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“FOOTBALL AT FENWAY”
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FOOTBALL AT FENWAY
October 20, 1968 ... Mike Taliaferro had his first feast of the season. After Nick Buoniconti colleted key interceptions, Taliaferro knocked out two touchdown passes in a wet drizzle at Fenway Park. Both passes were to Jim Whalen, as the Patriots exploded in the third quarter. At the four minute mark of the third period Buoniconti made his first pick giving the Pats the ball at the Buffalo 48-yard line. Three plays later, Taliaferro hit Thomas over the middle. Next he hit Whalen at the 10-yard line who took it in. This put the Patriots in front 13 to 6. On the next kickoff Max Anderson fumbled and Willie Porter recovered it for the Pats on the Bills' 17-yd line. Cappy converted this into his third field goal making it 16-6. Then with the end of the quarter ending, Buoniconti intercepted another pass off rookie Dan Darragh. This set up the second Whalen TD. Taliaferro wanted to throw to Art Graham, but he saw Whalen free in the end zone and hit him in stride. Offensively, the Patriots chalked up 203 yards and the ground via Jim Nance and Gene Thomas. Nance, with his best day thus far this season, gained 82 yards while Thomas picked up 76. So effective was the ground game that Taliaferro only passed 12 times. |
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