1972 Kansas City Chiefs roster and stats

1972 Kansas City Chiefs: 8-6-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (138 points scored, 136 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (149 points scored, 118 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 287 points scored (15th of 26 teams), 254 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 217 384 2,038 (18) 4.88 20 20 476 1,915 (16) 4.0 6 3,953 (17) 32 Defense: 186 368 2,222 (18) 5.55 17 24 453 1,805 (11) 4.0 12 4,027 (15) 43

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Mike Adamle RB 14 5'9 197 23 2 Northwestern 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 29 6 Montana State 10 Mike Livingston QB 5 6'3 212 26 5 Southern Methodist 14 Ed Podolak RB 13 6'1 204 25 4 Iowa 15 Kerry Reardon DB 7 5'11 180 23 2 Iowa 16 Len Dawson QB 14 6'0 190 37 16 Purdue 17 Elmo Wright WR 7 6'0 190 23 2 Houston 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 29 7 Bishop 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 14 5'11 192 23 2 Ohio State 21 Dennis Homan WR 7 6'1 180 26 5 Alabama 22 Larry Marshall DB 11 5'10 195 22 R Maryland 26 Bob West WR 11 6'4 218 22 R San Diego State 31 Jeff Kinney RB 9 6'2 215 22 R Nebraska 35 Jim Otis RB 10 6'0 220 24 3 Ohio State 38 Wendell Hayes RB 13 6'2 220 32 9 Humboldt State 40 Jim Marsalis DB 14 5'11 194 27 4 Tennessee State 41 Bruce Jankowski WR 4 5'11 185 23 2 Ohio State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 14 6'4 222 31 10 Southern Mississippi 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 206 29 8 Prairie View A&M 48 Nate Allen DB 14 5'10 170 24 2 Texas Southern 50 Mike Oriard C 14 6'4 223 24 3 Notre Dame 51 Jim Lynch LB 14 6'1 235 27 6 Notre Dame 54 Clyde Werner LB 14 6'4 225 24 2 Washington 55 Keith Best LB 6 6'3 220 22 R Kansas State 58 Jack Rudnay C 14 6'3 240 24 3 Northwestern 60 George Daney OG 14 6'3 240 26 5 Texas-El Paso 61 Curley Culp DT 14 6'1 265 26 5 Arizona State 63 Willie Lanier LB 13 6'1 245 27 6 Morgan State 66 Bob Stein LB 8 6'2 235 24 4 Minnesota 67 George Seals DT 11 6'2 260 30 9 Missouri 70 Sid Smith OT 14 6'4 260 24 3 Southern California 71 Ed Budde OG 13 6'5 265 31 10 Michigan State 73 Dave Hill OT 14 6'5 260 31 10 Auburn 76 Mo Moorman OG 13 6'5 252 28 5 Texas A&M 77 Jim Tyrer OT 14 6'6 280 33 12 Ohio State 78 Bobby Bell LB 14 6'4 228 32 10 Minnesota 79 Larry Gagner OG 7 6'3 268 28 5 Florida 81 Marvin Upshaw DE 14 6'3 260 25 5 Trinity (TX) 82 Ed Lothamer DT 2 6'5 270 30 8 Michigan State 83 Morris Stroud TE 14 6'10 255 26 3 Clark Atlanta 83 Willie Frazier TE 14 6'4 234 30 9 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 86 Buck Buchanan DT 14 6'7 270 32 10 Grambling 87 Aaron Brown DE 12 6'5 255 28 6 Minnesota 89 Otis Taylor WR 14 6'2 215 30 8 Prairie View A&M 99 Wilbur Young DE 14 6'6 285 23 2 William Penn

