1979 Kansas City Chiefs: 7-9-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-5-0 (154 points scored, 150 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (84 points scored, 112 allowed) Head Coach: Marv Levy 238 points scored (26th of 28 teams), 262 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 190 361 1,660 (28) 4.12 7 18 569 2,316 (13) 4.1 18 3,976 (27) 36 Defense: 296 528 3,124 (22) 5.52 22 23 522 1,847 ( 6) 3.5 8 4,971 (12) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Bob Grupp P 16 5'11 193 24 1 Duke 3 Jan Stenerud K 16 6'2 187 36 13 Montana State 4 Steve Fuller QB 16 6'4 198 22 R Clemson 10 Mike Livingston QB 5 6'3 210 33 12 Southern Methodist 20 Horace Perkins DB 16 5'11 180 25 1 Colorado 21 Arnold Morgado RB 11 6'0 210 27 3 Hawaii 22 Ted McKnight RB 15 6'1 205 25 3 Minnesota-Duluth 23 Earl Gant RB 16 6'0 207 22 R Missouri 24 Gary Green DB 16 5'11 184 24 3 Baylor 26 Gary Barbaro DB 16 6'4 204 25 4 Nicholls State 31 Jerry Reese DB 7 6'3 192 24 1 Oklahoma 32 Tony Reed RB 11 5'11 197 24 3 Colorado 34 Wilbert Haslip RB 5 5'11 212 22 R Hawaii 35 Horace Belton RB 16 5'8 200 24 2 Southeastern Louisiana 37 Tim Collier DB 15 6'0 174 25 4 East Texas State 38 Gerald Jackson DB 16 6'1 195 23 R Mississippi State 41 Herb Christopher DB 9 5'10 190 25 1 Morris Brown 42 M.L. Carter DB 16 5'9 173 23 1 San Jose State 50 Cal Peterson LB 16 6'3 220 27 4 UCLA 51 Charles Jackson LB 12 6'2 236 24 2 Washington 52 Tom Howard LB 16 6'2 208 25 3 Texas Tech 54 Frank Manumaleuga LB 15 6'2 245 23 R San Jose State 55 Dave Rozumek LB 7 6'1 222 25 4 New Hampshire 56 Charlie Ane C 16 6'1 237 27 5 Michigan State 57 Jerry Blanton LB 16 6'1 225 22 1 Kentucky 58 Jack Rudnay C 16 6'3 240 31 10 Northwestern 59 Gary Spani LB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Kansas State 60 Matt Herkenhoff OT 5 6'4 255 28 4 Minnesota 61 Don Parrish DT 16 6'2 255 24 2 Pittsburgh 64 Whitney Paul LB 15 6'3 220 26 4 Colorado 65 Tom Condon OG 16 6'3 254 27 6 Boston College 67 Art Still DE 16 6'7 252 23 2 Kentucky 70 Jim Nicholson OT 15 6'6 275 30 6 Michigan State 71 Dave Lindstrom DE 13 6'6 257 24 2 Boston University 73 Bob Simmons OG 16 6'4 260 25 3 Texas 75 Sylvester Hicks DE 16 6'4 252 24 2 Tennessee State 76 Rod Walters OG 16 6'3 258 25 3 Iowa 77 Charlie Getty OT 16 6'4 269 27 6 Penn State 79 Larry Brown OT 4 6'5 264 24 2 Miami 80 Mike Williams RB 14 6'3 222 22 R New Mexico 80 Johnnie Dirden WR 4 6'0 190 27 2 Sam Houston State 81 Tony Samuels TE 16 6'4 229 24 3 Bethune-Cookman 83 Steve Gaunty WR 9 5'10 175 22 R Northern Colorado 84 Al Dixon TE 3 6'5 220 25 3 Iowa State 85 Ed Beckman TE 9 6'4 226 24 3 Florida State 86 J.T. Smith WR 16 6'2 185 24 2 North Texas State 87 Stan Rome WR 9 6'5 205 23 R Clemson 88 Walter White TE 6 6'3 218 28 5 Maryland 89 Henry Marshall WR 16 6'2 205 25 4 Missouri 90 Curtis Anderson DE 6 6'6 250 22 R Central State 91 Ken Kremer DT 16 6'4 250 22 R Ball State 99 Mike Bell DE 11 6'4 255 22 R Colorado State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Fuller 270 146 54.1 1,484 5.50 10.2 6 2.2 14 5.2 37 244 55.8 Mike Livingston 90 44 48.9 469 5.21 10.7 1 1.1 4 4.4 5 49 49.7 Bob Grupp 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ted McKnight 38 226 5.9 0 Tony Reed 34 352 10.4 0 J.T. Smith 33 444 13.5 3 Henry Marshall 21 332 15.8 1 Mike Williams 16 129 8.1 2 Earl Gant 15 101 6.7 0 Tony Samuels 14 147 10.5 0 Steve Gaunty 5 87 17.4 1 Arnold Morgado 5 55 11.0 0 Horace Belton 4 44 11.0 0 Walter White 3 15 5.0 0 Ed Beckman 2 21 10.