Team Statistics
1965 Buff&Chi Opponent
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 86-114-6-206 83-183-11-277
Third Down Efficiency 56-153-37% 62-143-43%
Fourth Down Efficiency 8-20-40% 7-14-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 131-217-60% 235-329-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 3922-734-5.3 4688-799-5.9
Total Net Yards Rushing 1897 1453
Total Rushes 395 343
Average Per Rush 4.8 4.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 154/305 (50.5%) 264/447 (59.1%)
Net Yards Passing 2025 3235
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.2 7.3
Sacked/Yards Lost 34/183 9/24
Punts/Average 52/39.4 39/41.1
Punts Received/Return Yardage 17/182 26/201
Kickoffs/Returns 53/1410 32/716
Interceptions/Returns 21/223 21/301
Penalties/Yards 64/548 55/469
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 34/16 36/15
Time of Possession 358 mins 39 secs 371 mins 15 secs
Average Drive Start BUA 32 OPP 32

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1965 Buff&Chi
Rudy Bukich 278 144 1962 51.8 7.1 13 4.7 17 6.1 66 27/134 64.8
Billy Wade 10 5 68 50.0 6.8 0 0 2 20.0 32 3/23 32.5
Bobby Joe Green 1 0 0 0.0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 39.6

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1965 Buff&Chi
Gale Sayers 169 949 5.6 64 6 0 7/4
Ronnie Bull 71 307 4.3 32 2 0 3/1
Andy Livingston 69 302 4.4 19 1 1 3/2
Jon Arnett 42 110 2.6 15 1 0 2/1
Rudy Bukich 14 14 1.0 4 1 0 4/2
Joe Marconi 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1965 Buff&Chi
Mike Ditka 49 623 12.7 44 5 1
Johnny Morris 31 573 18.5 65 4 0
Gale Sayers 23 248 10.8 66 2 0
Jimmy Jones 17 226 13.3 33 2 0
Dick Gordon 10 114 11.4 15 0 0
Jon Arnett 8 80 10.0 23 0 1
Ronnie Bull 5 92 18.4 41 0 0
Andy Livingston 3 39 13.0 31 0 0
Billy Martin 1 10 10.0 10 0 0
Joe Marconi 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
Charlie Bivins 1 13 13.0 13 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1965 Buff&Chi
Pete Gogolak 2/3 1/2 4/5 1/5 0/1 8/16 50.0

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1965 Buff&Chi
Bobby Joe Green 48 39.3 34.9 1 20 53 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1965 Buff&Chi
Gale Sayers 32 926 28.9 90 1
Charley Warner 17 411 24.2 73 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1965 Buff&Chi
Butch Byrd 9 1 46 5.1 11 0
Gale Sayers 7 5 67 9.6 21 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1965 Buff&Chi
Harry Jacobs 94 0 2
George Saimes 64 0 2
John Tracey 59 0 2
Butch Byrd 50 0 0
Booker Edgerson 41 0 1
Mike Stratton 35 0 6
Hagood Clarke 34 0 2
Ron McDole 32 0 0
Tom Day 32 2 2
Jim Dunaway 29 3 0
Dudley Meredith 23 3 1
Tom Janik 9 0 0
Charley Warner 2 0 0
Henry Schmidt 2 0 0
Jon Arnett 0 0 1
Johnny Morris 0 0 2
Mike Rabold 0 0 1
Gale Sayers 0 0 1
Rudy Bukich 0 0 4
Andy Livingston 0 0 1
Jimmy Jones 0 0 1
Jim Cadile 0 0 2

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1965 Buff&Chi
Butch Byrd 6 21 3.5 13 0
Booker Edgerson 4 39 9.8 15 0
Hagood Clarke 3 25 8.3 25 0
George Saimes 2 30 15.0 20 0
Mike Stratton 2 44 22.0 22 0
John Tracey 2 34 17.0 22 0
Jim Dunaway 1 10 10.0 10 0