| After two heartbreaking second place finishes, the 1962 Patriots were shapping up to be a solid defensive team that is complimented by a scrappy offense. With the Houston Oilers struggling, the Patriots seemed poised to assume first place, but offensive struggles saw their record dip to 5-5 after 10 weeks and again found them in second place in the East. The Patriots would seize the lead in the division with a 17-7 victory over the bIlls and were poised to win their first division title before a 35-3 loss to Kansas City set-up a playoff game with Buffalo. The Patriots would defeat the Bills 26-8 and claim their first division title and trip to the Championship game. The joy of Bills game was short lived as the San Diego Chargers throttled the Patriots 51-10 for the AFL Championship. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 153 337 45.4 2345 13 24 43.2 Tom Yewcic 29 70 41.4 444 4 5 45.3 Jim Crawford 2 2 100 27 0 0 95.8 Larry Garron 0 1 0 0 0 0 39.6 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Larry Garron 179 750 4.2 2 Jim Crawford 71 233 3.3 1 Tom Yewcic 22 161 7.3 1 Tom Neumann 44 148 3.4 0 Babe Parilli 36 126 3.5 5 Harry Crump 49 120 2.4 5 Billy Lott 35 78 2.2 3 Gino Cappelletti 1 2 2.0 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Jim Colclough 42 693 16.5 3 Gino Cappelletti 34 493 14.5 2 Tony Romeo 31 438 14.1 3 Larry Garron 26 418 16.1 2 Art Graham 21 550 26.2 5 Jim Crawford 10 84 8.4 0 Tom Neumann 10 48 4.8 1 Billy Lott 3 61 20.3 1 Harry Crump 3 19 6.3 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 35 36 22 38 101 |
| Interceptions
Bob Suci 8; Tom Addison 4; Chuck Shonta 3; Ross O'Hanley 3; Ron Hall 3; Dick Felt 3; Nick Buoniconti 3; Thomas Stephens 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Patriots 7 6 1 .536 317 257 Bills 7 6 1 .536 304 291 Oilers 6 8 0 .428 302 372 Jets 5 8 1 .392 249 399 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Chargers 11 3 0 .785 399 255 Raiders 10 4 0 .714 363 282 Chiefs 5 7 2 .428 347 263 Broncos 2 11 1 .179 301 473 Playoff: Boston 26 Buffalo 8 AFL Championship San Diego 51 Boston 10 |
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| New York 38-14 1-0 @San Diego 13-17 1-1 @Oakland 20-14 2-1 @Denver 10-14 2-2 @New York 24-31 2-3 Oakland 20-14 3-3 Denver 40-21 4-3 @Buffalo 21-28 4-4 Houston 45-3 5-4 San Diego 6-7 5-5 Kansas City 24-24 5-5-1 Buffalo 17-7 6-5-1 @Houston 46-28 7-5-1 @Kansas City 3-35 7-6-1 |
| Roster QB - Babe Parilli QB - Tom Yewcic RB - Ron Burton RB - Jim Crawford RB - Tom Neumann FB - Harry Crump FB - Larry Garron FB - Billy Lott WR - Gino Cappellettii WR - Jim Colclough WR - Tony Romeo WR - Art Graham T - Don Oakes T - Bob Yates G - Charley Long G - Billy Neighbors G - Dave Watson C - Walt Cuzdik DE - Bob Dee DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Jim Hunt DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jerry DeLucca DT - Milt Graham DT - Bill Hudson DT - Jess Richardson LB - Tom Addison LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Don McKinnon LB - Jack Rudolph DB - Dick Felt DB - Ron Hall DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Bon Suci DB/WR - Tom Stephens Injury DB - Don Webb |
| Offense Ranking Points: 327 (4 of 8) Run: 437-1618 (4 of 8) Pass: 2547 (6 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 257 (2 of 8) Run: Pass: |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Tom Addison LB - Houston Antwine LB - Nick Buoniconti WR - Gino Cappellettii DL - Bob Dee DL - Larry Eisenhauer RB - Larry Garron DB - Ron Hall T - Charlie Long G - Bill Neighbors QB - Babe Parilli |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak |
| East Division Playoff
Boston 10 6 0 10 - 26 Scoring Summary Buffalo 0 0 8 0 - 8 AFL Championship Game San Diego 21 10 7 13 - 51 Recap/Boxscore Boston 7 3 0 0 - 10 |