Boston Patriots' 1961 Season Results
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Finished 2nd in AFL East 9-4-1

Pre-Season

Date PF Opponent PA Res. Attend.
8 / 10 14 NY Titans 3 W 15,387
8 / 19 7 NY Titans 17 L 73,916
8 / 25 28 Buffalo 10 W 4,762
9 / 01 15 at Buffalo 12 W 9,022
Total 64 42 3-1-0 103,087

Played at Philadelphia

Regular Season

Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance
9 / 09 20 New York 21 L 16,683
9 / 16 45 Denver 17 W 14,479
9 / 23 23 at Buffalo 21 W 21,504
10 / 01 30 at New York 37 L 15,189
10 / 07 27 San Diego 38 L 17,748
10 / 13 31 Houston 31 T 15,070
10 / 22* 52 Buffalo 21 W 9,398
10 / 29 18 at Dallas 17 W 20,500
11 / 03 28 Dallas 21 W 25,063
11 / 12 15 at Houston 27 L 35,649
11 / 17 20 Oakland 17 W 17,169
12 / 03 28 at Denver 24 W 9,303
12 / 09 35 Oakland (at S.F.) 21 W 6,500
12 / 17 41 at San Diego 0 W 21,339
TOTAL 413 313 9-4-1 245,594

* Hurricane threat postponed this game from Oct. 20.
All home games played at Boston University Field.

1961 AFL Final Standings

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Houston 10 3 1 .769 513 242
Boston 9 4 1 .692 413 313
N.Y. Titans 7 7 0 .500 301 390
Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 294 342
Western Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
San Diego 12 2 0 .857 396 219
Dallas Texans 6 8 0 .429 334 343
Denver 3 11 0 .214 251 432
Oakland 2 12 0 .143 237 458

AFL Championship Dec. 24, 1961
Houston 10 at San Diego 3

Attendance 29,556

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