1966  1965 1964

1965 NFL Standings, Stats and Awards

Postseason
BLC	10	at GNB	13		Western Conference Playoff
Sunday, January 2
CLE	12	at GNB	23		League Championship

1965 Regular Season Schedule

DEFENSE				1st DOWNS					PASSING										RUSHING					MISC
	PTS	YDS	TD	RS	PS	PEN	TOT		ATT	CMP	YDS	YPA	TD	SKD	SKY	INT	RAT		ATT	YDS	YPR	TD		PEN	PYD	FUM	REC
GNB	224	3969	22	115	111	14	240		383	187	2316	6.05	11	44	335	27	48.2		480	1988	4.14	10		67	677	37	23
CHI	275	4268	33	87	136	21	244		444	217	3086	6.95	18	40	348	20	66.5		400	1530	3.83	11		68	611	33	24
DAL	280	4192	33	80	138	22	240		426	205	3063	7.19	17	39	315	18	67.8		422	1444	3.42	13		50	483	37	20
BLC	284	4045	35	78	131	24	233		400	213	2903	7.26	22	39	341	22	72.1		410	1483	3.62	11		80	786	33	14
DET	295	3557	36	84	104	22	210		344	190	2508	7.29	21	49	411	26	67.3		409	1460	3.57	9		61	637	33	20
WAS	301	3870	38	100	101	36	237		318	161	2539	7.98	15	45	422	27	57.9		486	1753	3.61	18		74	738	31	15
SLC	309	4297	37	89	133	16	238		380	184	2826	7.44	24	39	342	17	75.8		433	1813	4.19	11		70	750	29	15
CLE	325	4712	43	104	135	26	265		419	204	3153	7.53	31	38	307	24	74.8		412	1866	4.53	11		62	586	13	8
LAM	328	4023	40	82	113	13	208		349	205	2884	8.26	22	32	270	11	93.3		417	1409	3.38	16		70	566	27	15
NYG	338	4913	41	108	140	18	266		393	208	3251	8.27	18	39	294	16	79.0		447	1956	4.38	20		83	848	32	20
PHI	359	4418	47	100	129	14	243		393	215	3123	7.95	28	37	287	25	78.0		419	1582	3.78	11		66	653	32	11
PIT	397	4530	53	122	109	12	243		353	173	2703	7.66	25	33	253	12	84.3		483	2080	4.31	19		58	615	28	15
SFO	402	4640	52	94	139	26	259		448	225	3302	7.37	24	25	197	13	80.4		405	1535	3.79	20		71	727	34	17
MIN	403	4248	53	99	120	23	242		357	187	2692	7.54	31	23	199	19	83.9		408	1755	4.30	17		66	643	25	11

SPECIAL TEAMS		PUNT RETURN				PUNTS						KICK RETURN				KICKS						PUNT RETURN				PUNTS			KICK RETURN				KICKS
		RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS	TB	BLK	IN20		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA			RET	YDS	TD		PT	YDS		RET	YDS	TD		XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA
BLC	OWN:	45	421	0		56	2219	0	0	0		52	1242	0		48	48	17	28		OPP:	26	198	0		71	3119		63	1346	1		35	35	13	23
CHI	OWN:	29	289	1		58	2479	0	0	0		45	1146	1		52	54	11	26		OPP:	22	123	0		65	2747		72	1583	0		30	33	15	24
CLE	OWN:	36	427	2		69	3153	0	0	0		53	1209	0		45	45	16	25		OPP:	36	259	0		69	2838		58	1334	0		40	43	9	18
DAL	OWN:	39	312	0		73	3015	0	0	0		44	1166	1		37	40	16	27		OPP:	26	139	1		71	3043		63	1229	0		29	33	17	30
DET	OWN:	34	358	0		78	3335	0	0	0		52	1416	0		33	33	8	22		OPP:	39	318	1		74	3175		43	858	0		36	36	13	22
GNB	OWN:	22	65	0		74	3176	0	0	0		50	1040	0		37	38	17	26		OPP:	36	290	0		60	2523		52	1216	0		22	22	22	33
LAM	OWN:	32	225	0		66	2618	0	1	0		53	1351	0		30	32	15	26		OPP:	25	176	1		66	2997		54	1364	0		40	40	16	32
MIN	OWN:	22	115	1		51	2146	0	0	0		67	1524	1		44	44	23	35		OPP:	29	261	0		64	2455		62	1557	1		52	53	11	20
NYG	OWN:	24	35	0		61	2535	0	0	0		60	1303	0		34	37	4	25		OPP:	22	137	0		45	1921		54	1175	0		40	41	16	29
PHI	OWN:	21	183	1		56	2364	0	0	0		60	1438	0		45	48	10	25		OPP:	37	263	0		54	2257		58	1531	0		44	47	11	26
PIT	OWN:	33	259	0		78	3518	0	1	0		61	1238	0		19	25	11	19		OPP:	44	437	2		76	3204		30	684	0		49	53	10	26
SFO	OWN:	38	283	0		54	2471	0	0	0		59	1276	0		52	53	17	27		OPP:	33	408	1		62	2599		59	1566	1		48	52	14	27
SLC	OWN:	23	27	0		67	2710	0	1	0		55	1287	0		33	33	21	31		OPP:	32	267	0		65	2816		50	1228	0		36	37	17	32
WAS	OWN:	39	415	1		70	2947	0	1	0		49	1011	0		29	33	10	22		OPP:	30	138	0		69	2992		42	976	0		37	38	12	22

