1978 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 4-12-0 .250 |
| Head Coach: Marv Levy |
| Walt Corey | Defensive Line |
| Kay Dalton | Receivers |
| Tom Pagna | Offensive Backs |
| Dick Roach | Defensive Backs |
| Bobby Ross | Kicking Teams |
| Rod Rust | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1978 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 54453 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1978 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 41092 | |
| Sun | 8/20/1978 | A | New England Patriots | 7-24 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 39043 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1978 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-12 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 40884 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1978 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-23 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 41810 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1978 | H | Houston Oilers | 17-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 40213 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1978 | A | New York Giants | 10-26 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 70546 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1978 | H | Denver Broncos | 17-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 60593 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1978 | A | Buffalo Bills | 13-28 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 47310 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1978 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13-30 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38201 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1978 | A | Oakland Raiders | 6-28 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 50759 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1978 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-3 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 41157 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1978 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-27 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48185 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1978 | H | Oakland Raiders | 10-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 75418 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1978 | A | San Diego Chargers | 23-29 | L | OT | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41395 |
| Sun | 11/19/1978 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 10-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 35252 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1978 | H | San Diego Chargers | 23-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 26248 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1978 | H | Buffalo Bills | 14-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 25781 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1978 | A | Denver Broncos | 3-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74149 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1978 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 19-23 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 58490 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tony Adams | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Texas; Riverside CC; Utah State | 16 | 2 |
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 7 | P | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | UCLA | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie Ane | 56 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 26 | Michigan State | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Bailey | 39 | FB | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | California; Long Beach State | 13 | 5 |
| Gary Barbaro | 26 | WS | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | Nicholls State | 16 | 16 |
| Ed Beckman | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 23 | Florida State | 16 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 35 | RHB | 5-8 | 200 | 23 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16 | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 79 | OT | 6-5 | 264 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Burgmeier | 48 | SS | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 2 |
| Tim Collier | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 24 | East Texas A&M | 15 | 6 |
| Tom Condon | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 275 | 26 | Boston College | 16 | 16 |
| Larry Dorsey | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Tennessee State | 16 | 0 |
| Jimbo Elrod | 54 | LILB | 6-0 | 223 | 24 | Oklahoma | 16 | 2 |
| Charlie Getty | 77 | ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 26 | Penn State | 16 | 10 |
| Tim Gray | 46 | SS | 6-1 | 205 | 26 | Navarro JC; Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Green | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 60 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | Minnesota | 16 | 16 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
| Tom Howard | 52 | ROLB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Texas Tech | 16 | 16 |
| Charles Jackson | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 236 | 23 | Washington | 16 | 0 |
| Stan Johnson | 72 | DE-NT | 6-4 | 275 | 23 | Tennessee State | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Kellar | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Stanford | 5 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 42 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 36 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 16 | 3 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 71 | DE | 6-6 | 249 | 24 | Boston University | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 33 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Lloyd | 74 | NT | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 16 | 4 |
| Henry Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 212 | 24 | Missouri | 16 | 16 |
| Larry Marshall | 20 | WR | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Maryland | 2 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 22 | RHB | 6-1 | 209 | 24 | Minnesota-Duluth | 16 | 14 |
| Jerrold McRae | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Tennessee State | 4 | 0 |
| Ray Milo | 27 | S | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado | 21 | FB-RHB | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | Michigan State; Hawaii | 16 | 9 |
| Jim Nicholson | 70 | ROT | 6-7 | 270 | 29 | Michigan State | 6 | 6 |
| Ricky Odom | 38 | CB | 6-0 | 183 | 22 | Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| Don Parrish | 61 | NT | 6-2 | 255 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 12 |
| Whitney Paul | 64 | LOLB | 6-3 | 219 | 25 | Colorado | 16 | 16 |
| Eddie Payton | 34 | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 27 | Jackson State | 14 | 0 |
| Clyde Powers | 29 | S | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | Oklahoma | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 32 | LHB | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Antelope Valley JC; Colorado | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Rozumek | 55 | LILB | 6-1 | 222 | 24 | New Hampshire | 16 | 16 |
| Jack Rudnay | 58 | C | 6-3 | 240 | 31 | Northwestern | 16 | 16 |
| Tony Samuels | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 229 | 24 | Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman | 16 | 0 |
| Clarence Sanders | 50 | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | Cincinnati | 16 | 1 |
| Bob Simmons | 73 | LOG | 6-4 | 254 | 24 | Texas | 16 | 15 |
