1970 Kansas City Chiefs: 7-5-2
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-1-2 (128 points scored, 83 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (144 points scored, 161 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 272 points scored (15th of 26 teams), 244 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 154 289 1,719 (25) 5.26 13 16 448 1,858 ( 8) 4.1 11 3,577 (22) 31 Defense: 195 408 2,010 ( 4) 4.54 15 31 418 1,657 (11) 4.0 10 3,667 ( 6) 43
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 27 4 Montana State 6 Warren McVea RB 14 5'10 182 24 3 Houston 7 John Huarte QB 1 6'0 185 26 4 Notre Dame 10 Mike Livingston QB 4 6'3 212 24 3 Southern Methodist 14 Ed Podolak RB 14 6'1 204 23 2 Iowa 16 Len Dawson QB 14 6'0 190 35 14 Purdue 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 27 5 Bishop 21 Mike Garrett RB 3 5'9 200 26 5 Southern California 22 Willie Mitchell DB 14 6'1 185 30 7 Tennessee State 23 Dave Hadley DB 14 5'9 186 22 R Alcorn State 24 Ceasar Belser DB 14 6'0 212 26 3 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 25 Frank Pitts WR 12 6'2 200 26 6 Southern 26 Lewis Porter WR 5 5'11 178 23 R Southern 30 Gloster Richardson WR 12 6'0 200 28 4 Jackson State 38 Wendell Hayes RB 14 6'2 220 30 7 Humboldt State 40 Jim Marsalis DB 14 5'11 194 25 2 Tennessee State 42 Johnny Robinson DB 14 6'0 205 32 11 Louisiana State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 14 6'4 222 29 8 Southern Mississippi 45 Robert Holmes RB 14 5'9 220 25 3 Southern 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 206 27 6 Prairie View A&M 50 Mike Oriard C 1 6'4 223 22 R Notre Dame 51 Jim Lynch LB 14 6'1 235 25 4 Notre Dame 54 Clyde Werner LB 7 6'4 225 22 R Washington 55 E.J. Holub C 14 6'4 236 32 10 Texas Tech 58 Jack Rudnay C 14 6'3 240 22 1 Northwestern 60 George Daney OG 14 6'3 240 24 3 Texas-El Paso 61 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 24 3 Arizona State 62 Bob Liggett DT 7 6'2 255 23 R Nebraska 63 Willie Lanier LB 14 6'1 245 25 4 Morgan State 66 Bob Stein LB 14 6'2 235 22 2 Minnesota 70 Sid Smith OT 14 6'4 260 22 R Southern California 71 Ed Budde OG 14 6'5 260 29 8 Michigan State 73 Dave Hill OT 14 6'5 260 29 8 Auburn 75 Jerry Mays DE 14 6'4 250 30 10 Southern Methodist 76 Mo Moorman OG 13 6'5 252 26 3 Texas A&M 77 Jim Tyrer OT 14 6'6 270 31 10 Ohio State 78 Bobby Bell LB 14 6'4 228 30 8 Minnesota 80 Billy Cannon TE 6 6'1 215 33 11 Louisiana State 81 Marvin Upshaw DE 7 6'3 245 23 3 Trinity (TX) 83 Morris Stroud TE 13 6'10 245 24 1 Clark Atlanta 84 Fred Arbanas TE 6 6'3 245 31 9 Michigan State 85 Chuck Hurston LB 14 6'6 240 27 6 Auburn 86 Buck Buchanan DT 14 6'7 275 30 8 Grambling 87 Aaron Brown DE 11 6'5 265 26 4 Minnesota 89 Otis Taylor WR 13 6'2 215 28 6 Prairie View A&M