League Leaders

Pass Att 1. John Brodie - SFO 391 2. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 356 3. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 329 4. Charley Johnson - SLC 322 5. Rudy Bukich - CHI 312 6. Milt Plum - DET 308 7. Don Meredith - DAL 305 8. Earl Morrall - NYG 302 9. Norm Snead - PHI 288 10. Johnny Unitas - BLC 282	Pass Comp 1. John Brodie - SFO 242 2. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 190 3. Rudy Bukich - CHI 176 4. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 171 5. Johnny Unitas - BLC 164 6. Charley Johnson - SLC 155 Earl Morrall - NYG 155 8. Norm Snead - PHI 150 9. Bill Munson - LAM 144 10. Milt Plum - DET 143	Comp Pct 1. John Brodie - SFO .619 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC .582 3. Rudy Bukich - CHI .564 4. Bart Starr - GNB .558 5. Bill Munson - LAM .539 6. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS .534 7. Norm Snead - PHI .521 8. Fran Tarkenton - MIN .520 9. Earl Morrall - NYG .513 10. Frank Ryan - CLE .490 min 196 att	Pass Yards 1. John Brodie - SFO 3112 2. Rudy Bukich - CHI 2641 3. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 2609 4. Johnny Unitas - BLC 2530 5. Earl Morrall - NYG 2446 6. Charley Johnson - SLC 2439 7. Don Meredith - DAL 2415 8. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 2367 9. Norm Snead - PHI 2346 10. Bart Starr - GNB 2055	Pass YPA 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 8.97 2. Rudy Bukich - CHI 8.46 3. Bart Starr - GNB 8.19 4. Norm Snead - PHI 8.15 5. Earl Morrall - NYG 8.10 6. John Brodie - SFO 7.96 7. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 7.93 8. Don Meredith - DAL 7.92 9. Charley Johnson - SLC 7.57 10. Frank Ryan - CLE 7.21 min 196 att
Pass TD 1. John Brodie - SFO 30 2. Johnny Unitas - BLC 23 3. Don Meredith - DAL 22 Earl Morrall - NYG 22 5. Rudy Bukich - CHI 20 6. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 19 7. Charley Johnson - SLC 18 Frank Ryan - CLE 18 9. Bart Starr - GNB 16 10. Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 15 Norm Snead - PHI 15	Pass INT 1. Milt Plum - DET 19 2. Bill Nelsen - PIT 17 3. John Brodie - SFO 16 Sonny Jurgensen - WAS 16 5. Charley Johnson - SLC 15 6. Bill Munson - LAM 14 7. Don Meredith - DAL 13 Frank Ryan - CLE 13 Norm Snead - PHI 13 Tommy Wade - PIT 13	Times Sacked 1. Don Meredith - DAL 38 2. Bart Starr - GNB 34 3. Johnny Unitas - BLC 29 4. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 28 5. Earl Morrall - NYG 27 6. Norm Snead - PHI 26 7. Rudy Bukich - CHI 25 8. Frank Ryan - CLE 23 9. John Brodie - SFO 14 10. Gary Cuozzo - BLC 10 Craig Morton - DAL 10	Pass Rating 1. Johnny Unitas - BLC 97.4 2. John Brodie - SFO 95.3 3. Rudy Bukich - CHI 93.7 4. Bart Starr - GNB 89.0 5. Earl Morrall - NYG 86.3 6. Fran Tarkenton - MIN 83.8 7. Don Meredith - DAL 79.9 8. Norm Snead - PHI 78.0 9. Frank Ryan - CLE 75.3 10. Charley Johnson - SLC 73.0 min 196 att	Rush Att 1. Jim Brown - CLE 289 2. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 207 3. Tucker Frederickson - NYG 195 4. Ken Willard - SFO 189 5. Don Perkins - DAL 177 6. Bill Triplett - SLC 174 7. Gale Sayers - CHI 166 8. Bill Brown - MIN 160 9. Timmy Brown - PHI 158 10. Earl Gros - PHI 145 Charley Taylor - WAS 145
