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:
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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 |
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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