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Len Dawson 262 141 53.8 1,876 7.16 13.3 13 5.0 14 5.3 34 277 71.0 Mike Livingston 22 11 50.0 122 5.55 11.1 0 0.0 1 4.5 4 42 47.9 Ed Podolak 2 2 100.0 40 20.00 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 John Huarte 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 Warren McVea 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Otis Taylor 34 618 18.2 3 Ed Podolak 26 307 11.8 1 Wendell Hayes 26 219 8.4 0 Robert Holmes 23 173 7.5 1 Frank Pitts 11 172 15.6 2 Fred Arbanas 8 108 13.5 1 Billy Cannon 7 125 17.9 2 Gloster Richardson 5 171 34.2 2 Warren McVea 5 26 5.2 0 Morris Stroud 4 86 21.5 1 Mike Garrett 4 4 1.0 0 Lewis Porter 1 29 29.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak 168 749 4.5 3 Wendell Hayes 109 381 3.5 5 Warren McVea 61 260 4.3 0 Robert Holmes 63 206 3.3 3 Frank Pitts 5 84 16.8 0 Mike Garrett 21 62 3.0 0 Len Dawson 11 46 4.2 0 Mike Livingston 3 26 8.7 0 Lewis Porter 2 21 10.5 0 Otis Taylor 3 13 4.3 0 Billy Cannon 1 6 6.0 0 Gloster Richardson 1 4 4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Robert Holmes 19 535 28.2 0 Ed Podolak 17 348 20.5 0 Warren McVea 3 57 19.0 0 Bob Stein 3 23 7.7 0 Lewis Porter 1 22 22.0 0 Sid Smith 1 12 12.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ed Podolak 23 311 13.5 21 0 Willie Mitchell 4 33 8.2 0 0 Mike Garrett 3 30 10.0 0 0 Lewis Porter 1 -3 -3.0 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 C Sid Smith 53 USC 2 52 LB Clyde Werner 63 Washington 3 61 DE Billy Bob Barnett Texas A&M [pick acquired from SF] 3 78 DB David Hadley 28 Alcorn A&M 5 130 C Mike Oriard 42 Notre Dame 6 156 OT Bob Hews 2 Princeton 7 182 WR Clyde Glosson 11 Texas-El Paso 8 193 DB Fred Barry 9 Boston University [pick acquired from DEN] 9 234 OT Charley Evans Texas Tech 10 259 OG Bob Stankovich Arkansas 11 285 RB Bill O'Neal Grambling 12 312 OG Rod Fedorchak Pittsburgh 13 338 DE Troy Patridge Texas-Arlington 14 364 RB Glen Dumont American International 15 390 DT Bob Liggett 7 Nebraska 16 416 LB Randy Ross Kansas State 17 442 DB Rayford Jenkins Alcorn A&M
Traded draft picks: #4 to CIN (Billie Hayes), #8 to DEN (Lew Porter)
Transactions:
| 01-24-1970 | traded Noland Smith to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 07-02-1970 | traded Caesar Belser to Bengals for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1971 draft to Browns for Marvin Upshaw |
| 09-09-1970 | Chargers claimed Mickey McCarty on waivers |
| 10-15-1970 | traded Mike Garrett to Chargers for San Diego's #2 pick in the 1971 draft |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 at Minnesota Vikings L 10-27 0-1-0 09/28/70 at Baltimore Colts W 44-24 1-1-0 10/04/70 at Denver Broncos L 13-26 1-2-0 10/11/70 vs Boston Patriots W 23-10 2-2-0 10/18/70 at Cincinnati Bengals W 27-19 3-2-0 10/25/70 vs Dallas Cowboys L 16-27 3-3-0 11/01/70 vs Oakland Raiders T 17-17 3-3-1 11/08/70 vs Houston Oilers W 24-9 4-3-1 11/15/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 31-14 5-3-1 11/22/70 vs St. Louis Cardinals T 6-6 5-3-2 11/29/70 vs San Diego Chargers W 26-14 6-3-2 12/06/70 vs Denver Broncos W 16-0 7-3-2 12/12/70 at Oakland Raiders L 6-20 7-4-2 12/20/70 at San Diego Chargers L 13-31 7-5-2