1965 Chicago Bears (NFL)

3rd place Western Conference 9-5-0 .643

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	Score		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

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
21	Jon Arnett	HB	5-11	197	30	Southern California	14	3
81	Doug Atkins	RDE	6-8	257	35	Tennessee	14	14
49	Charlie Bivins	TE	6-2	212	27	Morris Brown	14	0
10	Rudy Bukich	QB	6-1	202	35	Iowa; Southern California	14	12
20	Ronnie Bull	FB	6-0	200	25	Baylor	13	9
51	Dick Butkus	MLB	6-3	244	23	Illinois	14	14
72	Jim Cadile	ROG	6-3	239	25	San Jose CC; San Jose State	14	14
25	J.C. Caroline	CB-S	6-1	190	32	Illinois	2	0
89	Mike Ditka	TE	6-3	228	26	Pittsburgh	14	14
79	Dick Evey	LDE	6-2	238	24	Tennessee	14	14
31	Joe Fortunato	LLB	6-0	225	35	Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State	14	14
61	Bill George	LB	6-2	237	36	Wake Forest	2	0
43	Larry Glueck	CB-S	6-0	190	24	Villanova	12	0
45	Dick Gordon	SE	5-11	190	21	Michigan State	14	4
88	Bobby Joe Green	P	5-11	175	29	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida	14	0
76	John Johnson	LDT	6-5	260	24	Indiana	14	5
80	Jimmy Jones	SE	6-2	189	24	Trinidad State JC; Wisconsin	13	10
78	Stan Jones	LDT-LOT	6-1	252	34	Maryland	6	1
74	Bob Kilcullen	LDT	6-3	245	29	Texas Tech	8	8
32	Ralph Kurek	FB	6-2	210	22	Wisconsin	14	0
83	Roger LeClerc	C-K	6-3	236	29	Trinity (Connecticut)	14	1
70	Herm Lee	LOT	6-3	244	34	Florida A&M	14	14
57	Dick Leeuwenburg	OT	6-5	242	23	Stanford	9	0
71	Earl Leggett	RDT	6-3	264	32	Hinds CC; Louisiana State	14	14
48	Andy Livingston	HB	6-0	234	21	Phoenix JC	14	0
34	Joe Marconi	FB	6-2	225	31	West Virginia	14	5
85	Billy Martin	TE	6-4	238	23	Georgia Tech	14	0
26	Bennie McRae	LCB	6-1	180	26	Michigan	14	14
47	Johnny Morris	FL	5-10	180	30	UC Santa Barbara	14	14
33	Larry Morris	RLB	6-2	226	32	Georgia Tech	12	12
73	Dennis Murphy	DT	6-2	250	22	Florida	2	0
87	Ed O'Bradovich	LDE	6-3	255	25	Illinois	13	0
17	Richie Petitbon	LS	6-3	206	27	Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane	14	14
53	Jim Purnell	RLB	6-2	229	24	Wisconsin	12	2
50	Mike Pyle	C	6-3	247	26	Yale	13	13
64	Mike Rabold	LOG	6-2	239	27	Indiana	14	14
62	Mike Reilly	LB	6-2	230	23	Iowa	14	0
40	Gale Sayers	HB	6-0	199	22	Kansas	14	11
67	George Seals	LOG	6-3	260	23	Missouri	14	0
84	Ron Smith	HB	6-1	191	22	Wisconsin	14	0
24	Rosey Taylor	RS	5-11	186	28	Grambling State	14	14
9	Billy Wade	QB	6-2	204	35	Vanderbilt	5	2
63	Bob Wetoska	ROT	6-3	241	28	Notre Dame	14	14
23	Dave Whitsell	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
Team Totals	64	99	93	153
Opponents Totals	35	90	64	86

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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roger LeClerc	11	26	42.3	4/	6/	1/	0/	0/
Team Totals	11	26	42.3	4/	6/	1/	0/	0/
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	RYDS
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	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