1965_Chicago_Bears_season

1965 Chicago Bears season
1965 Chicago Bears season
Owner	George Halas
General manager	George Halas
Head coach	George Halas
Home field	Wrigley Field
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	3rd Western
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1964; Bears seasons; 1966 →;

1965 Chicago Bears season

NFL team season

The 1965 Chicago Bears season was their 46th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 9–5 record, earning them a third-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. The club improved over the dismal 5–9 record of the previous season. –QB Rudy Bukich 176 for 312, 2,641 yards, 20 touchdowns. They started the season 0–3, but thanks to rookies Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus, the team won 9 of the last 11 games. Sayers had a magnificent rookie season, and in one game against the San Francisco 49ers at Chicago's Wrigley Field on December 12, he scored six touchdowns in a 61–20 Bears win, the first time the Bears scored 61 points in a regular-season game.^[1] Sayers would set an NFL rookie record with 22 touchdowns in one season.^[2] The six-touchdown performance tied an NFL record and set a new Bears record.^[3]

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The 1965 Bears draft class was named No. 8 on NFL Top 10 draft classes.^[4]

Regular season

Game summaries

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	Quarterbacks 10 Rudy Bukich 9 Billy Wade Running backs 21 Jon Arnett 29 Ronnie Bull FB 32 Ralph Kurek 34 Joe Marconi 40 Gale Sayers Wide receivers 45 Dick Gordon 80 Jim Jones 47 Johnny Morris 84 Ron Smith CB Tight ends 89 Mike Ditka 85 Billy Martin		Offensive linemen 70 Herm Lee T 57 Dick Leeuwenburg T 50 Mike Pyle C 64 Mike Rabold G 67 George Seals G 63 Bob Wetoska T Defensive linemen 81 Doug Atkins DE 79 Dick Evey DT 76 John Johnson DT 78 Stan Jones DT 74 Bob Kilcullen DT 71 Earl Leggett DT 87 Ed O'Bradovich DE		Linebackers 51 Dick Butkus 31 Joe Fortunato 83 Roger LeClerc K 53 Jim Purnell Defensive backs 43 Larry Glueck 26 Bennie McRae CB 17 Richie Petitbon S 24 Rosey Taylor S 23 Dave Whitsell CB Special teams 88 Bobby Joe Green P		Rookies in italics

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue
1	September 19	at San Francisco 49ers	L 24–52	0–1	Kezar Stadium
2	September 26	at Los Angeles Rams	L 28–30	0–2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3	October 3	at Green Bay Packers	L 14–23	0–3	Lambeau Field
4	October 10	Los Angeles Rams	W 31–6	1–3	Wrigley Field
5	October 17	at Minnesota Vikings	W 45–37	2–3	Metropolitan Stadium
6	October 24	Detroit Lions	W 38–10	3–3	Wrigley Field
7	October 31	Green Bay Packers	W 31–10	4–3	Wrigley Field
8	November 7	Baltimore Colts	L 21–26	4–4	Wrigley Field
9	November 14	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–13	5–4	Wrigley Field
10	November 21	at Detroit Lions	W 17–10	6–4	Tiger Stadium
11	November 28	at New York Giants	W 35–14	7–4	Yankee Stadium
12	December 5	at Baltimore Colts	W 13–0	8–4	Memorial Stadium
13	December 12	San Francisco 49ers	W 61–20	9–4	Wrigley Field
14	December 19	Minnesota Vikings	L 17–24	9–5	Wrigley Field
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

NFL Western Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	10	3	1	.769	8–3–1	316	224	T1
Baltimore Colts	10	3	1	.769	8–3–1	389	284	W1
Chicago Bears	9	5	0	.643	7–5	409	275	L1
San Francisco 49ers	7	6	1	.538	6–5–1	421	402	T1
Minnesota Vikings	7	7	0	.500	5–7	383	403	W2
Detroit Lions	6	7	1	.462	4–7–1	257	295	W1
Los Angeles Rams	4	10	0	.286	2–10	269	328	L1

1965_Chicago_Bears_season

1965 Chicago Bears season

Off-season

NFL Draft

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Standings

Awards and records

References

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Period	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	0	13	0	7	20
Bears	13	14	13	21	61