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1971 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 302 points (21.6/g), 8th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 208 points (14.9/g), 5th.
 Differential of 94 points (6.7/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 9.9-4.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 8th.

Coached by Hank Stram (10-3-1)

1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 19 box L 0-1 @ San Diego Chargers 14 21 17 231 115 116 2 21 356 254 102 1
2 Sun September 26 box W 1-1 @ Houston Oilers 20 16 19 286 207 79 2 15 198 172 26 3
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 @ Denver Broncos 16 3 11 159 66 93 3 9 222 160 62 5
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 San Diego Chargers 31 10 21 388 167 221 11 179 125 54 2
5 Mon October 18 box W 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 38 16 15 348 285 63 2 18 322 251 71 4
6 Sun October 24 box W 5-1 Washington Redskins 27 20 20 325 163 162 2 16 304 205 99 2
7 Sun October 31 box T 5-1-1 @ Oakland Raiders 20 20 18 248 87 161 2 19 252 141 111 2
8 Sun November 7 box L 5-2-1 @ New York Jets 10 13 10 190 95 95 3 11 145 9 136
9 Sun November 14 box W 6-2-1 Cleveland Browns 13 7 23 384 201 183 2 15 292 247 45 3
10 Sun November 21 box W 7-2-1 Denver Broncos 28 10 16 387 255 132 3 15 319 190 129 3
11 Thu November 25 box L 7-3-1 @ Detroit Lions 21 32 19 258 139 119 2 22 381 223 158 2
12 Mon December 6 box W 8-3-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 26 17 20 427 255 172 1 18 331 219 112 1
13 Sun December 12 box W 9-3-1 Oakland Raiders 16 14 17 304 194 110 2 18 207 114 93 3
14 Sun December 19 box W 10-3-1 Buffalo Bills 22 9 14 255 118 137 15 260 158 102 3
Playoffs
Division Sat December 25 box L 10-4-1 Miami Dolphins 24 27

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 302 4190 859 4.9 240 183 337 2347 15 13 6.3 119 487 1843 14 3.8 108 26 13 13
Team Defense 208 3768 813 4.6 373 209 418 2468 11 27 5.5 125 367 1300 9 3.5 223 33 6 25
Lg Rank Offense 8 9 8 18 7 10 4 10 8 12 9 18 4 7
Lg Rank Defense 5 7 20 25 24 5 3 13 3 3 7 7 16 26

Passing

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Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Len Dawson* 36 QB 14 13 9-3-1 167 301 55.5 2504 15 5.0 13 4.3 82 8.3 6.9 15.0 178.9 81.6 30 303 6.6 5.3 9.1
Mike Livingston 26 3 1 1-0-0 12 28 42.9 130 0 0.0 0 0.0 36 4.6 4.6 10.8 43.3 57.1 4 39 2.8 2.8 12.5
John Huarte 27 1 0 2 6 33.3 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 26 3.0 3.0 9.0 18.0 42.4 1 5 1.9 1.9 14.3
Ed Podolak 24 RB 13 0 2 2 100.0 42 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 21.0 21.0 21.0 3.2 118.7 0 0 21.0 21.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 14 10-3-1 183 337 54.3 2694 15 4.5 13 3.9 82 8.0 6.7 14.7 192.4 79.4 35 347 6.3 5.1 9.4
Opp Total 14 209 418 50.0 2468 11 2.6 27 6.5 5.9 3.3 11.8 176.3 50.2 28 235 5.5 2.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ed Podolak 24 RB 13 0 184 708 9 25 3.8 54.5 14.2 36 252 7.0 0 23 2.8 19.4 960 9 5
Wendell Hayes 31 FB 14 0 132 537 1 27 4.1 38.4 9.4 16 150 9.4 1 26 1.1 10.7 687 2 1
Warren McVea 25 12 0 68 288 3 19 4.2 24.0 5.7 5 -3 -0.6 0 10 0.4 -0.3 285 3 1
Jim Otis 23 13 0 49 184 0 14 3.8 14.2 3.8 13 81 6.2 2 26 1.0 6.2 265 2 1
Robert Holmes 26 6 0 21 35 0 6 1.7 5.8 3.5 2 16 8.0 0 12 0.3 2.7 51 0 1
Mike Adamle 22 8 0 13 43 0 15 3.3 5.4 1.6 1 6 6.0 1 6 0.1 0.8 49 1 0
Len Dawson* 36 QB 14 13 12 24 0 8 2.0 1.7 0.9 24 0 8
Mike Livingston 26 3 1 5 11 0 5 2.2 3.7 1.7 11 0 1
Otis Taylor*+ 29 WR 14 0 1 25 1 25 25.0 1.8 0.1 57 1110 19.5 7 82 4.1 79.3 1135 8 0
Elmo Wright 22 WR 14 0 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.7 0.1 26 528 20.3 3 69 1.9 37.7 518 3 1
Willie Frazier 29 8 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.3 0.1 2 41 20.5 0 23 0.3 5.1 39 0 0
Morris Stroud 25 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 454 20.6 1 54 1.6 32.4 454 1 0
Dennis Homan 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 47 23.5 0 29 0.3 5.9 47 0 1
Sid Smith 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 12 0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 487 1843 14 27 3.8 131.6 34.8 183 2694 14.7 15 82 13.1 192.4 4537 29 23
Opp Total 14 367 1300 9 3.5 92.9 26.2 209 2468 11.8 11 14.9 176.3 3768 20 16

