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1978 Kansas City Chiefs: 4-12-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (121 points scored, 119 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (122 points scored, 208 allowed) Head Coach: Marv Levy

243 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 327 points allowed (22nd) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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:   204   370   1,834   (27)   4.69    7   16    663   2,986   ( 2)    4.5   19    4,820    (15)      34
Defense:   219   365   2,582   (17)   6.55   17   21    602   2,384   (18)    4.0   21    4,966    (20)      35

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Jan Stenerud         K     16   6'2   187   35   12   Montana State
 7  Zenon Andrusyshyn    P     16   6'2   210   31    1   UCLA
10  Mike Livingston      QB    14   6'3   210   32   11   Southern Methodist
11  Tony Adams           QB    16   6'0   196   28    4   Utah State
18  Emmitt Thomas        DB    16   6'2   192   35   13   Bishop
21  Arnold Morgado       RB    16   6'0   210   26    2   Hawaii
22  Larry Marshall       RB     2   5'10  195   28    7   Maryland
22  Ted McKnight         RB    16   6'1   203   24    2   Minnesota-Duluth
24  Gary Green           DB    16   5'11  184   23    2   Baylor
26  Gary Barbaro         DB    16   6'4   198   24    3   Nicholls State
27  Ray Milo             DB     1   5'11  178   24    R   New Mexico State
29  Clyde Powers         DB     1   6'1   195   27    5   Oklahoma
32  Tony Reed            RB    16   5'11  197   23    2   Colorado
34  Eddie Payton         RB    14   5'8   175   27    2   Jackson State
35  Horace Belton        RB    16   5'9   200   23    R   Southeastern Louisiana
37  Tim Collier          DB    15   6'0   166   24    3   East Texas State
38  Ricky Odom           DB     8   6'0   183   22    R   Southern California
39  Mark Bailey          RB    13   6'3   237   23    2   Long Beach State
42  MacArthur Lane       RB    16   6'0   220   36   11   Utah State
46  Tim Gray             DB    14   6'1   200   25    4   Texas A&M
48  Ted Burgmeier        DB     8   5'10  185   22    R   Notre Dame
50  Clarence Sanders     LB    16   6'4   228   25    1   Cincinnati
51  Charles Jackson      LB    16   6'2   236   23    1   Washington
52  Tom Howard           LB    16   6'2   208   24    2   Texas Tech
55  Dave Rozumek         LB    16   6'1   212   24    3   New Hampshire
56  Charlie Ane          C     16   6'1   233   26    4   Michigan State
57  Jimbo Elrod          LB    16   6'0   223   24    3   Oklahoma
58  Jack Rudnay          C     16   6'3   240   30    9   Northwestern
59  Gary Spani           LB    14   6'2   230   22    R   Kansas State
60  Matt Herkenhoff      OT    16   6'4   255   27    3   Minnesota
61  Don Parrish          DT    15   6'2   255   23    1   Pittsburgh
64  Whitney Paul         LB    16   6'3   220   25    3   Colorado
65  Tom Condon           OG    16   6'3   240   26    5   Boston College
67  Art Still            DE    16   6'7   252   22    R   Kentucky
70  Jim Nicholson        OT     6   6'6   275   29    5   Michigan State
71  Dave Lindstrom       DE    16   6'6   249   23    1   Boston University
72  Stan Johnson         DT    10   6'4   275   23    R   Tennessee State
73  Bob Simmons          OG    16   6'4   260   24    2   Texas
74  Jeff Lloyd           DT    16   6'6   255   24    2   West Texas State
75  Sylvester Hicks      DE    16   6'4   248   23    R   Tennessee State
76  Rod Walters          OG    16   6'3   258   24    2   Iowa
77  Charlie Getty        OT    16   6'4   260   26    5   Penn State
79  Larry Brown          OT     1   6'5   260   23    R   Miami
80  Larry Dorsey         WR    16   6'1   195   25    3   Tennessee State
81  Tony Samuels         TE    16   6'4   229   23    2   Bethune-Cookman
82  Bill Kellar          WR     5   5'11  187   22    R   Stanford
83  Jerrold McRae        WR     4   6'1   201   23    R   Tennessee State
85  Ed Beckman           TE    16   6'4   223   23    2   Florida State
86  J.T. Smith           WR     6   6'2   185   23    R   North Texas State
88  Walter White         TE    16   6'3   218   27    4   Maryland
89  Henry Marshall       WR    16   6'2   205   24    3   Missouri

