1969 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 2nd place Western Division 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| John Beake | General Assistant |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
| Darrel 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 | 8/2/1969 | N | Oakland Raiders | 23-17 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 21000 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | H | Detroit Lions | 38-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 38000 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | N | Cincinnati Bengals | 23-7 | W | Jackson, MS | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium | 24513 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 42-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58306 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-21 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48006 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 14-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 37273 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 27-9 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 47988 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Boston Patriots | 31-0 | W | Boston, MA | Boston College Alumni Stadium | 22002 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 19-24 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27812 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | Denver Broncos | 26-13 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50564 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Houston Oilers | 24-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 45805 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 49809 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 42-22 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50934 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | Buffalo Bills | 29-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45844 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-3 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 51104 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | New York Jets | 34-16 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63849 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Oakland Raiders | 24-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 51982 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1969 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 48773 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | H | Buffalo Bills | 22-19 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 47112 | |
| Sat | 12/13/1969 | A | Oakland Raiders | 6-10 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54443 | |
| Inter-Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/20/1969 | A | New York Jets | 13-6 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62977 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/4/1970 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-7 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53564 | |
| Super Bowl IV | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/11/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 23-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 80562 | |
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 |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 30 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Bobby Bell | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 24 | Ceasar Belser | S | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Aaron Brown | RDE | 6-5 | 263 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan | RDT | 6-7 | 279 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Ed Budde | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Curley Culp | LDT | 6-1 | 265 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | George Daney | ROG | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 3 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 34 | Purdue | 9 | 7 |
| 12 | Tom Flores | QB | 6-1 | 194 | 32 | Fresno CC; Pacific | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Mike Garrett | RB | 5-9 | 198 | 25 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | RB | 6-1 | 221 | 29 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Dave Hill | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 28 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Robert Holmes | RB | 5-9 | 221 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | E.J. Holub | C | 6-4 | 231 | 31 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Chuck Hurston | LB | 6-6 | 237 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | LS | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Willie Lanier | MLB | 6-1 | 245 | 24 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 31 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Mike Livingston | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 24 | Southern Methodist | 9 | 6 |
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | DT | 6-5 | 261 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | Paul Lowe | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | Compton JC; Oregon State | 7 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Lynch | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Jim Marsalis | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Jerry Mays | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Mickey McCarty | TE | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Texas Christian | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Warren McVea | RB | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Houston | 11 | 0 |
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | CB | 6-1 | 185 | 29 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 76 | Mo Moorman | ROG | 6-5 | 232 | 24 | Kentucky; Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | WR | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Ed Podolak | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Iowa | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Remi Prudhomme | DE-DT | 6-4 | 251 | 27 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Gloster Richardson | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Jackson State | 13 | 7 |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Goldie Sellers | CB | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Noland Smith | WR | 5-6 | 157 | 26 | Tennessee State | 6 | 0 |
| 66 | Bob Stein | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 21 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Jan Stenerud | K | 6-2 | 188 | 27 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Otis Taylor | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 11 | 7 |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 26 | Bishop | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Gene Trosch | DE | 6-7 | 277 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | P | 6-4 | 222 | 28 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 23 | Jim Marsalis | DB | Tennessee State |
| 2 | 48 | Ed Podolak | RB | Iowa |
| 3 | 76 | Morris Stroud | TE | Clark Atlanta |
| 4 | 101 | Jack Rudnay | C | Northwestern |
| 5 | 126 | Bob Stein | LB | Minnesota |
| 6 | 155 | John Pleasant | RB | Alabama State |
| 7 | 179 | Tom Nettles | FL | San Diego State |
| 8 | 204 | Clanton King | T | Purdue |
| 8 | 206 | Moe LeBlanc | DB | Louisiana State |
| 9 | 231 | Dan Klepper | G | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 10 | 257 | John Sponheimer | DT | Cornell |
| 11 | 282 | Skip Wupper | DE | Long Island-Post |
| 12 | 309 | John Lavin | LB | Notre Dame |
| 13 | 335 | Rick Piland | G | Virginia Tech |
| 14 | 360 | Al Bream | DB | Iowa |
| 15 | 388 | Leland Winston | T | Rice |
| 16 | 413 | Uriel Johnson | DB | Prairie View A&M |
| 17 | 438 | Ralph Jenkins | DB | Tuskegee |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 117 | 50 | 111 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 45 | 36 | 67 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 258 | 129 | 125 | 4 | / % | / % | 62 | 757 | |
| Opponents Totals | 181 | 53 | 111 | 17 | / % | / % | 39 | 443 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 0 | 119 |
| Mike Garrett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Warren McVea | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Otis Taylor | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gloster Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Daney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 0 | 359 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 1 | 177 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 2 | 54 | 9/9 | 4/6 | 6/8 | 6/9 | 2/3 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 2 | 54 | 9/9 | 4/6 | 6/8 | 6/9 | 2/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 5/ | 2/ | 5/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 168 | 732 | 4.4 | 34t | 6 |
| Robert Holmes | 150 | 612 | 4.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Warren McVea | 106 | 500 | 4.7 | 80t | 7 |
| Wendell Hayes | 62 | 208 | 3.4 | 11 | 4 |
| Mike Livingston | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Flores | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 522 | 2220 | 4.3 | 80t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 314 | 1091 | 3.5 | 50 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Livingston | 161 | 84 | 52.2 | 71 | 1123 | 7.0 | 13.4 | 93t | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 11 | 24 | 1099 | 67.4 |
| Len Dawson | 166 | 98 | 59.0 | 55 | 1323 | 8.0 | 13.5 | 55t | 9 | 5.4 | 13 | 7.8 | 13 | 89 | 1234 | 69.9 |
| Jacky Lee | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 7 | 109 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 31 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 38 | 71 | 70.6 |
| Warren McVea | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 50 | 16.7 | 50.0 | 50t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 121.5 |
| Tom Flores | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 351 | 196 | 55.8 | 135 | 2638 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 93t | 16 | 4.6 | 20 | 5.7 | 26 | 251 | 2387 | 71.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 426 | 200 | 46.9 | 194 | 2491 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 80 | 10 | 2.3 | 32 | 7.5 | 48 | 419 | 2072 | 42.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 43 | 432 | 10.0 | 41 | 2 |
| Otis Taylor | 41 | 696 | 17.0 | 79 | 7 |
| Frank Pitts | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Robert Holmes | 26 | 266 | 10.2 | 33t | 3 |
| Gloster Richardson | 23 | 381 | 16.6 | 39 | 2 |
| Fred Arbanas | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 196 | 2638 | 13.5 | 79 | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 200 | 2491 | 12.5 | 80 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Thomas | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 45t | 1 |
| Johnny Robinson | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Kearney | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 60t | 1 |
| Willie Lanier | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 595 | 18.6 | 60t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 325 | 16.3 | 75 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 68 | 3022 | 44.4 | 62 | 0 | 502 | ||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 3022 | 44.4 | 62 | 0 | 502 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3612 | 43.0 | 64 | 0 | 251 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Mitchell | 13 | 7 | 101 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 9 | 2 | 107 | 11.9 | 64 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 17 | 251 | 7.8 | 64 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 502 | 11.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren McVea | 13 | 318 | 24.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Willie Mitchell | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 36 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 28 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 30 | 0 | |
| Noland Smith | 4 | 125 | 31.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 1090 | 26.6 | 53t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1431 | 24.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceasar Belser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| George Daney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kearney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Mitchell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | |
| Noland Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Emmitt Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 50 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 |
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