1963 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Research by Elias Sports Bureau and Pro Sunday, Sept. 8, 1963, at Boston Football Research Association Linescore Fenway Park. Att: 24,120 Committee, Ken Pullis, Chairman Boston Patriots 7 7 3 21 - 38 New York Jets 7 7 0 0 - 14 NYJ-Grantham, 20 run with blocked punt (Guesman kick) 1963 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Bos-Crawford, 4 run (Cappelletti kick) Final Standings Bos-Lott, 4 run (Cappelletti kick) NYJ-Turner, 4 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) Eastern Division W L T Pct. PF PA Bos-FG, Cappelletti 31 Bos-Parilli, 10 run (Cappelletti kick) Boston Patriots 7 6 1 .538 317 257 Bos-Graham, 33 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick) Buffalo Bills 7 6 1 .538 304 291 Bos-Lott, 4 run (Cappelletti kick) Houston Oilers 6 8 0 .429 302 372 Source-New York Times New York Jets 5 8 1 .385 249 399 Western Division W L T Pct. PF PA WEEK TWO Saturday, Sept. 14, 1963 (Night), at San Diego San Diego Chargers 11 3 0 .786 399 256 Balboa Stadium. Att: 26,097 Oakland Raiders 10 4 0 .714 363 288 Boston Patriots 3 7 0 3 - 13 Kansas City Chiefs 5 7 2 .417 347 263 San Diego Chargers 0 14 0 3 - 17 Denver Broncos 2 11 1 .154 301 473 Bos-FG, Cappelletti 35 Eastern Division Playoff: Boston 26, Buffalo 8 SD -Alworth, 43 pass from Rote (Blair kick) SD -Robinson, 71 pass from Lowe (Blair kick) AFL Championship: San Diego 51, Boston 10 Bos-Yewcic, 1 run (Cappelletti kick) Bos-FG, Cappelletti 36 SD -FG, Blair 31 WEEK ONE Sources-Los Angeles Times Saturday, Sept. 7, 1963 (Night) at Denver Mile High Stadium. Att: 21,115 Kansas City Chiefs 14 14 21 10 - 59 Saturday, Sept. 14, 1963 (Night), at Houston Denver Broncos 0 7 0 0 - 7 Jeppesen Stadium. Att: 23,147 KC -McClinton, 17 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Denver Broncos 0 7 0 7 - 14 KC -Headrick, 38 int (Brooker kick) Houston Oilers 0 13 7 0 - 20 KC -Burford, 15 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Hou-FG, Blanda 18 Den-L.Taylor, 15 pass from Slaughter (Mingo kick) Den-Mitchell, 90 kick ret (Mingo kick) KC -Grayson, 99 kick ret (Brooker kick) Hou-FG, Blanda 43 KC -Jackson, 21 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Hou-Glick, 15 int (Blanda kick) KC -Jackson, 81 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Hou-Dewveall, 9 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) KC -Burford, 33 pass from McClinton (Brooker kick) Den-Slaughter, 4 run (Mingo kick) KC -FG, Brooker 32 Sources-Houston Post, Los Angeles Times KC -Haynes, 1 run (Brooker kick) Sources-Denver Post, New York Times, Kansas City Sunday, Sept. 15, 1963, at Oakland media guide, Dallas Morning News Frank Youell Field. Att: 17,568 Oakland Raiders 0 21 7 7 - 35 Saturday, Sept. 7, 1963 (Night), at Houston Buffalo Bills 0 10 7 0 - 17 Jeppesen Stadium. Att: 24,749 Oak-Powell, 5 pass from Davidson (Mercer kick) Oakland Raiders 0 0 10 14 - 24 Buf-FG, Yoho 32 Houston Oilers 6 0 0 7 - 13 Oak-Daniels, 73 pass from Davidson (Mercer kick) Hou-FG, Blanda 30 Oak-Miller, 2 run (Mercer kick) Hou-FG, Blanda 46 Buf-Dubenion, 17 pass from Kemp (Yoho kick) Oak-Daniels, 