1972 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| John Beake | Offensive Backs |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
| Pete Brewster | Receivers |
| Walt Corey | Linebackers |
| Tommy O'Boyle | Assistant Coach |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/29/1972 | N | New York Giants | 23-17 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19307 | |
| Sat | 8/5/1972 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-10 | W | South Bend, IN | Notre Dame Stadium | 32391 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 24-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 78190 | |
| Mon | 8/21/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 76882 | |
| Sun | 8/27/1972 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 19-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 77064 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79592 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-20 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47281 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79829 | |
| Mon | 9/25/1972 | A | New Orleans Saints | 20-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 70793 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | A | Denver Broncos | 45-24 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51656 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | A | Cleveland Browns | 31-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83819 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 16-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79068 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-21 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 78389 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | A | San Diego Chargers | 26-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54533 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 27-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 82094 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50350 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79011 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Oakland Raiders | 3-26 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54801 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 66725 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 44175 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 17-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58860 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mike Adamle | 1 | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 23 | Northwestern | 14 | 4 |
| Nate Allen | 48 | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Texas Southern | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Bell | 78 | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 32 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Keith Best | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | Kansas State | 6 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 87 | RDE | 6-5 | 263 | 29 | Minnesota | 12 | 7 |
| Buck Buchanan | 86 | RDT | 6-7 | 279 | 33 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Budde | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 32 | Michigan State | 13 | 13 |
| Curley Culp | 61 | LDT | 6-1 | 265 | 26 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| George Daney | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 240 | 26 | Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 37 | Purdue | 14 | 12 |
| Willie Frazier | 83 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 30 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 7 |
| Larry Gagner | 79 | LOG | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Florida | 7 | 1 |
| Wendell Hayes | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 221 | 32 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 13 | 12 |
| Dave Hill | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 31 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Homan | 21 | WR | 6-1 | 181 | 26 | Alabama | 7 | 5 |
| Bruce Jankowski | 41 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 |
| Jim Kearney | 46 | LS | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Kinney | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Nebraska | 9 | 2 |
| Willie Lanier | 63 | MLB | 6-1 | 245 | 27 | Morgan State | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Livingston | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 2 |
| Ed Lothamer | 82 | DT | 6-5 | 261 | 30 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Marsalis | 40 | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Marshall | 22 | RCB | 5-10 | 195 | 22 | Maryland | 11 | 0 |
| Mo Moorman | 76 | ROG | 6-5 | 232 | 27 | Kentucky; Texas A&M | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Oriard | 50 | C | 6-4 | 223 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Ohio State | 10 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 14 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Iowa | 13 | 10 |
| Kerry Reardon | 15 | LS | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Iowa | 7 | 1 |
| Jack Rudnay | 58 | C | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| George Seals | 67 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 30 | Missouri | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 20 | RS | 5-11 | 191 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 13 |
| Sid Smith | 70 | LOT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Stein | 66 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 |
| Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 30 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
| Morris Stroud | 88 | TE | 6-10 | 255 | 26 | Clark Atlanta | 14 | 7 |
| Otis Taylor | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 12 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 18 | RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 29 | Bishop | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Tyrer | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Upshaw | 81 | LDE | 6-3 | 253 | 26 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 14 |
| Clyde Werner | 54 | RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Washington | 14 | 1 |
| Robert West | 26 | WR | 6-4 | 218 | 22 | San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State | 11 | 5 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 44 | P | 6-4 | 222 | 31 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 17 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Houston | 7 | 4 |
