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1973 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: 231 (16.5/g) 19th of 26

Points Against: 192 (13.7/g) 5th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5

SRS: .95 (12th of 26), SOS: -1.84

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bettis (Defensive Backs) and Walt Corey (Linebackers)

Stadium: Arrowhead 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	231	3536	863	4.1	31	18	208	173	313	1743	10	13	5.0	93	511	1793	11	3.5	106	83	797	9
Opp. Stats	192	3575	855	4.2	39	18	209	157	324	1619	11	21	4.5	95	493	1956	11	4.0	90	63	649	24
Lg Rank Offense	19	20			11	20	20		17	19	20	6	18		11	19	16	24
Lg Rank Defense	5	7			4	6	6		7	4	5	5	5		11	9	10	12

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 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Los Angeles Rams	13	23	16	270	230	40	2	22	358	80	278	1
2	Sun	September 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	New England Patriots	10	7	16	305	156	149	1	18	202	162	40	2
3	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Oakland Raiders	16	3	13	233	64	169	1	8	149	72	77	4
4	Sun	October 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Denver Broncos	16	14	19	349	170	179	1	10	270	112	158	1
5	Sun	October 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		3-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	10	9	149	53	96	1	16	315	146	169	2
6	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	6	14	12	267	163	104	3	19	334	138	196	3
7	Mon	October 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3-1	@	Buffalo Bills	14	23	8	105	67	38	4	21	309	63	246	3
8	Sun	November 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3-1	@	San Diego Chargers	19	0	17	332	144	188	1	11	190	99	91	4
9	Mon	November 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3-1		Chicago Bears	19	7	19	327	130	197	4	9	146	66	80	3
10	Sun	November 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3-1		Houston Oilers	38	14	18	266	147	119	4	13	262	216	46	5
11	Sun	November 25	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4-1	@	Denver Broncos	10	14	17	242	103	139	2	12	219	137	82	1
12	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		6-4-2		Cleveland Browns	20	20	17	345	137	208	3	14	265	121	144	4
13	Sat	December 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5-2	@	Oakland Raiders	7	37	8	106	82	24	4	24	353	94	259
14	Sun	December 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5-2		San Diego Chargers	33	6	19	240	97	143		12	203	113	90	6

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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	Mike Livingston	28	QB	8	8	4-3-1	75	145	51.7	916	6	4.1	7	4.8	48	6.3	4.97	12.2	114.5	65.2	16	124	9.94	4.92	3.71	0	0
2	Len Dawson	38	QB	8	6	3-2-1	66	101	65.3	725	2	2.0	5	5.0	48	7.2	5.35	11.0	90.6	72.4	14	104	12.17	5.40	3.79	2	1
3	Pete Beathard	31	QB	9	0		31	64	48.4	389	2	3.1	1	1.6	44	6.1	6.00	12.5	43.2	71.7	9	68	12.33	4.40	4.33	0	0
4	Jerrel Wilson	32	P	14	0		1	1	100.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	9.00	9.0	0.6	104.2	0	0	0.00	9.00	9.00	0	0
5	Leroy Keyes	26	RB	3	0		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
6	Ed Podolak	26	RB	14	13		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	173	313	55.3	1743	10	3.2	13	4.2	48	6.5	4.34	11.8	124.5	68.6	39	296	11.08	4.95	3.86	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

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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	26	RB	14	13	210	721	3	25	3.4	51.5	15.0	55	445	8.1	0	25	3.9	31.8	265	4.4	1166	3	7
2	Otis Taylor	31	WR	14	14	4	-14	0	5	-3.5	-1.0	0.3	34	565	16.6	4	46	2.4	40.4	38	14.5	551	4	2
3	Wendell Hayes	33	FB	13	7	95	352	2	27	3.7	27.1	7.3	18	134	7.4	0	27	1.4	10.3	113	4.3	486	2	2
4	Willie Ellison	28	FB	10	7	108	411	2	19	3.8	41.1	10.8	9	64	7.1	0	17	0.9	6.4	117	4.1	475	2	3
5	Elmo Wright	24	WR	11	11	5	29	0	13	5.8	2.6	0.5	16	252	15.8	2	44	1.5	22.9	21	13.4	281	2	1
6	Jeff Kinney	24	RB	14	1	50	128	1	8	2.6	9.1	3.6	11	126	11.5	0	25	0.8	9.0	61	4.2	254	1	2
7	Morris Stroud	27	TE	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	216	18.0	2	48	0.9	15.4	12	18.0	216	2	1
8	Gary Butler	22	TE	14	3	2	10	0	9	5.0	0.7	0.1	8	124	15.5	2	48	0.6	8.9	10	13.4	134	2	1
9	Mike Livingston	28	QB	8	8	19	94	2	28	4.9	11.8	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	4.9	94	2	4
10	Robert West	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	65	16.3	0	23	0.5	8.1	4	16.3	65	0	0
11	Len Dawson	38	QB	8	6	6	40	0	13	6.7	5.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	6.7	40	0	4
12	Andy Hamilton	23	WR	5	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	35	17.5	0	20	0.4	7.0	2	17.5	35	0	0
13	Dave Smith	26	WR	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	17	1.0	10.0	2	10.0	20	0	0
14	Pete Beathard	31	QB	9	0	6	16	1	11	2.7	1.8	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.7	16	1	1
15	Warren McVea	27	RB	7	0	4	5	0	2	1.3	0.7	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	1.3	5	0	1
16	Mo Moorman	28	RG	13	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
17	Leroy Keyes	26	RB	3	0	2	1	0	2	0.5	0.3	0.7	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.3	-2.0	3	-1.7	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	511	1793	11	28	3.5	128.1	36.5	173	2039	11.8	10	48	12.4	145.6	684	5.6	3832	21	36

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Nate Allen	25	LCB	14	14	1	8	0	8	0	1	16	0	0.0	0
2	Bobby Bell	33	LLB	14	14	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
3	Buck Buchanan	34	RDT	14	14	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	7.5	0
4	Jim Kearney	30	SS	14	14	3	30	0	24	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Willie Lanier	28	MLB	14	14	3	47	1	29	0	3	10	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Jim Lynch	28	RLB	14	14	1	9	0	9	0	3	23	0	5.0	0
7	Jack Rudnay	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
8	Mike Sensibaugh	24	FS	14	14	3	58	0	27	0	4	45	0	0.0	0
9	Otis Taylor	31	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Emmitt Thomas	30	RCB	14	14	3	65	0	33	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Marvin Upshaw	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
12	Ed Podolak	26	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Wilbur Young	24	RDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.5	0
14	Ed Budde	33	LG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Curley Culp	27	LDT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	0
16	Morris Stroud	27	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Elmo Wright	24	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Mo Moorman	28	RG	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mike Livingston	28	QB	8	8	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Willie Ellison	28	FB	10	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Wendell Hayes	33	FB	13	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Len Dawson	38	QB	8	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	-1	0	0.0	0
23	Gary Butler	22	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	George Seals	31	DT	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
25	Pat Holmes	33	DE	10	1	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jeff Kinney	24	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Pete Beathard	31	QB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Leroy Keyes	26	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	John Lohmeyer	22	DE	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	1	0.0	0
30	Jim Marsalis	28	DB	10	0	2	36	0	36	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Larry Marshall	23	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
32	Warren McVea	27	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Kerry Reardon	24	DB	12	0	2	17	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Jerrel Wilson	32	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	0	1		36	18	112	1	38	0

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