1968 Boston Patriots season

1968 Boston Patriots season
Head coach Mike Holovak
General manager Mike Holovak
Owner Billy Sullivan
Home field Fenway Park
Results
Record 4–10
Division place 4th AFL Eastern
Playoff finish did not qualify
AP All-Pros none
AFL All-Stars DT Houston Antwine
WR/K Gino Cappelletti
CB Leroy Mitchell
C Jon Morris
T Tom Neville
Uniform

The Boston Patriots finished the American Football League's 1968 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.

Staff

Boston Patriots 1968 staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Line – Jesse Richardson
  • Defensive Backfield – Claude Gibson

Standings

AFL Eastern Division
W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
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 until 1972.

Game-by-game results

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 8, 1968 at Buffalo Bills W 16–7
38,865
2 Bye
3 September 22, 1968 New York Jets[1] L 47–31
22,002
4 September 29, 1968 at Denver Broncos W 20–17
37,024
5 October 6, 1968 at Oakland Raiders L 41–10
44,253
6 October 13, 1968 Houston Oilers L 16–0
32,502
7 October 20, 1968 Buffalo Bills W 23–6
21,082
8 October 27, 1968 at New York Jets L 48–14
62,351
9 November 3, 1968 Denver Broncos L 35–14
18,304
10 November 10, 1968 San Diego Chargers L 27–17
19,278
11 November 17, 1968 at Kansas City Chiefs L 31–17
48,271
12 November 24, 1968 Miami Dolphins L 34–10
18,305
13 December 1, 1968 Cincinnati Bengals W 33–14
17,796
14 December 8, 1968 at Miami Dolphins L 38–7
24,242
15 December 15, 1968 at Houston Oilers L 45–17
34,198

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
• Patriots 0 3103 16
Bills 7 000 7

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Roster

All of the following players appeared in at least one game for the 1968 Boston Patriots.

Name Position Notes

References

  1. ↑ Game played in Birmingham, Alabama
  2. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
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