| After coming up just short in their quest for a second consecutive AFL East title in 1964, the Patriots tried to squeeze one more season out of an aged defense and the plan backfired. The normally stout run defense began to show some holes and the offense which managed to score enough to keep the Patriots competitive had a terrible year as rookie Jim Nance paced the league's worst rushing attack with 321 yards. A failing defense coupled with an anemic offense, spelled doom for the Patriots and it reflected immediately in their record as only a 13-13 tie with San Diego highlighted an 0-6-1 start. A second half rally pushed the team into 3rd place finish in a weak division, but far behind division champion Buffalo. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 173 426 40.6 2597 18 26 49.9 Eddie Wilson 20 46 43.5 257 1 3 41.6 Tom Yewcic 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Jim Nance 111 321 2.9 5 Larry Garron 74 259 3.5 1 Babe Parilli 50 200 4.0 0 J.D. Garrett 42 147 3.5 1 Ron Burton 45 108 2.4 1 Joe Bellino 24 49 2.0 0 Ellis Johnson 19 29 1.5 0 Eddie Wilson 8 4 0.5 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Jim Colclough 40 677 16.9 3 Gino Cappelletti 37 680 18.4 9 Art Graham 25 316 12.6 0 Jim Whalen 22 381 17.3 0 Larry Garron 15 222 14.8 1 Tony Romeo 15 203 13.5 2 Jim Nance 12 83 6.9 0 Ron Burton 10 127 12.7 2 J.D. Garrett 7 49 7.0 2 Joe Bellino 5 74 14.9 0 Ellis Johnson 4 29 8.1 0 Tom Yewcic 1 13 13.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 27 27 17 27 78 |
| Interceptions
Ron Hall 3; Nick Buoniconti 3; Don Webb 2; Chuck Shonta 2; Tom Hennessey 2, White Graves 2; Jay Cunningham 2; Ross O'Hanley 1; Lonnie Framer 1; Tom Addison 1; Mike Dukes 1; Houston Antwine 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Bills 10 3 1 .750 313 226 Jets 5 8 1 .392 285 303 Patriots 4 8 2 .357 244 302 Oilers 4 10 0 .286 298 429 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Chargers 9 2 3 .750 340 227 Raiders 8 5 1 .608 298 239 Chiefs 7 5 2 .571 322 285 Broncos 4 10 0 .286 303 392 AFL Championship Buffalo 23 San Diego 0 |
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| @Buffalo 7-24 0-1 @Houston 10-31 0-2 Denver 10-27 0-3 @Kansas City 17-27 0-4 Oakland 10-24 0-5 San Diego 13-13 0-5-1 @Oakland 21-30 0-6-1 @San Diego 22-6 1-6-1 Buffalo 7-23 1-7-1 New York 20-30 1-8-1 Kansas City 10-10 1-8-2 @New York 27-23 2-8-2 @Denver 28-20 3-8-2 Houston 42-14 4-8-2 |
| Roster QB - Babe Parilli QB - Eddie Wilson QB - Tom Yewcic RB - Joe Bellino Rb - Ron Burton RB - J.D. Garrett FB - Larry Garron FB - Jim Nance WR - Gino Cappellettii WR - Jim Colclough WR - Ellis Johnson WR - Art Graham WR - Tony Romeo WR - Jim Whalen T - Tom Neville T - Don Oakes T - Bob Schmidt T - Bob Yates G - Justin Canale G - Charley Long G - Billy Neighbors C - Jon Morris DE - Bob Dee DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Jim Hunt DE - Len St. Jean DE/TE - Bill Dawson DT - Houston Antwine DT - George Pyne LB - Tom Addison LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Mike Dukes LB - Lonnie Farmer LB - Ed Meixler LB - Jack Rudolph DB - Jay Cunningham DB - Dick Felt DB - White Graves DB - Ron Hall DB - Tom Hennessey DB - Ross O'Hanley DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Don Webb |
| Offense Ranking Points: 244 (8 of 8) Run: 373-1117 (8 of 8) Pass: 2854 (4 of 8) Defense Ranking Points: 302 (5 of 8) Run: 425-1531 (7 of 8) Pass: 2891 (4 of 8) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Houston Antwine LB - Nick Buoniconti WR - Gino Cappellettii DL - Bob Dee C - Jon Morris |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak |