.4	6	47	2.3	23.8	132	6.0	794	11	3
3	Gino Cappelletti	27	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	768	17.1	8	53	3.2	54.9	45	17.1	768	8	1	PB
4	Larry Garron	24	FB	14	4	69	389	2	85	5.6	27.8	4.9	24	341	14.2	3	51	1.7	24.4	93	7.8	730	5	5	PB
5	Ron Burton	25	HB	14	11	82	260	2	43	3.2	18.6	5.9	13	115	8.8	0	45	0.9	8.2	95	3.9	375	2	3
6	Jim Crawford	26	FB	10	2	41	148	0	34	3.6	14.8	4.1	9	85	9.4	0	25	0.9	8.5	50	4.7	233	0	1
7	Thomas Stephens	26	RE	9	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	186	9.8	2	31	2.1	20.7	19	9.8	186	2	0
8	Babe Parilli	31	QB	14	9	38	183	4	24	4.8	13.1	2.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	38	4.8	183	4	2
9	Mel West	22	HB	4	1	26	90	0	31	3.5	22.5	6.5	5	42	8.4	0	18	1.3	10.5	31	4.3	132	0	1
10	Tom Yewcic	29	QB	14	1	11	51	1	13	4.6	3.6	0.8	6	56	9.3	0	46	0.4	4.0	17	6.3	107	1	0
11	Joe Johnson	32	RE	6	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	82	9.1	1	21	1.5	13.7	9	9.1	82	1	0
12	Butch Songin	37	QB	14	5	8	39	0	11	4.9	2.8	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	4.9	39	0	4
13	Gerhard Schwedes	23	HB	5	0	10	14	0	5	1.4	2.8	2.0	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.2	4.2	11	3.2	35	0	2
14	Chuck Shonta	24	RCB	8	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.1	1	9.0	9	0	0
15	Clyde Washington	23	LCB/RCB	14	13	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	389	1675	14	85	4.3	119.6	27.8	206	2795	13.6	29	58	14.7	199.6	595	7.5	4470	43	24

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Tom Addison	25	LLB	14	14	4	17	0	10	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	PB,AP-1
2	Fred Bruney	30	FS	14	14	2	20	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Gino Cappelletti	27	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Jim Colclough	25	FL	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jim Lee Hunt	23	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	PB
6	Bob Dee	28	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.5	0	PB
7	Clyde Washington	23	LCB/RCB	14	13	4	45	0	33	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Rommie Loudd	28	RLB	13	12	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
9	Ron Burton	25	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Billy Lott	27	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Harry Jacobs	24	MLB	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
12	Dick Klein	27	LDT	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
13	Babe Parilli	31	QB	14	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0
14	Walter Beach	26	RCB/LCB	12	7	1	37	0	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Ron Hall	24	SS	9	7	2	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
16	Frank Robotti	22	MLB	12	7	2	18	0	11	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Don Webb	22	DB	14	7	5	153	2	59	0	0	0	1	0.0	0
18	Butch Songin	37	QB	14	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Larry Garron	24	FB	14	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
20	Jim Crawford	26	FB	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Chuck Shonta	24	RCB	8	1	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Mel West	22	HB	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Ray Ratkowski	22	HB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Gerhard Schwedes	23	HB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	326	2	59	25	5	0	2	21.0	0

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