1983 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
4th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 6-10-0 .375 |
Head Coach: John Mackovic |
Bud Carson | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
Walt Corey | Defensive Line |
Dan Daniel | Inside Linebackers |
Doug Graber | Defensive Backs |
J.D. Helm | Offensive Assistant |
C.T. Hewgley | Defensive Line |
Rod Humeniuk | Offensive Line/Running Game |
Pete McCulley | Quarterbacks |
Willie Peete | Offensive Backs |
Jim Vechiarella | Outside Linebackers/Special Teams |
Richard Williamson | Receivers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/6/1983 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 42662 | |
Sat | 8/13/1983 | H | Detroit Lions | 13-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 32885 | |
Sat | 8/20/1983 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 34070 | |
Sat | 8/27/1983 | A | Chicago Bears | 17-20 | L | OT | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 56311 |
Sun | 9/4/1983 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 17-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 42531 | |
Mon | 9/12/1983 | H | San Diego Chargers | 14-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 62150 | |
Sun | 9/18/1983 | A | Washington Redskins | 12-27 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55045 | |
Sun | 9/25/1983 | A | Miami Dolphins | 6-14 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 50785 | |
Sun | 10/2/1983 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 38-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 58975 | |
Sun | 10/9/1983 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 20-21 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40492 | |
Sun | 10/16/1983 | H | New York Giants | 38-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 55449 | |
Sun | 10/23/1983 | A | Houston Oilers | 13-10 | W | OT | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39462 |
Sun | 10/30/1983 | A | Denver Broncos | 24-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74640 | |
Sun | 11/6/1983 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 20-28 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 75497 | |
Sun | 11/13/1983 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 20-15 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 44711 | |
Sun | 11/20/1983 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 21-41 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64103 | |
Sun | 11/27/1983 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 48-51 | L | OT | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 56793 |
Sun | 12/4/1983 | H | Buffalo Bills | 9-14 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 27104 | |
Sun | 12/11/1983 | A | San Diego Chargers | 38-41 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 35510 | |
Sun | 12/18/1983 | H | Denver Broncos | 48-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 11377 |
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 |
Jim Arnold | 6 | P | 6-3 | 211 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 0 |
Rich Baldinger | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 285 | 24 | Wake Forest | 6 | 4 |
Ed Beckman | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 232 | 28 | Florida State | 15 | 7 |
Mike Bell | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 26 | Colorado State | 16 | 16 |
Todd Blackledge | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Penn State | 4 | 0 |
Jerry Blanton | 57 | LILB | 6-1 | 232 | 27 | Kentucky | 16 | 16 |
Theotis Brown | 27 | HB | 6-2 | 225 | 26 | UCLA | 12 | 9 |
Trent Bryant | 45 | RCB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Arkansas | 16 | 2 |
Brad Budde | 66 | LOG0LOT | 6-4 | 265 | 25 | Southern California | 12 | 12 |
Lloyd Burruss | 34 | SS | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
Carlos Carson | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
Deron Cherry | 20 | FS | 5-11 | 200 | 24 | Rutgers | 16 | 16 |
Tom Condon | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 275 | 31 | Boston College | 9 | 8 |
Calvin Daniels | 50 | ROLB | 6-3 | 241 | 25 | North Carolina | 16 | 1 |
Bob Gagliano | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Glendale CC; U.S. International; Utah State | 1 | 0 |
Ellis Gardner | 75 | OT | 6-4 | 263 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 0 |
Gary Green | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
James Hadnot | 48 | RB | 6-2 | 244 | 26 | Texas Tech | 5 | 0 |
Anthony Hancock | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Tennessee | 16 | 7 |
Louis Haynes | 56 | LB | 6-0 | 227 | 23 | Bishop; North Texas | 5 | 0 |
Matt Herkenhoff | 60 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 32 | Minnesota | 12 | 11 |
Tom Howard | 52 | ROLB-LOLB | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Texas Tech | 16 | 16 |
Billy Jackson | 43 | FB | 5-10 | 215 | 24 | Alabama | 16 | 14 |
Charles Jackson | 51 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-2 | 236 | 28 | Washington | 15 | 15 |
Van Jakes | 22 | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Kent State | 14 | 1 |
Bill Kenney | 9 | QB | 6-4 | 217 | 28 | Arizona State; Saddleback JC; Northern Colorado | 16 | 16 |
Mark Kirchner | 64 | LOG | 6-3 | 261 | 24 | Baylor | 5 | 1 |
Dave Klug | 55 | RILB | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 1 | 1 |
Ken Kremer | 91 | NT | 6-4 | 260 | 26 | Ball State | 16 | 5 |
Albert Lewis | 29 | RCB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Grambling State | 16 | 1 |
