gale sayers rookie season stats

Gale Sayers had 166 carries for 867 yards and scored 22 touchdowns in 14 games in his rookie season in 1965. He was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl.

NAMESEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1965
CHI CHI
14
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
507
29
17.5
36.2
6

Games

NAMEDATESEASONTMOPPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/19/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
82
14
5.9
1
0
0
0
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/12/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
113
9
12.6
4
89
2
44.5
1
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/5/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
BAL BAL
118
16
7.4
1
10
1
10.0
0
4Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/28/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
NYG NYG
113
13
8.7
2
24
2
12.0
0
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/21/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
60
10
6.0
1
16
2
8.0
0
6Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/14/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
STL STL
62
14
4.4
1
16
1
16.0
0
7Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/7/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
BAL BAL
17
11
1.5
0
46
3
15.3
0
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/31/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
66
16
4.1
1
1
1
1.0
0
9Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/24/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
21
8
2.6
0
17
2
8.5
1
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/17/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
64
13
4.9
1
63
4
15.8
2
11Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/10/1965
1965
CHI CHI
vs
LA LA
9
12
0.8
0
95
3
31.7
1
12Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/3/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
80
17
4.7
1
104
5
20.8
1
13Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
9/26/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
LA LA
18
1
18.0
1
0
0
0
14Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
9/19/1965
1965
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
44
12
3.7
0
26
3
8.7
0
Average61.911.95.21.036.22.117.50.4
Total8671665.2145072917.56

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.1

8th

OPP PPG

25.6

25th

RUSH YDS/G

153.8

2nd

PASS YDS/G

230.9

15th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
Lions Lions
7
5
0
.583
Vikings Vikings
4
8
0
.333
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
12/28
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bears

9 - 3

24

Final

15

PHI Eagles

8 - 4

Fri 28 Nov 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
8
4
0
.667
Colts Colts
8
4
0
.667
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
10
2
0
.833
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
5
1
.542
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
9
3
0
.750
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
5
0
.583
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/4
DAL DAL
@
DET DET
8:15 PM
Sun
12/7
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
TEN TEN
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sun
12/7
IND IND
@
JAX JAX
1:00 PM