1967 Boston Patriots season

1967 Boston Patriots season
Head coach	Mike Holovak
Owner	Billy Sullivan
Home field	Fenway Park
Results
Record	3–10–1
Division place	5th AFL Eastern
Playoff finish	did not qualify
AFL All-Stars	DT Houston Antwine LB Nick Buoniconti RB Larry Garron DT Jim Lee Hunt C Jon Morris FB Jim Nance T Don Oakes
Uniform

The Boston Patriots finished the American Football League's 1967 season with a record of three wins, ten losses and one ties, and finished last in the AFL's Eastern division.

Staff

Boston Patriots 1967 staff
Front Office President – Billy Sullivan Head Coaches Head Coach – Mike Holovak Offensive Coaches Offensive Line – Art Spinney			Defensive Coaches Defensive Line – Jesse Richardson Linebackers – Rommie Loudd Defensive Backfield/Defensive Line – Chuck Weber

Game-by-game results

See also: American Football League seasons

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 3, 1967	at Denver Broncos	L 21-26	35,488
2	September 9, 1967	at San Diego Chargers	L 14-28	39,227
3	September 17, 1967	at Oakland Raiders	L 7-35	26,289
4	September 24, 1967	at Buffalo Bills	W 23–0	45,748
5	Bye
6	October 8, 1967	San Diego Chargers*	T 31–31	23,620
7	October 15, 1967	Miami Dolphins	W 41–10	23,955
8	October 22, 1967	Oakland Raiders	L 14-48	25,057
9	October 29, 1967	at New York Jets	L 23-30	62,784
10	November 5, 1967	Houston Oilers	W 18–7	19,422
11	November 12, 1967	Kansas City Chiefs	L 10-33	23,010
12	November 19, 1967	New York Jets	L 24-29	26,790
13	November 26, 1967	at Houston Oilers	L 6-27	28,044
14	Bye
15	December 9, 1967	Buffalo Bills	L 16-44	20,627
16	December 17, 1967	at Miami Dolphins	L 32-41	25,969

(*) Played at San Diego Stadium due the Fenway Park, Patriot's home field, used by stadium's owner, Boston Red Sox, for 1967 World Series.

Game summaries

Week 4

1 2 3 4 Total • Patriots 6 7 0 10 23 Bills 0 0 0 0 0 Date: September 24 Location: War Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 45,748 Game weather: 54°F; wind 15

Scoring summary Q1 BOS Cappelletti 24 yard field goal BOS 3–0 Q1 BOS Cappelletti 23 yard field goal BOS 6–0 Q2 BOS Nance 3 yard run (Cappelletti kick) BOS 13–0 Q4 BOS Garron 11 yard pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick) BOS 20–0 Q4 BOS Cappelletti 45 yard field goal BOS 23–0

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Houston Oilers	9	4	1	.692	5–1–1	258	199	W2
New York Jets	8	5	1	.615	5–1–1	371	329	W1
Buffalo Bills	4	10	0	.286	3–5	237	285	L1
Miami Dolphins	4	10	0	.286	2–6	219	407	L1
Boston Patriots	3	10	1	.231	3–5	280	389	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Roster

1967 Boston Patriots

Hall of Fame = *

Head Coach: Mike Holovak

To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.

POSITION	NAME
LB	Tom Addison
DT	Houston Antwine
HB/WR	Joe Bellino
T/DE	Jim Boudreaux
LB	Nick Buoniconti*
G	Justin Canale
RB	Bob Cappadona
WR/K/DB	Gino Cappelletti
DB	John Charles
WR	Jim Colclough
DB	Jay Cunningham
DE/DT	Bob Dee
DE	Larry Eisenhauer
DE	Tom Fussell
HB	J.D. Garrett
HB	Larry Garron
WR	Art Graham
DB	White Graves
DB	Ron Hall
QB	John Huarte
DT/DE	Jim Hunt
LB	Ray Ilg
DB	Billy Johnson
RB/WR	Bobby Leo
T/G	Charley Long
DT	John Magnum
DB	Leroy Mitchell
C	Jon Morris
RB	Jim Nance
T	Tom Neville
TE	Bobby Nichols
T/DT	Don Oakes
QB	Babe Parilli
LB	Ed Philpott
DB	Vic Purvis
TE	Tony Romeo
LB	Doug Satcher
DB	Chuck Shonta
T	Karl Singer
G	Len St. Jean
P	Terry Swanson
DT	Ed Toner
QB	Don Trull
DB	Don Webb
TE	Jim Whalen
DE/DT	Mel Witt