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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
1965 NFL Champions
Scored 316 points (22.6/g), 8th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 224 points (16.0/g), 1st.
Differential of 92 points (6.6/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 9.7-4.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +24 (1.7/g), 1st.
Coached by Vince Lombardi (10-3-1)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41 | 9 | 21 | 354 | 220 | 134 | 15 | 193 | 101 | 92 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 2-0 | Baltimore Colts | 20 | 17 | 11 | 184 | 78 | 106 | 3 | 15 | 309 | 197 | 112 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | W | 3-0 | Chicago Bears | 23 | 14 | 14 | 299 | 221 | 78 | 23 | 413 | 221 | 192 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | W | 4-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 10 | 20 | 339 | 153 | 186 | 2 | 15 | 279 | 176 | 103 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 5-0 | @ | Detroit Lions | 31 | 21 | 17 | 374 | 291 | 83 | 1 | 18 | 296 | 165 | 131 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 6-0 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 3 | 7 | 63 | -10 | 73 | 13 | 192 | -1 | 193 | 5 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | L | 6-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 10 | 31 | 14 | 219 | 98 | 121 | 4 | 20 | 265 | 53 | 212 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | L | 6-2 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 12 | 8 | 68 | -2 | 70 | 3 | 12 | 180 | 52 | 128 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 7-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 3 | 10 | 177 | 75 | 102 | 1 | 9 | 142 | 26 | 116 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 8-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 38 | 13 | 16 | 339 | 159 | 180 | 3 | 19 | 364 | 181 | 183 | 6 |
| 11 | Sun | November 28 | box | L | 8-3 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 21 | 12 | 254 | 232 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 344 | 242 | 102 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | box | W | 9-3 | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 19 | 16 | 266 | 153 | 113 | 4 | 21 | 336 | 85 | 251 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | W | 10-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 42 | 27 | 18 | 366 | 222 | 144 | 3 | 21 | 264 | 190 | 74 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | box | T | 10-3-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 24 | 17 | 299 | 223 | 76 | 1 | 20 | 392 | 293 | 99 | 5 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 26 | box | W | 11-3-1 | Baltimore Colts | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Championship | January 2 | box | W | 12-3-1 | Cleveland Browns | 23 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 316 | 3601 | 781 | 4.6 | 201 | 166 | 306 | 2113 | 19 | 14 | 6.1 | 103 | 432 | 1488 | 14 | 3.4 | 85 | 26 | 12 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 224 | 3969 | 907 | 4.4 | 365 | 187 | 383 | 1981 | 11 | 27 | 4.6 | 111 | 480 | 1988 | 10 | 4.1 | 240 | 50 | 23 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 140 | 251 | 55.8 | 2055 | 16 | 6.4 | 9 | 3.6 | 77 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 14.7 | 146.8 | 89.0 | |||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 34 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 48 | 43.8 | 348 | 3 | 6.3 | 4 | 8.3 | 80 | 7.3 | 4.1 | 16.6 | 58.0 | 54.9 | ||||||
| Paul Hornung | 30 | HB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 9.5 | -13.0 | 19.0 | 1.6 | 43.7 | |||||
| Tom Moore | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.7 | 112.5 | ||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 27 | RET | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 51.0 | 3.6 | 95.8 | |||||
| Dennis Claridge | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 118.7 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 166 | 306 | 54.2 | 2508 | 19 | 6.2 | 14 | 4.6 | 80 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 15.1 | 179.1 | 83.1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 187 | 383 | 48.8 | 1981 | 11 | 2.9 | 27 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 10.6 | 141.5 | 44.5 | 44 | 335 | 4.6 | 1.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Jim Taylor | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 207 | 734 | 4 | 35 | 3.5 | 52.4 | 14.8 | 20 | 207 | 10.4 | 0 | 41 | 1.4 | 14.8 | 941 | 4 | 3 |
| Paul Hornung | 30 | HB | 12 | 0 | 89 | 299 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 24.9 | 7.4 | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 3 | 65 | 1.6 | 28.0 | 635 | 8 | 2 |
| Elijah Pitts | 27 | RET | 14 | 1 | 54 | 122 | 4 | 12 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 3.9 | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 1 | 80 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 304 | 5 | 2 |
| Tom Moore | 27 | 13 | 0 | 51 | 124 | 0 | 13 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 1 | 31 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 211 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bart Starr | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 18 | 169 | 1 | 38 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 169 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 34 | 6 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | 0.7 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Junior Coffey | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Allen Jacobs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dennis Claridge | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | -1.5 | -3.0 | 2.0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Don Chandler | 31 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Boyd Dowler* | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 610 | 13.9 | 4 | 47 | 3.1 | 43.6 | 610 | 4 | 1 | |
