1990 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 11-5-0 .688 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Marty Schottenheimer |
| Bruce Arians | Running Backs |
| Russ Ball | Assistant Strength and Conditioning |
| Bill Cowher | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Jim Erkenbeck | Offensive Assistant/Tight Ends |
| Howard Mudd | Offensive Line |
| Joe Pendry | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Dave Redding | Strength and Conditioning |
| Al Saunders | Receivers |
| Kurt Schottenheimer | Special Teams |
| Darvin Wallis | Special Assistant-Quality Control |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1990 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 3-19 | L | Berlin, Germany | Olympic Stadium | 55429 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1990 | H | New York Jets | 0-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 40448 | |
| Fri | 8/24/1990 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-35 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 50293 | |
| Fri | 8/31/1990 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 42806 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1990 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 24-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 68363 | |
| Mon | 9/17/1990 | A | Denver Broncos | 23-24 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 75277 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1990 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-3 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 58817 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1990 | H | Cleveland Browns | 34-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 75462 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1990 | A | Indianapolis Colts | 19-23 | L | Indianapolis, IN | Hoosier Dome | 54950 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1990 | H | Detroit Lions | 43-24 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 74312 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1990 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 7-19 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 60358 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1990 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 9-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 70951 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1990 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 16-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 71285 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1990 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-10 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 63717 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1990 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 27-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 65710 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1990 | A | New England Patriots | 37-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Foxboro Stadium | 26280 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1990 | H | Denver Broncos | 31-20 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 74347 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1990 | H | Houston Oilers | 10-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 61756 | |
| Sun | 12/23/1990 | A | San Diego Chargers | 24-21 | W | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 45135 | |
| Sat | 12/29/1990 | A | Chicago Bears | 21-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 60262 | |
| AFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 1/5/1991 | A | Miami Dolphins | 16-17 | L | Miami-Dade County, FL | Joe Robbie Stadium | 67276 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 76 | John Alt | LOT | 6-7 | 286 | 28 | Iowa | 16 | 16 |
| 77 | Rich Baldinger | ROT | 6-4 | 285 | 31 | Wake Forest | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | Bryan Barker | P | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | Santa Clara | 13 | 0 |
| 99 | Mike Bell | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 33 | Colorado State | 16 | 2 |
| 88 | J.J. Birden | WR | 5-9 | 165 | 25 | Oregon | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | Lloyd Burruss | S | 6-0 | 207 | 33 | Maryland | 16 | 1 |
| 20 | Deron Cherry | FS | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | Rutgers | 9 | 6 |
| 55 | Louis Cooper | OLB | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Western Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| 25 | Danny Copeland | S | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Eastern Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Steve DeBerg | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 36 | Fullerton JC; San Jose State | 16 | 16 |
