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1970 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-2, 2nd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hank Stram (7-5-2)

Points For: 272 (19.4/g) 15th of 26

Points Against: 244 (17.4/g) 8th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.9-6.1

SRS: 1.52 (10th of 26), SOS: -0.48

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bettis (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Kansas City Municipal Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

Executive VP/General Manager: Jack Steadman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	272	3577	775	4.6	31	15	183	154	289	1719	13	16	5.3	86	448	1858	11	4.1	83	83	888	14
Opp. Stats	244	3667	861	4.3	43	12	226	195	408	2010	15	31	4.5	111	418	1657	10	4.0	83	77	817	32
Lg Rank Offense	15	22			11	15	24		26	25	17	8	18		13	8	12	7
Lg Rank Defense	8	6			3	21	16		23	4	8	1	3		9	11	9	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	27	8	218	155	63	4	17	220	88	132	3
2	Mon	September 28	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	44	24	11	295	142	153	4	26	309	228	81	7
3	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Denver Broncos	13	26	14	121	33	88	5	17	240	100	140	1
4	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Boston Patriots	23	10	20	346	74	272	5	6	105	29	76	7
5	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	27	19	14	274	158	116		15	256	174	82	1
6	Sun	October 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3		Dallas Cowboys	16	27	12	236	183	53	3	15	327	132	195	1
7	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-3-1		Oakland Raiders	17	17	16	321	157	164	2	22	278	115	163
8	Sun	November 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3-1		Houston Oilers	24	9	11	221	88	133		14	326	252	74	3
9	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	31	14	21	424	257	167	3	15	202	99	103	6
10	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		5-3-2		St. Louis Cardinals	6	6	11	212	43	169	3	17	272	119	153	4
11	Sun	November 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3-2		San Diego Chargers	26	14	16	329	191	138	1	10	196	161	35	2
12	Sun	December 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3-2		Denver Broncos	16	0	8	222	18	204		7	146	70	76	6
13	Sat	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4-2	@	Oakland Raiders	6	20	7	121	59	62	1	23	324	120	204	1
14	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5-2	@	San Diego Chargers	13	31	14	237	161	76		22	466	323	143	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Len Dawson	35	QB	14	12	5-5-2	141	262	53.8	1876	13	5.0	14	5.3	61	7.2	5.75	13.3	134.0	71.0	34	277	11.49	5.40	4.15	1	0
2	Mike Livingston	25	QB	4	2	2-0-0	11	22	50.0	122	0	0.0	1	4.5	31	5.5	3.50	11.1	30.5	47.9	4	42	15.38	3.08	1.35	0	0
3	Ed Podolak	23	RB	14	9		2	2	100.0	40	0	0.0	0	0.0	24	20.0	20.00	20.0	2.9	118.7	0	0	0.00	20.00	20.00	0	0
4	John Huarte	27	QB	1	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0		0.0	-22.50		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-22.50	0	0
5	Warren McVea	24	RB	14	2		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-5-2	154	289	53.3	1719	13	4.5	16	5.5	61	7.1	5.46	13.2	122.8	67.8	38	319	11.62	5.26	3.85	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ed Podolak	23	RB	14	9	168	749	3	65	4.5	53.5	12.0	26	307	11.8	1	59	1.9	21.9	194	5.4	1056	4	6
2	Otis Taylor	28	WR	13	10	3	13	0	7	4.3	1.0	0.2	34	618	18.2	3	59	2.6	47.5	37	17.1	631	3	1
3	Wendell Hayes	30	FB	14	14	109	381	5	22	3.5	27.2	7.8	26	219	8.4	0	28	1.9	15.6	135	4.4	600	5	3
4	Robert Holmes	25	RB	14	0	63	206	3	22	3.3	14.7	4.5	23	173	7.5	1	31	1.6	12.4	86	4.4	379	4	4
5	Warren McVea	24	RB	14	2	61	260	0	34	4.3	18.6	4.4	5	26	5.2	0	15	0.4	1.9	66	4.3	286	0	2
6	Frank Pitts	27	WR	12	10	5	84	0	42	16.8	7.0	0.4	11	172	15.6	2	54	0.9	14.3	16	16.0	256	2	0
7	Gloster Richardson	28	WR	12	7	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	5	171	34.2	2	61	0.4	14.3	6	29.2	175	2	0
8	Billy Cannon	33	TE	6	4	1	6	0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	7	125	17.9	2	45	1.2	20.8	8	16.4	131	2	0
9	Fred Arbanas	31	TE	6	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	108	13.5	1	26	1.3	18.0	8	13.5	108	1	0
10	Morris Stroud	24	TE	13	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	86	21.5	1	50	0.3	6.6	4	21.5	86	1	0
11	Mike Garrett	26	RB	3	3	21	62	0	18	3.0	20.7	7.0	4	4	1.0	0	5	1.3	1.3	25	2.6	66	0	1
12	Lew Porter	23	WR	5	1	2	21	0	14	10.5	4.2	0.4	1	29	29.0	0	29	0.2	5.8	3	16.7	50	0	0
13	Len Dawson	35	QB	14	12	11	46	0	21	4.2	3.3	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	4.2	46	0	5
14	Mike Livingston	25	QB	4	2	3	26	0	16	8.7	6.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	8.7	26	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	448	1858	11	65	4.1	132.7	32.0	154	2038	13.2	13	61	11.0	145.6	602	6.5	3896	24	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bell	30	LLB	14	14	3	57	1	45	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Buck Buchanan	31	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB
3	Ed Budde	30	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Curley Culp	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
5	Wendell Hayes	30	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Dave Hill	29	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim Kearney	27	SS	14	14	4	28	0	15	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Willie Lanier	25	MLB	14	14	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Jim Lynch	25	RLB	14	14	3	40	0	27	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Jim Marsalis	25	LCB	14	14	4	26	0	26	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Jerry Mays	31	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	PB
12	Johnny Robinson	32	FS	14	14	10	155	0	57	0	1	46	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
13	Emmitt Thomas	27	RCB	14	14	5	87	0	39	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mo Moorman	25	RG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Len Dawson	35	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Aaron Brown	27	RDE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.0	0
17	Otis Taylor	28	WR	13	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ed Podolak	23	RB	14	9	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jack Rudnay	23	C	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mike Garrett	26	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Warren McVea	24	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Stein	22	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.5	0
23	Bob Liggett	24	DT	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ceasar Belser	26	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Robert Holmes	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Willie Mitchell	30	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Marvin Upshaw	24	DE	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
28	Clyde Werner	23	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jerrel Wilson	29	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-9	0	0.0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	31	395	1	57	26	21	37	1	35.0	0

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