1977 Kansas City Chiefs roster and stats

1977 Kansas City Chiefs: 2-12-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (106 points scored, 162 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (119 points scored, 187 allowed) Head Coaches: Paul Wiggin (1-6-0), Tom Bettis (1-6-0) 225 points scored (17th of 28 teams), 349 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 190 374 2,093 (12) 4.96 11 26 456 1,843 (20) 4.0 13 3,936 (16) 47 Defense: 175 333 2,022 (14) 5.65 15 21 632 2,971 (28) 4.7 23 4,993 (28) 44

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Jan Stenerud K 14 6'2 187 34 11 Montana State 10 Mike Livingston QB 13 6'3 211 31 10 Southern Methodist 11 Tony Adams QB 14 6'0 198 27 3 Utah State 14 Ed Podolak RB 13 6'1 206 30 9 Iowa 18 Emmitt Thomas DB 14 6'2 192 34 12 Bishop 21 Arnold Morgado RB 14 6'0 210 25 1 Hawaii 22 Ted McKnight RB 13 6'1 203 23 R Minnesota-Duluth 24 Gary Green DB 11 5'11 184 22 R Baylor 25 Ricky Wesson DB 14 5'9 163 22 R Southern Methodist 26 Gary Barbaro DB 14 6'4 198 23 2 Nicholls State 32 Tony Reed RB 14 5'11 197 22 R Colorado 37 Tim Collier DB 9 6'0 166 23 2 East Texas State 39 Mark Bailey RB 14 6'3 237 22 R Long Beach State 40 Ricky Davis DB 13 6'1 180 24 3 Alabama 42 MacArthur Lane RB 3 6'0 220 35 10 Utah State 43 John Brockington RB 10 6'1 225 29 7 Ohio State 44 Jerrel Wilson P 14 6'4 222 36 15 Southern Mississippi 45 Pat McNeil RB 1 5'9 208 23 2 Baylor 46 Tim Gray DB 10 6'1 200 24 3 Texas A&M 47 Chris Golub DB 1 6'2 196 22 R Kansas 51 Jim Lynch LB 11 6'1 225 32 11 Notre Dame 52 Tom Howard LB 13 6'2 208 23 R Texas Tech 53 Billy Andrews LB 14 6'0 220 32 11 Southeastern Louisiana 55 Dave Rozumek LB 14 6'2 212 23 2 New Hampshire 56 Charlie Ane C 14 6'1 233 25 3 Michigan State 57 Jimbo Elrod LB 14 6'0 223 23 2 Oklahoma 58 Jack Rudnay C 14 6'3 240 29 8 Northwestern 59 Ray Burks LB 13 6'3 217 22 R UCLA 60 Matt Herkenhoff OT 14 6'4 255 26 2 Minnesota 61 Cliff Frazier DT 14 6'4 265 24 1 UCLA 62 Darius Helton OG 6 6'2 260 23 R North Carolina Central 63 Willie Lanier LB 14 6'1 245 32 11 Morgan State 64 Whitney Paul LB 14 6'3 220 24 2 Colorado 65 Tom Condon OG 14 6'3 240 25 4 Boston College 66 Tom Wickert OT 5 6'4 248 25 4 Washington State 70 Jim Nicholson OT 12 6'6 275 28 4 Michigan State 72 Keith Simons DT 14 6'3 254 23 2 Minnesota 73 Bob Simmons OG 14 6'4 260 23 1 Texas 77 Charlie Getty OT 14 6'4 260 25 4 Penn State 78 Willie Lee DT 14 6'5 249 27 2 Bethune-Cookman 80 Lawrence Williams WR 6 5'10 173 24 2 Texas Tech 81 Tony Samuels TE 14 6'4 229 22 R Bethune-Cookman 83 Larry Brunson WR 11 5'11 180 28 4 Colorado 84 Charlie Wade WR 5 5'10 163 27 3 Tennessee State 85 Ed Beckman TE 14 6'4 223 22 R Florida State 87 John Lohmeyer DE 14 6'4 229 26 4 Emporia State 88 Walter White TE 13 6'3 218 26 3 Maryland 89 Henry Marshall WR 14 6'2 205 23 2 Missouri 99 Wilbur Young DE 13 6'6 290 28 7 William Penn

