1981 Kansas City Chiefs roster and stats

1981 Kansas City Chiefs: 9-7-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (188 points scored, 122 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (155 points scored, 168 allowed) Head Coach: Marv Levy 343 points scored (12th of 28 teams), 290 points allowed (10th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 224 410 2,640 (25) 5.91 12 22 610 2,633 ( 3) 4.3 22 5,273 (17) 46 Defense: 291 567 3,626 (23) 6.10 16 26 507 1,747 ( 3) 3.4 17 5,373 (18) 47

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Bob Grupp P 9 5'11 193 26 3 Duke 4 Steve Fuller QB 13 6'4 198 24 3 Clemson 7 Jeff Gossett P 7 6'2 195 24 1 Eastern Illinois 8 Nick Lowery K 16 6'4 190 25 3 Dartmouth 9 Bill Kenney QB 13 6'4 210 26 2 Northern Colorado 20 Deron Cherry DB 13 5'11 185 22 R Rutgers 21 Clark Gaines RB 1 6'1 209 27 6 Wake Forest 22 Ted McKnight RB 5 6'1 216 27 5 Minnesota-Duluth 24 Gary Green DB 16 5'11 184 26 5 Baylor 26 Gary Barbaro DB 16 6'4 204 27 6 Nicholls State 30 Curtis Bledsoe RB 13 5'11 215 24 1 San Diego State 34 Lloyd Burruss DB 16 6'0 201 24 R Maryland 37 Joe Delaney RB 15 5'10 184 23 R Northwestern State-Louisiana 39 Rick Moser RB 1 6'0 210 24 4 Rhode Island 41 Herb Christopher DB 16 5'10 202 27 3 Morris Brown 42 M.L. Carter DB 10 5'9 173 25 3 San Jose State 43 Billy Jackson RB 16 5'10 223 22 R Alabama 44 Eric Harris DB 16 6'3 191 26 2 Memphis 46 Paul Dombroski DB 5 6'0 185 25 2 Linfield 48 James Hadnot RB 16 6'2 244 24 2 Texas Tech 50 Cal Peterson LB 11 6'3 220 29 6 UCLA 51 Charles Jackson LB 14 6'2 220 26 4 Washington 52 Tom Howard LB 9 6'2 215 27 5 Texas Tech 53 Whitney Paul LB 16 6'3 220 28 6 Colorado 54 Frank Manumaleuga LB 4 6'2 245 25 3 San Jose State 55 Dave Klug LB 16 6'4 230 23 1 Concordia 56 Phil Cancik LB 16 6'1 230 24 2 Northern Arizona 57 Jerry Blanton LB 9 6'1 225 24 3 Kentucky 58 Jack Rudnay C 16 6'3 242 33 12 Northwestern 59 Gary Spani LB 16 6'2 230 25 4 Kansas State 60 Matt Herkenhoff OT 16 6'4 270 30 6 Minnesota 61 Don Parrish DT 16 6'2 259 26 4 Pittsburgh 62 Todd Thomas C 15 6'5 262 21 R North Dakota 63 John Olenchalk LB 1 6'0 228 25 1 Stanford 65 Tom Condon OG 16 6'3 272 29 8 Boston College 66 Brad Budde OG 16 6'4 255 23 2 Southern California 67 Art Still DE 11 6'7 252 25 4 Kentucky 70 Jim Rourke OT 12 6'5 265 24 2 Boston College 71 Dave Lindstrom DE 16 6'6 257 26 4 Boston University 73 Bob Simmons OG 4 6'4 260 27 5 Texas 74 Dino Mangiero DT 9 6'2 265 22 2 Rutgers 75 Sylvester Hicks DE 1 6'4 252 26 4 Tennessee State 76 Roger Taylor OT 13 6'6 271 23 R Oklahoma State 77 Charlie Getty OT 16 6'4 269 29 8 Penn State 80 James Murphy WR 10 5'10 177 22 R Utah State 80 Bubba Garcia WR 15 5'11 185 24 2 Texas-El Paso 80 Mike Williams RB 3 6'3 222 24 3 New Mexico 81 Willie Scott TE 16 6'4 245 22 R South Carolina 83 Marvin Harvey TE 7 6'2 220 22 R Southern Mississippi 84 Al Dixon TE 16 6'5 235 27 5 Iowa State 85 Ed Beckman TE 15 6'4 226 26 5 Florida State 86 J.T. Smith WR 16 6'2 185 26 4 North Texas State 87 Stan Rome WR 16 6'5 218 25 3 Clemson 88 Carlos Carson WR 5 5'10 172 22 2 Louisiana State 89 Henry Marshall WR 12 6'2 214 27 6 Missouri 91 Ken Kremer DT 16 6'4 250 24 3 Ball State 95 Frank Case DE 7 6'4 243 23 R Penn State 99 Mike Bell DE 16 6'4 255 24 3 Colorado State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bill Kenney 274 147 53.6 1,983 7.24 13.5 9 3.3 16 5.8 20 160 63.6 Steve Fuller 134 77 57.5 934 6.97 12.1 3 2.2 4 3.0 17 117 74.0 James Hadnot 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 Henry Marshall 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
J.T. Smith             63    852   13.5    2
Henry Marshall         38    620   16.3    4
Al Dixon               29    356   12.3    2
James Hadnot           23    215    9.3    0
Joe Delaney            22    246   11.2    0
Stan Rome              17    203   11.9    1
Ted McKnight            8     77    9.6    0
Carlos Carson           7    179   25.6    1
Billy Jackson           6     31    5.2    1
Willie Scott            5     72   14.4    1
Curtis Bledsoe          3     27    9.0    0
James Murphy            2     36   18.0    0
Mike Williams           1      3    3.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Joe Delaney           234  1,121    4.8    3
James Hadnot          140    603    4.3    3
Billy Jackson         111    398    3.6   10
Ted McKnight           54    195    3.6    5
Steve Fuller           19    118    6.2    0
Bill Kenney            24     89    3.7    1
Henry Marshall          3     69   23.0    0
Curtis Bledsoe         20     65    3.2    0
Mike Williams           2      0    0.0    0
Carlos Carson           1     -1   -1.0    0
Al Dixon                1     -5   -5.0    0
Bob Grupp               1    -19  -19.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
James Murphy           20    457   22.9    0
Carlos Carson          10    227   22.7    0
Curtis Bledsoe          6    117   19.5    0
Lloyd Burruss           5     91   18.2    0
Billy Jackson           3     60   20.0    0
Deron Cherry            3     52   17.3    0
Jim Rourke              2      0    0.0    0
Paul Dombroski          1     21   21.0    0
Joe Delaney             1     11   11.0    0
Mike Williams           1      7    7.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
J.T. Smith             50    528   10.6    7    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Grupp 41 1,556 38.0 1 5 0 26 165 33.4 Jeff Gossett 29 1,141 39.3 3 4 0 20 128 32.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Nick Lowery 0/0 5/5 13/15 7/9 1/7 26/36 37/38 115 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Gary Barbaro 5 134 0 Mike Bell 5.0 Jerry Blanton 1.0 Lloyd Burruss 4 75 1 Deron Cherry 1 4 0 Gary Green 5 37 0 Eric Harris 7 109 0 Tom Howard 2.0 Charles Jackson 2.0 Ken Kremer 8.0 Dave Lindstrom 1.5 Dino Mangiero 1.5 Frank Manumaleuga 2 17 0 Don Parrish 2.0 Whitney Paul 3.0 2 30 0 Gary Spani 1.0 Art Still 2.0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 TE Willie Scott 98 South Carolina 2 41 RB Joe Delaney 23 N.W. Louisiana 3 70 TE Marvin Harvey 7 Southern Mississippi 3 75 OT Roger Taylor 13 Oklahoma State [pick acquired from CLE via DEN] 3 78 DB Lloyd Burruss 145 Maryland [pick acquired from LA] 4 97 WR Ron Washington Arizona State 5 124 OT Todd Thomas 15 North Dakota 6 153 DT Dock Luckie Florida 7 180 RB Billy Jackson 57 Alabama 8 206 WR David Dorn Rutgers 9 237 DB Anthony Vereen S.E. Louisiana 10 262 OG Les Studdard 15 Texas 11 289 DE Frank Case 7 Penn State 12 319 QB Bob Gagliano 32 Utah State