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ed Podolak 24 RB 13 0 14 84 0 23 6.0 3 65 0 25 21.7 1109
Kerry Reardon 22 RET 6 0 3 5 0 4 1.7 12 308 0 41 25.7 313
Dennis Homan 25 8 0 10 61 0 18 6.1 108
Warren McVea 25 12 0 9 177 0 37 19.7 462
Mike Sensibaugh 22 7 0 5 -2 0 3 -0.4 4 71 0 25 17.8 69
Mike Adamle 22 8 0 7 149 0 34 21.3 198
Robert Holmes 26 6 0 7 171 0 41 24.4 222
Wendell Hayes 31 FB 14 0 4 75 0 34 18.8 762
Ceasar Belser 27 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bruce Bergey 25 6 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 26.4 14 33 150 0 23 4.5 47 1031 0 41 21.9 5718
Opp Total 14 40 0 47 1071 0 22.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jan Stenerud* 29 K 14 0 13 12 9 5 8 4 9 4 5 1 44 26 59.1% 32 32 100.0%
Jerrel Wilson* 30 P 14 0 64 2864 68 1 44.8
Bob Stein 23 14 0 1 1 0.0%
Team Total 26.4 14 13 12 9 5 9 4 9 4 5 1 45 26 57.8% 32 32 100.0% 64 2864 68 1 44.8
Opp Total 14 32 20 62.5% 21 20 95.2% 67 2727 40.7

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bobby Bell* 31 LLB 14 0 1 26 1 26
Aaron Brown 28 RDE 13 0 1 68 1 68
Buck Buchanan* 31 RDT 14 0 1 9 0 9
Len Dawson* 36 QB 14 13 8 3 -14 0
David Hadley 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Wendell Hayes 31 FB 14 0 1 1 0 0
Robert Holmes 26 6 0 1 0 0 0
Dennis Homan 25 8 0 1 1 0 0
Jim Kearney 28 SS 14 0 3 46 0 29 0 1 20 0
Willie Lanier*+ 26 MLB 14 0 2 38 0 21 0 3 3 0
Mike Livingston 26 3 1 1 0 -1 0
Jim Lynch 26 RLB 14 0 1 10 0 10 0 1 4 0
Jim Marsalis 26 LCB 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Warren McVea 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Otis 23 13 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Podolak 24 RB 13 0 5 0 0 0
Johnny Robinson 33 FS 14 0 4 53 0 29
Mike Sensibaugh 22 7 0 2 0 0 0
Sid Smith 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Stein 23 14 0 1 5 0 5
Otis Taylor*+ 29 WR 14 0 0 1 0 0
Emmitt Thomas* 28 RCB 14 0 8 145 1 36
Jim Tyrer* 32 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jerrel Wilson* 30 P 14 0 1 1 -11 0
Elmo Wright 22 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Young 22 13 1 1 3 0 3
Team Total 26.4 14 27 403 3 68 23 15 1 0
Opp Total 14 35 16 10 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jan Stenerud* 29 K 14 0 32 26 110
Ed Podolak 24 RB 13 0 9 54
Otis Taylor*+ 29 WR 14 0 1 7 48
Warren McVea 25 12 0 3 18
Elmo Wright 22 WR 14 0 3 18
Wendell Hayes 31 FB 14 0 1 1 12
Jim Otis 23 13 0 2 12
Mike Adamle 22 8 0 1 6
Bobby Bell* 31 LLB 14 0 1 6
Aaron Brown 28 RDE 13 0 1 6
Morris Stroud 25 TE 14 0 1 6
Emmitt Thomas* 28 RCB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.4 14 14 15 3 32 26 302
Opp Total 14 9 11 20 20 1 208