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1965 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-5-0, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (9-5-0)

Points For: 409 (29.2/g) 2nd of 14

Points Against: 275 (19.6/g) 2nd of 14

Expected W-L: 10.1-3.9

SRS: 14.58 (1st of 14), SOS: 5.00

Defensive Coordinator: George Allen

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Dooley (Receivers), Abe Gibron (Offensive Line), Phil Handler (Defensive Line) and Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

President/General Manager: George Halas Jr.

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	409	4897	870	5.6	28	16	257	201	361	2766	22	12	7.1	110	479	2131	27	4.4	132	96	826	15
Opp. Stats	275	4268	884	4.8	44	24	244	217	444	2738	18	20	5.7	136	400	1530	11	3.8	87	68	611	21
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			3	7	5		10	5	6	1	2		2	3	1	4
Lg Rank Defense	2	8			3	1	11		13	9	4	7	3		1	5	3	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19		boxscore	L		0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	24	52	16	263	186	77	2	26	485	288	197	1
2	Sun	September 26		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	28	30	10	224	173	51	2	24	389	266	123	2
3	Sun	October 3		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Green Bay Packers	14	23	23	413	221	192	2	14	299	221	78
4	Sun	October 10		boxscore	W		1-3		Los Angeles Rams	31	6	17	390	301	89	2	17	284	211	73	5
5	Sun	October 17		boxscore	W		2-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	45	37	16	316	134	182	1	26	413	109	304	5
6	Sun	October 24		boxscore	W		3-3		Detroit Lions	38	10	16	290	148	142	2	14	260	138	122	5
7	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		4-3		Green Bay Packers	31	10	20	265	53	212	3	14	219	98	121	4
8	Sun	November 7		boxscore	L		4-4		Baltimore Colts	21	26	25	340	266	74	2	18	402	308	94	4
9	Sun	November 14		boxscore	W		5-4		St. Louis Cardinals	34	13	23	463	274	189	2	15	295	217	78	1
10	Sun	November 21		boxscore	W		6-4	@	Detroit Lions	17	10	14	230	29	201	1	11	184	118	66	3
11	Sun	November 28		boxscore	W		7-4	@	New York Giants	35	14	21	370	200	170	2	14	202	148	54	3
12	Sun	December 5		boxscore	W		8-4	@	Baltimore Colts	13	0	18	418	216	202	4	15	222	163	59	6
13	Sun	December 12		boxscore	W		9-4		San Francisco 49ers	61	20	21	584	401	183		19	330	272	58	2
14	Sun	December 19		boxscore	L		9-5		Minnesota Vikings	17	24	17	331	164	167	3	17	284	181	103	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Rudy Bukich	35	QB	14	12	9-3-0	176	312	56.4	2641	20	6.4	9	2.9	80	8.5	8.45	15.0	188.6	93.7	25	214	7.42	7.20	7.19	1	0	AP CPoY-3
2	Billy Wade	35	QB	5	2	0-2-0	20	41	48.8	204	0	0.0	2	4.9	29	5.0	2.78	10.2	40.8	43.1	5	40	10.87	3.57	1.61	0	0
3	Ronnie Bull	25	FB	13	10		2	3	66.7	63	0	0.0	0	0.0	54	21.0	21.00	31.5	4.8	109.7	0	0	0.00	21.00	21.00	0	0
4	Jon Arnett	30	HB	14	2		1	2	50.0	59	1	50.0	0	0.0	59	29.5	39.50	59.0	4.2	135.4	0	0	0.00	29.50	39.50	0	0
5	Gale Sayers	22	HB	14	12		2	3	66.7	53	1	33.3	1	33.3	27	17.7	9.33	26.5	3.8	109.7	0	0	0.00	17.67	9.33	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
	Team Totals			14	14	9-5-0	201	361	55.7	2766	22	6.1	12	3.3	80	8.4	8.09	15.0	197.6	89.8	30	254	7.67	7.07	6.82	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gale Sayers	22	HB	14	12	166	867	14	61	5.2	61.9	11.9	29	507	17.5	6	80	2.1	36.2	195	7.0	1374	20	9	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
2	Johnny Morris	30	FL	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	53	846	16.0	4	80	3.8	60.4	53	16.0	846	4	0
3	Ronnie Bull	25	FB	13	10	91	417	3	33	4.6	32.1	7.0	16	186	11.6	1	41	1.2	14.3	107	5.6	603	4	2
4	Andy Livingston	21	RB	14	0	63	363	2	30	5.8	25.9	4.5	12	134	11.2	0	30	0.9	9.6	75	6.6	497	2	2
5	Jon Arnett	30	HB	14	2	102	363	5	24	3.6	25.9	7.3	12	114	9.5	0	30	0.9	8.1	114	4.2	477	5	3
6	Mike Ditka	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	36	454	12.6	2	44	2.6	32.4	36	12.6	454	2	1	PB,AP-2
7	Jim Jones	24	LE	13	10	2	13	0	7	6.5	1.0	0.2	21	350	16.7	4	54	1.6	26.9	23	15.8	363	4	0
8	Dick Gordon	21	LE	14	4	2	10	0	6	5.0	0.7	0.1	13	279	21.5	3	51	0.9	19.9	15	19.3	289	3	1
9	Charlie Bivins	27	HB	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	108	27.0	2	52	0.3	7.7	4	27.0	108	2	0
10	Joe Marconi	31	FB	14	4	19	47	0	10	2.5	3.4	1.4	4	43	10.8	0	29	0.3	3.1	23	3.9	90	0	0
11	Rudy Bukich	35	QB	14	12	28	33	3	24	1.2	2.4	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	1.2	33	3	12	AP CPoY-3
12	Billy Wade	35	QB	5	2	5	18	0	16	3.6	3.6	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.6	18	0	2
13	Ralph Kurek	22	RB	14	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
14	Bill Martin	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	479	2131	27	61	4.4	152.2	34.2	201	3020	15.0	22	80	14.4	215.7	680	7.6	5151	49	32

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Doug Atkins	35	RDE	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.5	0	PB,AP-2
2	Dick Butkus	23	MLB	14	14	5	84	0	38	0	7	11	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Jim Cadile	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Mike Ditka	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Dick Evey	24	LDE	14	14	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
6	Joe Fortunato	35	LLB	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	2.5	0	PB,AP-1
7	Bennie McRae	26	LCB	14	14	4	116	1	89	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Richie Petitbon	27	SS	14	14	2	22	0	18	0	1	8	0	0.0	0
9	Rosey Taylor	28	FS	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	2	3	0	0.0	0	AP-2
10	Dave Whitsell	29	RCB	14	14	4	67	1	32	0	2	13	0	0.0	0
11	Mike Pyle	26	C	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Rudy Bukich	35	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0	0.0	0	AP CPoY-3
13	Earl Leggett	32	RDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	2.0	0
14	Gale Sayers	22	HB	14	12	0	0	0	0	9	4	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
15	Ronnie Bull	25	FB	13	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bob Kilcullen	29	LDT	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
17	Dick Gordon	21	LE	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Stan Jones	34	DT	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
19	Jon Arnett	30	HB	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Billy Wade	35	QB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Purnell	24	LB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Charlie Bivins	27	HB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Andy Livingston	21	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mike Reilly	23	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ron Smith	22	CB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	307	2	89	33	41	40	0	30.0	0

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