1974 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
3rd place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
Head Coach: Hank Stram |
John Beake | Offensive Backs |
Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
Walt Corey | Linebackers |
Tommy O'Boyle | Assistant Coach |
Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
Eddie Wilson | Receivers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Mon | 8/5/1974 | H | Detroit Lions | 20-12 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 35521 | |
Mon | 8/12/1974 | H | Buffalo Bills | 21-35 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 39248 | |
Sat | 8/17/1974 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 16-58 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48848 | |
Sat | 8/24/1974 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 26-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46548 | |
Sat | 8/31/1974 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 16-25 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 43492 | |
Fri | 9/6/1974 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46067 | |
Sun | 9/15/1974 | H | New York Jets | 24-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 73959 | |
Sun | 9/22/1974 | A | Oakland Raiders | 7-27 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 48108 | |
Sun | 9/29/1974 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 28538 | |
Sun | 10/6/1974 | H | Denver Broncos | 14-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 67298 | |
Sun | 10/13/1974 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-34 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 65517 | |
Sun | 10/20/1974 | A | Miami Dolphins | 3-9 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 67779 | |
Sun | 10/27/1974 | A | San Diego Chargers | 24-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 33898 | |
Sun | 11/3/1974 | H | New York Giants | 27-33 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 61437 | |
Sun | 11/10/1974 | H | San Diego Chargers | 7-14 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 48551 | |
Mon | 11/18/1974 | A | Denver Broncos | 42-34 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 50236 | |
Sun | 11/24/1974 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-33 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 49777 | |
Sun | 12/1/1974 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-13 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 41863 | |
Sun | 12/8/1974 | H | Oakland Raiders | 6-7 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 60577 | |
Sat | 12/14/1974 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 15-35 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 35480 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Nate Allen | 48 | LCB | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Texas Southern | 12 | 8 |
Bobby Bell | 78 | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 34 | Minnesota | 14 | 10 |
Bob Briggs | 84 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 265 | 29 | Heidelberg | 7 | |
Larry Brunson | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Mesa CC; Colorado | 14 | 5 |
Buck Buchanan | 86 | RDT | 6-7 | 279 | 35 | Grambling State | 14 | 9 |
Ed Budde | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 34 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Dean Carlson | 9 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 24 | Rochester JC; Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
Tom Condon | 65 | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 275 | 22 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
Curley Culp | 61 | LDT-LLB | 6-1 | 265 | 28 | Arizona State | 4 | 2 |
George Daney | 60 | ROG | 6-4 | 240 | 28 | Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso | 13 | 13 |
Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 39 | Purdue | 14 | 8 |
Fred DeBernardi | 69 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Glendale CC; Texas-El Paso | 7 | 0 |
Tom Drougas | 76 | OT | 6-4 | 257 | 25 | Oregon | 7 | 1 |
Willie Ellison | 24 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 29 | Texas Southern | 5 | 2 |
Charlie Getty | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Tom Graham | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Oregon | 8 | 0 |
Woody Green | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Arizona State | 10 | 7 |
Andy Hamilton | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 190 | 24 | Louisiana State | 10 | 0 |
Wendell Hayes | 38 | RB | 6-1 | 221 | 34 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 14 | 6 |
Dave Hill | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 33 | Auburn | 5 | 5 |
Tommy Humphrey | 52 | C | 6-6 | 260 | 24 | Abilene Christian | 5 | 0 |
Dave Jaynes | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Kansas | 2 | 0 |
Doug Jones | 32 | SS | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Arizona State; San Diego CC; Northridge State | 14 | 0 |
Jim Kearney | 46 | FS-RCB | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
Tom Keating | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 246 | 32 | Michigan | 14 | 12 |
Jeff Kinney | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Nebraska | 13 | 3 |
Willie Lanier | 63 | MLB | 6-1 | 245 | 29 | Morgan State | 14 | 14 |
Mike Livingston | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 8 | 6 |
