1968 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 1st place Western Division 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
| Pete Brewster | Offensive Ends |
| Tommy O'Boyle | Assistant Coach |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1968 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 38-14 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 21682 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46228 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 13-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 47462 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 43769 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-36 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 54323 | |
| Mon | 9/9/1968 | A | Houston Oilers | 26-21 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45083 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | H | New York Jets | 19-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48871 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | Denver Broncos | 34-2 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 45821 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1968 | A | Miami Dolphins | 48-3 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 28501 | |
| Sat | 10/5/1968 | A | Buffalo Bills | 18-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40748 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-3 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 47096 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | H | Oakland Raiders | 24-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50015 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-20 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50344 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Oakland Raiders | 21-38 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53357 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 16-9 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 25537 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | Boston Patriots | 31-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48271 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1968 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48493 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | San Diego Chargers | 40-3 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 51174 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1968 | A | Denver Broncos | 30-7 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 38463 | |
| Western Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/22/1968 | A | Oakland Raiders | 6-41 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53605 | |
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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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 52 | Bud Abell | LB | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Missouri | 12 | 0 |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Bobby Bell | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Ceasar Belser | S | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Aaron Brown | RDE | 6-5 | 263 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 12 |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan | RDT-RDE | 6-7 | 279 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Ed Budde | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Reg Carolan | SE | 6-6 | 235 | 29 | Idaho | 14 | 1 |
| 23 | Bert Coan | HB | 6-4 | 219 | 28 | Texas Christian; Kansas | 12 | 2 |
| 61 | Curley Culp | OG | 6-1 | 265 | 22 | Arizona State | 9 | 0 |
| 60 | George Daney | OG | 6-4 | 240 | 22 | Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| 21 | Mike Garrett | HB | 5-9 | 198 | 24 | Southern California | 13 | 12 |
| 17 | Jack Gehrke | FL | 6-0 | 178 | 22 | Utah | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Wendell Hayes | FB | 6-1 | 221 | 28 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 11 | 4 |
| 73 | Dave Hill | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Robert Holmes | FB | 5-9 | 221 | 23 | Southern University | 14 | 10 |
| 55 | E.J. Holub | C | 6-4 | 231 | 30 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Chuck Hurston | LB | 6-6 | 237 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | LS | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 99 | Ernie Ladd | RDT | 6-9 | 302 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 2 |
| 63 | Willie Lanier | MLB | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 30 | Cincinnati | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Mike Livingston | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 23 | Southern Methodist | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Sam Longmire | DB | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | LDT | 6-5 | 261 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Paul Lowe | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Lynch | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Dave Martin | LB | 6-0 | 213 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Jerry Mays | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Kansas | 9 | 1 |
| 64 | Curt Merz | ROG | 6-4 | 257 | 30 | Iowa | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 28 | Tennessee State | 13 | 9 |
| 76 | Mo Moorman | ROG | 6-5 | 232 | 23 | Kentucky; Texas A&M | 13 | 13 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | SE | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | Southern University | 13 | 10 |
| 65 | Remi Prudhomme | DT | 6-4 | 251 | 26 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Gloster Richardson | FL-SE | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Jackson State | 13 | 13 |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Goldie Sellers | LCB | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 6 |
| 1 | Noland Smith | FL | 5-6 | 157 | 25 | Tennessee State | 12 | 0 |
