1978 Kansas City Chiefs: 4-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 02-1978 | Jim Lynch retired |
| 04-24-1978 | traded Willie Lanier to Colts for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 04-26-1978 | traded Jerrel Wilson to Oilers for an undisclosed 1979 draft pick |
| 05-02-1978 | traded 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 |
| 05-03-1978 | traded Wilbur Young to Chargers for Larry Dorsey |
| 06-15-1978 | Ed Podolak retired |
| 07-06-1978 | traded Keith Simons to Saints for New Orleans' #9 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-16-1978 | traded John Brockington to Lions for Eddie Payton |
| 08-27-1978 | traded Kansas City's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Rams for George Johnson |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed John McDaniel on waivers from Bengals |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed Charles Jackson on waivers from Broncos |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed Dave Lindstrom on waivers from Chargers |
| 08-30-1978 | claimed Larry Marshall on waivers from Eagles |
| 08-30-1978 | traded John McDaniel to Redskins for Washington's #10 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-13-1978 | traded Larry Brunson to Raiders for Oakland's #10 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 10-10-1978 | placed Bill Kellar on injured reserve |
| 10-10-1978 | placed 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