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1997 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 375 points (23.4/g), 5th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 232 points (14.5/g), 1st.
 Differential of 143 points (8.9/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (0.9/g), 3rd.

Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (13-3-0)

1997 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 August 31 box L 0-1 @ Denver Broncos 3 19 12 241 108 133 1 20 378 232 146
2 Mon September 8 box W 1-1 @ Oakland Raiders 28 27 21 428 300 128 3 22 389 281 108 2
3 Sun September 14 box W 2-1 Buffalo Bills 22 16 17 267 160 107 16 325 275 50 2
4 Sun September 21 box W 3-1 @ Carolina Panthers 35 14 18 331 214 117 1 24 364 278 86 5
5 Sun September 28 box W 4-1 Seattle Seahawks 20 17 29 466 263 203 3 16 376 220 156 1
6 Sun October 5 box L 4-2 @ Miami Dolphins 14 17 14 259 163 96 19 337 254 83
7 Bye Week
8 Thu October 16 box W 5-2 San Diego Chargers 31 3 25 313 224 89 1 12 258 189 69 2
9 Sun October 26 box W 6-2 @ St. Louis Rams 28 20 19 255 168 87 20 360 261 99 4
10 Mon November 3 box W 7-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 10 24 392 209 183 2 12 235 93 142 1
11 Sun November 9 box L 7-3 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 10 24 22 413 265 148 5 16 332 182 150 2
12 Sun November 16 box W 8-3 Denver Broncos 24 22 15 202 96 106 1 26 329 194 135 1
13 Sun November 23 box W 9-3 @ Seattle Seahawks 19 14 22 324 204 120 2 18 291 223 68 3
14 Sun November 30 box W 10-3 San Francisco 49ers 44 9 22 340 187 153 1 13 279 152 127 3
15 Sun December 7 box W 11-3 Oakland Raiders 30 0 27 418 204 214 5 93 57 36 1
16 Sun December 14 box W 12-3 @ San Diego Chargers 29 7 14 239 108 131 22 282 219 63 2
17 Sun December 21 box W 13-3 New Orleans Saints 25 13 14 176 20 156 17 252 149 103 5
Playoffs
Division Sun January 4 box L 13-4 Denver Broncos 10 14

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 375 5064 1054 4.8 315 281 493 2893 20 10 5.5 163 529 2171 15 4.1 129 20 10 23
Team Defense 232 4880 974 5.0 462 271 507 3259 15 21 5.8 158 413 1621 8 3.9 278 34 13 26
Lg Rank Offense 5 14 6 23 24 14 3 17 3 5 9 12 2 7
Lg Rank Defense 1 11 9 10 16 6 4 14 5 7 3 16 4 13

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%
Elvis Grbac 27 QB 10 10 8-2-0 179 314 57.0 1943 11 3.5 6 1.9 55 6.2 5.7 10.9 194.3 79.1 19 150 5.4 4.9 5.7
Rich Gannon 32 qb 9 6 5-1-0 98 175 56.0 1144 7 4.0 4 2.3 47 6.5 5.9 11.7 127.1 79.8 13 86 5.6 5.0 6.9
Marcus Allen 37 16 0 2 2 100.0 15 2 100.0 0 0.0 14 7.5 17.5 7.5 0.9 137.5 0 0 7.5 17.5 0.0
Louie Aguiar 31 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 2.2 118.7 0 0 35.0 35.0 0.0
Billy Joe Tolliver 31 3 0 1 1 100.0 -8 0 0.0 0 0.0 -8 -8.0 -8.0 -8.0 -2.7 79.2 0 0 -8.0 -8.0 0.0
Team Total 28.2 16 13-3-0 281 493 57.0 3129 20 4.1 10 2.0 55 6.3 5.8 11.1 195.6 81.1 32 236 5.5 5.0 6.1
Opp Total 16 271 507 53.5 3259 15 3.0 21 4.1 6.4 4.9 12.0 203.7 66.0 54 359 5.8 3.8

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
Greg Hill 25 RB 16 16 157 550 0 38 3.5 34.4 9.8 12 126 10.5 0 39 0.8 7.9 676 0 1
Marcus Allen 37 16 0 124 505 11 30 4.1 31.6 7.8 11 86 7.8 0 18 0.7 5.4 591 11 4
Donnell Bennett 25 14 1 94 369 1 14 3.9 26.4 6.7 7 5 0.7 0 4 0.5 0.4 374 1 0
Kimble Anders* 31 FB 15 14 79 397 0 43 5.0 26.5 5.3 59 453 7.7 2 55 3.9 30.2 850 2 3
Rich Gannon 32 qb 9 6 33 109 2 13 3.3 12.1 3.7 109 2 5
Elvis Grbac 27 QB 10 10 30 168 1 20 5.6 16.8 3.0 168 1 1
Tamarick Vanover 23 RET 16 0 5 50 0 17 10.0 3.1 0.3 7 92 13.1 0 42 0.4 5.8 142 0 6
Tony Richardson 26 14 0 2 11 0 6 5.5 0.8 0.1 3 6 2.0 3 3 0.2 0.4 17 3 0
Louie Aguiar 31 P 16 0 2 11 0 6 5.5 0.7 0.1 11 0 0
Billy Joe Tolliver 31 3 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 -1 0 1
Andre Rison* 30 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 72 1092 15.2 7 45 4.5 68.3 1094 7 0
Ted Popson 31 TE 13 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 320 9.1 2 21 2.7 24.6 320 2 0
Tony Gonzalez 21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 368 11.2 2 30 2.1 23.0 368 2 0
Lake Dawson 25 WR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 273 13.0 2 27 1.9 24.8 273 2 0
Danan Hughes 27 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 65 9.3 2 14 0.4 4.1 65 2 0
Brett Perriman 32 5 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 83 13.8 0 27 1.2 16.6 83 0 0
Derrick Walker 30 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 60 12.0 0 22 0.3 3.8 60 0 0
Joe Horn 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 65 32.5 0 47 0.3 8.1 65 0 0
Kevin Lockett 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 35 35.0 0 35 0.1 3.9 35 0 0
Team Total 28.2 16 529 2171 15 43 4.1 135.7 33.1 281 3129 11.1 20 55 17.6 195.6 5300 35 21
Opp Total 16 413 1621 8 3.9 101.3 25.8 271 3259 12.0 15 16.9 203.7 4880 23 30

