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1976 Kansas City Chiefs: 5-9-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (143 points scored, 202 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (147 points scored, 174 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Wiggin

290 points scored (12th of 28 teams), 376 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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:   229   419   2,929   ( 2)   6.35   15   17    498   1,873   (22)    3.8   18    4,802    ( 7)      33
Defense:   215   375   2,496   (24)   6.29   25   23    565   2,861   (27)    5.1   24    5,357    (27)      43

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Jan Stenerud         K     14   6'2   187   33   10   Montana State
 7  Mike Nott            QB     1   6'3   203   24    1   Santa Clara
10  Mike Livingston      QB    14   6'3   212   30    9   Southern Methodist
11  Tony Adams           QB    14   6'0   198   26    2   Utah State
14  Ed Podolak           RB    10   6'1   205   29    8   Iowa
15  Kerry Reardon        DB    14   5'11  180   27    6   Iowa
18  Emmitt Thomas        DB    14   6'2   192   33   11   Bishop
21  Tommy Reamon         RB    11   5'10  192   24    1   Missouri
22  Glynn Harrison       RB     8   5'11  190   22    R   Georgia
26  Gary Barbaro         DB    14   6'4   198   22    R   Nicholls State
27  Woody Green          RB     6   6'1   205   25    3   Arizona State
31  Jeff Kinney          RB     1   6'2   215   26    5   Nebraska
37  Tim Collier          DB    13   6'0   166   22    R   East Texas State
40  Lawrence Williams    WR    12   5'10  175   23    1   Texas Tech
42  MacArthur Lane       RB    14   6'0   220   34    9   Utah State
44  Jerrel Wilson        P     14   6'4   222   35   14   Southern Mississippi
45  Pat McNeil           RB    12   5'9   208   22    R   Baylor
46  Tim Gray             DB    12   6'1   200   23    2   Texas A&M
48  Steve Taylor         DB    14   6'3   204   22    R   Kansas
51  Jim Lynch            LB    14   6'1   225   31   10   Notre Dame
52  Orrin Olsen          C     14   6'1   245   23    R   Brigham Young
53  Billy Andrews        LB    14   6'0   220   31   10   Southeastern Louisiana
54  Clyde Werner         LB    14   6'4   230   28    5   Washington
55  Dave Rozumek         LB     8   6'2   215   22    R   New Hampshire
56  Charlie Ane          C     14   6'1   233   24    2   Michigan State
57  Jimbo Elrod          LB     6   6'0   209   22    R   Oklahoma
58  Jack Rudnay          C     14   6'3   240   28    7   Northwestern
60  Matt Herkenhoff      OT    14   6'4   255   25    1   Minnesota
63  Willie Lanier        LB    14   6'1   245   31   10   Morgan State
64  Whitney Paul         DE    14   6'3   220   23    R   Colorado
65  Tom Condon           OG    14   6'3   240   24    3   Boston College
70  Jim Nicholson        OT    14   6'6   261   27    3   Michigan State
71  Ed Budde             OG    11   6'5   265   35   14   Michigan State
72  Keith Simons         DT     6   6'3   254   22    R   Minnesota
73  Jim Wolf             DE    14   6'3   250   24    2   Prairie View A&M
74  Larry Estes          DE    14   6'6   250   29    5   Alcorn State
75  Bob Maddox           DT     8   6'5   248   27    3   Frostburg State
76  Rod Walters          OG    14   6'3   258   22    R   Iowa
77  Charlie Getty        OT    14   6'4   260   24    3   Penn State
78  Willie Lee           DT    14   6'5   249   26    R   Bethune-Cookman
80  Reggie Craig         WR     1   6'0   187   23    2   Arkansas
83  Larry Brunson        WR    14   5'11  180   27    3   Colorado
84  Billy Masters        TE    10   6'5   240   32   10   Louisiana State
85  Barry Pearson        WR     8   5'11  185   26    5   Northwestern
87  John Lohmeyer        DE    13   6'4   229   25    3   Emporia State
88  Walter White         TE    14   6'3   218   25    2   Maryland
89  Henry Marshall       WR    14   6'2   205   22    R   Missouri
99  Wilbur Young         DE    14   6'6   285   27    6   William Penn

