1973 Kansas City Chiefs: 7-5-2
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-1-1 (155 points scored, 87 allowed) Road record: 2-4-1 (76 points scored, 105 allowed) Head Coach: Hank Stram 231 points scored (19th of 26 teams), 192 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 173 313 1,743 (19) 4.95 10 13 511 1,793 (19) 3.5 11 3,536 (20) 31 Defense: 157 324 1,619 ( 4) 4.47 11 21 493 1,956 ( 9) 4.0 11 3,575 ( 7) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 30 7 Montana State 6 Warren McVea RB 7 5'10 182 27 5 Houston 10 Mike Livingston QB 8 6'3 212 27 6 Southern Methodist 11 Pete Beathard QB 9 6'2 200 31 10 Southern California 14 Ed Podolak RB 14 6'1 205 26 5 Iowa 15 Kerry Reardon DB 12 5'11 180 24 3 Iowa 16 Len Dawson QB 8 6'0 190 38 17 Purdue 17 Elmo Wright WR 11 6'0 190 24 3 Houston 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 30 8 Bishop 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 14 5'11 192 24 3 Ohio State 22 Larry Marshall DB 10 5'10 195 23 2 Maryland 23 Leroy Keyes RB 3 6'3 208 26 5 Purdue 24 Willie Ellison RB 10 6'1 210 27 7 Texas Southern 26 Bob West WR 8 6'4 218 23 2 San Diego State 27 Dan Kratzer WR 1 6'3 194 24 1 Missouri Valley 31 Jeff Kinney RB 14 6'2 215 23 2 Nebraska 32 Doug Jones DB 4 6'2 202 23 R Cal State-Northridge 38 Wendell Hayes RB 13 6'2 220 33 10 Humboldt State 40 Jim Marsalis DB 10 5'11 194 28 5 Tennessee State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 14 6'4 222 32 11 Southern Mississippi 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 206 30 9 Prairie View A&M 48 Nate Allen DB 14 5'10 170 25 3 Texas Southern 50 Mike Oriard C 13 6'4 223 25 4 Notre Dame 51 Jim Lynch LB 14 6'1 235 28 7 Notre Dame 54 Clyde Werner LB 14 6'4 225 25 3 Washington 57 Al Palewicz LB 14 6'1 215 23 R Miami 58 Jack Rudnay C 14 6'3 240 25 4 Northwestern 60 George Daney OG 14 6'3 240 27 6 Texas-El Paso 61 Curley Culp DT 13 6'1 265 27 6 Arizona State 63 Willie Lanier LB 14 6'1 245 28 7 Morgan State 67 George Seals DT 13 6'2 260 31 10 Missouri 70 Dave Smith WR 2 6'2 205 26 4 Indiana (Pa.) 71 Ed Budde OG 12 6'5 265 32 11 Michigan State 72 Wayne Walton OT 14 6'5 255 25 2 Abilene Christian 73 Dave Hill OT 8 6'5 260 32 11 Auburn 74 Pat Holmes DE 10 6'5 250 33 8 Texas Tech 75 Francis Peay OT 9 6'5 250 29 8 Missouri 76 Mo Moorman OG 13 6'5 252 29 6 Texas A&M 77 Jim Tyrer OT 12 6'6 280 34 13 Ohio State 78 Bobby Bell LB 14 6'4 228 33 11 Minnesota 80 Andy Hamilton WR 5 6'3 190 22 1 Louisiana State 81 Marvin Upshaw DE 14 6'3 260 26 6 Trinity (TX) 82 Gary Butler TE 14 6'3 235 22 R Rice 83 Morris Stroud TE 14 6'10 255 27 4 Clark Atlanta 86 Buck Buchanan DT 14 6'7 270 33 11 Grambling 87 John Lohmeyer DE 7 6'4 230 22 R Emporia State 89 Otis Taylor WR 14 6'2 215 31 9 Prairie View A&M 99 Wilbur Young DE 13 6'6 285 24 3 William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Livingston 145 75 51.7 916 6.32 12.2 6 4.1 7 4.8 16 124 65.2 Len Dawson 101 66 65.3 725 7.18 11.