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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE PATRIOTS' FIRST TITLE October 5, 1963 ... A weak defensive backfield played like All Stars and carried the Jets to a 31-24 victory over the Patriots. The New York defense came up with five interceptions that the offense turned into 24 points. The Jets jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead. Trouble for the Patriots started with a high fourth down snap from center to Tom Yewcic who was back to punt. This gave them the ball on the Patriots’ three and an eventual score. A minute later, Babe Parilli had his first pass play intercepted by Jets’ linebacker Larry Grantham, who raced to the Patriots’ two, leading to the Jets’ second score. When the Patriots got the ball back they orchestrated a 47 yard drive. Tom Yewcic came in for Parilli and tossed a nine yard swing pass to Larry Garron and then hit Art Graham down the middle at the five, who ran it in for the score, making it 14 to 7.
New York bounced right back however, as Dick Wood connecting with Bake Turner for a 53 yard strike. Just before the half, the Patriots came back with a 70 yard march that resulted in three points by Gino Cappelletti from 22 yards making the score 21-10 at the half. In the third quarter after Dick Guessman hit a field goal for the Jets, d-back, Tony Stricker latched on to the Jets’ fifth interception and took it down to the Boston 15. Wood combined with Maynard to make it 31-10. Now the Patriots put on a fantastic finish that just fell short. Trailing 31-10 in the fourth quarter, they came across with two touchdowns and came within 10 yards of tying the score. They first scored in the fourth with Jimmy Colclough grabbing a touchdown pass from the 15. When they got the ball back, Tom Yewcic hit Art Graham with a 57 yard long bomb for another touchdown. Down by only seven points now, Yewcic, who played almost the entire game for Parilli, then hit Larry Garron and Jim Colclough with successive passes, that brought the ball down to the New York 10 yard line, when time ran out. Dick Wood was the sharpshooter for the Jets, pitching three touchdowns. Two were to Don Maynard and one to Bake Turner. Tom Yewcic fired three touchdown passes to Art Graham twice and to Jim Colclough once. |
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