| J.T. Smith | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | North Texas | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Spani | 59 | RILB | 6-2 | 229 | 22 | Kansas State | 14 | 13 |
| Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 36 | Montana State | 16 | 0 |
| Art Still | 67 | LDE | 6-7 | 255 | 23 | Kentucky | 16 | 16 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 18 | RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 35 | Bishop | 16 | 10 |
| Rod Walters | 76 | LOG | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Iowa | 16 | 1 |
| Walter White | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 216 | 27 | Mesa CC; Maryland | 16 | 16 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Art Still | DE | Kentucky |
| 2 | 29 | Sylvester Hicks | DE | Tennessee State |
| 3 | 58 | Gary Spani | LB | Kansas State |
| 4 | 85 | Danny Johnson | LB | Tennessee State |
| 4 | 104 | Pete Woods | QB | Missouri |
| 5 | 112 | Jerrold McRae | WR | Tennessee State |
| 5 | 118 | Dwight Carey | DT | Texas-Arlington |
| 5 | 134 | Robert Woods | WR | Grambling State |
| 7 | 168 | Ricky Odom | DB | Southern California |
| 7 | 184 | Bill Kellar | WR | Stanford |
| 8 | 195 | John Henry White | RB | Louisiana Tech |
| 9 | 224 | Larry Brown | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 10 | 251 | Earl Bryant | DE | Jackson State |
| 11 | 280 | Ray Milo | DB | New Mexico State |
| 12 | 310 | Willie Brock | C | Colorado |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 70 | 62 | 69 | 0 | 243 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 113 | 47 | 91 | 12 | 327 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 287 | 160 | 98 | 29 | 103/248 41.5% | / % | 110 | 1048 | |
| Opponents Totals | 284 | 138 | 122 | 24 | 98/226 43.4% | / % | 99 | 921 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 0 | 85 |
| Ted McKnight | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Arnold Morgado | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Tony Reed | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Larry Dorsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walter White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Beckman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 1 | 243 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 33 | 40 | 82.5 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 0 | 327 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 2 | 47 | 1/1 | 8/10 | 6/9 | 5/7 | 0/3 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 30 | 66.7 | 2 | 47 | 1/1 | 8/10 | 6/9 | 5/7 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 1/ | 4/ | 3/ | 6/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Reed | 206 | 1053 | 5.1 | 62t | 5 |
| Ted McKnight | 104 | 627 | 6.0 | 41t | 6 |
| Arnold Morgado | 160 | 593 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 |
| Mark Bailey | 83 | 298 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 52 | 277 | 5.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 24 | 79 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 23 | 49 | 2.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Tony Adams | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 663 | 2986 | 4.5 | 62t | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 602 | 2384 | 4.0 | 55 | 21 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Livingston | 290 | 159 | 54.8 | 118 | 1573 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 44 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 4.5 | 18 | 171 | 1402 | 57.4 |
| Tony Adams | 79 | 44 | 55.7 | 32 | 415 | 5.3 | 9.4 | 26t | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 3 | 27 | 388 | 63.0 |
| Walter White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 370 | 204 | 55.1 | 150 | 2032 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 44 | 7 | 1.9 | 16 | 4.3 | 21 | 198 | 1834 | 59.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 365 | 219 | 60.0 | 125 | 2820 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 57t | 17 | 4.7 | 21 | 5.8 | 29 | 238 | 2582 | 75.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Reed | 48 | 483 | 10.1 | 44 | 1 | ||||
| Walter White | 42 | 340 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MacArthur Lane | 36 | 279 | 7.8 | 44 | 0 | ||||
| Henry Marshall | 26 | 433 | 16.7 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ted McKnight | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace Belton | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Dorsey | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Morgado | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Samuels | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Bailey | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 204 | 2032 | 10.0 | 44 | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 2820 | 12.9 | 57t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Gray | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 61 | 0 |
| Gary Barbaro | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Rozumek | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 274 | 13.0 | 61 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 209 | 13.1 | 52 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 79 | 3247 | 41.1 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 538 | 2569 | 32.1 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 3247 | 40.6 | 61 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 538 | 2569 | 32.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 3033 | 39.9 | 68 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 488 | 2345 | 30.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Payton | 32 | 2 | 364 | 11.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 6 | 0 | 51 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Ted Burgmeier | 4 | 2 | 59 | 14.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Gary Green | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Sanders | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Dorsey | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 4 | 488 | 10.8 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 4 | 538 | 10.8 | 53 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Payton | 30 | 775 | 25.8 | 66 | 0 | |
| Horace Belton | 9 | 227 | 25.2 | 41 | 0 | |
| Larry Marshall | 7 | 173 | 24.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ed Beckman | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Clarence Sanders | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1456 | 23.9 | 66 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 1087 | 20.1 | 86 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Art Still | 7.0 | |
| Sylvester Hicks | 6.5 | |
| Tom Howard | 4.5 | |
| Whitney Paul | 3.5 | |
| Don Parrish | 2.0 | |
| Jimbo Elrod | 2.0 | |
| Dave Rozumek | 1.5 | |
| Jeff Lloyd | 1.0 | |
| Dave Lindstrom | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29.0 | 238.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21.0 | 198.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -32 | 0 | |
| Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Burgmeier | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Livingston | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -25 | 0 | |
| Jeff Lloyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Payton | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Reed | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Rozumek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Rudnay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Clarence Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Spani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Art Still | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 27 | -26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 2 |
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