1965 Chicago Bears season

The 1965 Chicago Bears season was their 46th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 9–5 record, earning them a third-place finish in the NFL Western Conference. The club improved over the dismal 5–9 record of the previous season. –QB	Rudy Bukich	176 for 312, 2,641 yards, 20 touchdowns. They started the season 0–3, but thanks to rookies Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus, the team won 9 of the last 11 games. Sayers had a magnificent rookie season, and in one game against the San Francisco 49ers at Chicago's Wrigley Field on December 12, he scored six touchdowns in a 61–20 Bears win, the first time the Bears scored 61 points in a regular-season game. Sayers would set an NFL rookie record with 22 touchdowns in one season. The six-touchdown performance tied an NFL record and set a new Bears record.

The 1965 Bears draft class was named No. 8 on NFL Top 10 draft classes.

Week 4

 * Rudy Bukich 16/22, 299 Yds

Week 5

 * Gale Sayers 297 all-purpose Yds

Week 13
Gale Sayers Six Touchdown Game. His last touchdown came on a 85-yard punt return.

Awards and records

 * Gale Sayers, NFL rookie record, most touchdowns in one season (22)
 * Gale Sayers, NFL record (tied), most touchdowns in one game (6)
 * Gale Sayers, club record, most touchdowns in one game (6)