1965 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Conference • 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| George Allen | Defense |
| Jim Dooley | Assistant Coach |
| Abe Gibron | Offensive Line |
| Phil Handler | Defensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Chuck Mather | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/12/1965 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-30 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 45142 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-31 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47006 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 28-14 | W | Nashville, TN | Dudley Field | 20500 | |
| Fri | 9/3/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-25 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52648 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1965 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 21-34 | L | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 33525 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1965 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-52 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33211 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 28-30 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36359 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50852 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 31-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45760 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 45-37 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47426 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | H | Detroit Lions | 38-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45658 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Green Bay Packers | 31-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45664 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-26 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45656 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 34-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45663 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 51499 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | A | New York Giants | 35-14 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62933 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1965 | A | Baltimore Colts | 13-0 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 61-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46278 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46604 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jon Arnett | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 30 | Southern California | 14 | 3 |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 35 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Bivins | 49 | TE | 6-2 | 212 | 27 | Morris Brown | 14 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 35 | Iowa; Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| Ronnie Bull | 20 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Baylor | 13 | 7 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 25 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| J.C. Caroline | 25 | CB-S | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | LDE | 6-2 | 238 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Fortunato | 31 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 35 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Bill George | 61 | LB | 6-2 | 237 | 36 | Wake Forest | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Glueck | 43 | CB-S | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Villanova | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | SE | 5-11 | 190 | 21 | Michigan State | 14 | 5 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 29 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 5 |
| Jimmy Jones | 80 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 24 | Trinidad State JC; Wisconsin | 13 | 9 |
| Stan Jones | 78 | LDT-LOT | 6-1 | 252 | 34 | Maryland | 6 | 1 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 31 | Texas Tech | 8 | 8 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Roger LeClerc | 83 | C-K | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | 3 |
| Herm Lee | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 34 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Leeuwenburg | 57 | OT | 6-5 | 242 | 23 | Stanford | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Leggett | 71 | RDT | 6-3 | 264 | 32 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Livingston | 48 | FB | 6-0 | 234 | 21 | Phoenix JC | 14 | 2 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | West Virginia | 14 | 5 |
| Billy Martin | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 238 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 30 | UC Santa Barbara | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Morris | 33 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 12 |
| Dennis Murphy | 73 | DT | 6-2 | 250 | 22 | Florida | 2 | 0 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Illinois | 13 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 27 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 2 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 26 | Yale | 13 | 11 |
| Mike Rabold | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 239 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Reilly | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 11 |
| George Seals | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 23 | Missouri | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 84 | HB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 35 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 2 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Whitsell | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 29 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Dick Butkus | LB | Illinois |
| 1 | 4 | Gale Sayers | HB | Kansas |
| 1 | 6 | Steve DeLong | T | Tennessee |
| 4 | 45 | Jim Nance | FB | Syracuse |
| 6 | 73 | Tony Carey | HB | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 88 | Dick Gordon | HB | Michigan State |
| 7 | 90 | Mickey Sutton | B | Auburn |
| 8 | 101 | Brian Schweda | T | Kansas |
| 9 | 116 | Ken Ambrusko | B | Maryland |
| 10 | 129 | Dennis Murphy | T | Florida |
| 11 | 144 | Frank Cornish | T | Grambling State |
| 12 | 157 | Steve Cox | T | South Carolina |
| 13 | 172 | Dave Daniels | T | Florida A&M |
| 14 | 185 | Dave Pivec | E | Notre Dame |
| 15 | 200 | Art Robinson | B | Los Angeles State |
| 16 | 213 | Frank Pitts | E | Southern University |
| 17 | 228 | Tom LaFramboise | QB | Louisville |
| 18 | 241 | Mike Schwager | T | Northwestern |
| 19 | 256 | Lou Bobich | K | Michigan State |
| 20 | 269 | Ralph Kurek | FB | Wisconsin |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 64 | 99 | 93 | 153 | 409 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 90 | 64 | 86 | 275 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 257 | 132 | 110 | 15 | / % | / % | 96 | 826 | |
| Opponents Totals | 244 | 87 | 136 | 21 | / % | / % | 68 | 611 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 52 | 52 | 100.0 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 85 |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jimmy Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Charlie Bivins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 54 | 52 | 54 | 96.3 | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 409 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 30 | 33 | 90.9 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 1 | 275 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger LeClerc | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 30 | 4/4 | 6/7 | 1/6 | 0/8 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 26 | 42.3 | 0 | 30 | 4/4 | 6/7 | 1/6 | 0/8 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 6/ | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 166 | 867 | 5.2 | 61t | 14 |
| Ronnie Bull | 91 | 417 | 4.6 | 33t | 3 |
| Andy Livingston | 63 | 363 | 5.8 | 30 | 2 |
| Jon Arnett | 102 | 363 | 3.6 | 24t | 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 |
| Jimmy Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 479 | 2131 | 4.4 | 61t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 400 | 1530 | 3.8 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Bukich | 312 | 176 | 56.4 | 127 | 2641 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 80t | 20 | 6.4 | 9 | 2.9 | 25 | 214 | 2427 | 93.7 |
| Billy Wade | 41 | 20 | 48.8 | 19 | 204 | 5.0 | 10.2 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.9 | 5 | 40 | 164 | 43.1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 63 | 21.0 | 31.5 | 54 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 109.7 |
| Gale Sayers | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 53 | 17.7 | 26.5 | 27 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 109.7 |
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 59 | 29.5 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 135.4 |
| Team Totals | 361 | 201 | 55.7 | 148 | 3020 | 8.4 | 15.0 | 80t | 22 | 6.1 | 12 | 3.3 | 30 | 254 | 2766 | 89.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 444 | 217 | 48.9 | 207 | 3086 | 7.0 | 14.2 | 77 | 18 | 4.1 | 20 | 4.5 | 40 | 348 | 2738 | 66.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 53 | 846 | 16.0 | 80t | 4 |
| Mike Ditka | 36 | 454 | 12.6 | 44 | 2 |
| Gale Sayers | 29 | 507 | 17.5 | 80t | 6 |
| Jimmy 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 | 80 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 12 | 114 | 9.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 52t | 2 |
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 201 | 3020 | 15.0 | 80t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 217 | 3086 | 14.2 | 77 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Butkus | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 89t | 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 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 307 | 15.4 | 89t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 219 | 18.3 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 58 | 2479 | 42.7 | 66 | 0 | 123 | ||||
| Team Totals | 58 | 2479 | 42.7 | 66 | 0 | 123 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2747 | 42.3 | 289 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 16 | 9 | 238 | 14.9 | 85t | 1 |
| Jon Arnett | 11 | 4 | 52 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 289 | 10.0 | 85t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 14 | 123 | 5.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 21 | 660 | 31.4 | 96t | 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 | |
| Team Totals | 45 | 1146 | 25.5 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 1583 | 22.0 | 86 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Cadile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Leggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Pyle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 1 |
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