1975 Kansas City Chiefs: 5-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (152 points scored, 139 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (130 points scored, 202 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Wiggin 282 points scored (13th of 26 teams), 341 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 217 395 2,360 (12) 5.27 15 16 487 1,847 (15) 3.8 14 4,207 (15) 34 Defense: 186 325 2,512 (20) 7.12 18 20 562 2,724 (25) 4.8 24 5,236 (25) 42
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 32 9 Montana State 5 Jim McCann P 3 6'2 165 26 4 Arizona State 10 Mike Livingston QB 7 6'3 212 29 8 Southern Methodist 11 Tony Adams QB 6 6'0 198 25 1 Utah State 13 Wayne Clark QB 1 6'2 203 28 5 U.S. International 14 Ed Podolak RB 14 6'1 205 28 7 Iowa 15 Kerry Reardon DB 8 5'11 180 26 5 Iowa 16 Len Dawson QB 12 6'0 190 40 19 Purdue 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 32 10 Bishop 20 Mike Sensibaugh DB 14 5'11 192 26 5 Ohio State 21 Hise Austin DB 3 6'4 187 25 2 Prairie View A&M 27 Woody Green RB 12 6'1 205 24 2 Arizona State 30 Cleo Miller RB 6 5'11 202 23 2 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 31 Jeff Kinney RB 13 6'2 215 25 4 Nebraska 40 Jim Marsalis DB 10 5'11 190 30 7 Tennessee State 41 Doug Dressler RB 8 6'3 228 27 5 Cal State-Chico 42 MacArthur Lane RB 9 6'0 220 33 8 Utah State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 11 6'4 222 34 13 Southern Mississippi 45 Morris LaGrand RB 11 6'1 220 22 R Tampa 46 Jim Kearney DB 14 6'2 206 32 11 Prairie View A&M 47 Don Martin DB 14 5'11 185 26 2 Yale 49 Charlie Thomas RB 7 5'9 180 26 1 Tennessee State 50 Tim Kearney LB 14 6'2 230 24 4 Northern Michigan 51 Jim Lynch LB 14 6'1 225 30 9 Notre Dame 53 Ken Avery LB 14 6'1 227 31 9 Southern Mississippi 55 Bill Peterson LB 14 6'3 225 30 6 San Jose State 56 Charlie Ane C 14 6'1 233 23 R Michigan State 57 Al Palewicz LB 9 6'1 215 25 3 Miami 58 Jack Rudnay C 14 6'3 240 27 6 Northwestern 62 Bill Story OT 14 6'3 245 23 1 Southern Illinois 63 Willie Lanier LB 14 6'1 245 30 9 Morgan State 64 Randy Beisler OG 3 6'4 244 31 10 Indiana 65 Tom Condon OG 9 6'3 240 23 2 Boston College 66 Rocky Rasley OG 11 6'3 255 28 6 Oregon State 67 Mike Wilson OG 4 6'1 250 28 4 Dayton 68 Roger Bernhardt OG 4 6'4 244 26 2 Kansas 70 Jim Nicholson OT 12 6'6 260 26 2 Michigan State 71 Ed Budde OG 1 6'5 265 34 13 Michigan State 73 Gery Palmer OT 2 6'4 255 24 1 Kansas 74 Larry Estes DT 4 6'6 250 28 4 Alcorn State 74 Tom Keating DT 9 6'3 247 33 11 Michigan 75 Bob Maddox DE 6 6'5 232 26 2 Frostburg State 75 Louis Ross DE 1 6'6 265 28 3 South Carolina State 77 Charlie Getty OT 14 6'4 260 23 2 Penn State 79 John Matuszak DE 14 6'8 275 25 3 Tampa 80 Reggie Craig WR 14 6'0 187 22 R Arkansas 81 Walter White TE 14 6'3 208 24 R Maryland 81 Marvin Upshaw DE 4 6'3 260 28 8 Trinity (TX) 83 Larry Brunson WR 14 5'11 180 26 2 Colorado 84 Billy Masters TE 14 6'5 240 31 9 Louisiana State 85 Barry Pearson WR 14 5'11 185 25 4 Northwestern 86 Buck Buchanan DT 14 6'7 270 35 13 Grambling 87 John Lohmeyer DE 7 6'4 230 24 2 Emporia State 89 Otis Taylor WR 1 6'2 215 33 11 Prairie View A&M 99 Wilbur Young DE 13 6'6 285 26 5 William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Livingston 176 88 50.0 1,245 7.07 14.1 8 4.5 6 3.4 17 131 74.2 Len Dawson 140 93 66.4 1,095 7.82 11.8 5 3.6 4 2.9 23 196 90.0 Tony Adams 77 36 46.8 445 5.78 12.4 2 2.6 4 5.2 11 85 52.1 Ed Podolak 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 2 13 0.0 Walter White 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ed Podolak 37 332 9.0 2 Barry Pearson 36 608 16.9 3 MacArthur Lane 25 202 8.1 0 Billy Masters 24 314 13.1 3 Walter White 23 559 24.3 3 Larry Brunson 23 398 17.3 2 Woody Green 23 215 9.3 1 Jeff Kinney 21 148 7.0 0 Doug Dressler 2 7 3.5 1 Reggie Craig 1 10 10.0 