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top 40 music before Sayers retired

Gale Sayers played his last NFL regular season game on October 17th, 1971 in a 13-0 loss @ San Francisco to the 49ers, the team who inflicted his first knee injury in 1968. Sayers finished the 1971 season with only 13 rushes for only 38 yards, yet did not retire until the 1972 preseason.

CASEY KASEM'S AMERICAN TOP 40 – 11/13/71

40: CHERISH – DAVID CASSIDY
39: WHAT ARE YOU DOING SUNDAY - DAWN
38: SCORPIO – DENNIS COFFEY & THE DETRIOT GUITAR BAND
37: RESPECT YOURSELF – STAPLE SINGERS
36: LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY – JAMES TAYLOR
35: TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE – DENISE LaSALLE
34: IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME – STEVIE WONDER
33: ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU – SONNY & CHER
32: THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE – PERSUADERS
31: A NATURAL MAN – LOU RAWLS
30: SWEET CITY WOMAN – STAMPEDERS
29: ONE TIN SOLDIER (LEGEND OF BILLY JACK) - COVEN
28: YOU’VE GOT TO CRAWL (BEFORE YOU WALK) – 8th DAY
27: TWO DIVIDED BY LOVE – GRASS ROOTS
26: ABSOLUTELY RIGHT – FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND
25: QUESTIONS 67 & 68 – CHICAGO
24: ONE FINE MORNING - LIGHTHOUSE
23: GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL – DONNY OSMOND
22: ROCK STEADY – ARETHA FRANKLIN
21: FAMILY AFFAIR – SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
SPECIAL: HELLO DOLLY – LOUIS ARMSTRONG
20: ONLY YOU KNOW AND I KNOW – DELANEY & BONNIE
19: NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN – JOAN BAEZ
18: EASY LOVING – FREDDIE HART
17: TIRED OF BEING ALONE – AL GREEN
16: EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING - SANTANA
15: DESIDERATA – LES CRANE
14: DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN – LEE MICHAELS
13: GOT TO BE THERE - MICHAEL JACKSON
12: NEVER MY LOVE – FIFTH DIMENSION
11: BABY I’M-A WANT YOU - BREAD
10: SUPERSTAR – CARPENTERS
EXTRA: EVERYTHING’S COMING OUR WAY - SANTANA
9: INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) – MARVIN GAYE
8: HAVE YOU SEEN HER – CHI-LTES
7: PEACE TRAIN – CAT STEVENS
6: YO-YO – DONNY OSMOND
5: I’VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN – FREE MOVEMENT
4: MAGGIE MAY/REASON TO BELIEVE – ROD STEWART
3: IMAGINE – JOHN LENNON
2: THEME FROM "SHAFT" – ISAAC HAYES
1: GYPSIES, TRAMPS & THIEVES - CHER

The 6-1-1 first place Redskins invaded Soldier Field the following day before losing 16-15 to the Bears, thanks to Bobby Douglass (214 passing yards + 88 rushing yards on only 10 carries) & Cyril Pinder (72 rushing yards + 1 touchdown on only 6 carries). Unfortunately, the 6-3 Bears would lose their final 5 games of the 1971 season to finish 6-8.

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