how did gale sayers score his 22 touchdowns in 1965

Gale Sayers had a passer rating of 109.7 with 53 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception in 14 games in his rookie season when scoring 22+ touchdowns in 1965. He was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl.

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  • Data note: Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMETDSEASONTMGPYDSYDS/GRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
22
1965
14
2,272
162.3
867
61.9
14
507
36.2
6
660
47.1
1
238
17.0
1
NAMEDATETDSEASONTMOPPYDSRUSH YDSRUSH TDREC YDSREC TDKR YDSKR TDPR YDSPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/19/1965
1
1965
vs
157
82
1
0
0
81
0
-6
0
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/12/1965
6
1965
vs
336
113
4
89
1
0
0
134
1
3Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
12/5/1965
1
1965
@
143
118
1
10
0
0
0
15
0
4Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/28/1965
2
1965
@
188
113
2
24
0
44
0
7
0
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/21/1965
1
1965
@
139
60
1
16
0
61
0
2
0
6Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/14/1965
1
1965
vs
172
62
1
16
0
94
0
0
0
7Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
11/7/1965
0
1965
vs
134
17
0
46
0
71
0
0
0
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/31/1965
1
1965
vs
129
66
1
1
0
0
0
62
0
9Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/24/1965
1
1965
vs
60
21
0
17
1
22
0
0
0
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/17/1965
4
1965
@
297
64
1
63
2
170
1
0
0
11Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/10/1965
1
1965
vs
129
9
0
95
1
25
0
0
0
12Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
10/3/1965
2
1965
@
207
80
1
104
1
26
0
-3
0
13Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
9/26/1965
1
1965
@
84
18
1
0
0
66
0
0
0
14Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
9/19/1965
0
1965
@
97
44
0
26
0
0
0
27
0
Average1.6162.361.91.036.20.447.10.117.00.1
Total222,27286714507666012381

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