1971 Kansas City Chiefs: 10-3-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (175 points scored, 86 allowed) Road record: 3-3-1 (127 points scored, 122 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 302 points scored (8th of 26 teams), 208 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 183 337 2,347 ( 7) 6.31 15 13 487 1,843 (12) 3.8 14 4,190 ( 9) 26 Defense: 209 418 2,468 (24) 5.53 11 27 367 1,300 ( 3) 3.5 9 3,768 ( 7) 33
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Mike Adamle RB 8 5'9 197 22 R Northwestern 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 28 5 Montana State 6 Warren McVea RB 12 5'10 182 25 4 Houston 7 John Huarte QB 1 6'0 185 27 5 Notre Dame 10 Mike Livingston QB 3 6'3 212 25 4 Southern Methodist 14 Ed Podolak RB 13 6'1 202 24 3 Iowa 15 Kerry Reardon DB 6 5'11 180 22 R Iowa 16 Len Dawson QB 14 6'0 190 36 15 Purdue 17 Elmo Wright WR 14 6'0 190 22 R Houston 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 28 6 Bishop 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 7 5'11 192 22 R Ohio State 21 Dennis Homan WR 8 6'1 180 25 4 Alabama 23 Dave Hadley DB 14 5'9 186 23 2 Alcorn State 24 Ceasar Belser DB 14 6'0 212 27 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 35 Jim Otis RB 13 6'0 220 23 2 Ohio State 38 Wendell Hayes RB 14 6'2 220 31 8 Humboldt State 40 Jim Marsalis DB 14 5'11 194 26 3 Tennessee State 41 Bruce Jankowski WR 5 5'11 185 22 R Ohio State 42 Johnny Robinson DB 14 6'0 205 33 12 Louisiana State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 14 6'4 222 30 9 Southern Mississippi 45 Robert Holmes RB 6 5'9 220 26 4 Southern 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 206 28 7 Prairie View A&M 48 Nate Allen DB 4 5'10 170 23 R Texas Southern 50 Mike Oriard C 14 6'4 223 23 2 Notre Dame 51 Jim Lynch LB 14 6'1 235 26 5 Notre Dame 58 Jack Rudnay C 13 6'3 240 23 2 Northwestern 60 George Daney OG 14 6'3 240 25 4 Texas-El Paso 61 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 25 4 Arizona State 63 Willie Lanier LB 14 6'1 245 26 5 Morgan State 66 Bob Stein LB 14 6'2 235 23 3 Minnesota 70 Sid Smith OT 14 6'4 260 23 2 Southern California 71 Ed Budde OG 14 6'5 260 30 9 Michigan State 73 Dave Hill OT 14 6'5 260 30 9 Auburn 76 Mo Moorman OG 9 6'5 252 27 4 Texas A&M 77 Jim Tyrer OT 14 6'6 270 32 11 Ohio State 78 Bobby Bell LB 14 6'4 228 31 9 Minnesota 81 Marvin Upshaw DE 14 6'3 245 24 4 Trinity (TX) 82 Ed Lothamer DT 14 6'5 270 29 7 Michigan State 83 Morris Stroud TE 14 6'10 255 25 2 Clark Atlanta 83 Willie Frazier TE 8 6'4 250 29 8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 84 Bruce Bergey DE 6 6'4 240 25 R UCLA 86 Buck Buchanan DT 14 6'7 275 31 9 Grambling 87 Aaron Brown DE 13 6'5 265 27 5 Minnesota 89 Otis Taylor WR 14 6'2 215 29 7 Prairie View A&M 99 Wilbur Young DT 13 6'6 305 22 R William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Len Dawson 301 167 55.5 2,504 8.32 15.0 15 5.0 13 4.3 30 303 81.6 Mike Livingston 28 12 42.9 130 4.64 10.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 39 57.1 John Huarte 6 2 33.3 18 3.00 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5 42.4 Ed Podolak 2 2 100.0 42 21.00 21.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Otis Taylor 57 1,110 19.5 7 Ed Podolak 36 252 7.0 0 Elmo Wright 26 528 20.3 3 Morris Stroud 22 454 20.6 1 Wendell Hayes 16 150 9.4 1 Jim Otis 13 81 6.2 2 Warren McVea 5 -3 -0.6 0 Dennis Homan 2 47 23.5 0 Willie Frazier 2 41 20.5 0 Robert Holmes 2 16 8.0 0 Sid Smith 1 12 12.0 0 Mike Adamle 1 6 6.