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1974 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-9-0, 3rd in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hank Stram (5-9-0)

Points For: 233 (16.6/g) 18th of 26

Points Against: 293 (20.9/g) 21st of 26

Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9

SRS: -2.38 (17th of 26), SOS: 1.90

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	233	3828	901	4.2	38	13	224	211	395	2108	11	25	4.9	113	469	1720	10	3.7	92	70	515	19
Opp. Stats	293	4464	936	4.8	44	16	267	206	408	2663	22	28	6.1	141	502	1801	16	3.6	107	83	811	19
Lg Rank Offense	18	16			21	10	18		6	15	20	23	19		15	17	21	18
Lg Rank Defense	21	25			2	5	21		22	25	24	1	24		18	12	15	8

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 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		New York Jets	24	16	16	290	110	180	2	17	348	210	138	6
2	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Oakland Raiders	7	27	11	172	48	124	5	14	295	176	119	3
3	Sun	September 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Houston Oilers	17	7	13	172	152	20	1	17	206	151	55	4
4	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Denver Broncos	14	17	11	170	81	89	2	13	221	90	131	2
5	Sun	October 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	34	19	257	199	58	9	19	321	202	119	4
6	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Miami Dolphins	3	9	11	200	64	136	1	23	296	107	189	3
7	Sun	October 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	San Diego Chargers	24	14	20	411	149	262	2	20	404	211	193	4
8	Sun	November 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5		New York Giants	27	33	29	403	264	139	1	19	346	252	94
9	Sun	November 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6		San Diego Chargers	7	14	17	428	347	81	3	13	254	111	143	2
10	Mon	November 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6	@	Denver Broncos	42	34	24	364	170	194	2	34	532	459	73	6
11	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Cincinnati Bengals	6	33	9	174	140	34		28	438	268	170	1
12	Sun	December 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	13	13	240	84	156	2	15	252	170	82	3
13	Sun	December 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8		Oakland Raiders	6	7	14	266	102	164	5	13	193	12	181	4
14	Sat	December 14	3:45PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Minnesota Vikings	15	35	17	281	198	83	3	22	358	244	114	2

Passing

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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	Len Dawson	39	QB	14	8	3-5-0	138	235	58.7	1573	7	3.0	13	5.5	84	6.7	4.80	11.4	112.4	65.8	25	199	9.62	5.28	3.57	0	1
2	Mike Livingston	29	QB	8	6	2-4-0	66	141	46.8	732	4	2.8	10	7.1	48	5.2	2.57	11.1	91.5	42.6	10	101	6.62	4.18	1.73	1	1
3	Dean Carlson	24	QB	1	0		7	15	46.7	116	0	0.0	1	6.7	34	7.7	4.73	16.6	116.0	45.4	2	13	11.76	6.06	3.41	0	0
4	David Jaynes	22	QB	2	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	Jerrel Wilson	33	P	14	0		0	2	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	5-9-0	211	395	53.4	2108	11	2.8	25	6.3	84	6.1	3.05	11.5	150.6	55.0	37	313	8.56	4.88	2.78	1	2

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	Woody Green	23	FB	10	7	135	509	3	43	3.8	50.9	13.5	26	247	9.5	1	69	2.6	24.7	161	4.7	756	4	5
2	Ed Podolak	27	RB	9	8	101	386	2	14	3.8	42.9	11.2	43	306	7.1	1	26	4.8	34.0	144	4.8	692	3	4
3	Barry Pearson	24	WR	14	5	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	27	387	14.3	1	48	1.9	27.6	28	13.9	388	1	0
4	Otis Taylor	32	WR	10	9	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.6	0.1	24	375	15.6	2	64	2.4	37.5	25	15.2	381	2	0
5	Jeff Kinney	25	RB	13	3	63	249	0	21	4.0	19.2	4.8	18	105	5.8	1	16	1.4	8.1	81	4.4	354	1	0
6	Larry Brunson	25	WR	14	5	5	-33	0		-6.6	-2.4	0.4	22	374	17.0	2	84	1.6	26.7	27	12.6	341	2	3
7	Cleo Miller	22	RB	14	2	40	186	0	47	4.7	13.3	2.9	14	149	10.6	0	34	1.0	10.6	54	6.2	335	0	4
8	Elmo Wright	25	WR	13	9	3	26	1	17	8.7	2.0	0.2	13	209	16.1	1	51	1.0	16.1	16	14.7	235	2	0
9	Wendell Hayes	34	FB	14	6	57	206	2	19	3.6	14.7	4.1	4	23	5.8	0	9	0.3	1.6	61	3.8	229	2	0
10	Willie Ellison	29	RB	5	2	37	114	2	11	3.1	22.8	7.4	5	64	12.8	0	26	1.0	12.8	42	4.2	178	2	2
11	Morris Stroud	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	141	11.8	2	25	0.9	10.1	12	11.8	141	2	0
12	Len Dawson	39	QB	14	8	11	28	0	10	2.5	2.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	2.5	28	0	6
13	Mike Livingston	29	QB	8	6	9	28	0	9	3.1	3.5	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.1	28	0	1
14	Andy Hamilton	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	25	12.5	0	19	0.2	2.5	2	12.5	25	0	0
15	Dean Carlson	24	QB	1	0	2	17	0	11	8.5	17.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	8.5	17	0	0
16	John Strada	22	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.1	1.5	1	16.0	16	0	1
17	David Jaynes	22	QB	2	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
18	Bill Thomas	25	RB	14	0	3	-3	0	2	-1.0	-0.2	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-1.0	-3	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	469	1720	10	47	3.7	122.9	33.5	211	2421	11.5	11	84	15.1	172.9	680	6.1	4141	21	29

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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	Charlie Getty	22	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Willie Lanier	29	MLB	14	14	2	28	0	14	0	2	3	0	0.0	1	PB,AP-2
3	Jim Lynch	29	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
4	Mike Sensibaugh	25	FS	14	14	4	85	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Emmitt Thomas	31	RCB	14	14	12	214	2	73	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
6	Marvin Upshaw	28	LDE	14	14	1	52	1	52	0	2	0	0	9.5	0
7	Wilbur Young	25	RDE	14	14	1	52	1	52	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
8	Tom Keating	32	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.5	0
9	Bobby Bell	34	LLB	14	10	1	28	1	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Buck Buchanan	35	RDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
11	Otis Taylor	32	WR	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Nate Allen	26	LCB	12	8	1	52	0	52	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Len Dawson	39	QB	14	8	0	0	0	0	6	2	-2	0	0.0	0
14	Ed Podolak	27	RB	9	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Woody Green	23	FB	10	7	0	0	0	0	5	0	-20	0	0.0	0
16	Mike Livingston	29	QB	8	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
17	John Matuszak	24	DT	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
18	Larry Brunson	25	WR	14	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0.0	0
19	Barry Pearson	24	WR	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Kerry Reardon	25	DB	11	5	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Clyde Werner	27	LB	14	3	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Willie Ellison	29	RB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	-3	0	0.0	0
23	Cleo Miller	22	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.0	0
24	David Jaynes	22	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0
25	Doug Jones	24	DB	14	0	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	John Strada	22	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bill Thomas	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	28	0	5		29	16	-21	0	26	1

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