Gale Sayers Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Gale Eugene Sayers Position: HB/OHB/RB Height: 6' 0''  Weight: 199 Born: 5/30/1943, in Wichita, KS, USA High School: Central (Omaha, NE) College: University of Kansas Drafted: 1965, Round 1, Pick 4 (4 Overall) by Chicago Bears
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) *****Hall of Fame***** Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1965 22 CHI NFL 14 3 2 66.7 53 17.67 27 1 1 0 0 109.7 149   166 867 5.2 14 61t   29 507 17.5 6 80t   9 4 0 0 0 1966 23 CHI NFL 14 6 2 33.3 58 9.67 39 0 1 0 0 30.6 45   229 1231 5.4 8 58t   34 447 13.1 2 80t   2 3 0 0 0 1967 24 CHI NFL 13 5 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 59   186 880 4.7 7 70   16 126 7.9 1 32t   8 4 0 0 0 1968 25 CHI NFL 9 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6 58   138 856 6.2 2 63   15 117 7.8 0 21   7 0 0 0 0 1969 26 CHI NFL 14 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 1 3 39.6 55   236 1032 4.4 8 28   17 116 6.8 0 25   7 2 0 0 0 1970 27 CHI NFL 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   23 52 2.3 0 15   1 -6 -6.0 0 -6   1 0 0 0 0 1971 28 CHI NFL 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   13 38 2.9 0 9   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 7 NFL Season Totals   68 18 4 22.2 111 6.17 0 1 2 1 3 31.7     991 4956 5.0 39 0   112 1307 11.7 9 0   34 13 0 0 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1965 22 CHI NFL 14 16 238 14.9 9 85t 1   21 660 31.4 96t 1 1966 23 CHI NFL 14 6 44 7.3 11 27 0   23 718 31.2 93t 2 1967 24 CHI NFL 13 3 80 26.7 8 58t 1   16 603 37.7 103t 3 1968 25 CHI NFL 9 2 29 14.5 3 18 0   17 461 27.1 46 0 1969 26 CHI NFL 14 0 0 0.0 1 0 0   14 339 24.2 52 0 1970 27 CHI NFL 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 1971 28 CHI NFL 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 7 NFL Season Totals   68 27 391 14.5 32 0 2   91 2781 30.6 0 6 Awards 1969 - Pro Bowl MVP 1967 - Pro Bowl MVP 1966 - Pro Bowl MVP 1965 - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Rush Avg 1. Jim Brown 5.219 2. Gale Sayers 5.001 3. Barry Sanders 4.987 4. Napoleon Kaufman 4.900 5. Paul Lowe 4.868 Minimum 800 Att. Career Rush TD 1. Emmitt Smith 164 2. Ladainian Tomlinson* 126 3. Marcus Allen 123 4. Walter Payton 110 5. Jim Brown 106 . . . . . 100. Gale Sayers 39 Career Rush Att/TD 1. Lenny Moore 16.97 2. Paul Hornung 17.86 3. Steve Van Buren 19.13 4. Pete Johnson 19.59 5. Priest Holmes 20.70 . . . . . 23. Gale Sayers 25.41 Minimum 800 Att. Career Punt Ret TD 1. Eric Metcalf 10 2. Brian Mitchell 9 3. Rick Upchurch 8 Jack Christiansen 8 Desmond Howard 8 . . . . . 96. Gale Sayers 2 Career Kick Ret Avg 1. Gale Sayers 30.560 2. Lynn Chandnois 29.565 3. Adam Walker 27.933 4. Travis Williams 27.461 5. Joe Arenas 27.324 Minimum 60 Ret. Career Kick Ret TD 1. Gale Sayers 6 Travis Williams 6 Mel Gray 6 Ollie Matson 6 5. Timmy Brown 5   1969 - Pro Bowl MVP 1967 - Pro Bowl MVP 1966 - Pro Bowl MVP 1965 - UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
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