Rush Yards 1. Jim Brown - CLE 1544 2. Gale Sayers - CHI 867 3. Timmy Brown - PHI 861 4. Ken Willard - SFO 778 5. Jimmy Taylor - GNB 734 6. Bill Brown - MIN 699 7. Don Perkins - DAL 690 8. Tucker Frederickson - NYG 659 9. Bill Triplett - SLC 617 10. Tommy Mason - MIN 597	Rush AVG 1. Timmy Brown - PHI 5.4 2. Jim Brown - CLE 5.3 3. Gale Sayers - CHI 5.2 4. Phil King - MIN 4.9 5. Ronnie Bull - CHI 4.6 6. Dick Bass - LAM 4.5 7. Bill Brown - MIN 4.4 8. Tommy Mason - MIN 4.2 9. Steve Thurlow - NYG 4.2 10. Ken Willard - SFO 4.1 min 70 att	Rush TD 1. Jim Brown - CLE 17 2. Gale Sayers - CHI 14 3. Tommy Mason - MIN 10 4. Earl Gros - PHI 7 5. Bill Brown - MIN 6 Timmy Brown - PHI 6 Amos Marsh - DET 6 Bill Triplett - SLC 6 9. Jon Arnett - CHI 5 Tucker Frederickson - NYG 5 Dick Hoak - PIT 5 Paul Hornung - GNB 5 Joe Looney - DET 5 Lenny Moore - BLC 5 Ken Willard - SFO 5	Receptions 1. Dave Parks - SFO 80 2. Tommy Mcdonald - LAM 67 3. Pete Retzlaff - PHI 66 4. Bobby Mitchell - WAS 60 5. Bernie Casey - SFO 59 6. Raymond Berry - BLC 58 Bobby Conrad - SLC 58 8. Johnny Morris - CHI 53 9. Sonny Randle - SLC 51 10. Timmy Brown - PHI 50 Gary Collins - CLE 50 Paul Flatley - MIN 50	Rec Yards 1. Dave Parks - SFO 1344 2. Pete Retzlaff - PHI 1190 3. Tommy Mcdonald - LAM 1036 4. Bob Hayes - DAL 1003 5. Bobby Conrad - SLC 909 6. Paul Flatley - MIN 896 7. Gary Collins - CLE 884 8. Bobby Mitchell - WAS 867 9. Gary Ballman - PIT 859 10. Jimmy Orr - BLC 847
Rec AVG 1. Homer Jones - NYG 27.3 2. Aaron Thomas - NYG 23.4 3. Bob Hayes - DAL 21.8 4. Gary Ballman - PIT 21.5 5. John Mackey - BLC 20.4 6. Ray Poage - PHI 19.7 7. Jimmy Orr - BLC 18.8 8. Pete Retzlaff - PHI 18.0 9. Paul Flatley - MIN 17.9 10. Gary Collins - CLE 17.7 min 25 rec	Rec TD 1. Bob Hayes - DAL 12 Dave Parks - SFO 12 3. Gary Collins - CLE 10 Jimmy Orr - BLC 10 Pete Retzlaff - PHI 10 6. Tommy Mcdonald - LAM 9 Sonny Randle - SLC 9 8. Bernie Casey - SFO 8 9. Raymond Berry - BLC 7 John Crow - SFO 7 Paul Flatley - MIN 7 John Mackey - BLC 7	Fumbles 1. Rudy Bukich - CHI 12 2. Don Meredith - DAL 11 3. Charley Taylor - WAS 10 4. Bill Brown - MIN 9 Tucker Frederickson - NYG 9 Tommy Mason - MIN 9 Bill Munson - LAM 9 Gale Sayers - CHI 9 9. Timmy Brown - PHI 8 10. Kermit Alexander - SFO 7 Dick Bass - LAM 7 Jim Butler - PIT 7 Joe Looney - DET 7 Johnny Unitas - BLC 7 Ken Willard - SFO 7	Punt Returns 1. Alvin Haymond - BLC 41 2. Kermit Alexander - SFO 35 3. Rickie Harris - WAS 31 4. Mel Renfro - DAL 24 5. Tommy Watkins - DET 23 6. Walt Roberts - CLE 18 Willie Williams - NYG 18 Abe Woodson - SLC 18 9. Leroy Kelly - CLE 17 10. Gale Sayers - CHI 16	Punt Ret Avg 1. Leroy Kelly - CLE 15.6 2. Gale Sayers - CHI 14.9 3. Rickie Harris - WAS 12.2 4. Tommy Watkins - DET 10.2 5. Alvin Haymond - BLC 9.8 6. Walt Roberts - CLE 9.0 7. Kermit Alexander - SFO 7.5 8. Mel Renfro - DAL 6.0 9. Irv Cross - PHI 5.6 10. Willie Williams - NYG 1.6 min 14 returns
