Gale Sayers
Gale Eugene Sayers "The Kansas Comet"
Born: May 30, 1943
Wichita, KS USA
Deceased: September 23, 2020
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 198
College: Kansas
High School: Central (Omaha, NE)
Career: 1965-1971
Drafted: 1965 in Round 1, #5 overall (AFL) by the Kansas City Chiefs
Drafted: 1965 in Round 1, #4 overall by the Chicago Bears
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977
Gale Sayers played from 1965 to 1971 during his career with the Chicago Bears. Sayers ran for 4,956 yards in his career on 991 attempts, scoring 39 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 112 passes for 1,307 yards and 9 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 27 | 109.7 | ||
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 39 | 30.6 | ||
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 39.6 |
Totals | 18 | 4 | 22.2 | 111 | 6.2 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 11.1 | 39 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 166 | 867 | 5.2 | 61 | 14 |
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 229 | 1231 | 5.4 | 58 | 8 |
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 186 | 880 | 4.7 | 70 | 7 |
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 138 | 856 | 6.2 | 63 | 2 |
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 236 | 1032 | 4.4 | 28 | 8 |
1970 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
1971 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 991 | 4956 | 5.0 | 70 | 39 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 29 | 507 | 17.5 | 80 | 6 |
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 34 | 447 | 13.1 | 80 | 2 |
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 32 | 1 |
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 |
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
1970 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Totals | 112 | 1307 | 11.7 | 80 | 9 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 85 | 1 |
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 58 | 1 |
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 391 | 14.5 | 85 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 21 | 660 | 31.4 | 96 | 1 |
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 718 | 31.2 | 93 | 2 |
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 16 | 603 | 37.7 | 103 | 3 |
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 17 | 461 | 27.1 | 48 | 0 |
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 339 | 24.2 | 52 | 0 |
Totals | 91 | 2781 | 30.6 | 103 | 6 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
1970 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1965 | NFL Chicago Bears | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | ||||||
1966 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
1967 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
1968 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
1969 | NFL Chicago Bears | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Totals | 39 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 336 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
1966 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
1967 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 13 | 0 |
1968 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 9 | 0 |
1969 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 14 | 0 |
1970 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 |
1971 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team
Honors
1965 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1965 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1965 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1966 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL/AFL (1st Team)
1969 - The Sporting News All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Hall of Fame All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)