Jim Lynch | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Jim Marsalis | 40 | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 29 | Tennessee State | 2 | 1 |
John Matuszak | 79 | LDT-RDT | 6-8 | 290 | 24 | Iowa Central CC; Missouri; Tampa | 8 | 6 |
Cleo Miller | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 214 | 23 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 2 |
Donnie Joe Morris | 22 | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | El Camino JC; Kansas; North Texas | 3 | 0 |
Jim Nicholson | 70 | ROT-LOT | 6-7 | 270 | 25 | Michigan State | 13 | 8 |
Willie Osley | 37 | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
Al Palewicz | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 216 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 13 | 0 |
Barry Pearson | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Northwestern | 14 | 5 |
Francis Peay | 75 | ROG-LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 30 | Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri | 10 | 1 |
Ed Podolak | 14 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | Iowa | 9 | 8 |
Kerry Reardon | 15 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Iowa | 11 | 5 |
Jack Rudnay | 58 | C | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
Mike Sensibaugh | 20 | FS-SS | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 32 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
John Strada | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | William Jewell | 11 | 0 |
Morris Stroud | 88 | TE | 6-10 | 255 | 28 | Clark Atlanta | 14 | 14 |
Otis Taylor | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 32 | Prairie View A&M | 10 | 9 |
Bill Thomas | 43 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
Emmitt Thomas | 18 | RCB-SS | 6-2 | 192 | 31 | Bishop | 14 | 14 |
Bob Thornbladh | 50 | MLB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
Marv Upshaw | 81 | LDE | 6-3 | 253 | 28 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 14 |
Wayne Walton | 72 | ROG-ROT-LOG-C | 6-5 | 245 | 26 | Abilene Christian | 9 | 1 |
Clyde Werner | 54 | LLB | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Washington | 14 | 3 |
Jerrel Wilson | 44 | P | 6-4 | 222 | 33 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 17 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Houston | 13 | 9 |
Wilbur Young | 99 | RDE | 6-6 | 285 | 25 | William Penn | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 16 | Woody Green | RB | Arizona State |
2 | 41 | Charlie Getty | T | Penn State |
3 | 66 | Dave Jaynes | QB | Kansas |
4 | 94 | Matt Herkenhoff | T | Minnesota |
6 | 131 | Jim Washington | RB | Clemson |
7 | 172 | LeRoy Hegge | DE | South Dakota-Springfield |
9 | 222 | J.J. Jennings | RB | Rutgers |
10 | 250 | Tom Condon | G | Boston College |
11 | 275 | Bob Thornbladh | RB | Michigan |
12 | 300 | Carl Brown | WR | West Texas A&M |
13 | 328 | Norm Romagnoli | LB | Kentucky State |
14 | 353 | Frank Pomarico | G | Notre Dame |
15 | 378 | Lem Burnham | LB | U.S. International |
16 | 405 | Barry Beers | G | William & Mary |
17 | 431 | David Langner | DB | Auburn |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 30 | 73 | 53 | 77 | 233 |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 110 | 34 | 92 | 293 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 224 | 92 | 113 | 19 | 66/198 33.3% | / % | 70 | 515 | |
Opponents Totals | 267 | 107 | 141 | 19 | 82/199 41.2% | / % | 83 | 811 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Stenerud | 0 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 0 | 75 |
Woody Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Ed Podolak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Larry Brunson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Wendell Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Morris Stroud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Otis Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Elmo Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jeff Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Barry Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wilbur Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 1 | 233 |
Opponents Totals | 40 | 33 | 40 | 82.5 | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 1 | 293 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Stenerud | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 2 | 50 | 1/1 | 7/7 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 |
Team Totals | 17 | 24 | 70.8 | 2 | 50 | 1/1 | 7/7 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 1/4 |
Opponents Totals | 6 | 14 | 42.9 | 0/ | 1/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woody Green | 135 | 509 | 3.8 | 43 | 3 |
Ed Podolak | 101 | 386 | 3.8 | 14 | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 63 | 249 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 |
Wendell Hayes | 57 | 206 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
Cleo Miller | 40 | 186 | 4.7 | 47 | 0 |
Willie Ellison | 37 | 114 | 3.1 | 11 | 2 |
Mike Livingston | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
Len Dawson | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12t | 1 |
Dean Carlson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Otis Taylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Barry Pearson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Dave Jaynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Thomas | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 5 | -33 | -6.6 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 469 | 1720 | 3.7 | 47 | 10 |