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Mike Livingston 282 143 50.7 1,823 6.46 12.7 9 3.2 15 5.3 30 285 59.8 Tony Adams 92 47 51.1 691 7.51 14.7 2 2.2 11 12.0 18 136 43.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter White           48    674   14.0    5
Ed Podolak             32    313    9.8    0
Henry Marshall         23    445   19.3    4
Larry Brunson          20    295   14.8    0
John Brockington       19    222   11.7    1
Mark Bailey            17    206   12.1    1
Tony Reed              12    125   10.4    0
Lawrence Williams       7     94   13.4    0
Tony Samuels            5     65   13.0    0
MacArthur Lane          3     40   13.3    0
Arnold Morgado          2     21   10.5    0
Ted McKnight            1     11   11.0    0
Ed Beckman              1      3    3.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ed Podolak            133    550    4.1    5
Tony Reed             126    505    4.0    2
Mark Bailey            66    266    4.0    2
John Brockington       54    161    3.0    1
MacArthur Lane         25     79    3.2    1
Mike Livingston        19     78    4.1    1
Ted McKnight           11     74    6.7    0
Ray Burks               1     51   51.0    0
Lawrence Williams       2     30   15.0    1
Tony Adams              5     21    4.2    0
Arnold Morgado          3     12    4.0    0
Henry Marshall          7     11    1.6    0
Larry Brunson           2      8    4.0    0
Walter White            2     -3   -1.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Lawrence Williams      17    319   18.8    0
Ted McKnight           12    305   25.4    0
Tony Reed              11    239   21.7    0
Larry Brunson          11    216   19.6    0
Ricky Wesson            7    129   18.4    0
Mark Bailey             3     46   15.3    0
Ray Burks               1     15   15.0    0
Charlie Getty           1     15   15.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Larry Brunson          20    108    5.4    0    0
Gary Green             14    115    8.2    2    0
Ed Podolak              2     13    6.5    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jerrel Wilson 88 3,510 39.9 5 11 1 50 703 30.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jan Stenerud 0/0 6/6 2/5 0/5 0/2 8/18 27/28 51 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Gary Barbaro 1.0 8 165 1 Tim Collier 2 134 1 Jimbo Elrod 1.0 Cliff Frazier 1.0 Tim Gray 4.0 2 16 0 Gary Green 3 19 0 Tom Howard 1 0 0 Willie Lee 5.0 John Lohmeyer 2.0 Jim Lynch 1.0 3 8 0 Whitney Paul 3.5 1 6 0 Keith Simons 1.0 Emmitt Thomas 1 0 0 Wilbur Young 5.5

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 DB Gary Green 132 Baylor 2 37 RB Tony Reed 71 Colorado 3 67 LB Tom Howard 113 Texas Tech 4 92 RB Mark Bailey 27 Long Beach State [pick acquired from PHI] 4 94 TE Tony Samuels 56 Bethune-Cookman 4 95 OG Darius Helton 6 North Carolina Central [pick acquired from HOU] 4 104 DB Eric Harris 71 Memphis [pick acquired from WAS] 6 150 DE Rick Burleson Texas 6 167 RB Andre Herrera Southern Illinois [pick acquired from OAK via TB, CHI] 7 177 DB Chris Golub 1 Kansas 8 204 LB Ron Olsonoski St. Thomas (Mn.) 8 215 WR Waddell Smith 2 Kansas [pick acquired from WAS] 9 226 DE Derrick Glanton Bishop [pick acquired from BUF] 9 234 OT Dave Green New Mexico 10 261 QB Mark Vitali Purdue 11 288 WR Maurice Mitchell Northern Michigan 12 318 LB Raymond Burks 13 UCLA

Traded draft picks: #5 to PIT (Cliff Stoudt)

Transactions:

03-1977	traded Cliff Frazier to Eagles for Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1977 draft and #5 pick in the 1978 draft
05-02-1977	traded Tommy Reamon to Bears for Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft
09-14-1977	claimed Ted McKnight on waivers from Raiders
12-17-1977	placed Ed Podolak on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    at New England Patriots    L 17-21       0-1-0
09/25/77    vs San Diego Chargers      L 7-23        0-2-0
10/03/77    vs Oakland Raiders         L 28-37       0-3-0
10/09/77    at Denver Broncos          L 7-23        0-4-0
10/16/77    vs Baltimore Colts         L 6-17        0-5-0
10/23/77    at San Diego Chargers      W 21-16       1-5-0
10/30/77    at Cleveland Browns        L 7-44        1-6-0
11/06/77    vs Green Bay Packers       W 20-10       2-6-0
11/13/77    at Chicago Bears           L 27-28       2-7-0
11/20/77    vs Denver Broncos          L 7-14        2-8-0
11/27/77    at Houston Oilers          L 20-34       2-9-0
12/04/77    vs Cincinnati Bengals      L 7-27        2-10-0
12/11/77    vs Seattle Seahawks        L 31-34       2-11-0
12/18/77    at Oakland Raiders         L 20-21       2-12-0

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