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1961 Boston Patriots Statistics
Team Record: 9-4-1
Finishing 2nd in the AFL's East Division
Coach: Mike Holovak (7-1-1)
Coach: Lou Saban (2-3)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1961 Boston Patriots Results
The Boston Patriots of the American Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 9 wins and 4 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the AFL's East Division.
The Patriots scored 413 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 313. Butch Songin threw for 1,429 yards, and Babe Parilli threw the ball, too. Gino Cappelletti paced pass catchers, hauling in 45 passes for 768 yards. Jim Colclough contributed to the receiving game as well.
Billy Lott ran for a team-best 461 yards for Boston, while Larry Garron also buoyed the ground attack.
Don Webb seized 5 opponent throws.
Mike Holovak and Lou Saban coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Songin | 212 | 98 | 46.2 | 1429 | 6.7 | 14 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.2 | 58 | 73.0 |
Babe Parilli | 198 | 104 | 52.5 | 1314 | 6.6 | 13 | 6.6 | 9 | 4.5 | 53 | 76.5 |
Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 158.3 |
Tom Yewcic | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 25 | 3.1 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25.0 | 18 | 46.4 |
Ron Burton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 420 | 206 | 49.0 | 2795 | 6.7 | 29 | 6.9 | 21 | 5.0 | 58 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Lott | 100 | 461 | 4.6 | 38 | 5 |
Larry Garron | 69 | 389 | 5.6 | 85 | 2 |
Ron Burton | 82 | 260 | 3.2 | 43 | 2 |
Babe Parilli | 38 | 183 | 4.8 | 24 | 4 |
Jim Crawford | 41 | 148 | 3.6 | 34 | 0 |
Mel West | 26 | 90 | 3.5 | 31 | 0 |
Tom Yewcic | 11 | 51 | 4.6 | 13 | 1 |
Butch Songin | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
Jim Colclough | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
Gerhard Schwedes | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
Clyde Washington | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 389 | 1675 | 4.3 | 85 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gino Cappelletti | 45 | 768 | 17.1 | 53 | 8 |
Jim Colclough | 42 | 757 | 18.0 | 58 | 9 |
Billy Lott | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 47 | 6 |
Larry Garron | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 51 | 3 |
Thomas Stephens | 19 | 186 | 9.8 | 31 | 2 |
Ron Burton | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 45 | 0 |
Jim Crawford | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 25 | 0 |
Joe Johnson | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 21 | 1 |
Tom Yewcic | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 46 | 0 |
Mel West | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 18 | 0 |
Gerhard Schwedes | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Chuck Shonta | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 206 | 2795 | 13.6 | 58 | 29 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gino Cappelletti | 50 | 48 | 96.0 | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 99 |
Totals | 50 | 48 | 96.0 | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 99 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Yewcic | 64 | 2406 | 37.6 | 64 |
Totals | 64 | 2406 | 37.6 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Burton | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 62 | 0 |
Fred Bruney | 23 | 109 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
Billy Lott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 245 | 7.7 | 62 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Garron | 16 | 438 | 27.4 | 89 | 1 |
Ron Burton | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 91 | 1 |
Mel West | 7 | 191 | 27.3 | 37 | 0 |
Walter Beach | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
Charley Long | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
Don Webb | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Ray Ratkowski | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Thomas Stephens | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Walt Cudzik | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gerhard Schwedes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 49 | 1136 | 23.2 | 91 | 2 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Webb | 5 | 153 | 30.6 | 59 | 2 |
Clyde Washington | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 33 | 0 |
Tom Addison | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
Fred Bruney | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
Frank Robotti | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
Ron Hall | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
Walter Beach | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
Rommie Loudd | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Chuck Shonta | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 22 | 326 | 14.8 | 59 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Dee | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerhard Schwedes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Webb | 0 | 1 | |||||
Clyde Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Butch Songin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Thomas Stephens | 0 | 1 | |||||
Gino Cappelletti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Garron | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Colclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mel West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Babe Parilli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Billy Lott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ron Burton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Ratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Gino Cappelletti | 8 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 147 | |||||||||
Billy Lott | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Jim Colclough | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Larry Garron | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Babe Parilli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |||||||
Don Webb | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Thomas Stephens | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Ron Burton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Tom Yewcic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Joe Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Leroy Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 14 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 413 |