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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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THE PATRIOTS' FIRST TITLE October 11, 1963 ... The Patriots today came roaring from behind to tip the Oakland Raiders 20-14 at Fenway Park, in a spectacular scoring explosion that has been lacking all season. It wasn't a spectacular start to the game. The only offense was Gino Cappelletti's 37 yard field goal in the first quarter. Immediatly following the kick-off, Ross O'Hanley intercepted a pass by Tom Flores and ran it from the Patriots 45 to the Oakland six yard line. On the next play Babe Parilli was intercepted in the end zone. When the Patriots got the ball back, Parilli was intercepted once more and it was run 45 yards into the end zone for a touchdown by the Raiders, giving them a 7-3 lead. It stayed that way into the third quarter. Tom Flores led the Raiders down to the Pats 11 yard line where he was clobbered by Houston Antwine and knocked out of the game. Cotton Davidson came in to replace Flores and ran the ball into the end zone himself to put the Raiders up 14 to 3. Throttled all season by nagging injuries, Babe Parilli came to life late in the third quarter. A 56-yard pass play to Jimmy Colclough was good for a touchdown, cutting Oakland's lead to 14-10.
From that point on this was the team the fans expected to see. An Oakland fumble thanks to Bob Dee, kept the scoring blitz going. This led to a Cappelletti 32 yard field goal and put the Patriots one point behind 14-13. On the first play after the next kickoff, Houston Antwine and Ross O’Hanley dumped Bo Roberson, who lost the football on the 20 yard line. Parilli started the fourth quarter connecting with Tom Neumann who whirled around, caught the ball, and fell in the end zone putting the Pats in the lead. The defense kept the Raiders quiet for the remainder of the game and the Pats had a 20-14 come from behind win. It wasn’t a brilliant game and Parilli has a long way to go. But in games where the stats were great and the team lost, this one was a thriller. The Pats, who led the league in rushing only had 86 yards on the ground and Larry Garron chalked up 46 of them. |
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