Boston Patriots' 1970 Season Results
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Finished 5th in AFC East 2-12-0
1970 marked the season that the AFL joined the NFL. Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Cleveland of the old NFL went into the new AFC. The remainder of the NFL became the NFC. Each conferences had 13 teams divided into 3 divisions.

Pre-Season

Date PF Opponent PA Res. Attend.
8 / 16 21 Washington 45 L 25,584
8 / 29 0 New Orleans 26 L 32,000
9 / 04 3 Pittsburgh 31 L 22,000
9 / 11 14 at Denver 16 L 17,832
Total 38 118 0-4-0 97,416

Played at Shreveport, La.

 

Regular Season

Date PF Opponent PA Result Attendance
9 / 20 27 Miami 14 W 32,607
9 / 27 21 New York 31 L 36,040
10 / 04 6 Baltimore 14 L 38,235
10/ 11 10 at Kansas City 23 L 50,698
10 / 18 0 New York Giants 16 L 39,091
10 / 25 3 at Baltimore 27 L 60,240
11 / 01 10 Buffalo 45 L 31,148
11 / 08 0 at St. Louis 31 L 46,466
11 / 15 14 San Diego 16 L 30,597
11 / 22 3 at New York Jets 17 L 61,822
11 / 29 14 at Buffalo 10 W 31,427
12 / 06 20 at Miami 37 L 51,032
12 / 13 14 Minnesota 35 L 37,819
12 / 20 7 at Cincinnati 45 L 60,157
TOTAL 149 361 2-12-0 607,379

All home games played at Harvard Stadium.

1970 AFC Final Standings

Eastern Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Baltimore* 11 2 1 .846 321 234
Miami¤ 10 4 0 .714 297 228
N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 255 286
Buffalo 3 10 1 .231 204 337
Boston 2 12 0 .143 149 361
Central Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Cincinnati* 8 6 0 .571 312 255
Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 286 265
Pittsburgh 5 9 0 .257 210 272
Houston 3 10 1 .231 217 352
Western Division
Team W L T Pct. PF PA
Oakland* 8 4 2 .667 300 293
Kansas City 7 5 2 .583 272 244
San Diego 5 6 3 .455 282 278
Denver 5 8 1 .385 253 264

* denotes Division winner.
¤ denotes Wild Card team.

AFC Divisional Games
Cincinnati 0 at Baltimore 17
Miami 14 at Oakland 21		 AFC Championship Jan. 3,1971
Oakland 17 at Baltimore 27
 Attend. - 54,799

SUPERBOWL V Jan. 17, 1970
Baltimore 16, Dallas 13 at Miami
Attend. - 79,204

 

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Game dates, scores, and attendance figures taken from "The New England Patriots: Triumph and tragedy," by Larry Fox. pg 337.
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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Revised: February 06, 2008.