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Len Dawson 305 175 57.4 1,835 6.02 10.5 13 4.3 12 3.9 28 255 72.8 Mike Livingston 78 41 52.6 480 6.15 11.7 7 9.0 8 10.3 6 42 61.9 Jerrel Wilson 1 1 100.0 20 20.00 20.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Otis Taylor            57    821   14.4    6
Ed Podolak             46    345    7.5    2
Wendell Hayes          31    295    9.5    3
Mike Adamle            15     76    5.1    0
Willie Frazier         13    172   13.2    5
Dennis Homan           12    135   11.2    1
Jim Otis               12     76    6.3    0
Elmo Wright            11     81    7.4    0
Bob West                9    165   18.3    2
Morris Stroud           4     80   20.0    1
Jeff Kinney             4     45   11.2    0
Bruce Jankowski         2     24   12.0    0
Nate Allen              1     20   20.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Podolak            171    615    3.6    4
Wendell Hayes         128    536    4.2    0
Mike Adamle            73    303    4.2    1
Mike Livingston        14    133    9.5    0
Jeff Kinney            38    122    3.2    1
Jim Otis               29     92    3.2    0
Len Dawson             15     75    5.0    0
Elmo Wright             1     24   24.0    0
Otis Taylor             5     13    2.6    0
Bob West                2      2    1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Marshall         23    651   28.3    0
Mike Adamle             8    185   23.1    0
Ed Podolak              7    119   17.0    0
Jeff Kinney             4     63   15.8    0
Kerry Reardon           2     35   17.5    0
Marvin Upshaw           1      4    4.0    0
Jim Kearney             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Marshall         18    103    5.7    5    0
Ed Podolak              8     11    1.4   10    0
Dennis Homan            2      9    4.5    0    0
Kerry Reardon           1      3    3.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jerrel Wilson 66 2,960 44.8 0 0 1 0 0 44.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jan Stenerud 3/3 3/4 9/13 5/9 1/7 21/36 32/32 95 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Nate Allen 1 4 0 Bobby Bell 3.5 3 56 1 Aaron Brown 7.0 Buck Buchanan 6.5 Curley Culp 7.5 Jim Kearney 5 192 4 Willie Lanier 2 2 0 Jim Lynch 2.0 Jim Marsalis 2 20 0 George Seals 1.0 Mike Sensibaugh 8 65 0 Emmitt Thomas 2 46 0 Marvin Upshaw 1.5 Clyde Werner 1 11 0 Wilbur Young 3.0

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 RB Jeff Kinney 62 Nebraska 4 97 WR Andy Hamilton 24 LSU [pick acquired from CLE] 5 127 DE Milt Davis Texas-Arlington 6 153 DE John Kahler Long Beach State 7 179 QB Dean Carlson 1 Iowa State 8 205 OG Scott Mahoney Colorado 9 231 DT Dave Taylor Weber State 10 257 OT Rich Ruppert Hawaii 11 283 OT Elbert Walker Wisconsin 12 309 DT Mike Williams Oregon 13 335 DB Tyler Hellams South Carolina 14 360 LB Dave Chaney San Jose State 15 387 RB Larry Marshall 75 Maryland-Eastern Shore 16 413 DE Bob Johnson Hanover 17 439 LB Ted Washington 128 Mississippi Valley State

Traded draft picks: #2 to NE (Tom Reynolds), #3 to HOU (Solomon Freelon), #4 to NO (Mike Coleman)

Transactions:

05-05-1972	traded a #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Andy Rice
05-25-1972	traded Mike Eischeid to Vikings for Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
07-12-1972	Johnny Robinson retired
07-22-1972	traded a #9 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Gary Nowak
07-22-1972	traded a #6 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Jim Bishop
07-23-1972	traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for Eldridge Dickey
08-11-1972	Bears claimed Bob Johnson on waivers
08-11-1972	Oilers claimed Scott Mahoney on waivers
09-1972	placed Andy Hamilton on injured reserve
09-1972	placed Ted Washington on injured reserve
09-07-1972	Bills claimed Dennis Homan on waivers
09-07-1972	Colts claimed Jeff White on waivers
09-13-1972	Bears claimed John Huarte on waivers
09-14-1972	placed Tim McLane on injured reserve
09-14-1972	claimed Robert West on waivers from Cowboys
09-21-1972	sent Andy Rice and Kansas City's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Bears as compensation for free agent George Seals

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    vs Miami Dolphins          L 10-20       0-1-0
09/25/72    at New Orleans Saints      W 20-17       1-1-0
10/01/72    at Denver Broncos          W 45-24       2-1-0
10/08/72    at Cleveland Browns        W 31-7        3-1-0
10/15/72    vs Cincinnati Bengals      L 16-23       3-2-0
10/22/72    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 20-21       3-3-0
10/29/72    at San Diego Chargers      W 26-14       4-3-0
11/05/72    vs Oakland Raiders         W 27-14       5-3-0
11/12/72    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 7-16        5-4-0
11/19/72    vs San Diego Chargers      L 17-27       5-5-0
11/26/72    at Oakland Raiders         L 3-26        5-6-0
12/03/72    vs Denver Broncos          W 24-21       6-6-0
12/10/72    vs Baltimore Colts         W 24-10       7-6-0
12/17/72    at Atlanta Falcons         W 17-14       8-6-0

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