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

04-28-1981	traded Tony Reed to Broncos for Cleveland's #3 pick in the 1981 draft and Denver's #4 pick in the 1982 draft
08-18-1981	Arnold Morgado retired
08-25-1981	Colts claimed Brian Sullivan on waivers
08-29-1981	Packers claimed Charlie Ane on waivers

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    at Pittsburgh Steelers     W 37-33       1-0-0
09/13/81    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 19-10       2-0-0
09/20/81    vs San Diego Chargers      L 31-42       2-1-0
09/27/81    at Seattle Seahawks        W 20-14       3-1-0
10/04/81    at New England Patriots    L 17-33       3-2-0
10/11/81    vs Oakland Raiders         W 27-0        4-2-0
10/18/81    vs Denver Broncos          W 28-14       5-2-0
10/25/81    at Oakland Raiders         W 28-17       6-2-0
11/01/81    at San Diego Chargers      L 20-22       6-3-0
11/08/81    vs Chicago Bears           L 13-16 (OT)  6-4-0
11/15/81    vs Houston Oilers          W 23-10       7-4-0
11/22/81    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 40-13       8-4-0
11/26/81    at Detroit Lions           L 10-27       8-5-0
12/06/81    at Denver Broncos          L 13-16       8-6-0
12/13/81    vs Miami Dolphins          L 7-17        8-7-0
12/20/81    at Minnesota Vikings       W 10-6        9-7-0

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