1965 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (9-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1965 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (9-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1965 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago piled up points with 409 points, while the solid defense yielded 275. Gale Sayers rushed for a team-leading 867 yards for the Bears.
Rudy Bukich tossed for 2,641 yards. Johnny Morris hauled in 53 balls for 846 yards.
The opportunistic defense created 44 turnovers. Dick Butkus picked off 5 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Rudy Bukich | 312 | 176 | 56.4 | 2641 | 8.5 | 20 | 6.4 | 9 | 2.9 | 80 | 93.7 | Billy Wade | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 204 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.9 | 29 | 43.1 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 109.7 | Jon Arnett | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 59 | 135.4 | Gale Sayers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 27 | 109.7 |
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| Totals | 361 | 201 | 55.7 | 3020 | 8.4 | 22 | 6.1 | 12 | 3.3 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 166 | 867 | 5.2 | 61 | 14 | Ronnie Bull | 91 | 417 | 4.6 | 33 | 3 | Andy Livingston | 63 | 363 | 5.8 | 30 | 2 | Jon Arnett | 102 | 363 | 3.6 | 24 | 5 | Joe Marconi | 19 | 47 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 28 | 33 | 1.2 | 24 | 3 | Billy Wade | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 16 | 0 | Jim Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 479 | 2131 | 4.4 | 61 | 27 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 53 | 846 | 16.0 | 80 | 4 | Mike Ditka | 36 | 454 | 12.6 | 44 | 2 | Gale Sayers | 29 | 507 | 17.5 | 80 | 6 | Jim Jones | 21 | 350 | 16.7 | 54 | 4 | Ronnie Bull | 16 | 186 | 11.6 | 41 | 1 | Dick Gordon | 13 | 279 | 21.5 | 51 | 3 | Andy Livingston | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 30 | 0 | Jon Arnett | 12 | 114 | 9.5 | 30 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 52 | 2 | Joe Marconi | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 | Bill Martin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 201 | 3020 | 15.0 | 80 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Roger LeClerc | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 85 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 85 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Green | 58 | 2479 | 42.7 | 66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 2479 | 42.7 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 85 | 1 | Jon Arnett | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 | Ron Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 29 | 289 | 10.0 | 85 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 21 | 660 | 31.4 | 96 | 1 | Dick Gordon | 14 | 242 | 17.3 | 41 | 0 | Jon Arnett | 5 | 150 | 30.0 | 77 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 42 | 0 | Ron Smith | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Roger LeClerc | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 45 | 1146 | 25.5 | 96 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick Butkus | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 38 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 89 | 1 | Dave Whitsell | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 32 | 1 | Richie Petitbon | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Evey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 20 | 307 | 15.4 | 89 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Leggett | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Mike Reilly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Mike Pyle | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Ditka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Arnett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cadile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Gale Sayers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 85 | Jon Arnett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Jones | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Johnny Morris | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dick Gordon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rudy Bukich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Charlie Bivins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mike Ditka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dave Whitsell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 |