Punt Ret FC 1. Abe Woodson - SLC 18 2. Walt Roberts - CLE 13 3. Brady Keys - PIT 12 4. Wayne Swinford - SFO 11 Tommy Watkins - DET 11 6. Willie Wood - GNB 10 7. Alvin Haymond - BLC 9 Lance Rentzel - MIN 9 Gale Sayers - CHI 9 10. Kermit Alexander - SFO 7 Willie Brown - LAM 7	Punt Ret TD 1. Leroy Kelly - CLE 2 2. Rickie Harris - WAS 1 Gale Sayers - CHI 1 Bobby Shann - PHI 1 Lonnie Warwick - MIN 1	Kickoff Ret 1. Kermit Alexander - SFO 32 2. Clarence Childs - NYG 29 3. Al Nelson - PHI 26 4. Jim Butler - PIT 25 Irv Cross - PHI 25 6. Willie Brown - LAM 24 Leroy Kelly - CLE 24 8. Lance Rentzel - MIN 23 9. Ernie Koy - NYG 21 Mel Renfro - DAL 21 Gale Sayers - CHI 21	Kick Ret Avg 1. Gale Sayers - CHI 31.4 2. Alvin Haymond - BLC 30.7 3. Mel Renfro - DAL 30.0 4. Walt Roberts - CLE 27.4 5. Bobby Smith - LAM 26.9 6. Irv Cross - PHI 26.5 7. Bob Hayes - DAL 26.5 8. Al Nelson - PHI 26.3 9. Lance Rentzel - MIN 26.2 10. Leroy Kelly - CLE 25.9 min 14 returns	Kickoff Ret TD 1. Mel Renfro - DAL 1 Lance Rentzel - MIN 1 Gale Sayers - CHI 1
Punts 1. Frank Lambert - PIT 78 Pat Studstill - DET 78 3. Don Chandler - GNB 74 4. Gary Collins - CLE 65 5. Danny Villanueva - DAL 60 6. Bobby Green - CHI 58 7. Ernie Koy - NYG 55 8. Tommy Davis - SFO 54 Tom Gilburg - BLC 54 Pat Richter - WAS 54	Punt Avg 1. Billy Lothridge - LAM 0.0 2. Jackie Smith - SLC 0.0 3. Tom Gilburg - BLC 0.0 4. Ernie Koy - NYG 0.0 5. Danny Villanueva - DAL 0.0 6. Sam Baker - PHI 0.0 7. Bobby Walden - MIN 0.0 8. Bobby Green - CHI 0.0 9. Pat Studstill - DET 0.0 10. Don Chandler - GNB 0.0 min 35 returns	Field Goals Made 1. Fred Cox - MIN 23 2. Jim Bakken - SLC 21 3. Don Chandler - GNB 17 Tommy Davis - SFO 17 Lou Michaels - BLC 17 6. Lou Groza - CLE 16 Danny Villanueva - DAL 16 8. Bruce Gossett - LAM 15 9. Mike Clark - PIT 11 Roger LeClerc - CHI 11	Field Goals Att 1. Fred Cox - MIN 35 2. Jim Bakken - SLC 31 3. Lou Michaels - BLC 28 4. Tommy Davis - SFO 27 Danny Villanueva - DAL 27 6. Don Chandler - GNB 26 Bruce Gossett - LAM 26 Roger LeClerc - CHI 26 9. Lou Groza - CLE 25 10. Sam Baker - PHI 23	Defensive Sacks
Defensive INT 1. Bobby Boyd - BLC 9 2. Dick LeBeau - DET 7 3. Herb Adderley - GNB 6 Jimmy Johnson - SFO 6 Paul Krause - WAS 6 Nate Ramsey - PHI 6 Johnny Sample - WAS 6 Ed Sharockman - MIN 6 Larry Wilson - SLC 6 Willie Wood - GNB 6	INT TD Ret 1. Herb Adderley - GNB 3 2. Jerry Logan - BLC 2 Wayne Rasmussen - DET 2 4. Maxie Baughan - PHI 1 Bobby Boyd - BLC 1 Jim Bradshaw - PIT 1 Lee Roy Caffey - GNB 1 Ross Fichtner - CLE 1 Rickie Harris - WAS 1 Rip Hawkins - MIN 1 Alvin Haymond - BLC 1 Jerry Hillebrand - NYG 1 Dick LeBeau - DET 1 Bob Lilly - DAL 1 Aaron Martin - LAM 1 Bennie Mcrae - CHI 1 Jim Nettles - PHI 1 Mel Renfro - DAL 1 Ed Sharockman - MIN 1 George Tarasovic - PHI 1 Tommy Walters - WAS 1 Dave Whitsell - CHI 1 Larry Wilson - SLC 1 Marv Woodson - PIT 1