Dave Lindstrom | 71 | LDE | 6-6 | 249 | 29 | Boston University | 16 | 3 |
Adam Lingner | 58 | C | 6-4 | 264 | 23 | Illinois | 16 | 1 |
Nick Lowery | 8 | K | 6-4 | 189 | 27 | Dartmouth | 16 | 0 |
Dave Lutz | 72 | ROT | 6-5 | 292 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 16 |
Dino Mangiero | 74 | NT | 6-2 | 267 | 25 | Rutgers | 16 | 11 |
Henry Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 212 | 29 | Missouri | 13 | 9 |
Stephone Paige | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 184 | 22 | Saddleback JC; Fresno State | 16 | 0 |
Steve Potter | 64 | RILB | 6-3 | 235 | 26 | Virginia | 16 | 1 |
Dean Prater | 79 | LDE | 6-5 | 249 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 1 |
Lawrence Ricks | 42 | RB | 5-9 | 194 | 22 | Michigan | 12 | 0 |
Durwood Roquemore | 38 | SS | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 15 | 3 |
Jim Rourke | 70 | OT-OG | 6-5 | 263 | 26 | Boston College | 11 | 0 |
Bob Rush | 53 | C | 6-5 | 270 | 28 | Memphis | 15 | 15 |
Willie Scott | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | South Carolina | 16 | 16 |
Bob Simmons | 73 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 254 | 29 | Texas | 15 | 12 |
J.T. Smith | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 28 | North Texas | 9 | 1 |
Lucious Smith | 23 | RCB | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | San Diego State; Fullerton State | 16 | 13 |
Gary Spani | 59 | RILB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Kansas State | 10 | 9 |
Art Still | 67 | LDE | 6-7 | 255 | 28 | Kentucky | 15 | 12 |
Jewerl Thomas | 31 | HB | 5-10 | 228 | 26 | UCLA; San Jose State | 10 | 1 |
Ken Thomas | 35 | RB | 5-9 | 211 | 23 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
James Walker | 54 | RILB | 6-1 | 250 | 25 | Kansas State | 4 | 2 |
Ron Wetzel | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 242 | 23 | Arizona State | 16 | 0 |
Ray Yakavonis | 92 | NT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | East Stroudsburg | 2 | 0 |
John Zamberlin | 61 | RILB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Pacific Lutheran | 14 | 3 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 7 | Todd Blackledge | QB | Penn State |
2 | 34 | Dave Lutz | T | Georgia Tech |
3 | 61 | Albert Lewis | DB | Grambling State |
4 | 92 | Ron Wetzel | TE | Arizona State |
5 | 119 | Jim Arnold | P | Vanderbilt |
6 | 146 | Ellis Gardner | T | Georgia Tech |
7 | 173 | Ken Thomas | RB | San Jose State |
7 | 179 | Daryl Posey | RB | Mississippi College |
8 | 204 | Irv Eatman | T | UCLA |
9 | 231 | Adam Lingner | C | Illinois |
10 | 257 | Mark Shumate | DT | Wisconsin |
11 | 284 | Dwayne Jackson | DE | South Carolina State |
12 | 315 | Kenny Jones | T | Tennessee |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 86 | 96 | 85 | 116 | 3 | 386 |
Opponents Totals | 57 | 89 | 88 | 130 | 3 | 367 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 28:53 | 314 | 83 | 208 | 23 | 93/233 39.9% | / % | 113 | 911 |
Opponents Totals | 31:07 | 319 | 136 | 158 | 25 | 85/221 38.5% | / % | 105 | 837 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Lowery | 0 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0 | 116 |
Theotis Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Carlos Carson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Henry Marshall | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Stephone Paige | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Willie Scott | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Bill Kenney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Billy Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Anthony Hancock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Charles Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Durwood Roquemore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lucious Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ken Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 44 | 45 | 97.8 | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 0 | 386 |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 43 | 44 | 97.7 | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 0 | 367 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Lowery | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 1 | 58 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6/6 | 10/14 | 2/4 |
Team Totals | 24 | 30 | 80.0 | 1 | 58 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6/6 | 10/14 | 2/4 |
Opponents Totals | 20 | 26 | 76.9 | 0/ | 8/ | 6/ | 5/ | 1/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Jackson | 152 | 499 | 3.3 | 19 | 2 |
Theotis Brown | 124 | 467 | 3.8 | 49t | 8 |
Jewerl Thomas | 44 | 115 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
Bill Kenney | 23 | 59 | 2.6 | 11 | 3 |
Ken Thomas | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 28 | 0 |
Lawrence Ricks | 21 | 28 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
James Hadnot | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
Willie Scott | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Todd Blackledge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 387 | 1254 | 3.2 | 49t | 13 |
Opponents Totals | 554 | 2275 | 4.1 | 60 | 18 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Kenney | 603 | 346 | 57.4 | 239 | 4348 | 7.2 | 12.6 | 53 | 24 | 4.0 | 18 | 3.0 | 41 | 284 | 4064 | 80.8 |
Todd Blackledge | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 14 | 259 | 7.6 | 13.0 | 43 | 3 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 50 | 209 | 112.3 |
