Season of American Football League team the Boston Patriots
1963 Boston Patriots season
Owner
Billy Sullivan
Head coach
Mike Holovak
Home field
Fenway Park
Results
Record
7–6–1
Division place
1st AFL Eastern (playoff)
Playoff finish
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 26–8 Lost AFL Championship (at Chargers) 10–51
AFL All-Stars
LB Tom Addison DT Houston Antwine LB Nick Buoniconti WR/K Gino Cappelletti DE Bob Dee DE Larry Eisenhauer RB Larry Garron DB Ron Hall G Charlie Long G Billy Neighbors QB Babe Parilli
Uniform
← 1962
Patriots seasons
1964 →
The 1963 Boston Patriots season was the franchise's 4th season in the American Football League.
In their first season at Fenway Park, switching from Nickerson Field, the Patriots hovered around the .500 mark all season, and were in position to win the Eastern Division title outright with a victory on their final game.[1] The 35–3 road loss to the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs allowed the Buffalo Bills catch up and both finished at 7–6–1, which required a divisional playoff game, the AFL's first.[2][3] Both teams had a bye the following week, postponed from the Sunday after the assassination of President Kennedy; the tiebreaker playoff was scheduled for Saturday, December 28, at Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium. The teams split their two games during the regular season, with the home team winning, and the host Bills were slight favorites.[3]
The visiting Patriots won the playoff game 26–8 on a snowy field, with quarterback Babe Parilli throwing two touchdown passes to fullback Larry Garron, and four field goals were added by end Gino Cappelletti.[4][5] With the win, Boston became Eastern Division champions, while the Western champion San Diego Chargers (11–3) were idle. The AFL championship game was played the next week in southern California on January 5, where San Diego routed the Patriots 51–10 at Balboa Stadium.[6][7][8][9]
This was Boston's only postseason appearance during the AFL's ten years; the Patriots' next playoff game was in 1976 (as a wild card) and the next division title came in 1978.
^"Hopeful Packers, Patriots open pro grid weekend". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1963. p. 11.
^"AFL has title tie, may get another". Milwaukee Journal. UPI. December 16, 1963. p. 17, part 2.
^ ab"Bills, Patriots play for title". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 28, 1963. p. 7.
^"Boston beats Bills for division crown". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. December 29, 1963. p. 1, sports.
^"Parilli passes Patriots past Buffalo, 26-8". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. December 29, 1963. p. 1, section 4.
^"Chargers roll over Boston in AFL final". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. January 6, 1964. p. 27.
^"Chargers rout Boston, 51-10; compared with NFL teams". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 11, part 2.
^"Are Chargers good enough for NFL opponents?". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 3B.
^"Charger win Lincolnesque; Palouse Moose gains 349". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 6, 1964. p. 12.
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