2 run (Mercer kick) Oak-Davidson, 5 run (Mercer kick) Oak-FG, Mercer 11 Buf-Dubenion, 58 pass from Kemp (Yoho kick) Oak-Powell, 85 pass from Flores (Mercer kick) Oak-Jelacic, 1 int (Mercer kick) Oak-Herock, 15 fumble run (Mercer kick) Sources-Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Hou-Hennigan, 34 pass from Lee (Blanda kick) New York Times, Relentless Sources-Houston Post, San Francisco Chronicle WEEK THREE Sunday, Sept. 8, 1963, at San Diego Sunday, Sept. 22, 1963, at New York Balboa Stadium. Att: 22,344 Polo Grounds. Att: 9,336 Buffalo Bills 0 3 0 7 - 10 New York Jets 7 7 0 10 - 24 San Diego Chargers 0 7 7 0 - 14 Houston Oilers 7 0 10 0 - 17 SD -Jackson, 1 run (Blair kick) NYJ-Mathis, 33 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) Buf-FG, Yoho 17 Hou-Hennigan, 13 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) SD -Lowe, 48 run (Blair kick) NYJ-Starks, 97 return of missed field goal (Guesman kick) Buf-Brown, 4 run (Yoho kick) Hou-Smith, 3 run (Blanda kick) Sources-Buffalo News, San Diego Union Hou-FG, Blanda 37 1963 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE NYJ-FG, Guesman 30 KC -Arbanas, 2 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) NYJ-Smolinski, 4 run (Guesman kick) Sources-San Diego Union, Kansas City Star, New York Times Source-New York Times Sunday, Sept. 29, 1963, at Denver Sunday, Sept. 22, 1963, at Oakland Mile High Stadium. Att: 18,636 Frank Youell Field. Att: 17,131 Denver Broncos 0 0 7 7 - 14 Boston Patriots 7 10 3 0 - 20 Boston Patriots 3 0 7 0 - 10 Oakland Raiders 0 0 0 14 - 14 Bos-FG, Cappelletti 18 Bos-Lott, 55 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick) Bos-Cappelletti, 31 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick) Bos-FG, Cappelletti 43 Den-Stone, 1 run (Mingo kick) Bos-Garron, 3 run (Cappelletti kick) Den-Taylor, 72 pass from McCormick (Mingo kick) Bos-FG, Cappelletti 47 Sources-Denver Post,New York Times Oak-Powell, 33 pass from Flores (Mercer kick) Oak-Roberson, 53 pass from Flores (Mercer kick) WEEK FIVE Sources-Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle Saturday, Oct. 5, 1963 (Night), at Buffalo War Memorial Stadium. Att: 24,846 Sunday, Sept. 22, 1963, at Buffalo Oakland Raiders 0 0 0 0 - 0 War Memorial Stadium. Att: 33,487 Buffalo Bills 3 0 9 0 - 12 Kansas City Chiefs 10 0 9 8 - 27 Buf-FG, Yoho 27 Buffalo Bills 6 14 7 0 - 27 Buf-B.Miller, 24 pass from Kemp (Yoho kick) KC -FG, Brooker 31 Buf-Safety, Flores tackled in end zone by Jacobs & Stratton Buf-Stratton, 26 int (kick failed) Sources-Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Examiner KC -Arbanas, 31 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Buf-Miller, 20 pass from Kemp (kick failed) Saturday, Oct. 5, 1963 (Night), at New York Buf-Kemp, 2 run (Lamonica run) Polo Grounds. Att: 16,769 Buf-Kemp, 9 run (Yoho kick) New York Jets 14 7 3 7 - 31 KC -Safety, West tackled in end zone Boston Patriots 0 10 0 14 - 24 KC -Burford, 2 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) NYJ-Maynard, 30 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) KC -Burford, 19 pass from Dawson (Burford pass from