| Off the successful finsh in 1961, the Patriots had high expectations. Unfortunately, the road to the AFL East title went through Houston. A defense that performed greater then then the sum of its parts teamed with the offense to lead by Babe Parilli and guided the Patriots to 1st place. A late season trip to 2nd place Houston saw the Patriots come up short by losing the game 21-17, losing first place and losing QB Babe Parilli for the season. QB Tom Yewcic guided the Patriots to three straight victories, but all was for nothing as the Oilers continued to win. The Patriots capped the successful but agonizingly disappointing season with an emabrassing 20-0 loss to winless Oakland Raiders. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 140 253 55.3 1988 18 8 80.5 Tom Yewcic 54 126 42.9 903 7 5 59.4 Larry Garron 1 3 33.3 39 0 0 47.9 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Ron Burton 134 548 4.1 2 Jim Crawford 139 459 3.3 2 Larry Garron 67 392 5.9 2 Tom Yewcic 33 215 6.5 2 Babe Parilli 28 169 6.0 2 Claude King 21 144 6.9 1 Billy Lott 8 34 4.3 0 Jim Colclough 1 14 14.0 0 Gino Capelletti 1 -5 -5.0 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Jim Colclough 40 868 21.7 10 Ron Burton 40 461 11.5 4 Tony Romeo 34 608 17.9 1 Gino Capelletti 34 479 14.1 5 Jim Crawford 22 224 10.2 2 Larry Garron 18 236 13.1 3 Claude King 5 42 8.4 0 Don Webb 1 11 11.0 0 Billy Lott 1 1 1.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 48 50 31 33 141 |
| Interceptions: Ross O'Hanley 5; Dick Felt 5; Tom Addison 5; Ron Hall 3; Fred Bruney 3; Chuck Shonta 2; Nick Buoniconti 2 |
| AFL East W L T Pct PF PA Oilers 11 3 0 .786 387 270 Patriots 9 4 1 .678 346 295 Bills 7 6 1 .536 309 272 Titans 5 9 0 .357 278 423 AFL West W L T Pct PF PA Texans 11 3 0 .786 389 233 Broncos 7 7 0 .500 353 334 Chargers 4 10 0 .286 314 392 Raiders 1 13 0 .071 213 370 AFL Championship Dallas 20 Houston 17 (2 OTs) |
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| @Dallas 28-42 0-1 Houston 34-21 1-1 Denver 41-16 2-1 @New York 3-1 Dallas 7-27 3-2 San Diego 24-20 4-2 Oakland 26-16 5-2 @Buffalo 28-28 5-2-1 @Denver 33-29 6-2-1 @Hosuton 17-21 6-3-1 Buffalo 21-10 7-3-1 New York 24-17 8-3-1 @San Diego 20-14 9-3-1 @Oakland 0-20 9-4-1 |
| Roster QB - Don Allard QB - Babe Parilli QB - Tom Yewcic RB - Ron Burton RB - Jim Crawford RB - Claude King FB - Larry Garron FB - Billy Lott WR - Gino Cappellettii WR - Jim Colclough WR - Tony Romeo WR - Tom Stephens T - Milt Graham T - Dick Klein T - Charley Long G - Charlie Leo G - Billy Neighbors G - Tony Sardisco C - Walt Cuzdik C - Bob Yates DE - Bob Dee DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Jim Hunt DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jess Richardson LB - Tom Addison LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Harry Jacobs LB - Rommie Loudd LB - Jack Rudolph DB - Fred Bruney Db - Dick Felt DB - Ron Hall DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Don Webb Military Service WR - Oscar Lofton T - George McGee |
| Offense Ranking Points: 346 (4 of 8) Run: 432-1970 (3 of 8) Pass: 2930 (4 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 295 (4 of 8) Run: 393-1426 (2 of 8) Pass: 3435 (8 of 8) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Tom Addison DB - Fred Bruney WR - Jim Colclough DL - Larry Eisenhauer DB - Dick Felt T - Dick Klein T - Charlie Long |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak |