1985 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 6-10-0 .375 |
| Head Coach: John Mackovic |
| Dave Brazil | Defensive Assistant |
| Walt Corey | Defensive Line |
| Dan Daniel | Inside Linebackers |
| Marty Galbraith | Offensive Line |
| Doug Graber | Defensive Backs |
| J.D. Helm | Offensive Assistant |
| C.T. Hewgley | Offensive Line/Defensive Line |
| Pete McCulley | Quarterbacks |
| Willie Peete | Offensive Backs |
| Jim Vechiarella | Outside Linebackers/Special Teams |
| Richard Williamson | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 35-27 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 41115 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1985 | H | New England Patriots | 13-31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 35162 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1985 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-19 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 36501 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1985 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38618 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1985 | A | New Orleans Saints | 47-27 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 57760 | |
| Thu | 9/12/1985 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 36-20 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 72686 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1985 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-31 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 69791 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1985 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 28-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 50485 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1985 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 10-19 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 55133 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | A | San Diego Chargers | 20-31 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 50067 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 0-16 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 64474 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-30 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 68246 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | A | Houston Oilers | 20-23 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 41238 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-36 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46126 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1985 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 3-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 56447 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | H | Indianapolis Colts | 20-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 21762 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 6-24 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 52655 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 38-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 18199 | |
| Sat | 12/14/1985 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-14 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 69209 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1985 | H | San Diego Chargers | 38-34 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 18178 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| John Alt | 76 | LOT | 6-7 | 286 | 23 | Iowa | 13 | 6 |
| Jim Arnold | 6 | P | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | New Mexico | 16 | 16 |
| Scott Auer | 68 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Michigan State | 7 | 6 |
| Rich Baldinger | 77 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 285 | 26 | Wake Forest | 16 | 5 |
| Mike Bell | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 28 | Colorado State | 11 | 11 |
| Todd Blackledge | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 225 | 24 | Penn State | 12 | 6 |
| Jerry Blanton | 57 | RILB | 6-1 | 232 | 29 | Kentucky | 16 | 3 |
| Brad Budde | 66 | LOG | 6-4 | 265 | 27 | Southern California | 7 | 7 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 34 | SS | 6-0 | 207 | 28 | Maryland | 15 | 14 |
| Carlos Carson | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Louisiana State | 15 | 14 |
| Deron Cherry | 20 | FS | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Rutgers | 16 | 16 |
| Sherman Cocroft | 22 | S | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Cabrillo JC; San Jose State | 16 | 0 |
| Louis Cooper | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | Western Carolina | 8 | 0 |
| Calvin Daniels | 50 | LOLB | 6-3 | 241 | 27 | North Carolina | 16 | 16 |
| Rob Fada | 65 | OG | 6-2 | 272 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hamm | 90 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 265 | 26 | Nevada-Reno | 14 | 5 |
| Anthony Hancock | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Tennessee | 16 | 1 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 237 | 23 | Iowa | 16 | 0 |
| Herman Heard | 44 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Fort Lewis; Colorado State-Pueblo | 16 | 12 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 60 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 34 | Minnesota | 10 | 10 |
| Greg Hill | 23 | RCB | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 1 |
| Eric Holle | 93 | NT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Texas | 16 | 5 |
| Mike Holston | 84 | WR | 6-3 | 184 | 27 | Hagerstown JC; Morgan State | 4 | 0 |
| Ethan Horton | 32 | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | North Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Jolly | 52 | ROLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Dallas County JC; Johnson County JC; Park; MidAmerica Nazarene | 16 | 12 |
| E.J. Jones | 48 | RB | 5-11 | 212 | 23 | Kansas | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 9 | QB | 6-4 | 217 | 30 | Arizona State; Saddleback JC; Northern Colorado | 16 | 10 |
| Bruce King | 46 | FB | 6-1 | 219 | 22 | Purdue | 16 | 6 |
| Pete Koch | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 267 | 23 | Maryland | 16 | 0 |
| Ken Lacy | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 222 | 25 | Tulsa | 2 | 0 |
| Garcia Lane | 41 | CB-S | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
| Albert Lewis | 29 | LCB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Grambling State | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 71 | RDE | 6-6 | 249 | 31 | Boston University | 16 | 2 |
| Adam Lingner | 62 | C-OG | 6-4 | 264 | 25 | Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| Nick Lowery | 8 | K | 6-4 | 189 | 29 | Dartmouth | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Lutz | 72 | ROT | 6-5 | 292 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 16 |
| Bill Maas | 63 | NT-LDE | 6-5 | 268 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Henry Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 212 | 31 | Missouri | 11 | 9 |
| Odis McKinney | 21 | SS | 6-2 | 190 | 28 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Colorado | 5 | 1 |
| Bob Olderman | 64 | ROG | 6-5 | 262 | 23 | Virginia | 16 | 14 |
| Stephone Paige | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 184 | 24 | Saddleback JC; Fresno State | 16 | 8 |
| Jeff Paine | 95 | ROLB | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Texas A&M | 12 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 43 | FB | 6-0 | 225 | 31 | Purdue | 9 | 8 |
| Scott Radecic | 97 | LILB | 6-3 | 241 | 23 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
| Mark Robinson | 30 | SS | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | Penn State | 11 | 1 |
| Kevin Ross | 31 | RCB | 5-9 | 183 | 23 | Temple | 16 | 15 |
| Bob Rush | 53 | C | 6-5 | 270 | 30 | Memphis | 16 | 16 |
| Willie Scott | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 26 | South Carolina | 16 | 5 |
| Billy Shields | 70 | OT | 6-8 | 281 | 32 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 |
| George Shorthose | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Missouri | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 42 | HB | 5-9 | 201 | 23 | Nebraska | 13 | 1 |
| Gary Spani | 59 | RILB | 6-2 | 229 | 29 | Kansas State | 14 | 13 |
| Hal Stephens | 92 | DE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | East Carolina | 1 | 0 |
| Art Still | 67 | LDE | 6-7 | 255 | 30 | Kentucky | 9 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 15 | Ethan Horton | RB | North Carolina |
| 2 | 41 | Jonathan Hayes | TE | Iowa |
| 4 | 99 | Bob Olderman | G | Virginia |
| 5 | 126 | Bruce King | RB | Purdue |
| 6 | 149 | John Bostic | DB | Bethune-Cookman |
| 7 | 180 | Vince Thompson | DE | Missouri Western State |
| 7 | 183 | Dave Heffernan | G | Miami (Florida) |
| 8 | 210 | Ira Hillary | WR | South Carolina |
| 9 | 237 | Mike Armentrout | DB | Missouri State |
| 10 | 267 | Jeff Smith | RB | Nebraska |
| 11 | 293 | Chris Jackson | C | Southern Methodist |
| 12 | 321 | Harper LeBel | C | Colorado State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 111 | 66 | 63 | 317 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 135 | 65 | 121 | 360 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:06 | 258 | 79 | 158 | 21 | 76/225 33.8% | 8/16 50.0% | 87 | 666 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:54 | 336 | 129 | 184 | 23 | 99/239 41.4% | 10/20 50.0% | 89 | 777 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 0 | 107 |
| Stephone Paige | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Herman Heard | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Carlos Carson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ethan Horton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Anthony Hancock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Pruitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jeff Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Walt Arnold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Deron Cherry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jonathan Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Kenney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Albert Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 0 | 317 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 0 | 360 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 0 | 58 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 10/11 | 7/7 | 3/5 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 0 | 58 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 10/11 | 7/7 | 3/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 30 | 83.3 | 1/ | 8/ | 12/ | 3/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Heard | 164 | 595 | 3.6 | 33 | 4 |
| Mike Pruitt | 105 | 366 | 3.5 | 54 | 2 |
