1965 Green Bay Packers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: Vince Lombardi (10-3-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1965 Green Bay Packers RosterTeam Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: Vince Lombardi (10-3-1)
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
1965 Green Bay Packers Results
The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Packers relinquished 224 points, fewest in the league. Green Bay racked up 316 points. Bart Starr passed for 2,055 yards. Boyd Dowler snagged 44 passes for 610 yards.
Jim Taylor carried the ball for a team-best 734 yards.
The ball-hawking defense manufactured 50 turnovers, topping in the league. Herb Adderley and Willie Wood each seized 6 opponent throws.
Vince Lombardi coached the team. The 1965 Green Bay Packers won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Starr | 251 | 140 | 55.8 | 2055 | 8.2 | 16 | 6.4 | 9 | 3.6 | 77 | 89.0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 48 | 21 | 43.8 | 348 | 7.2 | 3 | 6.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 80 | 54.9 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 95.8 |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 112.5 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 19 | 43.8 |
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 306 | 166 | 54.2 | 2508 | 8.2 | 19 | 6.2 | 14 | 4.6 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Taylor | 207 | 734 | 3.5 | 35 | 4 |
| Paul Hornung | 89 | 299 | 3.4 | 17 | 5 |
| Bart Starr | 18 | 169 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 51 | 124 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 12 | 4 |
| Don Chandler | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Allen Jacobs | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 4 | -1 | -0.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 432 | 1488 | 3.4 | 38 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Dowler | 44 | 610 | 13.9 | 47 | 4 |
| Carroll Dale | 20 | 382 | 19.1 | 77 | 2 |
| Jim Taylor | 20 | 207 | 10.4 | 41 | 0 |
| Paul Hornung | 19 | 336 | 17.7 | 65 | 3 |
| Marv Fleming | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 31 | 2 |
| Bob Long | 13 | 304 | 23.4 | 62 | 4 |
| Elijah Pitts | 11 | 182 | 16.5 | 80 | 1 |
| Max McGee | 10 | 154 | 15.4 | 37 | 1 |
| Bill Anderson | 8 | 105 | 13.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Totals | 166 | 2508 | 15.1 | 80 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Chandler | 74 | 3176 | 42.9 | 90 |
| Totals | 74 | 3176 | 42.9 | 90 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wood | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 65 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Pitts | 20 | 396 | 19.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 15 | 361 | 24.1 | 52 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 33 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dan Grimm | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 50 | 1040 | 20.8 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Adderley | 6 | 175 | 29.2 | 44 | 3 |
| Willie Wood | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Hart | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Robinson | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 87 | 0 |
| Tom Brown | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Lee Caffey | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Bob Jeter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Willie Davis | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 561 | 20.8 | 87 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Jordan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Adderley | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Nitschke | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Wood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Davis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lionel Aldridge | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Forrest Gregg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Hart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Kostelnik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Coffey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Grimm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Curry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bart Starr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boyd Dowler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29 | 42 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Don Chandler | 0 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 88 | |||||||||
| Paul Hornung | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Elijah Pitts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Bob Long | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Jim Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Boyd Dowler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Herb Adderley | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Marv Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Carroll Dale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bart Starr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Max McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lee Caffey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Doug Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 316 |
