| San Francisco 49ers at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1965 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 46278 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 55 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 13 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 61 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 80 pass from Rudy Bukich (pass failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mike Ditka 29 pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dave Parks 9 pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 21 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John David Crow 15 pass from John Brodie (Tommy Davis kick failed) | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 7 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 50 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 1 run (run failed) | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dave Kopay 2 run (Tommy Davis kick) | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jimmy Jones 8 pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 20 | 47 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 85 punt return (Roger LeClerc kick) | 20 | 54 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jon Arnett 2 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 20 | 61 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 78 | LOG | John Thomas |
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley |
| 68 | ROG | Howard Mudd |
| 67 | ROT | Walt Rock |
| 85 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 44 | HB | John David Crow |
| 30 | FL | Bernie Casey |
| 40 | FB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Roland Lakes |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 65 | RDT | Chuck Sieminski |
| 74 | RDE | Clark Miller |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Dowdle |
| 55 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 45 | LS | Elbert Kimbrough |
| 20 | RS | George Donnelly |
| 39 | RCB | Kermit Alexander |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Jimmy Jones |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 64 | LOG | Mike Rabold |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 63 | ROT | Bob Wetoska |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 10 | QB | Rudy Bukich |
| 40 | HB | Gale Sayers |
| 47 | FL | Johnny Morris |
| 20 | FB | Ronnie Bull |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Dick Evey |
| 76 | LDT | John Johnson |
| 71 | RDT | Earl Leggett |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 33 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 24 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Gary Lewis | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gale Sayers | 9 | 113 | 12.6 | 50t | 4 |
| Jon Arnett | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 37 | 19 | 51.4 | 1 | 250 | 6.8 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.8 |
| George Mira | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 1 | 22 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 347 | 10.8 | 80t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120.2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dave Parks | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 33 | 1 |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dale Messer | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Dave Kopay | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| John David Crow | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Kay McFarland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vern Burke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Johnny Morris | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 54 | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 80t | 1 |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Andy Livingston | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tommy Davis | 6 | 296 | 49.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Wayne Swinford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 5 | 0 | 134 | 26.8 | 85t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Kermit Alexander | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Wayne Swinford | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dave Kopay | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Gary Lewis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 77 | 0 | |
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