Gale Eugene Sayers (The Kansas Comet) (twitter: @Kansas_Comet)
Position: RB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 198 lbs.
Born: May 30, 1943 in Wichita, KS
College: Kansas (school history)
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1965 NFL Draft.
Drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1965 AFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (877th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1977
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Output includes all games from 1960 to 2012.
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Scoring | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| League | NFL | 68 | 29 | 36 | 3 | 991 | 4956 | 5.00 | 39 | 14.6 | 72.9 | 112 | 1307 | 11.67 | 9 | 1.6 | 19.2 | 4 | 18 | 22.22% | 111 | 1 | 2 | 31.7 | 6.17 | 2.28 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 56 | 336 | 91 | 2781 | 30.56 | 6 | 27 | 391 | 14.48 | 2 |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Place | Home | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 522 | 2631 | 5.04 | 19 | 15.4 | 77.4 | 52 | 670 | 12.88 | 4 | 1.5 | 19.7 | 1 | 8 | 12.50% | 26 | 1 | 0 | 80.2 | 3.25 | 5.75 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 26 | 156 | 45 | 1257 | 27.93 | 2 | 12 | 212 | 17.67 | 1 |
| Road | 34 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 469 | 2325 | 4.96 | 20 | 13.8 | 68.4 | 60 | 637 | 10.62 | 5 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 3 | 10 | 30.00% | 85 | 0 | 2 | 22.9 | 8.50 | -0.50 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 30 | 180 | 46 | 1524 | 33.13 | 4 | 15 | 179 | 11.93 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Result | Win | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 426 | 2492 | 5.85 | 21 | 14.7 | 85.9 | 47 | 662 | 14.09 | 6 | 1.6 | 22.8 | 2 | 10 | 20.00% | 53 | 1 | 1 | 42.9 | 5.30 | 2.80 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 34 | 204 | 34 | 1249 | 36.74 | 5 | 18 | 342 | 19.00 | 2 |
| Loss | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 510 | 2122 | 4.16 | 16 | 14.2 | 58.9 | 57 | 549 | 9.63 | 2 | 1.6 | 15.3 | 2 | 7 | 28.57% | 58 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 8.29 | 1.86 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 19 | 114 | 54 | 1468 | 27.19 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 5.44 | 0 | |
| Tie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 342 | 6.22 | 2 | 18.3 | 114.0 | 8 | 96 | 12.00 | 1 | 2.7 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 64 | 21.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Final Margin | 0-7 points | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 345 | 1814 | 5.26 | 11 | 15.7 | 82.5 | 42 | 511 | 12.17 | 2 | 1.9 | 23.2 | 2 | 4 | 50.00% | 58 | 0 | 1 | 56.2 | 14.50 | 3.25 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 14 | 84 | 32 | 859 | 26.84 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 8-14 points | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 281 | 1556 | 5.54 | 13 | 14.8 | 81.9 | 30 | 336 | 11.20 | 4 | 1.6 | 17.7 | 1 | 8 | 12.50% | 27 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 22 | 132 | 30 | 998 | 33.27 | 4 | 10 | 151 | 15.10 | 1 | |
| 15+ points | 27 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 365 | 1586 | 4.35 | 15 | 13.5 | 58.7 | 40 | 460 | 11.50 | 3 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 1 | 6 | 16.67% | 26 | 1 | 1 | 45.1 | 4.33 | 0.17 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 20 | 120 | 29 | 924 | 31.86 | 1 | 12 | 230 | 19.17 | 1 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Month | September | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 156 | 714 | 4.58 | 5 | 13.0 | 59.5 | 20 | 112 | 5.60 | 0 | 1.7 | 9.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 624 | 31.20 | 1 | 4 | 55 | 13.75 | 0 |
| October | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 341 | 1465 | 4.30 | 9 | 13.6 | 58.6 | 45 | 615 | 13.67 | 6 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 3 | 7 | 42.86% | 92 | 1 | 0 | 129.5 | 13.14 | 16.00 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 17 | 102 | 32 | 924 | 28.88 | 2 | 7 | 99 | 14.14 | 0 | |
| November | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 310 | 1718 | 5.54 | 13 | 16.3 | 90.4 | 23 | 315 | 13.70 | 1 | 1.2 | 16.6 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -11.25 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 15 | 90 | 21 | 625 | 29.76 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2.80 | 0 | |
| December | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 184 | 1059 | 5.76 | 12 | 15.3 | 88.3 | 24 | 265 | 11.04 | 2 | 2.0 | 22.1 | 1 | 2 | 50.00% | 19 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 18 | 108 | 18 | 608 | 33.78 | 2 | 11 | 223 | 20.27 | 2 | |
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Day | Sunday | 63 | 28 | 32 | 3 | 924 | 4689 | 5.07 | 35 | 14.7 | 74.4 | 109 | 1219 | 11.18 | 8 | 1.7 | 19.3 | 3 | 16 | 18.75% | 72 | 1 | 2 | 27.1 | 4.50 | 0.13 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 51 | 306 | 84 | 2606 | 31.02 | 6 | 26 | 390 | 15.00 | 2 |
| Monday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 68 | 3.58 | 0 | 19.0 | 68.0 | 1 | 80 | 80.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 39.00 | 39.00 | 1.0 | 39.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Friday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 97 | 5.39 | 2 | 18.0 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 69 | 23.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | ||
