Boston Patriots' 1968 Season Results
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Finished 4th in AFL East 4-10-0

Pre-Season

Date PF Opponent PA Res. Attend.
8 / 10 0 at New Orleans 19 L 54,400
8 / 17 3 NY Jets 25 L 14,000
8 / 23 19 Miami 17 W 15,003
9 / 02 20 Philadelphia 22 L 31,404
Total 42 83 1-3-0 114,807

Played at Richmond, Va.
Played at Jacksonville, Fla.

 

Regular Season

Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance
9 / 08 16 at Buffalo 7 W 38,865
9 / 22 31 New York 47 L 29,192
9 / 29 20 at Denver 17 W 37,024
10/ 06 10 at Oakland 41 L 44,253
10 / 13 0 Houston 16 L 32,502
10 / 20 23 Buffalo 6 W 21,082
10 / 27 14 at New York 48 L 62,351
11 / 03 14 Denver 35 L 18,304
11 / 10 17 San Diego 27 L 19,278
11 / 17 17 at Kansas City 31 L 48,271
11 / 24 10 Miami 34 L 18,305
12 / 01 33 Cincinnati 14 W 17,796
12 / 08 7 at Miami 38 L 24,242
12 / 15 17 at Houston 45 L 34,198
TOTAL 229 406 4-10-0 445,663

All home games played at Fenway Park with the exception of 09/22 vs. New York. This game was played at Birmingham, Alabama, because of a conflict with major league baseball.

1968 AFL Final Standings

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
N.Y. Jets 11 3 0 .786 419 280
Houston 7 7 0 .500 303 248
Miami 5 8 1 .385 276 355
Boston 4 10 0 .286 229 406
Buffalo 1 12 1 .077 199 367
Western Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Oakland 12 2 0 .857 453 233
Kansas City 12 2 0 .857 371 170
San Diego 9 5 0 .643 382 310
Denver 5 9 0 .357 255 404
Cincinnati 3 11 0 .214 215 329

AFL West playoff Dec. 24,1968
Kansas City 6 at Oakland 41

AFL Championship Dec. 29,1968
Oakland 23 at New York 27
Attend. - 62,627

SUPERBOWL III Jan. 12, 1970
New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7 at Miami
Attend. - 75,389

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Game dates, scores, and attendance figures taken from "The New England Patriots: Triumph and tragedy," by Larry Fox. pg 336.
Athenaeum Press, 1979. ISBN 0-689-10992-X.

AFL season results take from "The Sporting News: Pro Football Guide, 1997 Edition." pg. 302.

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