1966 Boston Patriots season

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1966 Boston Patriots season
Owner Billy Sullivan
Head coach Mike Holovak
Home field Fenway Park
Local radio WBZ
Results
Record8–4–2
Division place2nd AFL Eastern
Playoff finishDid not qualify
AFL All-StarsDT Houston Antwine
LB Nick Buoniconti
WR/K Gino Cappelletti
DE Larry Eisenhauer
DT Jim Lee Hunt
C Jon Morris
FB Jim Nance
T Tom Neville
QB Babe Parilli
DB Chuck Shonta
G Len St. Jean
Uniform
AFC-1966-Uniform-NE.PNG

The 1966 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's 7th season in the American Football League. The Patriots ended the season with a record of eight wins and four losses and two ties, and finished second in the AFL's Eastern Division. This would be the last winning season the Patriots posted as an AFL team; they would not have another such season until 1976, by which time the team was in the NFL as the New England Patriots.

Contents

Staff

1966 Boston Patriots staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



Game-by-game results

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1 Bye
2September 10at San Diego Chargers L 0–240–1 Balboa Stadium 29,539 Recap
3September 18at Denver Broncos W 24–101–1 Bears Stadium 25,337 Recap
4September 25 Kansas City Chiefs L 24–431–2 Fenway Park 22,641 Recap
5October 2 New York Jets T 24–241–2–1Fenway Park27,255 Recap
6October 8at Buffalo Bills W 20–102–2–1 War Memorial Stadium 45,542 Recap
7 Bye
8October 23 San Diego Chargers W 35–173–2–1Fenway Park32,371 Recap
9October 30 Oakland Raiders W 24–214–2–1Fenway Park26,941 Recap
10November 6 Denver Broncos L 10–174–3–1Fenway Park18,154 Recap
11November 13 Houston Oilers W 27–215–3–1Fenway Park23,426 Recap
12November 20at Kansas City Chiefs T 27–275–3–2 Municipal Stadium 41,475 Recap
13November 27at Miami Dolphins W 20–146–3–2 Miami Orange Bowl 22,754 Recap
14December 4 Buffalo Bills W 14–37–3–2Fenway Park39,350 Recap
15December 11at Houston Oilers W 38–148–3–2 Rice Stadium 17,100 Recap
16December 17at New York Jets L 28–388–4–2 Shea Stadium 58,921 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
Buffalo Bills 941.6926–2358255W1
Boston Patriots 842.6675–1–1315283L1
New York Jets 662.5004–3–1322312W1
Houston Oilers 3110.2141–7335396L8
Miami Dolphins 3110.2142–5213362W1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL. [1] [2]

Roster

All of the following players appeared in at least one game for the 1966 Boston Patriots.

NamePositionNotes
Tom Addison
Houston Antwine
Joe Avezzano
Joe Bellino
Jim Boudreaux
Nick Buoniconti
Justin Canale
Bob Cappadona
Gino Cappelletti
Jim Colclough
Jay Cunningham
Bob Dee
Larry Eisenhauer
Lonnie Farmer
Dick Felt
Jim Fraser
J.D. Garrott
Larry Garron
Art Graham
White Graves

Notes and references


  1. ↑ "Chargers' tie jolt to Raiders". Oakland Tribune. November 26, 1965. p. 51 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "AFL standings". Lompoc Records. December 19, 1966. p. 2-B – via newspapers.com.

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