Carlos Carson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 158.3 |
Theotis Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 112.5 |
Jewerl Thomas | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 81.3 |
Henry Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -9 | |||||||
Team Totals | 641 | 369 | 57.6 | 253 | 4684 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 53 | 29 | 4.5 | 19 | 3.0 | 46 | 343 | 4341 | 83.2 |
Opponents Totals | 500 | 261 | 52.2 | 209 | 3361 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 58 | 21 | 4.2 | 30 | 6.0 | 35 | 250 | 3111 | 62.6 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Carson | 80 | 1351 | 16.9 | 50t | 7 |
Henry Marshall | 50 | 788 | 15.8 | 52 | 6 |
Theotis Brown | 47 | 418 | 8.9 | 53 | 2 |
Anthony Hancock | 37 | 584 | 15.8 | 50 | 1 |
Billy Jackson | 32 | 243 | 7.6 | 29 | 0 |
Stephone Paige | 30 | 528 | 17.6 | 43 | 6 |
Willie Scott | 29 | 247 | 8.5 | 22 | 6 |
Ken Thomas | 28 | 236 | 8.4 | 25 | 1 |
Ed Beckman | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
Jewerl Thomas | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 9 | 0 |
J.T. Smith | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 18 | 0 |
Lawrence Ricks | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
James Hadnot | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Bill Kenney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 369 | 4684 | 12.7 | 53 | 29 |
Opponents Totals | 261 | 3361 | 12.9 | 58 | 21 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deron Cherry | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 41 | 0 |
Gary Green | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 25 | 0 |
Durwood Roquemore | 4 | 117 | 29.3 | 42t | 1 |
Lloyd Burruss | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
Albert Lewis | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 34 | 0 |
Lucious Smith | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 58t | 1 |
Trent Bryant | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Steve Potter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 30 | 482 | 16.1 | 58t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 19 | 323 | 17.0 | 48 | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Arnold | 93 | 3710 | 39.9 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 559 | 3031 | 32.6 |
Team Totals | 93 | 3710 | 39.9 | 64 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 559 | 3031 | 32.6 |
Opponents Totals | 85 | 3500 | 41.2 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 291 | 3089 | 36.3 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Smith | 26 | 5 | 210 | 8.1 | 19 | 0 |
Anthony Hancock | 14 | 9 | 81 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
Team Totals | 40 | 14 | 291 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 54 | 7 | 559 | 10.4 | 68t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Hancock | 29 | 0 | 515 | 17.8 | 33 | 0 |
Theotis Brown | 15 | 0 | 301 | 20.1 | 46 | 0 |
Durwood Roquemore | 3 | 0 | 36 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
Deron Cherry | 2 | 0 | 54 | 27.0 | 31 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Ken Thomas | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
J.T. Smith | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Calvin Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Lindstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Lloyd Burruss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 54 | 1 | 929 | 17.2 | 46 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 75 | 1528 | 20.4 | 50 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Mike Bell | 10.0 | |
Dino Mangiero | 5.0 | |
Art Still | 4.0 | |
Charles Jackson | 4.0 | |
Gary Spani | 3.0 | |
Ken Kremer | 2.0 | |
Calvin Daniels | 2.0 | |
Deron Cherry | 1.5 | |
Dave Lindstrom | 1.0 | |
Tom Howard | 1.0 | |
Lloyd Burruss | 0.5 | |
(Team) | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 35.0 | 250.0 |
Opponents Totals | 46.0 | 343.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Beckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Blackledge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Theotis Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lloyd Burruss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Deron Cherry | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Calvin Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Anthony Hancock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Louis Haynes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Jackson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 1 |
Bill Kenney | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Kremer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Albert Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dino Mangiero | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
Stephone Paige | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Prater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lawrence Ricks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Rush | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lucious Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Spani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Art Still | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jewerl Thomas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 114 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 2 |
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