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ted McKnight 153 755 4.9 8 Tony Reed 113 446 3.9 1 Steve Fuller 50 264 5.3 1 Mike Williams 69 261 3.8 1 Arnold Morgado 75 231 3.1 4 Earl Gant 56 196 3.5 1 Horace Belton 44 134 3.0 1 Henry Marshall 2 34 17.0 1 Mike Livingston 3 2 0.7 0 Wilbert Haslip 2 1 0.5 0 Frank Manumaleuga 1 -3 -3.0 0 Stan Rome 1 -5 -5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Horace Belton 22 463 21.0 0 Steve Gaunty 12 271 22.6 0 Johnnie Dirden 7 154 22.0 0 Earl Gant 4 75 18.8 0 Ted McKnight 2 34 17.0 0 Wilbert Haslip 1 7 7.0 0 Tim Collier 1 0 0.0 0 Arnold Morgado 1 0 0.0 0 Cal Peterson 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD J.T. Smith 58 612 10.6 10 2 |
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 DE Mike Bell 135 Colorado State 1 23 QB Steve Fuller 90 Clemson [pick acquired from HOU] 4 85 LB Frank Manumaleuga 35 San Jose State 5 112 RB Earl Gant 20 Missouri 6 140 WR Robert Gaines Washington 7 167 DE Ken Kremer 87 Ball State 8 195 RB Mike Williams 33 New Mexico 8 218 OG Robert Brewer Temple [pick acquired from LA via STL] 9 222 TE James Folston Cameron (Ok.) 9 229 OT Joe Robinson Ohio State [pick acquired from NO] 10 251 LB Mike DuPree Florida 10 260 DB Gerald Jackson 16 Mississippi State [pick acquired from WAS] 11 277 WR Stan Rome 42 Clemson 12 305 RB Michael Forrest Arkansas
Traded draft picks: #2 to HOU (Mike Stensrud), #3 to LA (Jeff Moore)
Transactions:
| 04-27-1979 | traded Jimbo Elrod to Cardinals for Los Angeles' #8 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 05-03-1979 | traded Kansas City's #2 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts to Oilers for Houston's #1 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 07-24-1979 | placed Daryl Mills on injured reserve |
| 07-24-1979 | placed Tony Green on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Tim Gray to 49ers for San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Bill Kellar on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1979 | 49ers claimed Pete Woods on waivers |
| 08-28-1979 | traded Mark Bailey (trade voided when Bailey refused to report) to Eagles for a pick in the 1980 draft |
| 10-05-1979 | placed Walter White on injured reserve |
| 10-09-1979 | placed Mike Bell on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 vs Baltimore Colts W 14-0 1-0-0 09/09/79 vs Cleveland Browns L 24-27 1-1-0 09/16/79 at Houston Oilers L 6-20 1-2-0 09/23/79 vs Oakland Raiders W 35-7 2-2-0 09/30/79 at Seattle Seahawks W 24-6 3-2-0 10/07/79 at Cincinnati Bengals W 10-7 4-2-0 10/14/79 vs Denver Broncos L 10-24 4-3-0 10/21/79 vs New York Giants L 17-21 4-4-0 10/28/79 at Denver Broncos L 3-20 4-5-0 11/04/79 vs San Diego Chargers L 14-20 4-6-0 11/11/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-30 4-7-0 11/18/79 at Oakland Raiders W 24-21 5-7-0 11/25/79 at San Diego Chargers L 7-28 5-8-0 12/02/79 vs Seattle Seahawks W 37-21 6-8-0 12/09/79 at Baltimore Colts W 10-7 7-8-0 12/16/79 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 0-3 7-9-0