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1980 Kansas City Chiefs: 8-8-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (139 points scored, 170 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (180 points scored, 166 allowed) Head Coach: Marv Levy 319 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 336 points allowed (19th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 237 401 2,448 (27) 5.34 15 14 552 1,873 (18) 3.4 15 4,321 (28) 30 Defense: 278 523 3,109 (10) 5.55 25 28 536 2,206 (21) 4.1 17 5,315 (18) 43


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Bob Grupp P 16 5'11 193 25 2 Duke 2 Tom Clements QB 1 6'0 183 27 1 Notre Dame 4 Steve Fuller QB 14 6'4 198 23 2 Clemson 8 Nick Lowery K 16 6'4 190 24 2 Dartmouth 9 Bill Kenney QB 3 6'4 210 25 1 Northern Colorado 21 Arnold Morgado RB 11 6'0 205 28 4 Hawaii 22 Ted McKnight RB 16 6'1 216 26 4 Minnesota-Duluth 23 Earl Gant RB 4 6'0 207 23 2 Missouri 24 Gary Green DB 16 5'11 184 25 4 Baylor 26 Gary Barbaro DB 16 6'4 204 26 5 Nicholls State 27 Donovan Rose DB 7 6'1 180 23 1 Hampton 31 Jerry Reese DB 14 6'3 192 25 2 Oklahoma 32 Tony Reed RB 15 5'11 197 25 4 Colorado 35 Horace Belton RB 14 5'8 200 25 3 Southeastern Louisiana 41 Herb Christopher DB 16 5'10 190 26 2 Morris Brown 42 M.L. Carter DB 7 5'9 173 24 2 San Jose State 44 Eric Harris DB 15 6'3 191 25 1 Memphis 45 Ken Talton RB 2 6'0 205 24 1 Cornell 46 Paul Dombroski DB 16 6'0 185 24 1 Linfield 48 James Hadnot RB 13 6'2 244 23 R Texas Tech 50 Clarence Sanders LB 1 6'4 230 27 2 Cincinnati 50 Cal Peterson LB 16 6'3 220 28 5 UCLA 51 Charles Jackson LB 16 6'2 220 25 3 Washington 52 Tom Howard LB 16 6'2 208 26 4 Texas Tech 53 Whitney Paul LB 12 6'3 220 27 5 Colorado 54 Frank Manumaleuga LB 16 6'2 245 24 2 San Jose State 56 Charlie Ane C 16 6'1 237 28 6 Michigan State 57 Jerry Blanton LB 16 6'1 225 23 2 Kentucky 58 Jack Rudnay C 12 6'3 242 32 11 Northwestern 59 Gary Spani LB 16 6'2 230 24 3 Kansas State 60 Matt Herkenhoff OT 14 6'4 270 29 5 Minnesota 61 Don Parrish DT 16 6'2 259 25 3 Pittsburgh 62 Kelly Kirchbaum LB 1 6'2 240 23 1 Kentucky 65 Tom Condon OG 16 6'3 254 28 7 Boston College 66 Brad Budde OG 16 6'4 255 22 R Southern California 67 Art Still DE 16 6'7 252 24 3 Kentucky 70 Jim Rourke OT 15 6'5 264 23 1 Boston College 71 Dave Lindstrom DE 16 6'6 257 25 3 Boston University 72 Brad Oates OT 1 6'6 275 27 5 Brigham Young 72 Franky Smith OT 4 6'6 279 24 1 Alabama A&M 73 Bob Simmons OG 15 6'4 260 26 4 Texas 74 Dino Mangiero DT 16 6'2 265 21 R Rutgers 75 Sylvester Hicks DE 10 6'4 252 25 3 Tennessee State 76 Rod Walters OG 6 6'3 258 26 4 Iowa 77 Charlie Getty OT 6 6'4 269 28 7 Penn State 79 Jerry Meyers DE 2 6'4 253 26 5 Northern Illinois 80 Mike Williams TE 16 6'3 222 23 2 New Mexico 80 Bubba Garcia WR 5 5'11 185 23 R Texas-El Paso 81 Tony Samuels TE 4 6'4 233 25 4 Bethune-Cookman 84 Al Dixon TE 12 6'5 220 26 4 Iowa State 85 Ed Beckman TE 16 6'4 226 25 4 Florida State 86 J.T. Smith WR 16 6'2 185 25 3 North Texas State 87 Stan Rome WR 10 6'5 205 24 2 Clemson 88 Carlos Carson WR 16 5'10 172 21 R Louisiana State 89 Henry Marshall WR 16 6'2 214 26 5 Missouri 91 Ken Kremer DT 14 6'4 250 23 2 Ball State 99 Mike Bell DE 2 6'4 255 23 2 Colorado State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Fuller 320 193 60.3 2,250 7.03 11.7 10 3.1 12 3.8 49 348 76.4 Bill Kenney 69 37 53.6 542 7.86 14.6 5 7.2 2 2.9 5 43 91.6 Tom Clements 12 7 58.3 77 6.42 11.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 30 77.4
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Henry Marshall         47    799   17.0    6
J.T. Smith             46    655   14.2    2
Tony Reed              44    422    9.6    1
Ted McKnight           38    320    8.4    0
James Hadnot           15     97    6.5    0
Earl Gant               9     68    7.6    0
Tony Samuels            8    110   13.8    2
Al Dixon                7    115   16.4    1
Horace Belton           5     94   18.8    0
Carlos Carson           5     68   13.6    0
Arnold Morgado          5     27    5.4    1
Stan Rome               3     58   19.3    0
Bubba Garcia            3     27    9.0    1
Mike Williams           2      9    4.5    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ted McKnight          206    693    3.4    3
Steve Fuller           60    274    4.6    4
Horace Belton          68    273    4.0    2
James Hadnot           76    244    3.2    2
Tony Reed              68    180    2.6    0
Arnold Morgado         47    120    2.6    4
Carlos Carson           2     41   20.5    0
Earl Gant               9     32    3.6    0
Henry Marshall          3     22    7.3    0
Bill Kenney             8      8    1.0    0
Tom Clements            2      0    0.0    0
Bob Grupp               3    -14   -4.7    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Carlos Carson          40    917   22.9    0
Horace Belton           6    110   18.3    0
Mike Williams           4     79   19.8    0
Earl Gant               3     44   14.7    0
Ed Beckman              3     38   12.7    0
Brad Budde              3     28    9.3    0
Arnold Morgado          2     33   16.5    0
Al Dixon                1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
J.T. Smith             40    581   14.5    8    2
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Grupp 84 3,317 39.5 8 23 1 44 289 33.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Lowery 0/0 6/6 7/9 3/4 4/7 20/26 37/37 97 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Gary Barbaro 10 163 0 Mike Bell 1.5 Herb Christopher 2 25 0 Paul Dombroski 1 6 0 Gary Green 2 25 0 Eric Harris 7 54 0 Sylvester Hicks 1.0 Tom Howard 3.0 Ken Kremer 4.0 Dave Lindstrom 4.0 Dino Mangiero 1.0 1 0 0 Frank Manumaleuga 3 44 1 Don Parrish 3.5 Whitney Paul 0.5 1 0 0 Cal Peterson 0.5 Gary Spani 2.5 1 47 1 Art Still 14.5
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 OG Brad Budde 92 USC 3 66 RB James Hadnot 43 Texas Tech 4 94 LB Dave Klug 26 Concordia 5 114 WR Carlos Carson 126 LSU [pick acquired from BAL] 5 115 DT Dan Pensick Nebraska [pick acquired from STL] 6 147 WR Bubba Garcia 6 Texas-El Paso 6 164 RB Larry Heater 29 Arizona [pick acquired from LA] 8 203 LB Sam Stepney Boston University 9 230 WR Tom Donovan 5 Penn State 10 261 OT Rob Martinovich Notre Dame 11 287 DT Dale Markham 3 North Dakota 12 314 LB Mike Brewington East Carolina

