| The 1968 Patriots were a bad team all-around. While the roster had some talent in the likes of two-time AFL leading rusher Jim Nance and perennial All-star Nick Buoniconti, injuries forced them to sidelines for periods of time and the team played poorly in their abscence. The biggest change came when Babe Parilli was sent to New York in the preseason for Joe Namath's back-up Mike Taliaferro. A move made to make the Patriots younger backfired when Taliaferro struggled and eventually lost his job to undrafted rookie Tom Sherman. The team did start out quickly and was tied for first place by winning two of their first three games, but the wheels soon came off as Oakland dismantled the Patriots the next week 41-10. The Patriots woul dnever recover as injuries and poor play on offense saw them loses 9 of their last 11.. By the end of the season, a new change was made as Mike Holovak was replaced as coach. He left the Patriots as the winningest coach (53-47-9). A victroy total that would stand until the next century. |
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| Passing Cmp Att Pct. Yards TDs INTs QBRtg Tom Sherman 90 226 39.8 1199 12 16 45.6 Mike Taliaferro 67 176 38.1 889 4 15 23.6 King Corcoran 3 7 42.9 33 0 2 17.8 |
| Rushing Att. Yards AVG TDs Jim Nance 177 593 3.4 4 R.C. Gamble 78 311 4.0 1 Gene Thomas 88 215 2.4 2 Larry Garron 36 97 2.7 1 Tom Sherman 25 80 3.2 0 Mike Taliaferro 8 51 6.4 0 Aaron Marsh 4 8 2.0 0 Preston Johnson 2 6 3.0 0 Gino Cappelletti 1 2 2.0 0 Jim Whalen 1 0 0.0 0 King Corcoran 1 -1 -1.0 0 |
| Receiving Rec Yards AVG TDs Jim Whalen 47 718 15.3 7 Aaron Marsh 19 331 17.4 4 Bill Murphy 18 268 14.9 0 Art Graham 16 242 15.0 1 Jim Nance 14 51 3.6 0 Gino Cappelletti 13 182 14.0 2 R.C. Gamble 11 55 5.0 1 Gene Thomas 10 85 8.5 0 Jim Colclough 8 136 17.0 0 Bob Scarpito 2 49 24.5 0 Larry Garron 1 4 4.0 0 Justin Canale 1 0 0.0 0 |
| Kicking XP XPA FG FGA PTS Gino Cappelletti 26 26 15 27 71 |
| Interceptions
Leroy Mitchell 7; Ed Philpott 4; Nick Buoniconti 3; Art McMahon 2; Billy Johnson 2; Daryle Johnson 1; Jim Cheyunski 1; John Charles 1; Doug Satcher 1 |
| AFL East W L T .Pct PF PA Jets 11 3 0 .786 419 280 Oilers 7 7 0 .500 303 248 Dolphins 5 8 1 .393 276 355 Patriots 4 10 0 .286 229 406 Bills 1 12 1 .107 199 367 AFL West W L T .Pct PF PA Raiders 12 2 0 .857 453 233 Chiefs 12 2 0 .857 371 170 Chargers 9 5 0 .643 382 310 Broncos 5 9 0 .357 255 404 Bengals 3 11 0 .214 215 329 Playoff Oakland 41 Kansas City 6 AFL Championship New York 27 Oakland 23 Superbowl III New York 16 Baltimore 7 |
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| @Buffalo 16-7 1-0 New York 31-47 1-1 @Denver 20-17 2-1 @Oakland 10-41 2-2 Houston 0-16 2-3 Buffalo 23-6 3-3 @New York 14-48 3-4 Denver 14-35 3-5 San Diego 17-27 3-6 @Kansas City 17-31 3-7 Miami 10-34 3-8 Cincinnati 33-14 4-8 @Miami 7-38 4-9 @Houston 17-45 4-10 |
| Roster QB - King Corcoran QB - Tom Sherman QB - Mike Taliaferro RB - Larry Garron RB - Gene Thomas FB - R.C. Gamble FB - Preston Johnson FB - Jim Nance WR/K - Gino Cappellettii WR - Jim Colclough WR - Art Graham WR - Bobby Leo WR - Aaron Marsh WR - Bill Murphy WR - Bob Scarpito TE - Bobby Nichols TE - Jim Whalen T - Jim Bourdeaux T - Paul Feldhausen T - Tom Funchess T - Tom Neville T - Don Oakes T - Karl Singer G - Justin Canale G - Charley Long G - Len St. Jean C - Jon Morris C/LB - J. R. Williamson DE - Dennis Byrd DE - Larry Eisenhauer DE - Mel Witt DT - Houston Antwine DT - Whit Canale DT - Jim Hunt DT - Ed Toner LB - Nick Buoniconti LB - Jim Cheyunski LB - Ray Ilg LB - Ed Koontz LB - Ed Philpott LB - Dough Satcher DB - John Charles DB - Billy Johnson DB - Daryle Johnson DB - Art McMahon DB - Leroy Mitchell DB - Willie Porter DB - Don Webb P - Terry Swanson |
| Offense Ranking Points: 229 (8 of 10) Run: 421-1362 (10 of 10) Pass: 2121 (8 of 10) Defense Ranking Points: 406 (10 of 10) Run: 479-1825 (6 of 10) Pass: 2826 (5 of 10) |
| Pro Bowlers: LB - Houston Antwine DB - Leroy Mitchelli C - Jon Morris |
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| Coach: Mike Holovak Career: 53-47-9 |