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1972 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 287 points (20.5/g), 15th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 254 points (18.1/g), 13th.
 Differential of 33 points (2.4/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.8/g), 4th.

Coached by Hank Stram (8-6-0)

1972 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 17 box L 0-1 Miami Dolphins 10 20 16 332 198 134 4 19 296 100 196 2
2 Mon September 25 box W 1-1 @ New Orleans Saints 20 17 20 324 185 139 4 10 152 93 59
3 Sun October 1 box W 2-1 @ Denver Broncos 45 24 14 305 175 130 1 21 332 184 148 4
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 31 7 18 283 62 221 1 10 209 112 97 8
5 Sun October 15 box L 3-2 Cincinnati Bengals 16 23 22 320 197 123 2 11 251 182 69 2
6 Sun October 22 box L 3-3 Philadelphia Eagles 20 21 17 244 152 92 2 12 349 196 153 2
7 Sun October 29 box W 4-3 @ San Diego Chargers 26 14 15 268 134 134 2 16 280 199 81 5
8 Sun November 5 box W 5-3 Oakland Raiders 27 14 22 371 181 190 1 20 293 220 73 3
9 Sun November 12 box L 5-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 7 16 16 183 108 75 3 15 318 80 238 5
10 Sun November 19 box L 5-5 San Diego Chargers 17 27 22 363 264 99 6 17 294 186 108
11 Sun November 26 box L 5-6 @ Oakland Raiders 3 26 11 159 61 98 4 24 420 165 255 1
12 Sun December 3 box W 6-6 Denver Broncos 24 21 12 189 76 113 1 22 328 191 137 5
13 Sun December 10 box W 7-6 Baltimore Colts 24 10 21 322 137 185 14 254 148 106 3
14 Sun December 17 box W 8-6 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 14 19 290 108 182 1 16 251 166 85 3

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 287 3953 894 4.4 245 217 384 2038 20 20 4.9 116 476 1915 6 4.0 118 32 12 11
Team Defense 254 4027 853 4.7 361 186 368 2222 17 24 5.6 116 453 1805 12 4.0 227 43 19 18
Lg Rank Offense 15 17 9 4 18 5 14 20 13 16 24 15 11 10
Lg Rank Defense 13 15 15 23 18 15 5 13 12 11 10 10 3 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 37 QB 14 12 7-5-0 175 305 57.4 1835 13 4.3 12 3.9 44 6.0 4.7 10.5 131.1 72.8 28 255 4.7 3.5 8.4
Mike Livingston 27 5 2 1-1-0 41 78 52.6 480 7 9.0 8 10.3 36 6.2 2.4 11.7 96.0 61.9 6 42 5.2 1.8 7.1
Jerrel Wilson* 31 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 20 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 20.0 20.0 20.0 1.4 118.7 0 0 20.0 20.0 0.0
Team Total 27.0 14 8-6-0 217 384 56.5 2335 20 5.2 20 5.2 44 6.1 4.3 10.8 166.8 70.2 34 297 4.9 3.2 8.1
Opp Total 14 186 368 50.5 2222 17 4.6 24 6.5 6.0 3.6 11.9 158.7 57.6 32 261 5.6 2.6