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Mike Livingston      290  159   54.8  1,573   5.42   9.9   5   1.7   13   4.5    18   171    57.4
Tony Adams            79   44   55.7    415   5.25   9.4   2   2.5    3   3.8     3    27    63.0
Walter White           1    1  100.0     44  44.00  44.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Reed              48    483   10.1    1
Walter White           42    340    8.1    1
MacArthur Lane         36    279    7.8    0
Henry Marshall         26    433   16.7    2
Ted McKnight           14     83    5.9    1
Horace Belton          11     88    8.0    0
Larry Dorsey            9    169   18.8    2
Arnold Morgado          7     47    6.7    0
Tony Samuels            6     97   16.2    0
Mark Bailey             5     13    2.6    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Reed             206  1,053    5.1    5
Ted McKnight          104    627    6.0    6
Arnold Morgado        160    593    3.7    7
Mark Bailey            83    298    3.6    0
MacArthur Lane         52    277    5.3    0
Horace Belton          24     79    3.3    0
Mike Livingston        23     49    2.1    1
Tony Adams              9     15    1.7    0
Zenon Andrusyshyn       1      0    0.0    0
Henry Marshall          1     -5   -5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Eddie Payton           30    775   25.8    0
Horace Belton           9    227   25.2    0
Larry Marshall          7    173   24.7    0
Arnold Morgado          5    100   20.0    0
Ed Beckman              3     74   24.7    0
Ted McKnight            3     65   21.7    0
Clarence Sanders        2     15    7.5    0
Gary Green              1     27   27.0    0
Whitney Paul            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Eddie Payton           32    364   11.4    2    0
Henry Marshall          6     51    8.5    0    0
Ted Burgmeier           4     59   14.8    2    0
Gary Green              1      6    6.0    0    0
Clarence Sanders        1      5    5.0    0    0
Larry Dorsey            1      3    3.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Zenon Andrusyshyn 79 3,247 41.1 7 18 1 50 538 32.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Jan Stenerud 1/1 8/10 6/9 5/7 0/3 20/30 25/26 85 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Gary Barbaro 3 92 0 Tim Collier 3 38 0 Jimbo Elrod 2.0 Tim Gray 6 118 0 Gary Green 1 0 0 Sylvester Hicks 5.5 Tom Howard 5.5 1 0 0 Dave Lindstrom 1.0 Jeff Lloyd 1.0 Don Parrish 2.0 Whitney Paul 4.0 3 21 0 Dave Rozumek 1.5 2 5 0 Art Still 6.5 Emmitt Thomas 2 0 0

1978 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 DE Art Still 167 Kentucky 2 29 DE Sylvester Hicks 43 Tennessee State 3 58 LB Gary Spani 124 Kansas State 4 85 LB Danny Johnson 3 Tennessee State 4 104 QB Pete Woods Missouri [pick acquired from CHI] 5 112 WR Jerrold McRae 9 Tennessee State 5 118 DT Dwight Carey Texas-Arlington [pick acquired from PHI] 5 134 WR Robert Woods 4 Grambling [pick acquired from BAL] 7 168 DB Ricky Odom 14 USC 7 184 WR Bill Kellar 5 Stanford [pick acquired from WAS] 8 195 RB John Henry White Louisiana Tech 9 224 OT Larry Brown 5 Miami 10 251 DE Earl Bryant Jackson State 11 280 DB Ray Milo 1 New Mexico State 12 307 C Willie Brock 4 Colorado

Traded draft picks: #6 to CHI (John Skibinski)


Transactions:

02-1978Jim Lynch retired
04-24-1978traded Willie Lanier to Colts for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
04-26-1978traded Jerrel Wilson to Oilers for an undisclosed 1979 draft pick
05-02-1978traded Houston's #5 pick and Kansas City's #6 pick in the 1978 draft to Bears for Chicago's #4 pick in the 1978 draft
05-03-1978traded Wilbur Young to Chargers for Larry Dorsey
06-15-1978Ed Podolak retired
07-06-1978traded Keith Simons to Saints for New Orleans' #9 pick in the 1979 draft
08-16-1978traded John Brockington to Lions for Eddie Payton
08-27-1978traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Rams for George Johnson
08-29-1978claimed John McDaniel on waivers from Bengals
08-30-1978claimed Charles Jackson on waivers from Broncos
08-30-1978claimed Dave Lindstrom on waivers from Chargers
08-30-1978claimed Larry Marshall on waivers from Eagles
08-30-1978traded John McDaniel to Redskins for Washington's #10 pick in the 1979 draft
09-13-1978traded Larry Brunson to Raiders for Oakland's #10 pick in the 1979 draft
10-10-1978placed Bill Kellar on injured reserve
10-10-1978placed Jim Nicholson on injured reserve


1978 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/03/78 at Cincinnati Bengals W 24-23 1-0-0 09/10/78 vs Houston Oilers L 17-20 1-1-0 09/17/78 at New York Giants L 10-26 1-2-0 09/24/78 vs Denver Broncos L 17-23 (OT) 1-3-0 10/01/78 at Buffalo Bills L 13-28 1-4-0 10/08/78 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13-30 1-5-0 10/15/78 at Oakland Raiders L 6-28 1-6-0 10/22/78 vs Cleveland Browns W 17-3 2-6-0 10/29/78 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 24-27 2-7-0 11/05/78 vs Oakland Raiders L 10-20 2-8-0 11/12/78 at San Diego Chargers L 23-29 (OT) 2-9-0 11/19/78 vs Seattle Seahawks L 10-13 2-10-0 11/26/78 vs San Diego Chargers W 23-0 3-10-0 12/03/78 vs Buffalo Bills W 14-10 4-10-0 12/10/78 at Denver Broncos L 3-24 4-11-0 12/17/78 at Seattle Seahawks L 19-23 4-12-0

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