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
Tamarick Vanover 23 RET 16 0 35 383 1 82 10.9 51 1308 1 94 25.6 1833
Kimble Anders* 31 FB 15 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 850
Danan Hughes 27 16 1 1 21 0 21 21.0 86
Greg Manusky 31 16 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Team Total 28.2 16 35 383 1 82 10.9 54 1345 1 94 24.9 7028
Opp Total 16 39 0 80 1672 0 20.9

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
Louie Aguiar 31 P 16 0 82 3465 65 0 42.3
Pete Stoyanovich 30 K 16 0 9 9 3 3 13 12 2 2 27 26 96.3% 36 35 97.2% 1 24 24 0 24.0
Team Total 28.2 16 9 9 3 3 13 12 2 2 27 26 96.3% 36 35 97.2% 83 3489 65 0 42.0
Opp Total 16 33 24 72.7% 22 22 100.0% 84 3469 41.3

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
Dan Williams 28 rde 15 6 10.5 2 0 2 2 0 35 12
Derrick Thomas* 30 LOLB 12 10 9.5 3 0 0 0 0 28 6 1
Mark McMillian 27 16 2 8 274 3 87 1 0 0 0 0 42 1
Tamarick Vanover 23 RET 16 0 6 1 0 0
Jerome Woods 24 FS 16 16 1.0 4 57 0 27 2 0 2 13 0 67 19
Marcus Allen 37 16 0 4 2 0 0
James Hasty* 32 RCB 16 15 2.0 3 22 0 19 0 0 1 0 0 62 12
Donnie Edwards 24 RILB 16 16 2.5 2 15 0 12 4 0 1 0 0 80 20
Vaughn Booker 29 LDE 13 13 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 25 5
John Browning 24 RDE 14 13 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 29 4
Rich Gannon 32 qb 9 6 5 0 0 0
Anthony Davis 28 ROLB 15 15 3.5 1 0 1 2 0 69 19
Pellom McDaniels 29 lolb 16 6 3.5 1 0 1 0 0 20 3
Kimble Anders* 31 FB 15 14 3 1 0 0
Wayne Simmons 28 lilb 10 8 3.5 17 7
Reggie Tongue 24 SS 16 16 2.5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 67 21
Darren Anderson 28 11 0 2.0 1 55 1 55 9 1
Terry Wooden 30 LILB 15 8 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 26 4
Tom Barndt 25 16 1 2.0 11 6
Dale Carter* 28 LCB 16 15 2 9 0 9
Danan Hughes 27 16 1 0 2 7 1
Billy Joe Tolliver 31 3 0 1 1 -1 0
Joe Phillips 34 NT 15 15 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 1
Troy Dumas 25 8 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Elvis Grbac 27 QB 10 10 1 0 0 0
Tim Grunhard 29 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Greg Hill 25 RB 16 16 1 0 0 0
Greg Manusky 31 16 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
Dave Szott+ 30 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 28.2 16 54.0 21 432 4 87 19 21 22 23 1 610 148 2
Opp Total 16 32 30 17

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Pete Stoyanovich 30 K 16 0 35 26 113
Marcus Allen 37 16 0 11 66
Andre Rison* 30 WR 16 16 7 42
Danan Hughes 27 16 1 2 1 18
Mark McMillian 27 16 2 3 18
Tony Richardson 26 14 0 3 18
Tony Gonzalez 21 16 0 2 1 14
Tamarick Vanover 23 RET 16 0 1 1 1 14
Kimble Anders* 31 FB 15 14 2 12
Lake Dawson 25 WR 11 11 2 12
Rich Gannon 32 qb 9 6 2 12
Ted Popson 31 TE 13 12 2 12
Darren Anderson 28 11 0 1 6
Donnell Bennett 25 14 1 1 6
Elvis Grbac 27 QB 10 10 1 6
Joe Phillips 34 NT 15 15 1 2
Derrick Thomas* 30 LOLB 12 10 1 2
Team Total 28.2 16 15 20 1 1 1 4 2 35 26 2 373
Opp Total 16 8 15 22 24 232