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.
The Bears piled up points with 409 points, and the solid defense yielded 275. Gale Sayers rushed for a team-leading 867 yards for Chicago.
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 |
