Boston Patriots 1966 Highlights- 34 min

See the Boston Patriots play on their home field at Fenway Park. Watch Jim Nance score touchdowns. Watch the great Pats QB Babe Parelli , LB Nick Buoniconti , and many more.
Highlight movie produced by sponsor Hoods Milk.

[@eyeonrevereproducedbyjosep4685]

That video was given to me by "Jimbo" Nance himself in 1987. Great man.

[@robertsprouse9282]

If only he could have been younger and healthier in the NFL..he was the best power runner in the AFL, better than H.DIXON..hands down! And, I am not a PATS fan. He was better than C.GILCHRIST..

[@richwiz2]

This is vintage AFL football with all the great stars from that decade. Thank-you, so much, for sharing this, Joe.

[@Jason-cm6uh]

Cool to watch Nick and Len, future "Inside the NFL" teammates, battle. Jim Nance is quite a force!

[@fscap811]

Although I was a Jets fan in the mid 60's, I really loved watching the Patriots and Jim Nance. He had great speed for a big man, and the Patriots-Bills battles 1965-66 were a joy to watch if you were a football fan. I remember seeing Jim Nance rush for over 100 yards against the Bills on a rainy day, with a sloppy, muddy field. One of the best running back performances that I have ever seen in my 60 years of watching football.

[@robertsprouse9282]

He was a fine back and part of that great SYRACUSE line of backs: JIM BROWN, ERNIE DAVIS, NANCE, FLOYD LITTLE, AND LARRY CSONKA..all in 13 years..

[@chucklynch6523]

Big Jim was very fast for his size, but was he as fast as Jim "Earthquake" Hunt who outran Oiler backs Cannon and Tolar to score on a long interception return I believe in 1963?

[@saltyalterego]

Thank you for uploading this. My dad is Chuck Shonta. We sent it to him. It's fun for him to watch the old games :)

[@timothyrogers3673]

these are great to watch. the golden days. 🏈

[@amypeterson4615]

Thank you, Thank you. In August 1962, I got Mr. Garron's autograph at a Patriot's intrasquad game at the University of New Hampshire's Cowell Stadium; remember it as if yesterday. I wish they were still called the "Boston" Patriots.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The team was the Boston Patriots possibly in name only. Between 1960-70, their home games were played in Nickerson Field, Fenway Park,Alumni Stadium at Boston College and Harvard Stadium. In 1971, they moved to Foxborough, and the team was renamed the New England Patriots.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204, true..HARVARD IS NOT IN BOSTON..ITS IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHU. But, the DALLAS COWBOYS play in ARLINGTON, AND BEFORE THAT IT WAS IN IRVING. THE BUFFALO BILLS PLAY IN ORCHARD PARK, NY= NOT BUFFALO..NY GIANTS AND NY JETS= play in NEW JERSEY..etc..

[@benmarvin2899]

wow what an underated team and core group of players....Bonichotti Perelli Nance Garron Cappelleti wow wow wow that was a wonderful watch and thank you so much for posting this.

[@beatlejim64]

...and Houston Antwine...Bob Dee...and "Wildman"Larry Eisenhauer on defense...

[@fscap811]

Buoniconti, Parelli...they were good enough to have their names spelled correctly.

[@lindakuznitz2768]

So, are you a spelling ace?

[@koolkatvintage1960]

fscap811 you might want start with Parilli.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Buoniconti was better than Bonichotti..and Parilli was better than..Perelli, lol..

[@henry6354]

9:55...r.i.p. Gino Cappelletti...😞

[@67marlins81]

As an old-school Patriots fan and present-day Massachusetts resident, this film really is great - thanks so much for posting. I really appreciate this, and it's a treasure to see some of the greats, including the Jets and Chiefs again. Well done.

[@dickjohn2673]

The late great Bob Starr terrific voice later on for la rams and angels said hello to him outside anaheim stadium he offered me 2 tickets for that notes game box seats rip my friend

[@robertsprouse9282]

Are you Dick John the old KHOU-TV in HOUSTON newsman? Be honest. If so, I used to watch you when I was a kid, or are you his kid? It was in the 1960's JOHN doing news, JOHNNY TEMPLE the old REDS AND INDIANS 2ND. BASEMAN ON SPORTS..AND SID LASHER ON WEATHER.