| 3 | Jan Stenerud | K | 6-2 | 188 | 26 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Otis Taylor | FL | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 11 | 4 |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | LCB-RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 25 | Bishop | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | P | 6-4 | 222 | 27 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 19 | Mo Moorman | G | Texas A&M |
| 1 | 22 | George Daney | G | Texas-El Paso |
| 2 | 48 | Mike Livingston | QB | Southern Methodist |
| 4 | 90 | Mickey McCarty | TE | Texas Christian* |
| 7 | 184 | Sammy Grezaffi | DB | Louisiana State |
| 8 | 213 | Lindy Endsley | C | North Texas |
| 9 | 239 | Wayne McClure | LB | Mississippi |
| 10 | 265 | Jack Gehrke | FL | Utah |
| 11 | 294 | Tom Nosewicz | DE | Tulane |
| 12 | 320 | Bobby Johns | DB | Alabama |
| 13 | 346 | Jim Kavanagh | FL | Boston College |
| 14 | 375 | Robert Holmes | RB | Southern University |
| 15 | 401 | Bill Chambless | G | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 427 | Pat Talburt | T | Missouri State |
| 17 | 456 | Wes Williams | LB | Texas Southern |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 90 | 111 | 71 | 99 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 57 | 40 | 27 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 223 | 123 | 89 | 11 | / % | / % | 66 | 650 | |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 52 | 140 | 23 | / % | / % | 62 | 564 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 75.0 | 0 | 129 |
| Robert Holmes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gloster Richardson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bert Coan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Lanier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Noland Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buck Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 39 | 40 | 97.5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 40 | 75.0 | 1 | 371 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 170 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 30 | 40 | 75.0 | 1 | 52 | 10/10 | 6/6 | 8/10 | 4/6 | 2/8 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 40 | 75.0 | 1 | 52 | 10/10 | 6/6 | 8/10 | 4/6 | 2/8 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 5/ | 6/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Holmes | 174 | 866 | 5.0 | 76t | 7 |
| Mike Garrett | 164 | 564 | 3.4 | 37 | 3 |
| Wendell Hayes | 85 | 340 | 4.0 | 25 | 4 |
| Bert Coan | 40 | 160 | 4.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Frank Pitts | 11 | 107 | 9.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 24 | 107 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 20 | 40 | 2.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 537 | 2227 | 4.1 | 76t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 365 | 1266 | 3.5 | 36 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 224 | 131 | 58.5 | 84 | 2109 | 9.4 | 16.1 | 92t | 17 | 7.6 | 9 | 4.0 | 18 | 162 | 1947 | 98.6 |
| Jacky Lee | 45 | 25 | 55.6 | 19 | 383 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 61t | 3 | 6.7 | 1 | 2.2 | 4 | 34 | 349 | 96.8 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 270 | 156 | 57.8 | 103 | 2492 | 9.2 | 16.0 | 92t | 20 | 7.4 | 11 | 4.1 | 24 | 216 | 2276 | 96.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 461 | 214 | 46.4 | 210 | 3262 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 82 | 14 | 3.0 | 37 | 8.0 | 45 | 439 | 2823 | 46.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 33 | 359 | 10.9 | 43t | 3 |
| Frank Pitts | 30 | 655 | 21.8 | 90t | 6 |
| Gloster Richardson | 22 | 494 | 22.5 | 92t | 6 |
| Otis Taylor | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 67t | 4 |
| Robert Holmes | 19 | 201 | 10.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Fred Arbanas | 11 | 189 | 17.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Reg Carolan | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 2492 | 16.0 | 92t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 3262 | 15.2 | 82 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Robinson | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Bell | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 46 | 0 |
| Willie Lanier | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Jim Kearney | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bud Abell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Buck Buchanan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Ladd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 469 | 12.7 | 75t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 63 | 2841 | 45.1 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Reg Carolan | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2942 | 45.3 | 70 | 0 | 220 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3126 | 42.8 | 1 | 450 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noland Smith | 18 | 10 | 270 | 15.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Goldie Sellers | 7 | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 76t | 1 |
| Johnny Robinson | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ceasar Belser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 18 | 450 | 14.5 | 80t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 220 | 7.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noland Smith | 23 | 549 | 23.9 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bert Coan | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ceasar Belser | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Bud Abell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Daney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 736 | 19.4 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1044 | 19.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceasar Belser | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Dawson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Livingston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 63 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 0 |
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