1963 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 5-7-2 .417 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Catlin | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Ghilotti | Offensive Ends |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-26 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25862 | |
| Fri | 8/9/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 5721 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1963 | N | Oakland Raiders | 35-21 | W | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 13500 | |
| Fri | 8/23/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 30-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 6865 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 17-23 | L | Wichita, KS | Veterans Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | A | Denver Broncos | 59-7 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 21115 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Buffalo Bills | 27-27 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 33487 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 22654 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 27801 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | H | Buffalo Bills | 26-35 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 25519 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-38 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 30107 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-28 | L | Houston, TX | Jeppesen Stadium | 26331 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-10 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18919 | |
| Fri | 11/8/1963 | H | Oakland Raiders | 7-22 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 24879 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | A | Boston Patriots | 24-24 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 17270 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | A | New York Jets | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 11615 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | Denver Broncos | 52-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 17443 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1963 | H | Boston Patriots | 35-3 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 12598 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1963 | H | New York Jets | 48-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 12202 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/22/1963 | New York Jets | Postponed from 11/24 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Fred Arbanas | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Bell | 78 | LDE | 6-4 | 228 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 4 |
| Denny Biodrowski | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 253 | 23 | Memphis | 2 | 0 |
| Mel Branch | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Brooker | 81 | K-TE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Alabama | 9 | 0 |
| Buck Buchanan | 86 | LDT-LDE | 6-7 | 279 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| Ed Budde | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 11 |
| Chris Burford | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Bert Coan | 23 | HB | 6-4 | 219 | 23 | Texas Christian; Kansas | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Corey | 56 | RLB | 6-0 | 229 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 10 |
| Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Bill Diamond | 66 | OG | 6-0 | 240 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Diamond | 79 | ROT | 6-2 | 249 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | 9 |
| Curt Farrier | 70 | RDT-LDE | 6-6 | 253 | 22 | Montana State | 5 | 5 |
| Jon Gilliam | 65 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Grayson | 45 | RCB | 5-10 | 184 | 24 | San Diego CC; Oregon | 14 | 13 |
| Abner Haynes | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | North Texas | 14 | 8 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 69 | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 26 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Hill | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 22 | Auburn | 11 | 5 |
| E.J. Holub | 55 | LLB | 6-4 | 231 | 25 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Hunt | 20 | LS-RS | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 11 |
| Frank Jackson | 26 | FL | 6-1 | 187 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Johnson | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Mays | 75 | LDE-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 12 |
| Curtis McClinton | 32 | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Curt Merz | 64 | ROG | 6-4 | 257 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Ply | 14 | LS-RCB | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Baylor | 14 | 4 |
| Al Reynolds | 60 | ROG-ROT | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Tarkio | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 42 | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Rochester | 72 | RDT-LDT | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Michigan State | 9 | 9 |
| Jack Spikes | 30 | HB-FB-K | 6-2 | 221 | 25 | Texas Christian | 14 | 6 |
| Smokey Stover | 35 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 229 | 25 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 4 |
| Marv Terrell | 63 | LOG | 6-1 | 236 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Tyrer | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Warner | 25 | LCB-RCB-FL | 5-11 | 178 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Eddie Wilson | 12 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Arizona | 14 | 1 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 44 | P | 6-4 | 222 | 22 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 48 | LCB | 6-1 | 196 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Buck Buchanan | T | Grambling State |
| 1 | 8 | Ed Budde | T | Michigan State |
| 2 | 16 | Walt Rock | T | Maryland |
| 3 | 24 | Don Brumm | T | Purdue |
| 4 | 32 | Daryl Sanders | G | Ohio State |
| 5 | 40 | John Campbell | E | Minnesota |
| 6 | 48 | George Saimes | FB | Michigan State |
| 7 | 56 | Bobby Bell | T | Minnesota |
| 8 | 64 | John Sklopan | HB | Southern Mississippi |
| 9 | 72 | Jan Barrett | E | Fresno State |
| 10 | 80 | Curt Farrier | T | Montana State |
| 11 | 81 | Lindy Infante | HB | Florida |
| 11 | 88 | Jerrel Wilson | FB | Southern Mississippi |
| 13 | 104 | Dennis Ward | G | Oklahoma |
| 14 | 105 | Stone Johnson | HB | Grambling State |
| 14 | 112 | Jim Pilot | HB | New Mexico State |
| 15 | 120 | Joe Auer | HB | Georgia Tech |
| 16 | 128 | Mel Profit | E | UCLA |
| 17 | 136 | Billy Moore | QB | Arkansas |
