who scored the most touchdowns in the nfl in 1965

Gale Sayers scored the most total touchdowns in his rookie season in 1965, with 22 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH TD	REC TD	RET TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY	PTS	PPG
1	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	22	1965	CHI	14	14	6	2	0	0		0	132	9.4
2	Jim Brown J. Brown	21	1965	CLE	14	17	4	0	0	0		0	126	9.0
3	Lance Alworth L. Alworth	14	1965	SD	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	84	6.0
4	Don Maynard D. Maynard	14	1965	NYJ	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	84	6.0
5	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	13	1965	DAL	13	1	12	0	0	0		0	78	6.0
6	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	12	1965	OAK	14	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	72	5.1
7	Dave Parks D. Parks	12	1965	SF	14	0	12	0	0	0		0	72	5.1
8	Art Powell A. Powell	12	1965	OAK	14	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	72	5.1
9	Tommy Mason T. Mason	11	1965	MIN	10	10	1	0	0	0		0	66	6.6
10	Gary Collins G. Collins	10	1965	CLE	14	0	10	0	0	0		0	60	4.3
11	Jimmy Orr J. Orr	10	1965	BAL	14	0	10	0	0	0		0	60	4.3
12	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	10	1965	PHI	14	0	10	0	0	0		0	60	4.3
13	Timmy Brown T. Brown	9	1965	PHI	13	6	3	0	0	0		0	54	4.2
14	Gino Cappelletti G. Cappelletti	9	1965	BOS	14	0	9	0	17	27	0	0	132	9.4
15	John David Crow J. David Crow	9	1965	SF	14	2	7	0	0	0		0	54	3.9
16	Earl Gros E. Gros	9	1965	PHI	14	7	2	0	0	0		0	54	3.9
17	Curtis McClinton C. McClinton	9	1965	KC	14	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	54	3.9
18	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	9	1965	LA	14	0	9	0	0	0		0	54	3.9
19	Sonny Randle S. Randle	9	1965	STL	14	0	9	0	0	0		0	54	3.9
20	Ken Willard K. Willard	9	1965	SF	14	5	4	0	0	0		0	54	3.9
21	Gary Ballman G. Ballman	8	1965	PIT	14	3	5	0	0	0		0	48	3.4
22	Bernie Casey B. Casey	8	1965	SF	14	0	8	0	0	0		0	48	3.4
23	Willie Frazier W. Frazier	8	1965	HOU	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	48	4.0
24	Paul Hornung P. Hornung	8	1965	GB	12	5	3	0	0	0		0	48	4.0
25	Paul Lowe P. Lowe	8	1965	SD	14	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	48	3.4

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