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Mike Livingston      338  189   55.9  2,682   7.93  14.2  12   3.6   13   3.8    31   284    77.6
Tony Adams            71   36   50.7    575   8.10  16.0   3   4.2    4   5.6     9    79    68.7
Mike Nott             10    4   40.0     46   4.60  11.5   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     9    54.6
MacArthur Lane         0    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     2     0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
MacArthur Lane         66    686   10.4    1
Walter White           47    808   17.2    7
Larry Brunson          33    656   19.9    1
Henry Marshall         28    443   15.8    2
Billy Masters          18    269   14.9    3
Ed Podolak             13    156   12.0    0
Tommy Reamon           10    136   13.6    1
Woody Green             9    100   11.1    0
Pat McNeil              2     33   16.5    0
Glynn Harrison          1     12   12.0    0
Lawrence Williams       1      9    9.0    0
Charlie Getty           1     -5   -5.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
MacArthur Lane        162    542    3.3    5
Ed Podolak             88    371    4.2    5
Woody Green            73    322    4.4    1
Tommy Reamon          103    314    3.0    4
Henry Marshall          5    101   20.2    1
Mike Livingston        31     89    2.9    2
Tony Adams              5     46    9.2    0
Glynn Harrison         16     41    2.6    0
Pat McNeil              8     26    3.2    0
Walter White            2     15    7.5    0
Jeff Kinney             1      7    7.0    0
Jan Stenerud            1      0    0.0    0
Larry Brunson           3     -1   -0.3    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lawrence Williams      25    688   27.5    0
Tommy Reamon           19    424   22.3    0
Glynn Harrison         13    278   21.4    0
Woody Green             3     82   27.3    0
Reggie Craig            2     45   22.5    0
Pat McNeil              2     21   10.5    0
Henry Marshall          1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Brunson          31    387   12.5    0    0
Billy Andrews           1     38   38.0    0    0
Kerry Reardon           1      4    4.0    1    0
Tommy Reamon            1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jerrel Wilson 65 2,729 42.0 8 14 1 38 365 33.4 Mike Nott 1 35 35.0 0 0 0 1 11 24.0 Jan Stenerud 1 28 28.0 0 1 0 0 0 28.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jan Stenerud 0/0 7/12 6/8 7/15 1/3 21/38 27/33 90 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Billy Andrews 1 11 0 Gary Barbaro 3 27 0 Tim Collier 2 10 0 Jimbo Elrod 1 3 0 Larry Estes 5.5 Tim Gray 1.0 4 19 0 Willie Lanier 3 28 0 Willie Lee 1.0 John Lohmeyer 4.0 Jim Lynch 2 7 0 Bob Maddox 4.0 Whitney Paul 3.5 Kerry Reardon 5 26 0 Keith Simons 0.5 Emmitt Thomas 2 30 0 Jim Wolf 1.0 Wilbur Young 1.5

1976 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 OG Rod Walters 55 Iowa 2 41 DT Cliff Frazier 14 UCLA 3 63 DT Keith Simons 49 Minnesota [pick acquired from NO via SF] 3 74 DB Gary Barbaro 101 Nicholls State [pick acquired from NYG via GB] 3 79 WR Henry Marshall 165 Missouri [pick acquired from HOU] 5 137 DT Willie Lee 28 Bethune-Cookman 5 144 LB Jimbo Elrod 40 Oklahoma [pick acquired from HOU] 6 166 DB Steve Taylor 14 Kansas [pick acquired from GB via HOU] 6 167 LB Bob Gregolunas Northern Illinois 6 172 OT Calvin Harper Illinois State [pick acquired from WAS] 7 196 RB Rod Wellington Iowa 8 222 C Orrin Olsen 14 Brigham Young 9 249 DB Tim Collier 94 East Texas State 10 277 DE Whitney Paul 155 Colorado 11 304 TE Bob Squires Hastings 12 331 WR Harold Porter S.W. Louisiana 13 361 QB Joe Bruner N.E. Louisiana 14 388 OT Rick Thurman Texas 15 415 LB Dave Rozumek 45 New Hampshire 16 445 P Dennis Anderson Arizona 17 472 RB Pat McNeil 13 Baylor

Traded draft picks: #3 to GB (Mike McCoy), #4 to CIN (Tony Davis)


Transactions:

02-1976Buck Buchanan retired
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Jim Kearney in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Lawrence Williams in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Rocky Rasley in expansion draft
04-13-1976traded Mike Sensibaugh and Marvin Upshaw to Cardinals for Tim Gray
05-01-1976Len Dawson retired
06-01-1976traded Otis Taylor to Oilers for Houston's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
08-24-1976traded John Matuszak to Redskins for Washington's #8 pick in the 1977 draft and another draft pick
08-27-1976traded Kansas City's #5 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for Tommy Reamon


1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/76 vs San Diego Chargers L 16-30 0-1-0 09/20/76 vs Oakland Raiders L 21-24 0-2-0 09/26/76 vs New Orleans Saints L 17-27 0-3-0 10/03/76 at Buffalo Bills L 17-50 0-4-0 10/10/76 at Washington Redskins W 33-30 1-4-0 10/17/76 at Miami Dolphins W 20-17 (OT) 2-4-0 10/24/76 vs Denver Broncos L 26-35 2-5-0 10/31/76 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 28-19 3-5-0 11/07/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-45 3-6-0 11/14/76 at Oakland Raiders L 10-21 3-7-0 11/21/76 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 24-27 3-8-0 11/28/76 at San Diego Chargers W 23-20 4-8-0 12/05/76 at Denver Broncos L 16-17 4-9-0 12/12/76 vs Cleveland Browns W 39-14 5-9-0

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