| The AFL kicked off in Boston in a game between the Boston Patriots and Denver Broncos. The Patriots lost their first game 13-10. A week later they would earn their first victory by defeating the New York Titans 28-24. Their first home victory, a 34-28 win over the Oakland Raiders would spark a three game winning streak that would their record to 5-5. The Patriots would run out of gas and lose the final four games of the season to finish their inaugral season as 5-9 and in last place of the AFL East. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Butch Songin 187 392 47.7 2476 22 15 65.1 Dick Christy 6 11 54.5 94 2 2 69.1 Harvey White 3 7 42.9 44 0 0 57.4 Tom Dimitroff 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 Tom Greene 27 63 42.9 251 1 0 23.1 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Alan Miller 101 416 4.1 1 Dick Christy 78 363 4.7 4 Ron Burton 66 280 4.2 1 Jim Crawford 51 238 4.7 2 Billy Wells 14 59 4.2 0 Larry Garron 8 27 3.4 0 J. Crouthamel 4 16 4.0 0 W. Livingston 10 16 1.6 1 C. Washington 2 10 5.0 0 Harvey White 5 7 1.4 0 Walt Beach 6 -4 -0.7 0 Tom Dimitroff 2 -10 -5.0 0 Tom Greene 16 -27 -1.7 0 Butch Songin 36 -140 -3.9 2 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Jim Colclough 49 666 13.6 9 Alan Miller 29 284 9.8 2 Dick Christy 26 268 10.3 2 Tom Stephens 22 320 14.5 3 Ron Burton 21 196 9.3 0 Oscar Lofton 19 360 18.9 4 Billy Wells 14 206 14.7 1 Joe Johnson 11 186 16.9 3 Jim Crawford 10 92 9.2 0 Walt Beach 9 132 14.7 1 Jerry Green 3 52 17.3 0 Harvey White 2 24 12.0 0 Mike Long 2 10 5.0 0 Gino Cappelletti 1 28 28.0 0 Walt Cudzik 1 11 11.0 0 Larry Garron 1 8 8.0 0 Walt Livingston 1 0 0.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 30 32 8 21 60 Walt Cudzik 0 0 0 1 0 Jim Crawford 0 0 0 1 0 |
| Interceptions: Harry Jacobs 4; Gino Cappelletti 4; Fred Bruney 3; Clyde Washington 3; Ross O'Hanley 3; Jack Rudolph 2; Bob Soltis 2; Chuck Shonta 2; Bob Dee 1; Bill Brown 1 |
| AFL East W L T Pct PF PA Oilers 10 4 0 .714 379 285 Titans 7 7 0 .500 382 399 Bills 5 8 1 .393 296 303 Patriots 5 9 0 .357 286 349 AFL West W L T Pct PF PA Chargers 10 4 0 .714 373 336 Texans 8 6 0 .571 362 253 Raiders 6 8 0 .429 319 388 Broncos 4 9 1 .321 309 393 AFL Championship Houston 24 Los Angles 16 |
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| Coach: Lou Saban |
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| Denver 10-13 0-1 @New York 28-24 1-1 Buffalo 0-13 1-2 @Los Angeles 35-0 2-2 @Oakland 14-27 2-3 @Denver 24-31 2-4 Los Angeles 16-45 2-5 Oakland 34-28 3-5 New York 38-21 4-5 Dallas 42-14 5-5 Houston 10-24 5-6 @Buffalo 14-38 5-7 @Dallas 0-34 5-8 @Houston 21-37 5-9 |
| Roster QB - Tom Dimitroff QB - Tom Greene QB - Butch Songin QB - Harvey White RB - Walter Beach RB - Ron Burton RB - Dick Christy RB - Jack Crouthamel RB - Larry Garron RB - Jerry Green RB - Walt Livingston RB - Ger Schwedes RB - Bill Welles FB - Jim Crawford FB - Bill Larson FB - Alan Miller WR - Joe Bischa WR - Jim Colclough WR - Joe Johnson WR - Oscar Lofton WR - Mike Long WR - Tom Stephens T - Bob Cross T - Jerry De Lucca T - George McGee G - Abe Cohen G - Jack Davis G - Bob Lee G - Charlie Leo C - Walt Cuzdik DE - Bill Dannenhauer DE - Bob Dee DE - Harry Jacobs DE - Don McComb DE - Al Richardson DT - Al Crow DT - Art Hauer DT - Jim Hunt DT - Harry Jagielski DT - Bob Yates LB - Tom Addison LB - Phil Bennett LB - Bill Brown LB - Jack Rudolph LB - Tony Sardisco DB - Fred Bruney DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Bob Soltis DB - Clyde Washinigton DB - Gino Cappelletti |
| Offense Ranking Points: 286 (8 of 8) Run: 401-1218 (6 of 8) Pass: 2865 (6 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 349 (5 of 8) Run: 477-1513 (5 of 8) Pass: 2958 (4 of 8) |
| Pro Bowlers: None |