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak 184 708 3.8 9 Wendell Hayes 132 537 4.1 1 Warren McVea 68 288 4.2 3 Jim Otis 49 184 3.8 0 Mike Adamle 13 43 3.3 0 Robert Holmes 21 35 1.7 0 Otis Taylor 1 25 25.0 1 Len Dawson 12 24 2.0 0 Mike Livingston 5 11 2.2 0 Willie Frazier 1 -2 -2.0 0 Elmo Wright 1 -10 -10.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Kerry Reardon 12 308 25.7 0 Warren McVea 9 177 19.7 0 Robert Holmes 7 171 24.4 0 Mike Adamle 7 149 21.3 0 Wendell Hayes 4 75 18.8 0 Mike Sensibaugh 4 71 17.8 0 Ed Podolak 3 65 21.7 0 Bruce Bergey 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ed Podolak 14 84 6.0 9 0 Dennis Homan 10 61 6.1 5 0 Mike Sensibaugh 5 -2 -0.4 1 0 Kerry Reardon 3 5 1.7 5 0 Ceasar Belser 1 2 2.0 0 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 WR Elmo Wright 51 Houston 2 39 DT Wilbur Young 153 William Penn (Ia.) [pick acquired from SD] 2 42 DE Scott Lewis Grambling 4 94 TE David Robinson Jacksonville State 5 120 RB Mike Adamle 76 Northwestern 6 146 DB Kerry Reardon 58 Iowa 8 191 DB Mike Sensibaugh 92 Ohio State [pick acquired from DEN] 8 198 DB Rick Telander Northwestern 9 224 OT Alvin Hawes Minnesota 10 250 WR Bruce Jankowski 9 Ohio State 11 276 DB Nate Allen 108 Texas Southern 12 302 RB Tony Esposito Pittsburgh 13 328 QB Chuck Hixson SMU 14 354 DE Bruce Bergey 7 UCLA 15 380 DB Mike Montgomery S.W. Texas State 16 406 OG Darrell Jansonius Iowa State 17 431 DB Travis Hill Prairie View
Traded draft picks: #3 to CLE (Charlie Hall), #7 to NO (Bob Newland)
Transactions:
| 01-27-1971 | traded Kansas City's #7 pick in the 1971 draft to Saints for Jim Otis |
| 04-18-1971 | traded Gloster Richardson to Cowboys for Dennis Homan |
| 07-14-1971 | Fred Arbanas retired |
| 08-01-1971 | traded a draft pick to Bears for Karl Weiss |
| 08-03-1971 | traded Goldie Sellers to Oilers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 08-27-1971 | traded Scott Lewis to Oilers for Houston's #2 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Frank Pitts to Browns for Cleveland's #4 pick in the 1972 draft and #3 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-13-1971 | Oilers returned Scott Lewis (after failing physical) |
| 09-14-1971 | Bills claimed Chuck Hurston on waivers |
| 09-22-1971 | claimed Mo Moorman on waivers from Patriots |
| 09-23-1971 | sent Kansas City's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Patriots as compensation for Mo Moorman |
| 10-26-1971 | traded Robert Holmes and Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Oilers for Willie Frazier |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/25/71 vs Miami Dolphins L 24-27 (OT)
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at San Diego Chargers L 14-21 0-1-0 09/26/71 at Houston Oilers W 20-16 1-1-0 10/03/71 at Denver Broncos W 16-3 2-1-0 10/10/71 vs San Diego Chargers W 31-10 3-1-0 10/18/71 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 38-16 4-1-0 10/24/71 vs Washington Redskins W 27-20 5-1-0 10/31/71 at Oakland Raiders T 20-20 5-1-1 11/07/71 at New York Jets L 10-13 5-2-1 11/14/71 vs Cleveland Browns W 13-7 6-2-1 11/21/71 vs Denver Broncos W 28-10 7-2-1 11/25/71 at Detroit Lions L 21-32 7-3-1 12/06/71 at San Francisco 49ers W 26-17 8-3-1 12/12/71 vs Oakland Raiders W 16-14 9-3-1 12/19/71 vs Buffalo Bills W 22-9 10-3-1