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1979 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 238 points (14.9/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 262 points (16.4/g), 5th.
 Differential of -24 points (-1.5/g), 18th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Marv Levy (7-9-0)

1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 Baltimore Colts 14 0 12 211 45 166 1 15 308 225 83 2
2 Sun September 9 box L 1-1 Cleveland Browns 24 27 19 248 147 101 1 23 402 238 164 2
3 Sun September 16 box L 1-2 @ Houston Oilers 6 20 16 280 97 183 5 16 345 173 172 1
4 Sun September 23 box W 2-2 Oakland Raiders 35 7 22 292 70 222 2 10 121 90 31 4
5 Sun September 30 box W 3-2 @ Seattle Seahawks 24 6 11 230 15 215 1 18 312 178 134 2
6 Sun October 7 box W 4-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 10 7 11 200 101 99 2 14 221 66 155 2
7 Sun October 14 box L 4-3 Denver Broncos 10 24 16 166 68 98 2 21 344 207 137 1
8 Sun October 21 box L 4-4 New York Giants 17 21 28 463 294 169 4 13 226 126 100 1
9 Sun October 28 box L 4-5 @ Denver Broncos 3 20 12 210 108 102 3 20 381 269 112 2
10 Sun November 4 box L 4-6 San Diego Chargers 14 20 17 283 164 119 4 23 315 229 86 2
11 Sun November 11 box L 4-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 30 8 127 62 65 3 20 355 228 127 2
12 Sun November 18 box W 5-7 @ Oakland Raiders 24 21 20 363 122 241 1 21 339 271 68 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 5-8 @ San Diego Chargers 7 28 9 190 125 65 1 30 460 325 135 1
14 Sun December 2 box W 6-8 Seattle Seahawks 37 21 20 331 137 194 2 21 275 231 44 5
15 Sun December 9 box W 7-8 @ Baltimore Colts 10 7 16 302 83 219 2 16 298 223 75 4
16 Sun December 16 box L 7-9 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 3 4 80 22 58 2 16 269 45 224 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 238 3976 972 4.1 241 190 361 1660 7 18 4.1 91 569 2316 18 4.1 122 36 18 28
Team Defense 262 4971 1088 4.6 492 296 528 3124 22 23 5.5 169 522 1847 8 3.5 297 37 14 26
Lg Rank Offense 26 27 26 28 28 28 7 27 9 13 10 12 9 16
Lg Rank Defense 5 12 18 27 22 20 10 12 11 6 1 6 17 22

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%
Steve Fuller 22 QB 16 12 6-6-0 146 270 54.1 1484 6 2.2 14 5.2 40 5.5 3.4 10.2 92.8 55.8 37 244 4.0 2.2 12.1
Mike Livingston 34 5 4 1-3-0 44 90 48.9 469 1 1.1 4 4.4 38 5.2 3.3 10.7 93.8 49.7 5 49 4.4 2.6 5.3
Bob Grupp* 24 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.1 16 7-9-0 190 361 52.6 1953 7 1.9 18 5.0 40 5.4 3.4 10.3 122.1 54.2 42 293 4.1 2.3 10.4
Opp Total 16 296 528 56.1 3124 22 4.2 23 4.4 5.9 4.4 10.6 195.3 69.2 38 280 5.5 3.6

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
Ted McKnight 25 FB 15 14 153 755 8 84 4.9 50.3 10.2 38 226 5.9 0 24 2.5 15.1 981 8 5
Tony Reed 24 RB 11 11 113 446 1 23 3.9 40.5 10.3 34 352 10.4 0 40 3.1 32.0 798 1 4
Arnold Morgado 27 11 0 75 231 4 19 3.1 21.0 6.8 5 55 11.0 0 22 0.5 5.0 286 4 1
Mike A. Williams 22 14 0 69 261 1 22 3.8 18.6 4.9 16 129 8.1 2 25 1.1 9.2 390 3 2
Earl Gant 22 16 0 56 196 1 16 3.5 12.3 3.5 15 101 6.7 0 26 0.9 6.3 297 1 2
Steve Fuller 22 QB 16 12 50 264 1 49 5.3 16.5 3.1 264 1 6
Horace Belton 24 RET 16 0 44 134 1 12 3.0 8.4 2.8 4 44 11.0 0 23 0.3 2.8 178 1 1
Mike Livingston 34 5 4 3 2 0 5 0.7 0.4 0.6 2 0 2
Henry Marshall 25 WR 16 12 2 34 1 23 17.0 2.1 0.1 21 332 15.8 1 38 1.3 20.8 366 2 0
Wilbert Haslip 23 5 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.2 0.4 1 0 0
Frank Manumaleuga 23 LILB 15 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 -3 0 0
Stan Rome 23 9 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -0.6 0.1 -5 0 0
J.T. Smith 24 WR 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 444 13.5 3 34 2.1 27.8 444 3 3
Tony Samuels 25 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 147 10.5 0 30 0.9 9.2 147 0 1
Steve Gaunty 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 87 17.4 1 23 0.6 9.7 87 1 0
Walter White 28 6 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 15 5.0 0 12 0.5 2.5 15 0 1
Ed Beckman 24 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 12 0.2 2.3 21 0 0
Team Total 25.1 16 569 2316 18 84 4.1 144.8 35.6 190 1953 10.3 7 40 11.9 122.1 4269 25 31
Opp Total 16 522 1847 8 3.5 115.4 32.6 296 3124 10.6 22 18.5 195.3 4971 30 34

