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. Sayers would set an NFL rookie record with 22 touchdowns in one season. The six-touchdown performance tied an NFL record and set a new Bears record.
The 1965 Bears draft class was named No. 8 on NFL Top 10 draft classes.
Off-season
NFL Draft
Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Game summaries
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
- Rudy Bukich 16/22, 299 Yds
Week 5
- Gale Sayers 297 all-purpose Yds
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Gale Sayers Six Touchdown Game. His last touchdown came on a 85-yard punt return.
Week 14
Standings
- Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
Awards and records
- Gale Sayers, NFL rookie record, most touchdowns in one season (22)
- Gale Sayers, NFL record (tied), most touchdowns in one game (6)
- Gale Sayers, club record, most touchdowns in one game (6)
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