Dawson) NYJ-Smolinski, 2 run (Guesman kick) Sources-1964 Buffalo media guide, Houston Post Bos-Graham, 25 pass from Yewcic (Cappelletti kick) NYJ-Turner, 53 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) WEEK FOUR Bos-FG, Cappelletti 22 Saturday, Sept. 28, 1963, at New York NYJ-FG, Guesman 36 Polo Grounds. Att: 18,925 NYJ-Maynard, 15 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) Oakland Raiders 7 0 0 0 - 7 Bos-Colclough, 15 pass from Yewcic (Cappelletti kick) New York Jets 7 0 3 0 - 10 Bos-Graham, 57 pass from Yewcic (Cappelletti kick) Oak-Davidson, 2 run (Mercer kick) Source-New York Times NYJ-Turner, 51 pass from Wood (Guesman kick) NYJ-FG, Guesman 35 Sunday, Oct. 6, 1963, at Kansas City Sources-Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Municipal Stadium. Att: 27,801 New York Times Kansas City Chiefs 0 14 7 7 - 28 Houston Oilers 0 0 0 7 - 7 Saturday, Sept. 28, 1963, at Buffalo KC -Arbanas, 14 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) War Memorial Stadium. Att: 32,340 KC -Burford, 69 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Buffalo Bills 17 3 0 0 - 20 KC -Arbanas, 4 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Houston Oilers 14 14 3 0 - 31 Hou-Smith, 4 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) Buf-FG Yoho 41 KC -Jackson, 12 pass from Dawson (Brooker kick) Buf-Charon, 23 fumble run (Yoho kick) Sources-Houston Post, New York Times Hou-Tolar, 1 run (Blanda kick) Buf-Gilchrist, 1 run (Yoho kick) Sunday, Oct. 6, 1963, at Denver Hou-Hennigan, 15 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) Mile High Stadium. Att: 18,428 Buf-FG, Yoho 34 Denver Broncos 3 14 9 24 - 50 Hou-Hennigan, 14 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) San Diego Chargers 13 7 0 14 - 34 Hou-Hennigan, 6 pass from Blanda (Blanda kick) Den-FG, Mingo 37 Hou-FG, Blanda 28 SD -Lincoln, 39 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Sources-1964 Buffalo media guide, San Francisco Chronicle SD -Lowe, 31 pass from Rote (kick failed) Den-Prebola, 12 pass from McCormick (Mingo kick) Sunday, Sept. 29, 1963, at San Diego SD -Alworth, 85 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Balboa Stadium. Att: 22,654 Den-Taylor, 24 pass from McCormick (Mingo kick) San Diego Chargers 7 14 0 3 - 24 Den-FG, Mingo 41 Kansas City Chiefs 0 3 0 7 - 10 Den-FG, Mingo 26 SD -Kocourek, 19 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Den-FG, Mingo 13 SD -Kocourek, 35 pass from Rote (Blair kick) SD -Lincoln, 19 pass from Hadl (Blair kick) SD -Lincoln, 15 pass from Rote (Blair kick) Den-Taylor, 49 pass from McCormick (Mingo kick) KC -FG, Brooker 28 Den-Stone, 39 run (Mingo kick) SD -FG, Blair 38 Den-Gonsoulin, 43 int (Mingo kick) 1963 AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE SD -MacKinnon, 54 pass from Hadl (Blair kick) Fenway Park. Att: 25,418 Den-FG, Mingo 21 Boston Patriots 10 13 3 14 - 40 Source-San Diego Union Denver Broncos 7 7 7 0 - 21 Bos-FG, Cappelletti 24 WEEK SIX Den-Gaiters, 74 pass from Slaughter (Mingo kick) Friday, Oct. 11, 1963 (Night), at Boston Bos-Cappelletti, 24 pass from Parilli (Cappelletti kick) Fenway Park.