The original Patriot logo was a stylized depiction of a Revolutionary War tricorne hat. Midway through the first season, it was replaced by an image of a New England Revolutionary War minuteman snapping a football, developed by artist Phil Bissell.[24] Initial Patriots owner William Sullivan coined the logo's nickname — "Pat Patriot" — in late 1961.[25] The team's original uniforms used a color scheme matching that of the American flag — red and white shirts, blue stripes on the sleeves, and white pants and helmets. As with most NFL teams, the helmets featured the team logo on both sides.Historical Moments:
1960: The Boston Patriots owned by Billy Sullivan Jr., a Boston businessman with a strong sports background were one of 8 teams in the inaugural season of the renegade AFL. With a roster full of misfits and NFL castoffs the Patriots were involved in 2 big firsts for the new league. On July 30th, the Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in the first AFL pre-season game. Then, on September 9th a crowd of 21,597 at Nickerson Field, (the stadium formerly known as Braves Field) witnessed the Patriots lose 13-10 to the Denver Broncos in the first official AFL game. The Pats would get their first win a week later in New York against the Titans. They would go on to finish with a 5-9 record that saw them finish last among the 4 teams in the AFL Eastern Division.1961: In their 2nd season the Patriots got off to another slow start losing 3 of their first 5 games, prompting management to fire Head Coach Lou Saban and replace him with Mike Holovak. The move paid off as the Past would lose only one more game that season before finishing in 2nd Place with a solid 9-4-1 record.1962: In Mike Holovak first full season as coach the Patriots once again were in contention finishing in 2nd Place with an identical 9-4-1 record. A November 18th loss to the Houston Oilers proved to be the Pats undoing as the Oilers went to the AFL Championship for the 3rd time in 3 years.1963: In their first season at Fenway Park, the Patriots hovered around the .500 mark all season, fortunately so did the rest of the AFL East and the Pats had a chance to clinch a spot in the AFL Championship game with a win in their final game. However a 35-3 loss at Kansas City to the Chiefs left them at 7-6-1 forcing them into a tie for the division title with Buffalo Bills. This would set up a divisional playoff with the Bills in Buffalo for a trip to the AFL Championship Game. The Pats would rise to the occasion stunning the Bills in Buffalo 26-8 and earned a trip to San Diego. The AFL Championship was almost over before it even started, as the Pats were thrashed 51-10 by the high-flying Chargers.1964: Gino Cappelletti was all everything for the Patriots with his deadly accurate foot, he accounted for 111 points, while scoring 7 Touchdown receptions as a wide receiver. The Pats were even stronger then the year before and sat at 10-2-1 going into the final game of the season at Fenway Park against the Buffalo Bills, with a trip to the AFL Championship Game on the line. However despite a sellout crowd of 38,021 the Pats fell 24-14, as the Bills went on to win the AFL Championship.