[@wallytverstol8627]

I am 67 and remember these games

[@yorkderek2484]

I am a 49'er fan since 1962, but my all-time favorite football player was Jim Nance of the old Boston Patriots. Greatest fullback I ever saw.

[@fr6313]

Imagine that Jim Nance and Floyd Little were part of the same backfield in college(Syracuse) . After Nance graduated I think a guy named Larry Cszonka replaced him

[@beatlejim64]

Yup...Nance was a BEAST!!!

[@beatlejim64]

Met Jim Nance. Nice man.....He was a BEAST!!! 6'2...260 lbs. My favorite Pats RB of all time! They just missed the Superbowl.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@beatlejim64, again Green Bay would have killed them. Parilli was a washout with Green Bay in the '50's.

[@bemore1134]

I used to be a UW Badgers season ticket holder, and watching Nance in these highlights reminded me of Ron Daynes' college days. Lethal combination of size & speed.

[@joseph02155]

I only have this. Copy given to me by Jimbo Nance himself.

[@tww2002]

Memories. Great names from the past.

[@jefmas]

liked the name boston patriots much better...and i loved seeing FLIPPER in his tank in miami after gino's field goal...!!!

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

This is the season lots of kids in NE became Pats fans. We didn't have another until Stevie Grogunz came along in the 70's.

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍🇺🇸

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The Boston/New England Patriots struggled after the 1966 season. They wandered in consistent mediocrity until the late 1970s.

[@ronaldpereira6459]

I was at that Buffalo game at Fenway. Sat behind homeplate and FROZE my a_ _ off!

[@fallandbounce]

It would be ten years until the Patriots had another winning season.

[@jaysoper3974]

H.P.Hood & Sons Dairy - a local institution! & back then they delivered door-to-door; & they had real recycling - you left your empty bottles on the stoop for pickup & re-use & they left the full ones!

[@CatholicTraditional]

Hood has the best milk!

[@eternal1blue]

Bob Starr called the play by play for the Rams and Angels at one time

[@Jason-cm6uh]

I love football

[@davetheknave6482]

One thumbs down, a New Jersey Jets fan must have been here........

[@davanmani556]

This was their best team.

[@beatlejim64]

They just missed going to the SB......

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@beatlejim64, where Green Bay facing one of their old starters and backups BABE PARILLI, would have killed them.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Best Pats team in the AFL wasn't the '63-64 team that played for the AFL title?

[@CatholicTraditional]

@@beatlejim64 Just missed the playoffs, but could’ve played in the 1st Super Bowl! I didn’t realize they had two good years in the AFL!

[@ryanspicer6609]

RIP Babe Parilli

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Babe Parilli has the third best career passing yardage in Patriots history.

[@bigjoe4110]

If Shonta would have just dropped the ball in the last seconds against Denver, the Patriots would have tied Buffalo and would have won the Eastern title because of a better percentage (8-3-3 is a better percentage than 9-4-1).

[@davanmani556]

bigjoe4110 I think with replay against the Chiefs, it could have been a win.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@davanmani556, one-handed TAYLOR catch looked on first viewing as only one foot in without a forceout..yep..replay..

[@robertsprouse9282]

Did Shonta have ESPN, ERRRR...ESP? That was, what??..three or four weeks before the end of that season? No one knew what was going to happen at the end. By the way, the AFL counted ties as half of a win AND HALF OF A LOSS. It was the NFL pre-'70 schedule merger that did not count ties as anything and the NFC and the AFC continued NOT COUNTING THEM UNTIL 1972-73's SEASON..which to not count them BEFORE THAT was really dumb since no one with a chance to kick a tying field goal during a game's ending seconds, rather than trying to score an iffy TD, was going for a TD at the end unless they had to have a win. The latter UNWARRANTED TD TRY would have been putting the example's team in question easily in peril of not gaining anything positive in the standings, if they eschewed the FG and missed on the attempted TD drive/play(s). A no-decision was and is still better than a loss. So, what deterrent did a tie not being counted, provide? None, and it did not reward teams, other than not losing, for not only their avoidance of a loss in the standings, but for coming within only 1 point of a win and not letting the other team win the game.. So, you said 8-3-3 is better than 9-4-1, but that was not the case in the AFL= 9-4-1= 9.5 W- 4.5 LOSSES, SO DID 8-3-3..= 9.5 W- 4.5 L.. In the NFL 8-3-3 equaled 8-3, and 9-4-1 equaled 9-4....there in the NFL. thus, 8-3= .727 winning percentage..and 9-4= .693 winning percentage.. BUT, neither the Bills nor Pats were at that time in the NFL. So they were both in the AFL ...8-3-3=9-4-1= 9.5- 4.5 .679 WIN PCT. FOR BOTH..BOS. AND BUFF. The AFL still had the one game playoff if there was one needed for a tiebreak and they would've played if everything had stayed the same. That tiebreak game was also the case up until 1967-68's season when the NFL went to two rounds of playoffs and introduced levels of tiebreakers including head to head results, divisional record, conference record, etc, other than playing ties off vs. the team that your team is tied with.. So, your gripe, does not work in the AFL at that time..sorry..In its last season the AFL went to two playoff rounds and went to tiebreaking criteria, rather than a playoff game to break any tie. Finally.. Layoff poor elderly gent, MR. SHANTA, and learn about old AFL tie rules, too. Yes, Boston would've had to go to a tiebreaker game if everything stayed the same, and maybe they would've won it..but weeks before the end of the season..players do not know how things will go..THUS, YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME so you do not NEED TIEBREAKS!! And again, BOSTON likely would not have won it outright even if they had tied that game where SHANTA caught the pass and was pushed back trying to WIN THE AFFAIR.. YEP..