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 14 104 72.4 Pete Beathard 64 31 48.4 389 6.08 12.5 2 3.1 1 1.6 9 68 71.7 Jerrel Wilson 1 1 100.0 9 9.00 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 104.2 Leroy Keyes 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Ed Podolak 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak 55 445 8.1 0 Otis Taylor 34 565 16.6 4 Wendell Hayes 18 134 7.4 0 Elmo Wright 16 252 15.8 2 Morris Stroud 12 216 18.0 2 Jeff Kinney 11 126 11.5 0 Willie Ellison 9 64 7.1 0 Gary Butler 8 124 15.5 2 Bob West 4 65 16.2 0 Andy Hamilton 2 35 17.5 0 Dave Smith 2 20 10.0 0 Mo Moorman 1 -1 -1.0 0 Leroy Keyes 1 -6 -6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak 210 721 3.4 3 Willie Ellison 108 411 3.8 2 Wendell Hayes 95 352 3.7 2 Jeff Kinney 50 128 2.6 1 Mike Livingston 19 94 4.9 2 Len Dawson 6 40 6.7 0 Elmo Wright 5 29 5.8 0 Pete Beathard 6 16 2.7 1 Gary Butler 2 10 5.0 0 Warren McVea 4 5 1.2 0 Leroy Keyes 2 1 0.5 0 Otis Taylor 4 -14 -3.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Larry Marshall 14 391 27.9 0 Warren McVea 8 146 18.2 0 Jeff Kinney 5 130 26.0 0 Kerry Reardon 2 45 22.5 0 Clyde Werner 1 13 13.0 0 Bob West 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Larry Marshall 29 180 6.2 1 0 Ed Podolak 11 90 8.2 11 0 Kerry Reardon 2 9 4.5 5 0 Mike Sensibaugh 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 27 TE Gary Butler 25 Rice [pick acquired from HOU] 3 72 OT Paul Krause Central Michigan [pick acquired from CLE] 4 89 DE John Lohmeyer 41 Emporia State [pick acquired from MIN] 5 120 DE Fred Grambau Michigan 6 145 DB Doug Jones 68 Cal State-Northridge 7 173 OT Donn Smith Purdue 8 197 LB Al Palewicz 50 Miami 9 223 DT Bill Story 14 Southern Illinois 10 251 DB Willie Osley 13 Illinois 11 276 RB Monroe Eley 13 Arizona State 12 301 DT Tom Ramsey Northern Arizona 13 329 DB Paul Metallo Massachusetts 14 354 WR Albert White Fort Valley State 16 407 LB Wilbur Grooms Tampa 17 431 TE Clayton Korver SMU
Traded draft picks: #1 to NE via CHI (Darryl Stingley), #2 to LA (Jim Youngblood), #3 to CLE via BAL (Bob Crum), #4 to LA (Eddie McMillan), #15 to BUF (Vince O'Neil)
Transactions:
| 01-1973 | traded Aaron Brown to Packers for Francis Peay |
| 01-29-1973 | traded Bob Stein and Kansas City's #2 and #4 picks in the 1973 draft to Rams for Willie Ellison and Pete Beathard |
| 02-16-1973 | traded Mike Adamle to Jets for Gerry Philbin |
| 05-17-1973 | traded Gerry Philbin and Kansas City's #8 pick in the 1974 draft to Jets for Leroy Keyes and Ernie Calloway |
| 07-26-1973 | Larry Gagner retired |
| 08-06-1973 | traded a draft pick to Broncos for John Wood |
| 08-06-1973 | traded Kansas City's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Redskins for Lincoln Minor |
| 08-10-1973 | Bears claimed Robert Smith on waivers |
| 08-10-1973 | Patriots claimed Max Anderson on waivers |
| 08-22-1973 | traded Kansas City's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Giants for Wayne Walton |
| 08-28-1973 | Oilers claimed Sid Smith on waivers |
| 08-29-1973 | traded Keith Best to Vikings for a draft pick |
| 10-24-1973 | Patriots claimed Claxton Welch on waivers |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 13-23 0-1-0 09/23/73 at New England Patriots W 10-7 1-1-0 09/30/73 vs Oakland Raiders W 16-3 2-1-0 10/07/73 vs Denver Broncos W 16-14 3-1-0 10/14/73 at Green Bay Packers T 10-10 3-1-1 10/21/73 at Cincinnati Bengals L 6-14 3-2-1 10/29/73 at Buffalo Bills L 14-23 3-3-1 11/04/73 at San Diego Chargers W 19-0 4-3-1 11/12/73 vs Chicago Bears W 19-7 5-3-1 11/18/73 vs Houston Oilers W 38-14 6-3-1 11/25/73 at Denver Broncos L 10-14 6-4-1 12/02/73 vs Cleveland Browns T 20-20 6-4-2 12/08/73 at Oakland Raiders L 7-37 6-5-2 12/16/73 vs San Diego Chargers W 33-6 7-5-2