Gale Sayers attempted 229 rushes when making 2+ touchdown returns and rushing for 1,000+ yards in 1966.
- Regular season
CHI| NAME | DATE | ATT | RET TD | RUSH YDS | SEASON | TM | OPP | YPC | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Sayers | 12/18/1966 | 17 | 1 | 197 | 1966 | vs | 11.6 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 26.0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | G. Sayers | 12/11/1966 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1966 | @ | 3.9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.7 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | G. Sayers | 12/4/1966 | 16 | 0 | 38 | 1966 | @ | 2.4 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 8.6 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | G. Sayers | 11/27/1966 | 19 | 0 | 172 | 1966 | vs | 9.1 | 0 | 65 | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | G. Sayers | 11/20/1966 | 20 | 0 | 68 | 1966 | @ | 3.4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14.0 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | G. Sayers | 11/13/1966 | 14 | 0 | 87 | 1966 | vs | 6.2 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | |||
| 7 | | G. Sayers | 11/6/1966 | 21 | 0 | 124 | 1966 | vs | 5.9 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | G. Sayers | 10/31/1966 | 19 | 0 | 68 | 1966 | @ | 3.6 | 0 | 80 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | G. Sayers | 10/23/1966 | 16 | 1 | 87 | 1966 | vs | 5.4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | G. Sayers | 10/16/1966 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1966 | vs | 1.9 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | G. Sayers | 10/9/1966 | 18 | 0 | 106 | 1966 | vs | 5.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | G. Sayers | 10/2/1966 | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1966 | @ | 4.4 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | G. Sayers | 9/16/1966 | 18 | 0 | 97 | 1966 | @ | 5.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | G. Sayers | 9/11/1966 | 17 | 0 | 79 | 1966 | @ | 4.6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | |||
| Average | 16.4 | 0.1 | 87.9 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 31.9 | 2.4 | 13.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Total | 229 | 2 | 1,231 | 5.4 | 8 | 447 | 34 | 13.1 | 2 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | |
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