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 25 RB 13 0 171 615 4 30 3.6 47.3 13.2 46 345 7.5 2 27 3.5 26.5 960 6 10
Wendell Hayes 32 FB 13 0 128 536 0 28 4.2 41.2 9.8 31 295 9.5 3 29 2.4 22.7 831 3 0
Mike Adamle 23 14 0 73 303 1 19 4.2 21.6 5.2 15 76 5.1 0 11 1.1 5.4 379 1 3
Jeff Kinney 23 9 0 38 122 1 16 3.2 13.6 4.2 4 45 11.3 0 19 0.4 5.0 167 1 2
Jim Otis 24 10 0 29 92 0 12 3.2 9.2 2.9 12 76 6.3 0 13 1.2 7.6 168 0 1
Len Dawson 37 QB 14 12 15 75 0 20 5.0 5.4 1.1 75 0 2
Mike Livingston 27 5 2 14 133 0 51 9.5 26.6 2.8 133 0 0
Otis Taylor* 30 WR 14 0 5 13 0 11 2.6 0.9 0.4 57 821 14.4 6 44 4.1 58.6 834 6 2
Robert West 22 wr 11 0 2 2 0 10 1.0 0.2 0.2 9 165 18.3 2 42 0.8 15.0 167 2 0
Elmo Wright 23 7 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 3.4 0.1 11 81 7.4 0 14 1.6 11.6 105 0 0
Willie Frazier 30 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 172 13.2 5 35 0.9 12.3 172 5 0
Dennis Homan 26 WR 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 135 11.3 1 38 1.7 19.3 135 1 0
Morris Stroud 26 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 80 20.0 1 44 0.3 5.7 80 1 0
Bruce Jankowski 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 0 18 0.5 6.0 24 0 0
Nate Allen 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 1.4 20 0 0
Team Total 27.0 14 476 1915 6 51 4.0 136.8 34.0 217 2335 10.8 20 44 15.5 166.8 4250 26 23
Opp Total 14 453 1805 12 4.0 128.9 32.4 186 2222 11.9 17 13.3 158.7 4027 29 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Larry Marshall 22 RET 11 0 18 103 0 29 5.7 23 651 0 48 28.3 754
Ed Podolak 25 RB 13 0 8 11 0 12 1.4 7 119 0 23 17.0 1090
Mike Adamle 23 14 0 8 185 0 37 23.1 564
Jeff Kinney 23 9 0 4 63 0 25 15.8 230
Kerry Reardon 23 7 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 2 35 0 18 17.5 38
Dennis Homan 26 WR 7 0 2 9 0 8 4.5 144
Jim Kearney 29 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Marvin Upshaw 26 LDE 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
Team Total 27.0 14 29 126 0 29 4.3 46 1057 0 48 23.0 5433
Opp Total 14 38 0 43 1083 0 25.2

Kicking & Punting

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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 30 K 14 0 3 3 4 3 13 9 9 5 7 1 36 21 58.3% 32 32 100.0%
Jerrel Wilson* 31 P 14 0 66 2960 69 1 44.8
Team Total 27.0 14 3 3 4 3 13 9 9 5 7 1 36 21 58.3% 32 32 100.0% 66 2960 69 1 44.8
Opp Total 14 31 15 48.4% 30 29 96.7% 61 2458 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Mike Adamle 23 14 0 3 1 0 0
Nate Allen 24 14 0 1 4 0 4
Bobby Bell* 32 LLB 14 0 3 56 1 61 0 1 0 0
Aaron Brown 29 12 0 0 1 3 0
Ed Budde 32 LG 13 0 0 1 0 0
Curley Culp 26 LDT 14 0 0 2 4 0
Len Dawson 37 QB 14 12 2 1 0 0
Jim Kearney 29 SS 14 0 5 192 4 65 0 2 7 0
Jeff Kinney 23 9 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Lanier* 27 MLB 13 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Mike Livingston 27 5 2 0 1 0 0
Jim Lynch 27 RLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Marsalis 27 LCB 14 0 2 20 0 19 0 1 0 0
Larry Marshall 22 RET 11 0 3 2 0 0
Mike Oriard 24 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Otis 24 10 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Podolak 25 RB 13 0 10 1 0 0
Mike Sensibaugh 23 FS 14 0 8 65 0 35 0 3 9 0
Otis Taylor* 30 WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
Emmitt Thomas* 29 RCB 14 0 2 46 0 26
Marvin Upshaw 26 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Clyde Werner 25 14 0 1 11 0 11 0 2 0 0
Robert West 22 wr 11 0 0 1 8 1
Jerrel Wilson* 31 P 14 0 0 1 4 0
Team Total 27.0 14 24 396 5 65 23 26 35 1
Opp Total 14 34 35 16

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 30 K 14 0 32 21 95
Ed Podolak 25 RB 13 0 4 2 36
Otis Taylor* 30 WR 14 0 6 36
Willie Frazier 30 te 14 0 5 30
Jim Kearney 29 SS 14 0 4 24
Wendell Hayes 32 FB 13 0 3 18
Robert West 22 wr 11 0 2 1 18
Mike Adamle 23 14 0 1 6
Bobby Bell* 32 LLB 14 0 1 6
Dennis Homan 26 WR 7 0 1 6
Jeff Kinney 23 9 0 1 6
Morris Stroud 26 TE 14 0 1 6
Team Total 27.0 14 6 20 1 5 32 21 287
Opp Total 14 12 17 29 15 254