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1979 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 5th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marv Levy (7-9-0)

Points For: 238 (14.9/g) 26th of 28

Points Against: 262 (16.4/g) 5th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9

SRS: 1.41 (13th of 28), SOS: 2.91

Defensive Coordinator: Rod Rust

Other Notable Asst.: Walt Corey (Defensive Line), Kay Dalton (Receivers) and Bobby Ross (Special Teams)

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

General Manager: Jim Schaaf

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +75000

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	238	3976	972	4.1	36	18	241	190	361	1660	7	18	4.1	91	569	2316	18	4.1	122	108	971	28
Opp. Stats	262	4971	1088	4.6	37	14	297	296	528	3124	22	23	5.5	169	522	1847	8	3.5	102	118	1018	26
Lg Rank Offense	26	27			9	16	26		28	28	28	7	28		9	13	10	12
Lg Rank Defense	5	12			17	22	13		27	22	20	10	11		11	6	1	6

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 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Baltimore Colts	14	0	12	211	45	166	1	15	308	225	83	2
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Cleveland Browns	24	27	19	248	147	101	1	23	402	238	164	2
3	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Houston Oilers	6	20	16	280	97	183	5	16	345	173	172	1
4	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Oakland Raiders	35	7	22	292	70	222	2	10	121	90	31	4
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Seattle Seahawks	24	6	11	230	15	215	1	18	312	178	134	2
6	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	10	7	11	200	101	99	2	14	221	66	155	2
7	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		Denver Broncos	10	24	16	166	68	98	2	21	344	207	137	1
8	Sun	October 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4		New York Giants	17	21	28	463	294	169	4	13	226	126	100	1
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Denver Broncos	3	20	12	210	108	102	3	20	381	269	112	2
10	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6		San Diego Chargers	14	20	17	283	164	119	4	23	315	229	86	2
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	3	30	8	127	62	65	3	20	355	228	127	2
12	Sun	November 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7	@	Oakland Raiders	24	21	20	363	122	241	1	21	339	271	68	3
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	San Diego Chargers	7	28	9	190	125	65	1	30	460	325	135	1
14	Sun	December 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-8		Seattle Seahawks	37	21	20	331	137	194	2	21	275	231	44	5
15	Sun	December 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-8	@	Baltimore Colts	10	7	16	302	83	219	2	16	298	223	75	4
16	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	3	4	80	22	58	2	16	269	45	224	3

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	Steve Fuller	22	QB	16	12	6-6-0	146	270	54.1	1484	6	2.2	14	5.2	40	5.5	3.61	10.2	92.8	55.8	37	244	12.05	4.04	2.38	0	1
2	Mike Livingston	34	QB	5	4	1-3-0	44	90	48.9	469	1	1.1	4	4.4	38	5.2	3.43	10.7	93.8	49.7	5	49	5.26	4.42	2.74	0	0
3	Bob Grupp	24	P	16	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	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	190	361	52.6	1660	7	1.9	18	5.0	40	5.4	3.55	10.3	103.8	54.2	42	293	10.42	4.12	2.46	0	1

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	Ted McKnight	25	FB	15	14	153	755	8	84	4.9	50.3	10.2	38	226	5.9	0	24	2.5	15.1	191	5.1	981	8	5
2	Tony Reed	24	RB	11	11	113	446	1	23	3.9	40.5	10.3	34	352	10.4	0	40	3.1	32.0	147	5.4	798	1	4
3	J.T. Smith	24	WR	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	33	444	13.5	3	34	2.1	27.8	33	13.5	444	3	3
4	Mike Williams	22	FB	14	3	69	261	1	22	3.8	18.6	4.9	16	129	8.1	2	25	1.1	9.2	85	4.6	390	3	2
5	Henry Marshall	25	WR	16	12	2	34	1	23	17.0	2.1	0.1	21	332	15.8	1	38	1.3	20.8	23	15.9	366	2	0
6	Earl Gant	22	RB	16	3	56	196	1	16	3.5	12.3	3.5	15	101	6.7	0	26	0.9	6.3	71	4.2	297	1	2
7	Arnold Morgado	27	RB	11	4	75	231	4	19	3.1	21.0	6.8	5	55	11.0	0	22	0.5	5.0	80	3.6	286	4	1
8	Steve Fuller	22	QB	16	12	50	264	1	49	5.3	16.5	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	50	5.3	264	1	6
9	Horace Belton	24	RB	16	1	44	134	1	12	3.0	8.4	2.8	4	44	11.0	0	23	0.3	2.8	48	3.7	178	1	1
10	Tony Samuels	25	TE	16	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	147	10.5	0	30	0.9	9.2	14	10.5	147	0	1
11	Steve Gaunty	22	WR	9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	87	17.4	1	23	0.6	9.7	5	17.4	87	1	0
12	Ed Beckman	24	TE	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	12	0.2	2.3	2	10.5	21	0	0
13	Walter White	28	TE	6	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	15	5.0	0	12	0.5	2.5	3	5.0	15	0	1
14	Mike Livingston	34	QB	5	4	3	2	0	5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	0.7	2	0	2
15	Wilbert Haslip	23	RB	5	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	0.2	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
16	Frank Manumaleuga	23	LILB	15	12	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-3.0	-3	0	0
17	Stan Rome	23	WR	9	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-5.0	-5	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	569	2316	18	84	4.1	144.8	35.6	190	1953	10.3	7	40	11.9	122.1	759	5.6	4269	25	28

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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	Gary Barbaro	25	FS	16	16	7	142	1	70	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Tom Condon	27	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Gary Green	24	LCB	16	16	5	148	0	57	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
4	Tom Howard	25	ROLB	16	16	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
5	Don Parrish	24	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
6	Gary Spani	23	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
7	Art Still	24	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	0	8.5	0
8	Whitney Paul	26	LOLB	15	15	1	28	0	28	0	3	0	0	8.0	0
9	Ted McKnight	25	FB	15	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Sylvester Hicks	24	RDE	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
11	Tony Samuels	25	TE	16	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.0	0
12	J.T. Smith	24	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0.0	0
13	Steve Fuller	22	QB	16	12	0	0	0	0	6	3	-4	0	0.0	0
14	Frank Manumaleuga	23	LILB	15	12	1	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Tony Reed	24	RB	11	11	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tim Collier	25	RCB	15	9	2	45	0	40	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	M.L. Carter	24	RCB	16	7	3	33	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Herb Christopher	25	SS	9	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Charles Jackson	24	LB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mike Livingston	34	QB	5	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	0	0.0	0
21	Arnold Morgado	27	RB	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Mike Bell	22	DE	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
23	Earl Gant	22	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Gerald Jackson	23	DB	16	3	1	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Walter White	28	TE	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mike Williams	22	FB	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Horace Belton	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jerry Blanton	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Johnnie Dirden	27	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ken Kremer	22	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	437	1	70	31	26	8	1	37.0	0

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