| Ethan Horton | 48 | 146 | 3.0 | 19t | 3 |
| Jeff Smith | 30 | 118 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Todd Blackledge | 17 | 97 | 5.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Bruce King | 28 | 83 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Carlos Carson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Lacy | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| E.J. Jones | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 14 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 428 | 1486 | 3.5 | 54 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 513 | 2169 | 4.2 | 50 | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Kenney | 338 | 181 | 53.6 | 148 | 2536 | 7.5 | 14.0 | 84t | 17 | 5.0 | 9 | 2.7 | 28 | 223 | 2313 | 83.6 |
| Todd Blackledge | 172 | 86 | 50.0 | 72 | 1190 | 6.9 | 13.8 | 70t | 6 | 3.5 | 14 | 8.1 | 15 | 112 | 1078 | 50.3 |
| Ethan Horton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 511 | 267 | 52.3 | 221 | 3726 | 7.3 | 14.0 | 84t | 23 | 4.5 | 23 | 4.5 | 43 | 335 | 3391 | 72.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 576 | 332 | 57.6 | 217 | 3752 | 6.5 | 11.3 | 56t | 22 | 3.8 | 27 | 4.7 | 37 | 263 | 3489 | 70.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Carson | 47 | 843 | 17.9 | 37t | 4 |
| Stephone Paige | 43 | 943 | 21.9 | 84t | 10 |
| Herman Heard | 31 | 257 | 8.3 | 27 | 2 |
| Walt Arnold | 28 | 339 | 12.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Ethan Horton | 28 | 185 | 6.6 | 22 | 1 |
| Henry Marshall | 25 | 446 | 17.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 18 | 157 | 8.7 | 45t | 2 |
| Anthony Hancock | 15 | 286 | 19.1 | 48 | 2 |
| Bruce King | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Scott | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Holston | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 12 | 1 |
| E.J. Jones | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 267 | 3726 | 14.0 | 84t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 332 | 3752 | 11.3 | 56t | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lewis | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Deron Cherry | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 47t | 1 |
| Kevin Ross | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Greg Hill | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Sherman Cocroft | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Radecic | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mark Robinson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 298 | 11.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 251 | 10.9 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Arnold | 93 | 3827 | 41.2 | 62 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 530 | 3077 | 32.4 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 3827 | 40.3 | 62 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 530 | 3077 | 32.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 3088 | 41.2 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 381 | 2567 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Lane | 43 | 7 | 381 | 8.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 7 | 381 | 8.9 | 57 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 15 | 530 | 11.0 | 71t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Smith | 33 | 0 | 654 | 19.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Garcia Lane | 13 | 0 | 269 | 20.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Anthony Hancock | 6 | 0 | 125 | 20.8 | 40 | 0 |
| Stephone Paige | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walt Arnold | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Bruce King | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| George Shorthose | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 59 | 0 | 1117 | 18.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 0 | 1626 | 23.6 | 69 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Maas | 7.0 | |
| Mike Bell | 6.0 | |
| Art Still | 4.0 | |
| Scott Radecic | 3.0 | |
| Calvin Daniels | 2.5 | |
| Mark Robinson | 2.0 | |
| Pete Koch | 2.0 | |
| Lloyd Burruss | 2.0 | |
| Dave Lindstrom | 1.5 | |
| Albert Lewis | 1.5 | |
| Gary Spani | 1.0 | |
| Jeff Paine | 1.0 | |
| Bob Hamm | 1.0 | |
| Garcia Lane | 0.5 | |
| Eric Holle | 0.5 | |
| Jerry Blanton | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 37.0 | 263.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43.0 | 335.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Blackledge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherman Cocroft | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hancock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Heard | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethan Horton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Jolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -18 | 0 | |
| Bruce King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Lacy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garcia Lane | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Lutz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Maas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Radecic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Still | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 24 | -18 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0 |
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