| After their disappointing season in 1965, the Patriots rallied behind the power of Jim Nance as he paced the offense with an AFL record 1,458 yards. With Nance's rushing being complimented by Babe Parilli's passing, the offense scored enough to push the Patriots into first place after a late season 14-3 victory allowed the Patriots to sweep the season series over the two-time East champion Bills. The Patriots held the lead heading into the last game of the season versus the New York Jets. Despite Babe Parilli's 379 yards passing, the Namath led Jets surprised the Patriots 38-28 and Buffalo won their third consecutive crown after defeating Denver. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Babe Parilli 181 382 47.4 2721 20 20 66.8 John Huarte 5 11 45.5 63 0 1 25.9 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Jim Nance 299 1458 4.9 11 Larry Garron 101 319 3.2 4 Bob Cappadonna 22 88 4.0 1 Babe Parilli 28 42 1.5 1 John Huarte 7 40 5.7 0 J.D. Garrett 13 21 1.6 0 Tom Yewcic 1 -5 -5.0 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Art Graham 51 673 13.2 4 Gino Cappelletti 43 676 15.7 6 Larry Garron 30 416 13.8 5 Jim Whalen 29 502 17.3 4 Jim Colclough 16 284 17.8 0 Jim Nance 8 103 12.9 0 Joe Bellino 6 77 12.9 1 Tony Romeo 2 46 23.0 0 J.D. Garrett 1 7 7.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 35 36 16 32 83 |
| Interceptions
Ron Hall 6; Tom Hennessey 6; Nick Buoniconti 4; Dick Felt 2; Don Webb 1; Chuck Shonta 1; White Graves 1; Jim Fraser 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Bills 9 4 1 .678 358 255 Patriots 8 4 2 .642 315 283 Jets 6 6 2 .500 322 312 Oilers 3 11 0 .214 335 396 Dolphins 3 11 0 .214 213 362 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Chiefs 11 2 1 .821 448 276 Raiders 8 5 1 .608 315 288 Chargers 7 6 1 .536 335 284 Broncos 4 10 0 .286 196 381 AFL Championship Kanas City 31 Buffalo 7 Superbowl I Green Bay 35 Kansas Cty 10 |
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| @San Diego 0-24 0-1 @Denver 24-10 1-1 Kansas City 24-43 1-2 New York 24-24 1-2-1 @Buffalo 20-10 2-2-1 San Diego 35-17 3-2-1 Oakland 24-21 4-2-1 Denver 10-17 4-3-1 Houston 27-21 5-3-1 @Kansas CIty 27-27 5-3-2 @Miami 20-14 6-3-2 Buffalo 14-3 7-3-2 @Houston 38-14 8-3-2 @New York 28-38 8-4-2 |
| Roster QB - John Huarte QB - Babe Parilli QB - Tom Yewcic RB - J. D. Garrett FB - Larry Garron FB - Bob Cappadonna FB - Jim Nance WR - Joe Bellino WR - Gino Cappellettii TE - Tony Romeo TE - Jim Whalen WR - Jim Colclough WR - Art Graham WR - Ellis Johnson T - Tom Neville T - Don Oakes T - Karl Singer G - Justin Canale G - Charley Long G - Len St. Jean C - Joe Avezzno C - Jon Morris DE - Bob Dee DE - Jim Boudreaux DE - Larry Eisenhauer DT - Houston Antwine DT - Jim Hunt DT - Ed Khayat DT - John Mangum LB - Tom Addison LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Lonnie Farmer LB - Doug Satcher DB - Jay Cunningham DB - Dick Felt DB - White Graves DB - Ron Hall DB - Tom Hennessey DB - Billy Johnson DB - Vic Purvis DB - Chuck Shonta DB - Don Webb |
| Offense Ranking Points: 315 (6T of 9) Run: 471-1963 (2 of 9) Pass: 2784 (7 of 9) Defense Ranking Points: 283 (3 of 9) Run: 369-1135 (2 of 9) Pass: 3565 (9 of 9) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Houston Antwine LB - Nick Buoniconti WR - Gino Cappelletti DE - Larry Eisenhauer DT - Jim Hunt C - Jon Morris RB - Jim Nance T - Tom Neville QB - Babe Parilli DB - Chuck Shonta G - Len St. Jean |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak |