| The Patriots alternated brilliant victories 45-17 over Denver
and 52-21 over Buffalo with heartbreaking losses 21-20 and 37-30 to a 7-7 New York squad. The up and down play resulted in Lou Saban being fired and replaced by Mike Holovak. The Patriots' offensive attack spearheaded by Gino Cappelletti's receiving and kicking would spark a 7-1-1 finish. Unfortunately the only blemishes on the Patriots record were to the first place Houston Oilers. Cappelletti was the AFL's leading scorer. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 104 198 52.5 1314 13 9 70.1 Butch Songin 98 212 46.2 1429 14 9 65.1 Tom Yewcic 3 8 37.5 25 1 2 52.1 G. Cappelletti 1 1 100 27 1 0 135.4 Ron Burton 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0.0 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Billy Lott 100 461 4.6 5 Larry Garron 69 389 5.6 2 Ron Burton 82 260 3.2 2 Babe Parilli 38 183 4.8 5 Jim Crawford 41 148 3.6 0 Tom Yewcic 11 51 4.6 1 Butch Songin 8 39 4.9 0 Jim Colclough 3 37 12.3 0 G. Schwedes 10 14 1.4 0 C. Washington 1 3 3.0 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Gino Cappelletti 45 768 17.1 8 Jim Colclough 42 757 18.0 9 Billy Lott 32 333 10.4 6 Larry Garron 24 341 14.2 3 Thomas Stephens 19 186 9.8 2 Ron Burton 13 115 8.8 0 Jim Crawford 9 85 9.4 0 Joe Johnson 9 82 9.1 1 Tom Yewcic 6 56 9.3 0 Gerhard Schwedes 1 21 21.0 0 Chuck Shonta 1 9 9.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 48 50 17 32 99 |
| Interceptions: Don Webb 5; Clyde Washington 4; Tom Addison 4; Frank Robotti 2; Ron Hall 2; Fred Bruney 2; Chuck Shonta 1; Rommie Loudd 1; Walter Beach 1 |
| AFL East W L T Pct PF PA Oilers 10 3 1 .750 513 242 Patriots 9 4 1 .678 413 313 Titans 7 7 0 .500 301 390 Bills 6 8 0 .429 294 342 AFL West W L T Pct PF PA Chargers 12 2 0 .857 396 219 Texans 6 8 0 .429 334 343 Broncos 3 11 0 .214 251 432 Raiders 2 12 0 .143 237 458 AFL Championship Houston 10 San Diego 3 |
| 1961 |
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| Coach: Lou Saban 1961: 2-3 Career 7-12 |
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| New York 20-21 0-1 Denver 45-17 1-1 @Buffalo 23-21 2-1 @New York 30-37 2-2 San Diego 27-38 2-3 Houston 31-31 2-3-1 Buffalo 52-21 3-3-1 @Dallas 18-17 4-3-1 Dallas 28-21 5-3-1 @Houston 15-27 5-4-1 Oakland 20-17 6-4-1 @Denver 28-24 7-4-1 @Oakland 35-21 8-4-1 @San Diego 41-0 9-4-1 |
| Roster QB - Babe Parilli QB - Butch Songin RB/QB - Tom Yewcic RB - Ron Burton RB - Larry Garron RB - Ray Ratkowski RB - Ger Schwedes FB - Jim Crawford FB - Billy Lott WR - Gino Cappellettii WR - Jim Colclough WR - Joe Johnson WR - Bill Kimber WR - Tom Stephens T - Jerry De Lucca T - Milt Graham T - Dick Klein T - Charley Long T - John Simerson G - Charlie Leo G - Willis Perkins G - Tony Sardisco C - Walt Cuzdik C - Bob Yates DE - Bob Dee DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Leroy Moore DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jim Hunt DT - Paul Lindquist LB - Tom Addison LB - Harry Jacobs LB - Rommie Loudd LB - Frank Robotti DB - Walter Beach DB - Fred Bruney DB - Ron Hall DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Bob Soltis DB - Bobby Towns DB - Don Webb DB - Clyde Washinigton Military Service WR - Oscar Lofton T - George McGee |
| Offense Ranking Points: 413 (2 of 8) Run: 389-1675 (4 of 8) Pass: 2795 (5 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 313 (3 of 8) Run: 350-1041 (1 of 8) Pass: 3490 (8 of 8) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Tom Addison DB - Fred Bruney WR - Gino Cappelletti DL - Bob Dee RB - Larrry Garron DL Jim Hunt G - Charlie Leo |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak 1961: 7-1-1 |