[@jonkline709]

Saw them at Fenway Harvard was that bu when the stands burned down? Those were great days

[@jjmac59]

The fire in the stands was at BC

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

It was a 1970 preseason game between the Patriots and the Washington Redskins at Alumni Stadium where the fire broke out in the grandstands.

[@joseph02155]

Jim Nance gave this VHS copy to me when we became friends in 1987. Interesting that Jim Nance was more proud of being 2 time NCAA wresting champion (Syracuse) than anything else.

[@goldenthug9]

Jim Nance was special...so was Gino Capeletti

[@davissquaretv-somerville-b252]

+goldenthug9 And Babe Parelli !

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@davissquaretv-somerville-b252, not to mention BABE PARILLI, PARELLI's cousin..lol

[@robertsprouse9282]

Capeletti was not as good CAPPELLETTI..

[@goldenthug9]

@@robertsprouse9282 SPROUSE

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@goldenthug9 yes?

[@jamescurran9002]

Looks like it was filmed on a home camera.

[@henry6354]

Patriots should return to pat patriot logo on the helmet and the red throwbacks Phil Bissell 👍👌

[@bostoncityofchampions6581]

Damn right they should.

[@tommythomason6187]

Garron was a great runner. First time I've seen, or heard of him. Stopping Nance was like stopping a tank. The franchise would go straight downhill after 1966. I liked the Broncos' orange helmets, except that they chose, "Pokey," of Gumby and Pokey cartoon fame, as their logo.

[@KMK7355]

Lots of Mass players on Patriots in 1967 and 1966. Terry Swanson of Belmont and Bob Capadonna of Watertown were Thanksgiving foes in 1960.

[@robertsprouse9282]

But, were they the best players they could have signed? I am not a fan of signing locals over talent from elsewhere, unless the locals are more talented than the "elsewheres".

[@bemore1134]

@@robertsprouse9282 Pre-merger, it wasn't the easiest thing in the world for the Patriots to sign "elsewheres".

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@bemore1134, you do know Cappelletti was from U. OF Minn.? Parilli was from U. OF Kentucky? NICK BUONICONTI WAS FROM U. NOTRE DAME(SOUTH BEND, IND.)..

[@davanmani556]

24:00 Dolphins hook and lateral, 15 years earlier.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Playoff game vs. SAN DIEGO.. the KELLEN WINSLOW GAME 15 SEASONS LATER..16 YEARS LATER in JANUARY '82. EXCITING GAME..

[@michaelleroy9281]

Football at Fenway

[@ozone6937]

La Rams used to be called Cleveland Rams.Ny jets use to be called my titans.Tennnse Titans used to be called Houston Oilers. New England Patriots use to be called Boston patriots

[@robertsprouse9282]

And your spelling and editing used to be called, and still should be called out, as F minus scribblings.

