Boston Patriots

Vs.

Baltimore Colts

August 13, 1967

Baltimore Builds 19-3 Lead At Half

Reserves Replace Unitas in Last Two Periods-Boston Fails to Cross Colts’ 21
 

By WILLIAM N. WALLACE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 13 (NY Times) The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League whipped the Boston Patriots of the American League, 33-3, to day at Harvard Stadium in the second of this summer's "Little Super Bowl" contests.

With 14 more of these inter-league preseason games ahead, the count is even at one victory apiece, the Colts' easy triumph coming eight days after Denver of the A.F.L. surprised the Detroit Lions.

There were few surprises for the crowd of 29,313 today. Shrewd John Unitas, the Colt quarterback, dissected the Bos ton defense in the first half, which concluded with Baltimore ahead, 19-3. The Colt defense, one of the strongest in the senior league, all but shut out the Patriot offense over 60 minutes of play. It was, however, a respect able game-not a rout-and the Patriots had nothing to be ashamed about.

Nick Buoniconti, the ail league linebacker and leader of the stunting, blitzing Boston defense, tried to outguess Unitas and that did not work out so well. Baltimore's second series of offensive plays saw Unitas direct his team on a nine-play 59-yird touchdown drive with Tom Matte, the halfback, scoring on a sweep from the 4.

In the second period, Baltimore scored in two plays from 39 yards out, the first a 19-yard pass from Unitas to Ray Perkins and the second a 20-yard run up the middle by Jim Detwiler, a rookie halfback. Buoniconti took himself out of that play by blitzing the quarterback and Detwiler ran in side of him.

The Colts also made 3 points on a 26-yard field goal by Lou Michaels and 2 points on a safety, when Jon Morris of Bos ton centered the football over the head of his punter and into the end zone.

The Patriots played their regular offense well into the fourth quarter in an effort to score points for an enthusiastic hometown crowd. All they got was one field goal of 37 yards by Gino Cappelletti in the second quarter.

Vito (Babe) Parilli, the 37 year-old Boston quarterback who played five seasons in the N.F.L., strove hard to combat the Baltimore defense. His only two successful weapons were outside passes to Art Graham, his split end, and offtackle rushes by big Jim Nance, the Patriot fullback who completed two weeks of National Guard duty on Friday.

Boston gained 85 yards rushing and Nance had 64 of them. Parilli had 12 completions and Graham caught five. The Patriots made only two drives and the Colt 21 was as far as they went.

Baltimore played two re serve quarterbacks in the second half, Jim Ward and Terry Southall, and each produced a touchdown. Ward threw a 49-yard pass that Jim Orr grabbed after Tom Hennessy of Boston had tipped the ball and juggled it. The play went to the 3 and Jim Welch, shifted from defensive to offensive halfback, scored on a sweep from there.

Southall, a rookie from Baylor, threw a short pass to Bob Baldwin, a halfback, and Bald win broke away from a weak tackle by Vic Purvis to go all the way on a 71-yard play.

Don Shula, the Baltimore coach, saluted three of the Patriot defensive players, Larry Eisenhauer, Houston Antwine and Buoniconti, as "outstanding." Bubba Smith, the heralded Colt rookie defensive tackle who played all the way, found another one in Len St. Jean, the rugged Boston guard who gave Bubba plenty of trouble.
 

Nance had a comment. 'We've heard a lot about the National League players," he said. "Well, we found out they were just men, not supermen.”

Scoring Summary

First Quarter
BAL- Matte 4 run (Michaels kick)

Second Quarter
BOS- FG Capelletti 37
BAL- FG Michaels 26
BAL- Safety, center snap out of endzone
BAL- Detwiler 20 run (Michaels kick)

Fourth Quarter
BAL- Welch 5 run (Michaels kick)
BAL- Baldwin 71 yard pass from Southall (Michaels kick)

Att- 29,313

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