| Wilbur Young | 99 | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 285 | 23 | William Penn | 14 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 23 | Jeff Kinney | RB | Nebraska |
| 4 | 97 | Andy Hamilton | WR | Louisiana State |
| 5 | 127 | Milt Davis | DE | Texas-Arlington |
| 6 | 153 | John Kahler | DE | Long Beach State |
| 7 | 179 | Dean Carlson | QB | Iowa State |
| 8 | 205 | Scott Mahoney | G | Colorado |
| 9 | 231 | Dave Taylor | DT | Weber State |
| 10 | 257 | Rich Ruppert | T | Hawaii |
| 11 | 283 | Elbert Walker | T | Wisconsin |
| 12 | 309 | Mike Williams | DT | Oregon |
| 13 | 335 | Tyler Hellams | DB | South Carolina |
| 14 | 360 | Dave Chaney | LB | San Jose State |
| 15 | 387 | Larry Marshall | DB | Maryland |
| 16 | 413 | Bob Johnson | DE | Hanover |
| 17 | 439 | Ted Washington | LB | Mississippi Valley State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 90 | 85 | 92 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 98 | 37 | 64 | 254 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 245 | 118 | 116 | 11 | 79/201 39.3% | / % | 69 | 653 | |
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 93 | 116 | 18 | 62/184 33.7% | / % | 66 | 643 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 0 | 95 |
| Ed Podolak | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Otis Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Willie Frazier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Kearney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Robert West | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Morris Stroud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 0 | 287 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 0 | 254 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 3 | 50 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 9/13 | 5/9 | 1/7 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 3 | 50 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 9/13 | 5/9 | 1/7 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 5/ | 5/ | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Podolak | 171 | 615 | 3.6 | 30 | 4 |
| Wendell Hayes | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 73 | 303 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Mike Livingston | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 38 | 122 | 3.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert West | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 476 | 1915 | 4.0 | 51 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 453 | 1805 | 4.0 | 45 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 305 | 175 | 57.4 | 118 | 1835 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 44 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 3.9 | 28 | 255 | 1580 | 72.8 |
| Mike Livingston | 78 | 41 | 52.6 | 29 | 480 | 6.2 | 11.7 | 36t | 7 | 9.0 | 8 | 10.3 | 6 | 42 | 438 | 61.9 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 384 | 217 | 56.5 | 147 | 2335 | 6.1 | 10.8 | 44 | 20 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.2 | 34 | 297 | 2038 | 70.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 368 | 186 | 50.5 | 158 | 2843 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 67t | 17 | 4.6 | 24 | 6.5 | 32 | 261 | 2582 | 64.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Taylor | 57 | 821 | 14.4 | 44 | 6 |
| Ed Podolak | 46 | 345 | 7.5 | 27t | 2 |
| Wendell Hayes | 31 | 295 | 9.5 | 29t | 3 |
| Mike Adamle | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 13 | 172 | 13.2 | 35 | 5 |
| Dennis Homan | 12 | 135 | 11.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 11 | 81 | 7.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert West | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 42t | 2 |
| Morris Stroud | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Jeff Kinney | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Jankowski | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 217 | 2335 | 10.8 | 44 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 186 | 2843 | 15.3 | 67t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sensibaugh | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Kearney | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 65t | 4 |
| Bobby Bell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 61t | 1 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Lanier | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clyde Werner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 396 | 16.5 | 65t | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 278 | 13.9 | 33 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 66 | 2960 | 44.8 | 69 | 1 | 328 | ||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2960 | 44.8 | 69 | 1 | 328 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2457 | 40.3 | 56 | 0 | 126 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 18 | 5 | 103 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 8 | 10 | 11 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Kerry Reardon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 15 | 126 | 4.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 4 | 328 | 8.6 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 23 | 651 | 28.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Mike Adamle | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 37 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kinney | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Kerry Reardon | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1057 | 23.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1083 | 25.2 | 42 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Curley Culp | 7.5 | |
| Aaron Brown | 7.0 | |
| Buck Buchanan | 6.5 | |
| Bobby Bell | 3.5 | |
| Wilbur Young | 3.0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 2.0 | |
| Marvin Upshaw | 1.5 | |
| George Seals | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 261.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34.0 | 297.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Adamle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Budde | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curley Culp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kearney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Oriard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Podolak | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marvin Upshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Werner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
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