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1965 NFL Season

🏆 Buffalo Bills won the AFL Championship · 🏆 Green Bay Packers won the NFL Championship

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Jim Brown (Rush Yds, Rush TD) · Lance Alworth (Rec Yds, Rec)

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Johnny UnitasQB34.1
  2. 2Jim BrownRB31.8
  3. 3Gale SayersRB29.4
  4. 4Fran TarkentonQB28.5
  5. 5Len DawsonQB27.1
  6. 6Bart StarrQB25.7
  7. 7Lance AlworthWR24.1
  8. 8Joe NamathQB21.9
  9. 9Don MaynardWR19.5
  10. 10Sonny JurgensenQB19.1
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Joe NamathQB197.7
  2. 2Fred BiletnikoffWR181.4
  3. 3Bob HayesWR135.4
  4. 4Gale SayersRB102.4
  5. 5Dave RobinsonOLB28.4
  6. 6Dick ButkusLB27.8
  7. 7Chris HanburgerOLB15
  8. 8Carl EllerDE0.9

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Jim BrownFB185.3
  2. 2Rosey BrownOT31.2
  3. 3Joe SchmidtLB27.6

Teams · 22

TeamRecordResult
Cleveland Browns11-3Playoffs
Baltimore Colts10-3-1Playoffs
Buffalo Bills10-3-1Won AFL Championship
Green Bay Packers10-3-1Won NFL Championship
San Diego Chargers9-2-3Playoffs
Chicago Bears9-53rd
Oakland Raiders8-5-12nd
Kansas City Chiefs7-5-23rd
San Francisco 49ers7-6-14th
Dallas Cowboys7-72nd
Minnesota Vikings7-75th
New York Giants7-7Playoffs
Detroit Lions6-7-16th
Washington Redskins6-8Playoffs
New York Jets5-8-1Playoffs
Boston Patriots4-8-23rd
Philadelphia Eagles5-95th
St. Louis Cardinals5-9T-5th
Denver Broncos4-104th
Houston Oilers4-104th
Los Angeles Rams4-107th
Pittsburgh Steelers2-127th