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
J.T. Smith 24 WR 16 13 58 612 2 88 10.6 1056
Horace Belton 24 RET 16 0 22 463 0 52 21.0 641
Steve Gaunty 22 9 0 12 271 0 50 22.6 358
Johnnie Dirden 27 4 0 7 154 0 32 22.0 154
Earl Gant 22 16 0 4 75 0 20 18.8 372
Ted McKnight 25 FB 15 14 2 34 0 17 17.0 1015
Tim Collier 25 RCB 15 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Wilbert Haslip 23 5 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 8
Arnold Morgado 27 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 286
Cal Peterson 27 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.1 16 58 612 2 88 10.6 51 1004 0 52 19.7 5885
Opp Total 16 49 0 51 1017 0 19.9

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
Bob Grupp* 24 P 16 0 89 3883 74 1 43.6
Jan Stenerud 37 K 16 0 1 6 4 4 3 10 5 2 23 12 52.2% 29 28 96.6%
Team Total 25.1 16 1 6 4 4 3 10 5 2 23 12 52.2% 29 28 96.6% 89 3883 74 1 43.6
Opp Total 16 21 13 61.9% 32 31 96.9% 88 3414 38.8

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
Gary Barbaro 25 FS 16 16 7 142 1 70 0 2 0 0
Mike Bell 22 11 4 0 1 0 0
Horace Belton 24 RET 16 0 1 1 0 0
Jerry Blanton 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
M.L. Carter 24 rcb 16 0 3 33 0 20 0 1 0 0
Herb Christopher 25 ss 9 6 2 1 0 1
Tim Collier 25 RCB 15 9 2 45 0 40 1 0 0 0
Tom Condon 27 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Johnnie Dirden 27 4 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Fuller 22 QB 16 12 6 3 -4 0
Earl Gant 22 16 0 2 1 0 0
Gary Green 24 LCB 16 16 5 148 0 57 0 2 0 0
Tom Howard 25 ROLB 16 16 1 19 0 19
Charles Jackson 24 12 4 0 1 0 0
Gerald Jackson 23 16 0 1 4 0 4 1 0 0 0
Mike Livingston 34 5 4 2 0 -2 0
Frank Manumaleuga 23 LILB 15 0 1 17 0 17
Ted McKnight 25 FB 15 14 5 1 0 0
Arnold Morgado 27 11 0 1 0 0 0
Don Parrish 24 NT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Whitney Paul 26 LOLB 15 15 1 28 0 28 0 3 0 0
Tony Reed 24 RB 11 11 4 2 0 0
Tony Samuels 25 TE 16 13 1 2 0 1
J.T. Smith 24 WR 16 13 3 1 1 0
Gary Spani 23 RILB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Art Still 24 LDE 16 16 0 1 13 0
Walter White 28 6 3 1 0 0 0
Mike A. Williams 22 14 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.1 16 23 437 1 70 31 26 8 1
Opp Total 16 42 34 20

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jan Stenerud 37 K 16 0 28 12 64
Ted McKnight 25 FB 15 14 8 48
J.T. Smith 24 WR 16 13 3 2 30
Arnold Morgado 27 11 0 4 24
Mike A. Williams 22 14 0 1 2 18
Henry Marshall 25 WR 16 12 1 1 12
Gary Barbaro 25 FS 16 16 1 6
Horace Belton 24 RET 16 0 1 6
Steve Fuller 22 QB 16 12 1 6
Earl Gant 22 16 0 1 6
Steve Gaunty 22 9 0 1 6
Tony Reed 24 RB 11 11 1 6
Tony Samuels 25 TE 16 13 1 6
Team Total 25.1 16 18 7 2 1 1 28 12 238
Opp Total 16 8 22 31 13 262