| Fresh off their AFL Championship game appearance, expectations were high in Boston. The Patriots charged out to a fast 4-0 start, but were out done by Buffalo's 9-0 start. With their record at 6-2-1, they traveled to Buffalo for a pivotal division match-up. Like the previous December, the Patriots left Buffalo with a victory, this time 36-28. The Patriots would run their winning streak to 5 games and set up winner takes all divisional battle with the Bills in Boston. The Bills would prevail this time by taking a 24-14 victory in Boston. Leaving the Patriots in 2nd place for the 3rd time in 5 years. The Patriots had league leading performances, Gino Cappelletti led the AFL with an AFL record 155 points and Babe Parilli's pasing yardage and touchdown passes paced the league. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 228 473 48.2 3465 31 27 60.8 Larry Garron 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 Tom Yewcic 1 1 100 2 0 0 95.8 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Larry Garron 183 585 3.2 2 Ron Burton 102 340 3.3 3 J.D. Garrett 56 259 4.6 2 Babe Parilli 34 168 4.9 2 Gino Cappelletti 1 7 7.0 0 Tom Yewcic 5 2 0.4 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Gino Cappelletti 49 865 17.7 7 Art Graham 45 720 16.0 6 Jim Colclough 32 657 20.5 5 Tony Romeo 26 445 17.1 4 Larry Garron 40 350 8.8 7 Ron Burton 27 306 11.3 2 J.D. Garrett 8 101 12.6 0 Al Snyder 1 12 12.0 0 Jim Crawford 1 11 11.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 36 36 25 39 111 |
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Ron Hall 11; Don Webb 6; Nick Buoniconti 5; Ross O'Hanley 3; Dick Felt 2; Tom Addison 2; Chuck Shonta 1; Mike Dukes 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Bills 12 2 0 .857 400 242 Patriots 10 3 1 .750 365 297 Jets 5 8 1 .393 278 315 Oilers 4 10 0 .286 310 355 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Chargers 8 5 1 .607 341 300 Chiefs 7 7 0 .500 366 306 Raiders 5 7 2 .428 303 350 Broncos 2 11 1 .179 240 438 AFL Championship Buffalo 20 San Diego 7 |
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| @Oakland 17-14 1-0 @San Diego 33-28 2-0 New York 26-10 3-0 @Denver 39-10 4-0 San Diego 17-26 4-1 Oakland 43-43 4-1-1 Kansas City 24-7 5-1-1 @New York 14-35 5-2-1 Houston 25-24 6-2-1 @Buffalo 36-28 7-2-1 Denver 12-7 8-2-1 @Houston 34-17 9-2-1 @Kansas City 31-24 10-2-1 Buffalo 14-24 10-3-1 |
| Roster 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 - Don Oakes T - Bob Schmidt T - Bob Yates G - Charley Long G - Billy Neighbors G - Dave Watson C - Jon Morris DE - Bob Dee DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Jim Hunt DE - Len St. Jean DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jerry DeLucca DT - Jess Richardson LB - Tom Addison LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Mike Dukes LB - Lonnie Farmer LB/C - Don McKinnon LB - Jack Rudolph DB - Dave Cloutier DB - Dick Felt DB - Ron Hall DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB/WR - Tom Stephens DB - Don Webb |
| Offense Ranking Points: 365 (3 of 8) Run: 381-1361 (6 of 8) Pass: 3467 (3 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 297 (2 of 8) Run: 356-1143 (2 of 8) Pass: 3645 (8 of 8) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Tom Addison LB - Houston Antwine LB - Nick Buoniconti WR - Gino Cappellettii DL - Bob Dee DL - Larry Eisenhauer RB - Larry Garron C - Jon Morris QB - Babe Parilli |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak |