1965 Chicago Bears season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Chicago Bears
year = 1965
record = 9-5
division_place = 3rd Western Conference
coach = George Halas
stadium = Wrigley Field
playoffs = Did not qualifyThe 1965 Chicago Bears season was their 46th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted 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.

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 6 touchdowns in a 61-20 Bears win. Gale Sayers would set an NFL rookie record with 22 touchdowns in one season. [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 408 ] The six touchdown performance from December 12, would tie an NFL record and set a new Bears record. [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 106 ]

Regular Season

Conference Standings

Western Conference

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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