1968 Boston Patriots season

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1968 Boston Patriots season
Owner Billy Sullivan
General manager Mike Holovak
Head coach Mike Holovak
Home stadium Fenway Park
Results
Record4–10
Division place4th AFL Eastern
PlayoffsDid not qualify
All-Pros Jim Whalen
AFL All-StarsDT Houston Antwine
WR/K Gino Cappelletti
CB Leroy Mitchell
C Jon Morris
T Tom Neville
Uniform
AFC-1967-1969-Uniform-NE.PNG

The 1968 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's 9th season in the American Football League. The Patriots ended the season with a record of four wins and ten losses, and finished fourth in the AFL's Eastern Division. The Patriots played their final season of home games at Fenway Park before moving to Alumni Stadium on the campus of Boston College for the following season.

Contents

Offseason

NFL draft

1968 Boston Patriots draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
16 Dennis Byrd   DT NC State
232 Tom Funchess   T Jackson State
360Aaron Marsh  WR Eastern Kentucky
488 R. C. Gamble   RB South Carolina State
      Made roster        Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

1968 Boston Patriots staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches



Roster

1968 Boston Patriots roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
WLTPCTDIVPFPASTK
New York Jets 1130.7867–1419280W4
Houston Oilers 770.5005–3303248W2
Miami Dolphins 581.3854–3–1276355L1
Boston Patriots 4100.2862–6229406L2
Buffalo Bills 1121.0771–6–1199367L8

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

Game-by-game results

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendanceRecap
1September 8at Buffalo Bills W 16–71–0 War Memorial Stadium 38,865 Recap
2Bye
3September 22 New York Jets L 31–471–1 Legion Field, Birmingham, AL 22,002 Recap
4September 29at Denver Broncos W 20–172–1 Mile High Stadium 37,024 Recap
5October 6at Oakland Raiders L 10–412–2 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 44,253 Recap
6October 13 Houston Oilers L 0–162–3 Fenway Park 32,502 Recap
7October 20 Buffalo Bills W 23–63–3Fenway Park21,082 Recap
8October 27at New York Jets L 14–483–4 Shea Stadium 62,351 Recap
9November 3 Denver Broncos L 14–353–5Fenway Park18,304 Recap
10November 10 San Diego Chargers L 17–273–6Fenway Park19,278 Recap
11November 17at Kansas City Chiefs L 17–313–7 Municipal Stadium 48,271 Recap
12November 24 Miami Dolphins L 10–343–8Fenway Park18,305 Recap
13December 1 Cincinnati Bengals W 33–144–8Fenway Park17,796 Recap
14December 8at Miami Dolphins L 7–384–9 Miami Orange Bowl 24,242 Recap
15December 15at Houston Oilers L 17–454–10 Houston Astrodome 34,198 Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

Team1234Total
Patriots0310316
Bills70007

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References