0 Morris LaGrand 1 -1 -1.0 0 Tony Adams 1 -7 -7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Woody Green 167 611 3.7 5 Ed Podolak 102 351 3.4 3 MacArthur Lane 79 311 3.9 2 Jeff Kinney 85 304 3.6 2 Larry Brunson 2 89 44.5 0 Mike Livingston 13 68 5.2 1 Tony Adams 8 42 5.2 0 Morris LaGrand 13 38 2.9 1 Cleo Miller 7 20 2.9 0 Doug Dressler 3 16 5.3 0 Len Dawson 5 7 1.4 0 Walter White 3 -10 -3.3 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Charlie Thomas 22 516 23.5 0 Woody Green 16 343 21.4 0 Reggie Craig 10 247 24.7 0 Cleo Miller 9 171 19.0 0 Jeff Kinney 2 39 19.5 0 Doug Dressler 1 18 18.0 0 Larry Brunson 1 8 8.0 0 Bill Peterson 1 8 8.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ed Podolak 13 96 7.4 5 0 Charlie Thomas 12 112 9.3 1 0 Kerry Reardon 5 41 8.2 0 0 Reggie Craig 4 19 4.8 0 0 Barry Pearson 2 31 15.5 0 0 Larry Brunson 1 4 4.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 34 TE Elmore Stephens Kentucky 3 59 DT Cornelius Walker Rice 6 137 RB Morris LaGrand 13 Tampa 6 139 LB Dave Wasick San Jose State [pick acquired from SF] 8 189 OT Wayne Hoffman Oklahoma [pick acquired from SD via WAS] 11 268 OG Dale Hegland Minnesota 12 293 RB James Rackley Florida A&M 13 318 LB John Snider Stanford 14 346 OG Gene Moshier Vanderbilt 16 396 DE Mark Peterson Illinois 17 424 DB Mike Bulino Pittsburgh
Traded draft picks: #1 to HOU (Robert Brazile), #4 to DEN (Steve Taylor), #5 to LA (Wayne Hammond), #7 to HOU (Mike Biehle), #8 to PIT (Tom Kropp), #9 to CLE (Floyd Hogan), #10 to DEN (Hank Engelhardt), #15 to PIT (James Thatcher)
Transactions:
| 01-1975 | traded past considerations to Broncos for Billy Masters |
| 04-10-1975 | traded Morris Stroud to Oilers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 04-19-1975 | traded Kansas City's #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Bengals for Ken Avery |
| 07-09-1975 | traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1976 draft to Packers for MacArthur Lane |
| 07-25-1975 | traded David Jaynes to Falcons for Tom Geredine |
| 08-1975 | claimed Walter White on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-05-1975 | traded Tom Humphrey to Falcons for John Nessel |
| 08-11-1975 | claimed Gery Palmer on waivers from ? |
| 08-13-1975 | placed Bill Peterson on injured reserve |
| 08-13-1975 | placed Reggie Craig on injured reserve |
| 08-13-1975 | placed Willie Osley on injured reserve |
| 08-13-1975 | placed Tom Drougas on injured reserve |
| 08-13-1975 | claimed Clyde Russell on waivers from Dolphins |
| 08-24-1975 | Oilers signed Elmo Wright as a free agent |
| 08-26-1975 | traded Doug Jones to Bills for Buffalo's #9 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-02-1975 | traded Jim McCann to Rams for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Nate Allen to 49ers for Randy Beisler and New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-13-1975 | received Houston's #5 and Green Bay's #6 pick in the 1976 draft, and Houston's #4 pick in the 1977 draft from Oilers as compensation for free agent Elmo Wright |
| 10-28-1975 | Bears claimed Gary Butler on waivers |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 at Denver Broncos L 33-37 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs New York Jets L 24-30 0-2-0 10/05/75 vs San Francisco 49ers L 3-20 0-3-0 10/12/75 vs Oakland Raiders W 42-10 1-3-0 10/19/75 at San Diego Chargers W 12-10 2-3-0 10/26/75 vs Denver Broncos W 26-13 3-3-0 11/02/75 vs Houston Oilers L 13-17 3-4-0 11/10/75 at Dallas Cowboys W 34-31 4-4-0 11/16/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-28 4-5-0 11/23/75 vs Detroit Lions W 24-21 (OT) 5-5-0 11/30/75 at Baltimore Colts L 14-28 5-6-0 12/07/75 vs San Diego Chargers L 20-28 5-7-0 12/14/75 at Cleveland Browns L 14-40 5-8-0 12/21/75 at Oakland Raiders L 20-28 5-9-0