[@67marlins81]

@@robertsprouse9282 Don't be a jerk. If you met that guy in a bar you'd walk out friends just based on your conversation, there'd be no written dialog to criticize so negatively. Consider that.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@67marlins81, he shows me no respect when he doesn't care to be as consistently clear as possible= at least an effort at being grammatically sound..correct. Its one thing to use "in" at the end of a verbal word instead of "ing", its quite another thing to just not give a damn. I am not a fan of dressing up ignorance and poor effort, and excusing it as cool.. Mediocrity is now a high ideal, because our schools cannot wait to graduate illiterate kids. Furthermore, while those children are in school, the latter's administrations are afraid to discourage those kids with criticism and higher bars to reach because they know those discouraged and subsequently, disgruntled, youngsters once they reach the age of consent, can quit school, thus cutting down on the money those schools get from the state education fund. So, the schools give soft grading based on lackluster standards and dwell on social crap rather than reading and writing fundamentals. Our public schools, with few exceptions, want kids to stay the full term, and not drop out, but the same schools have greased the skids, so the most underperforming students will be out only after 12 straight passing grades. WE CANNOT HAVE THEM FAILING AND STAYING AN EXTRA SCHOOLYEAR; can we? And, frankly I do not care what you think about me.. Folks, my response is for others reading his comments. He is a namecalling genius; isn't he?

[@67marlins81]

@@robertsprouse9282 Well I must have hit a nerve. And you missed the point, not surprising.....

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@67marlins81, you are an infection of stupidity in any nerve, Einstein..and you really cannot refute anything that I said..or you would have..so like any troll, you act like a jerkoff.. BUZZ OFF..MENSA MAN..

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Boston became new england patriots

[@scotday]

hi do you happen to have the 1968 team highlights one of my best friends Bill Murphy was the starting WR on the pats that year , thanks

[@joseph02155]

Sorry. I only have this video, given to me by Jim Nance.

[@robertsprouse9282]

The reference to- IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN A PASS PLAY? YOU BET IT IS.- is a paean to the old, newer then, EASTERN AIRLINES spot/ad which stated: IS THIS ANY WAY TO RUN AN AIRLINE? YOU BET IT IS.. catch-tagline.. ANDREA DROMM WAS THE ACTRESS/MODEL WHO PLAYED A FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND DELIVERED THE LINE..

[@stevenbowman761]

Great shots of #23 cornerback Ron Hall at 1:55, 5:20, and 10:05.

[@kevinevans5921]

I would like to see the Patriots play a preseason game here, but I guess the Red Sox wouldn’t like it.

[@bostoncityofchampions6581]

Lol...The Red Sox aren't using Fenway these days either.

[@kevinevans5921]

@@bostoncityofchampions6581 not a Red Sox fan but dang they won 4 titles in the last 20 years after zero in 86 so they’ve been playin a little ball haha

[@scotday]

hi davis do you have the 1968 patriots my good friend Bill Murphy was a WR on that team I love to find it if anyone can upload

[@eugenecattouse1860]

Anybody remember Tank Holmes ?

[@fscap811]

Yes, Robert "Tank" Holmes! I remember him primarily with the KC Chiefs. The pre-merger AFL was great and I loved watching them with Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman doing the games.

[@beatlejim64]

Robert "The Tank" Holmes....

[@robertsprouse9282]

Oh yeah, a tough runner whose low center of gravity made him a load, that and sheer determination. He ended up living in Canada, in Saskatchewan a place where he played in '76. He died in Canada at the age of 72, R.I.P...

[@albertoramirez5977]

This is so cool! Is this Namath rookie year?

[@davanmani556]

JayBoi Nike 2nd year.

[@beatlejim64]

Namath's rookie year was 1965...this is 1966...

[@tomb4575]

Was that the year The Patriots played a home game in Birmingham Alabama against Joe Namath and The Jets?

[@rockyhines5842]

@@tomb4575 1968

[@mikebridges5056]

Thanks to the NFL's stupid helmet rule, there can be no Pat the Patriot throwbacks any longer...unless the Patriots revert back to a white helmet or the NFL changes that stupid helmet rule. Having multiple helmets has not had an adverse effect on College players. The NFL rule keeps several teams from having throwbacks. The Pat the Patriot uniforms are miles better than the Patriot uniforms worn now. They should just retire this current version when Brady decides he's had enough lol.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Brady has had enough..of Bellicheat..

[@CatholicTraditional]

They should put Old Pat on a silver helmet.

[@bemore1134]

The NFL creates a stupid rule.....imagine that.😄

[@JMC786]

Cookie was stronger and just as fast

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Had a winning season that year, but nothing for the next 10 years. Then it was hit or miss until, well, you know who.