| Saturday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 102 | 3.40 | 2 | 10.0 | 34.0 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 91 | 30.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Conference | NFC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 90 | 2.50 | 0 | 9.0 | 22.5 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 0.3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Division | NFL East | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 415 | 6.38 | 3 | 16.3 | 103.8 | 9 | 185 | 20.56 | 1 | 2.3 | 46.3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00% | 39 | 0 | 1 | 56.2 | 19.50 | -3.00 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 153 | 30.60 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 |
| NFL West | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 330 | 1683 | 5.10 | 19 | 13.8 | 70.1 | 54 | 769 | 14.24 | 7 | 2.3 | 32.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.86% | 72 | 1 | 1 | 80.7 | 10.29 | 6.71 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 30 | 180 | 39 | 1225 | 31.41 | 3 | 19 | 273 | 14.37 | 1 | |
| NFL Capital | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 182 | 6.07 | 0 | 15.0 | 91.0 | 5 | 38 | 7.60 | 0 | 2.5 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | |||||
| NFL Central | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 270 | 1456 | 5.39 | 7 | 15.9 | 85.6 | 25 | 144 | 5.76 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8 | 48 | 25 | 772 | 30.88 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| NFL Central | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 270 | 1456 | 5.39 | 7 | 15.9 | 85.6 | 25 | 144 | 5.76 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 8 | 48 | 25 | 772 | 30.88 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | |
| NFL Coastal | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 143 | 648 | 4.53 | 7 | 14.3 | 64.8 | 9 | 97 | 10.78 | 1 | 0.9 | 9.7 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 10 | 60 | 14 | 368 | 26.29 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 40.00 | 1 | |
| NFC East | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 43 | 2.53 | 0 | 17.0 | 43.0 | 1 | -6 | -6.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| NFC Central | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1.50 | 0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| NFC West | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 2.92 | 0 | 6.5 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Split | Value | G | W | L | T | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | TD | Pts | Rt | Yds | TD | Ret | Yds | TD | ||||||||||||||
| Opponent | Ari (StL/Chi) Cardinals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 257 | 4.21 | 1 | 15.3 | 64.3 | 4 | 98 | 24.50 | 1 | 1.0 | 24.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.00% | 39 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 | 19.50 | 19.50 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 109 | 36.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 388 | 7.46 | 2 | 17.3 | 129.3 | 7 | 95 | 13.57 | 1 | 2.3 | 31.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 126 | 6.30 | 1 | 20.0 | 126.0 | 1 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 134 | 643 | 4.80 | 3 | 13.4 | 64.3 | 15 | 78 | 5.20 | 1 | 1.5 | 7.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 473 | 31.53 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 160 | 754 | 4.71 | 5 | 17.8 | 83.8 | 14 | 159 | 11.36 | 1 | 1.6 | 17.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 253 | 31.63 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 12.40 | 0 | |
| Indianapolis (Bal) Colts | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 109 | 486 | 4.46 | 5 | 15.6 | 69.4 | 14 | 154 | 11.00 | 0 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.00% | 19 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 5 | 30 | 14 | 326 | 23.29 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 159 | 978 | 6.15 | 7 | 14.5 | 88.9 | 25 | 272 | 10.88 | 2 | 2.3 | 24.7 | 1 | 4 | 25.00% | 27 | 0 | 0 | 55.2 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 11 | 66 | 22 | 694 | 31.55 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 3.75 | 0 | 8.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| New York Giants | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 271 | 4.23 | 2 | 16.0 | 67.8 | 8 | 50 | 6.25 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | -45.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 20.00 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 77 | 5.13 | 0 | 15.0 | 77.0 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 1.0 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 114 | 3.26 | 2 | 17.5 | 57.0 | 1 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 156 | 52.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 84 | 394 | 4.69 | 7 | 10.5 | 49.3 | 11 | 182 | 16.55 | 2 | 1.4 | 22.8 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12 | 72 | 7 | 257 | 36.71 | 1 | 8 | 219 | 27.38 | 2 | |
| St. Louis (LA/Cle) Rams | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 75 | 333 | 4.44 | 4 | 12.5 | 55.5 | 7 | 135 | 19.29 | 1 | 1.2 | 22.5 | 1 | 3 | 33.33% | 26 | 1 | 0 | 105.6 | 8.67 | 15.33 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 6 | 36 | 11 | 340 | 30.91 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 105 | 7.00 | 0 | 15.0 | 105.0 | 4 | 39 | 9.75 | 0 | 4.0 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 22.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||