Opponents Totals | 502 | 1801 | 3.6 | 53 | 16 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Dawson | 235 | 138 | 58.7 | 84 | 1573 | 6.7 | 11.4 | 84t | 7 | 3.0 | 13 | 5.5 | 25 | 199 | 1374 | 65.8 |
Mike Livingston | 141 | 66 | 46.8 | 65 | 732 | 5.2 | 11.1 | 48 | 4 | 2.8 | 10 | 7.1 | 10 | 101 | 631 | 42.6 |
Dean Carlson | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 7 | 116 | 7.7 | 16.6 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 13 | 103 | 45.4 |
Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Dave Jaynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 395 | 211 | 53.4 | 159 | 2421 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 84t | 11 | 2.8 | 25 | 6.3 | 37 | 313 | 2108 | 55.0 |
Opponents Totals | 408 | 206 | 50.5 | 174 | 2838 | 7.0 | 13.8 | 71t | 22 | 5.4 | 28 | 6.9 | 26 | 175 | 2663 | 62.5 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 43 | 306 | 7.1 | 26 | 1 |
Barry Pearson | 27 | 387 | 14.3 | 48 | 1 |
Woody Green | 26 | 247 | 9.5 | 69t | 1 |
Otis Taylor | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 64 | 2 |
Larry Brunson | 22 | 374 | 17.0 | 84t | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 16 | 1 |
Cleo Miller | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 34 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 13 | 209 | 16.1 | 51 | 1 |
Morris Stroud | 12 | 141 | 11.8 | 25 | 2 |
Willie Ellison | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
Wendell Hayes | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
Andy Hamilton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
John Strada | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Team Totals | 211 | 2421 | 11.5 | 84t | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 206 | 2838 | 13.8 | 71t | 22 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emmitt Thomas | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 73t | 2 |
Mike Sensibaugh | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 33 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Lanier | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
Wilbur Young | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
Nate Allen | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
Bobby Bell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
Doug Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Clyde Werner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 28 | 531 | 19.0 | 73t | 5 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 336 | 13.4 | 49 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerrel Wilson | 83 | 3462 | 41.7 | 64 | 2 | 634 | ||||
Team Totals | 83 | 3462 | 41.7 | 64 | 2 | 634 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 80 | 3211 | 40.1 | 65 | 0 | 296 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 15 | 2 | 134 | 8.9 | 54 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 19 | 2 | 111 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 |
Woody Green | 5 | 0 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
Donnie Joe Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 44 | 4 | 296 | 6.7 | 54 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 55 | 0 | 634 | 11.5 | 40 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Thomas | 25 | 571 | 22.8 | 33 | 0 | |
Cleo Miller | 14 | 310 | 22.1 | 29 | 0 | |
Larry Brunson | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 57 | 0 | |
Donnie Joe Morris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
Woody Green | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
Tom Keating | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
Tommy Humphrey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
Doug Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 56 | 1211 | 21.6 | 57 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 54 | 1333 | 24.7 | 52 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Marvin Upshaw | 8.0 | |
Wilbur Young | 6.5 | |
John Matuszak | 3.5 | |
Buck Buchanan | 2.0 | |
Jim Lynch | 2.0 | |
Tom Keating | 1.0 | |
Jim Kearney | 1.0 | |
Willie Lanier | 1.0 | |
(Unidentified) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 26.0 | 175.0 |
Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 313.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Brunson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Buck Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Len Dawson | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
Charlie Getty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Woody Green | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20 | 0 | |
Dave Jaynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
Tom Keating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Mike Livingston | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Cleo Miller | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Barry Pearson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Podolak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kerry Reardon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Strada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Otis Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marvin Upshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 29 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 30 | -21 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 0 |
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