| Carroll Dale | 27 | FL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 382 | 19.1 | 2 | 77 | 1.5 | 29.4 | 382 | 2 | 1 | |
| Marv Fleming | 23 | TE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 2 | 31 | 1.1 | 10.8 | 141 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Long | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 304 | 23.4 | 4 | 62 | 1.0 | 23.4 | 304 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Max McGee | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 154 | 15.4 | 1 | 37 | 0.8 | 12.8 | 154 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Anderson | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 1 | 27 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 432 | 1488 | 14 | 38 | 3.4 | 106.3 | 30.9 | 166 | 2508 | 15.1 | 19 | 80 | 11.9 | 179.1 | 3996 | 33 | 18 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 480 | 1988 | 10 | 4.1 | 142.0 | 34.3 | 187 | 1981 | 10.6 | 11 | 13.4 | 141.5 | 3969 | 21 | 37 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Elijah Pitts | 27 | RET | 14 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 3.4 | 20 | 396 | 0 | 29 | 19.8 | 727 |
| Tom Moore | 27 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 361 | 0 | 52 | 24.1 | 572 | ||||||
| Willie Wood*+ | 29 | LS | 14 | 0 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 2.9 | 38 | |||||
| Herb Adderley*+ | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 221 | 0 | 33 | 22.1 | 221 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 21 | 17.7 | 53 | ||||||
| Junior Coffey | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 21 | ||||||
| Dan Grimm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 14 | 3.0 | 50 | 1040 | 0 | 52 | 20.8 | 5101 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 36 | 0 | 52 | 1216 | 0 | 23.4 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Don Chandler | 31 | P | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 65.4% | 38 | 37 | 97.4% | 74 | 3176 | 90 | 0 | 42.9 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 65.4% | 38 | 37 | 97.4% | 74 | 3176 | 90 | 0 | 42.9 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 33 | 22 | 66.7% | 22 | 22 | 100.0% | 60 | 2526 | 42.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Herb Adderley*+ | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 175 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Lionel Aldridge | 24 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Brown | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lee Roy Caffey* | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Claridge | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Junior Coffey | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Crutcher | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Bill Curry | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Carroll Dale | 27 | FL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Davis*+ | 31 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Boyd Dowler* | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Forrest Gregg+ | 32 | LG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Grimm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Doug Hart | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |||||||
| Paul Hornung | 30 | HB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Jeter | 28 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Henry Jordan | 30 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Kostelnik | 25 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bud Marshall | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tom Moore | 27 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Nitschke | 29 | MLB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 27 | RET | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Robinson | 24 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Bart Starr | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Taylor | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Wood*+ | 29 | LS | 14 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Wright | 23 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 27 | 561 | 4 | 87 | 18 | 29 | 42 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 43 | 37 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 31 | P | 14 | 0 | 37 | 17 | 88 | |||||||||
| Paul Hornung | 30 | HB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 27 | RET | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Boyd Dowler* | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bob Long | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jim Taylor | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Herb Adderley*+ | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Carroll Dale | 27 | FL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Marv Fleming | 23 | TE | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bill Anderson | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lee Roy Caffey* | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Doug Hart | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Max McGee | 33 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Moore | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 17 | 316 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 224 |