Traded draft picks: #2 to HOU (Angelo Fields), #5 to DET (Tommie Ginn), #7 to LA (Kirk Collins)


Transactions:
04-09-1980traded Mark Bailey to Colts for Baltimore's #5 pick in the 1980 draft
04-10-1980traded Kansas City's #5 pick and #9 San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft to Lions for Larry Tearry
04-25-1980traded Walter White to Cardinals for a third round pick (trade later voided when White failed to report)
04-29-1980traded Walter White and Kansas City's #7 pick in the 1980 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1980 draft and #3 pick in the 1981 draft
07-09-1980Chargers claimed Jim Nicholson on waivers
10-16-1980traded Rod Walters to Dolphins for an undisclosed draft pick
12-18-1980claimed Kelly Kirchbaum on waivers from Jets


1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    vs Oakland Raiders         L 14-27       0-1-0
09/14/80    vs Seattle Seahawks        L 16-17       0-2-0
09/21/80    at Cleveland Browns        L 13-20       0-3-0
09/28/80    vs San Diego Chargers      L 7-24        0-4-0
10/05/80    at Oakland Raiders         W 31-17       1-4-0
10/12/80    vs Houston Oilers          W 21-20       2-4-0
10/19/80    at Denver Broncos          W 23-17       3-4-0
10/26/80    vs Detroit Lions           W 20-17       4-4-0
11/02/80    vs Baltimore Colts         L 24-31       4-5-0
11/09/80    at Seattle Seahawks        W 31-30       5-5-0
11/16/80    at San Diego Chargers      L 7-20        5-6-0
11/23/80    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 21-13       6-6-0
11/30/80    vs Cincinnati Bengals      L 6-20        6-7-0
12/07/80    vs Denver Broncos          W 31-14       7-7-0
12/14/80    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 16-21       7-8-0
12/21/80    at Baltimore Colts         W 38-28       8-8-0

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