| 18 | 144 | Bill Freeman | T | Southern Mississippi |
| 19 | 152 | Bruce Starling | HB | Florida |
| 20 | 160 | Lowell Vaught | T | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| 21 | 168 | Ernie Borghetti | T | Pittsburgh |
| 22 | 176 | Jack Maczuzak | T | Pittsburgh |
| 23 | 184 | Dave Adams | G | Arkansas |
| 24 | 192 | Dave Hill | T | Auburn |
| 25 | 200 | John Hughes | G | Southern Methodist |
| 26 | 208 | Turnley Todd | C | Virginia |
| 27 | 216 | Billy Clay | E | Arkansas |
| 28 | 224 | Gordon Scarborough | E | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 29 | 232 | John Sisk | HB | Miami (Florida) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 79 | 72 | 109 | 87 | 347 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 107 | 51 | 76 | 263 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 250 | 94 | 141 | 15 | / % | / % | 52 | 605 | |
| Opponents Totals | 228 | 83 | 130 | 15 | / % | / % | 47 | 411 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burford | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Jack Spikes | 3 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15.4 | 0 | 47 |
| Tommy Brooker | 0 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Fred Arbanas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Abner Haynes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Curtis McClinton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Len Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jerry Mays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Dave Grayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Duane Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 46 | 43 | 44 | 97.7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 28.6 | 1 | 347 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 27 | 30 | 90.0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 2 | 263 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Brooker | 6 | 15 | 40.0 | 1 | 38 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4/7 | 0/4 | 0/2 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 13 | 15.4 | 0 | 37 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 0/5 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 28 | 28.6 | 1 | 38 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5/11 | 0/9 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 2/ | 1/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis McClinton | 142 | 568 | 4.0 | 36 | 3 |
| Abner Haynes | 99 | 352 | 3.6 | 46 | 4 |
| Len Dawson | 37 | 272 | 7.4 | 43t | 2 |
| Jack Spikes | 84 | 257 | 3.1 | 15 | 2 |
| Bert Coan | 17 | 100 | 5.9 | 51 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Eddie Wilson | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 400 | 1697 | 4.2 | 51 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 387 | 1558 | 4.0 | 76t | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 352 | 190 | 54.0 | 143 | 2389 | 6.8 | 12.6 | 82t | 26 | 7.4 | 19 | 5.4 | 77.5 | |||
| Eddie Wilson | 82 | 39 | 47.6 | 41 | 537 | 6.5 | 13.8 | 48 | 3 | 3.7 | 2 | 2.4 | 71.0 | |||
| Curtis McClinton | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 33 | 11.0 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 115.3 | |||
| Abner Haynes | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 118.8 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 439 | 231 | 52.6 | 186 | 2983 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 82t | 30 | 6.8 | 22 | 5.0 | 34 | 332 | 2651 | 76.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 429 | 218 | 50.8 | 185 | 2929 | 6.8 | 13.4 | 89 | 18 | 4.2 | 26 | 6.1 | 35 | 300 | 2629 | 61.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burford | 68 | 824 | 12.1 | 69t | 9 |
| Frank Jackson | 50 | 783 | 15.7 | 82t | 8 |
| Fred Arbanas | 34 | 373 | 11.0 | 40 | 6 |
| Abner Haynes | 33 | 470 | 14.2 | 73t | 2 |
| Curtis McClinton | 27 | 301 | 11.1 | 46 | 3 |
| Jack Spikes | 11 | 125 | 11.4 | 30 | 1 |
| Bert Coan | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Tommy Brooker | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dick Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 231 | 2983 | 12.9 | 82t | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 218 | 2929 | 13.4 | 89 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hunt | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 66 | 0 |
| E.J. Holub | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Grayson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Duane Wood | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 38t | 1 |
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charley Warner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 450 | 17.3 | 66 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 61 | 2628 | 43.1 | 72 | 1 | |||||
| Eddie Wilson | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 62 | 2671 | 43.1 | 72 | 1 | 345 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 2813 | 40.2 | 3 | 259 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Jackson | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 39 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Charley Warner | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | |
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Duane Wood | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 259 | 10.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 345 | 10.8 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Grayson | 20 | 564 | 28.2 | 99t | 1 | |
| Abner Haynes | 12 | 317 | 26.4 | 45 | 0 | |
| Charley Warner | 9 | 215 | 23.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Smokey Stover | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 1172 | 24.9 | 99t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1322 | 24.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Arbanas | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mel Branch | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bert Coan | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walt Corey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Len Dawson | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Grayson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Abner Haynes | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| E.J. Holub | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Hunt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Frank Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Mays | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Curtis McClinton | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Smokey Stover | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Charley Warner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Duane Wood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 |
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