Awards

AP NFL MVP - Jim Brown
Bert Bell MVP Trophy (Maxwell Club) - Pete Retzlaff
Heisman Trophy Winner - Mike Garrett
Pro Bowl MVP - Jim Brown
Pro Bowl MVP - Dale Meinert
UPI MVP - Jim Brown
UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year - Gale Sayers

Pro Bowl
EAST	QB	Frank Ryan
EAST	QB	Norm Snead
EAST	FB	Jim Brown
EAST	FB	Tucker Frederickson
EAST	WR	Charley Taylor
EAST	TE	Pete Retzlaff
EAST	T	Ernie McMillan
EAST	T	Dick Schafrath
EAST	T	Bob Brown
EAST	OT	Rosey Brown
EAST	G	Gene Hickerson
EAST	OG	John Wooten
EAST	C	Bob DeMarco
EAST	C	Jim Ringo
EAST	HB	Timmy Brown
EAST	FL	Gary Ballman
EAST	FL	Gary Collins
EAST	SE	Bob Hayes
EAST	SE	Sonny Randle
EAST	DE	Paul Wiggin
EAST	DE	George Andrie
EAST	DT	Sam Silas
EAST	DT	Joe Rutgens
EAST	DT	Bob Lilly
EAST	LB	Dale Meinert
EAST	LB	Maxie Baughan
EAST	LB	Jim Houston
EAST	LB	Chuck Howley
EAST	DB	Cornell Green
EAST	CB	Irv Cross
EAST	CB	Pat Fischer
EAST	CB	Mel Renfro
EAST	S	Paul Krause
EAST	S	Larry Wilson
EAST	K	Jim Bakken
WEST	QB	John Brodie
WEST	QB	Fran Tarkenton
WEST	FB	Bill Brown
WEST	FB	Ken Willard
WEST	TE	John Mackey
WEST	TE	Mike Ditka
WEST	T	Grady Alderman
WEST	T	Walt Rock
WEST	T	Jim Parker
WEST	OG	John Gordy
WEST	C	Bruce Bosley
WEST	C	Mick Tingelhoff
WEST	HB	Gale Sayers
WEST	HB	John Crow
WEST	OE	Boyd Dowler
WEST	E	Jimmy Orr
WEST	FL	Pat Studstill
WEST	E	Dave Parks
WEST	FL	Tommy McDonald
WEST	DE	Willie Davis
WEST	DE	Deacon Jones
WEST	DE	Doug Atkins
WEST	DT	Roger Brown
WEST	DT	Alex Karras
WEST	DT	Merlin Olsen
WEST	DT	Bob Vogel
WEST	LB	Wayne Walker
WEST	LB	Joe Fortunato
WEST	LB	Dick Butkus
WEST	LB	Lee Roy Caffey
WEST	CB	Herb Adderley
WEST	CB	Dick LeBeau
WEST	S	Jerry Logan
WEST	S	Eddie Meador
WEST	S	Willie Wood

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