| 42 | Jeff Donaldson | FS | 6-0 | 191 | 28 | Colorado | 16 | 9 |
| 75 | Irv Eatman | OT | 6-7 | 296 | 29 | UCLA | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Kenny Gamble | RB | 5-10 | 197 | 25 | Colgate | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Kelly Goodburn | P | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Iowa State; Emporia State | 3 | 0 |
| 74 | Derrick Graham | OT | 6-4 | 314 | 23 | Appalachian State | 6 | 0 |
| 98 | Leonard Griffin | DE | 6-4 | 261 | 28 | Grambling State | 16 | 2 |
| 61 | Tim Grunhard | C-OG | 6-2 | 310 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 9 |
| 56 | Dino Hackett | RILB | 6-3 | 226 | 26 | Appalachian State | 16 | 15 |
| 86 | Emile Harry | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 27 | Stanford | 16 | 1 |
| 85 | Jonathan Hayes | TE | 6-5 | 237 | 28 | Iowa | 12 | 11 |
| 43 | Bill Jones | RB | 5-11 | 222 | 24 | Tyler JC; Southern Methodist; Texas State | 16 | 5 |
| 80 | Fred Jones | WR | 5-9 | 175 | 23 | Grambling State | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | Albert Lewis | LCB | 6-2 | 200 | 30 | Grambling State | 15 | 14 |
| 8 | Nick Lowery | K | 6-4 | 189 | 34 | Dartmouth | 16 | 0 |
| 72 | Dave Lutz | ROG | 6-5 | 292 | 31 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 15 |
| 63 | Bill Maas | RDE | 6-5 | 268 | 28 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 15 |
| 89 | Pete Mandley | WR | 5-10 | 193 | 29 | Northern Arizona | 5 | 2 |
| 57 | Chris Martin | LOLB | 6-2 | 232 | 30 | Auburn | 16 | 16 |
| 50 | Rob McGovern | ILB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Holy Cross | 11 | 0 |
| 48 | Todd McNair | RB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Temple | 15 | 1 |
| 69 | Greg Meisner | DE-NT | 6-3 | 267 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 0 |
| 35 | Christian Okoye | FB | 6-1 | 253 | 29 | Azusa Pacific | 14 | 13 |
| 83 | Stephone Paige | WR | 6-2 | 184 | 29 | Saddleback JC; Fresno State | 16 | 16 |
| 24 | J.C. Pearson | LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 27 | Cal Poly (Pomona); Fullerton JC; Washington | 16 | 5 |
| 11 | Steve Pelluer | QB | 6-4 | 210 | 28 | Washington | 13 | 0 |
| 45 | Stan Petry | CB | 5-11 | 174 | 24 | Texas Christian | 16 | 2 |
| 27 | Kevin Porter | SS | 5-10 | 215 | 24 | Auburn | 16 | 14 |
| 87 | Alfredo Roberts | TE | 6-3 | 251 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 13 |
| 52 | Tracy Rogers | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Taft JC; Fresno State | 10 | 0 |
| 31 | Kevin Ross | RCB | 5-9 | 183 | 28 | Temple | 16 | 15 |
| 97 | Dan Saleaumua | NT | 6-0 | 303 | 26 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
| 21 | James Saxon | RB | 5-11 | 226 | 24 | American River JC; San Jose State | 6 | 0 |
| 90 | Neil Smith | LDE | 6-4 | 271 | 24 | Nebraska | 16 | 15 |
| 59 | Percy Snow | LILB | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | Michigan State | 15 | 14 |
| 79 | Dave Szott | LOG | 6-4 | 290 | 23 | Penn State | 16 | 11 |
| 58 | Derrick Thomas | ROLB | 6-3 | 247 | 23 | Alabama | 15 | 15 |
| 81 | Robb Thomas | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 24 | Oregon State | 16 | 12 |
| 46 | Charles Washington | CB | 6-1 | 212 | 24 | Texas; Cameron | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | Mike Webster | C | 6-2 | 260 | 38 | Wisconsin | 9 | 7 |
| 82 | Danta Whitaker | TE | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Mississippi Valley State | 16 | 3 |
| 65 | Frank Winters | LOG | 6-3 | 300 | 26 | Eastern Utah JC; Western Illinois | 16 | 6 |
| 23 | Barry Word | RB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Virginia | 16 | 3 |
| 84 | Naz Worthen | WR | 5-8 | 177 | 24 | North Carolina State | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 13 | Percy Snow | LB | Michigan State |
| 2 | 40 | Tim Grunhard | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 96 | Fred Jones | WR | Grambling State |
| 5 | 124 | Derrick Graham | T | Appalachian State |
| 5 | 127 | Ken Hackemack | T | Texas |
| 6 | 152 | Tom Sims | DT | Pittsburgh |
| 7 | 180 | Dave Szott | G | Penn State |
| 9 | 235 | Michael Owens | RB | Syracuse |
| 10 | 263 | Craig Hudson | TE | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 291 | Ernest Thompson | RB | Georgia Southern |
| 12 | 318 | Tony Jeffery | WR | San Jose State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 123 | 71 | 89 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 66 | 62 | 81 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:30 | 280 | 104 | 153 | 23 | 91/222 41.0% | 7/10 70.0% | 111 | 886 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:30 | 268 | 85 | 164 | 19 | 81/204 39.7% | 3/15 20.0% | 122 | 859 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 0 | 139 |
| Christian Okoye | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bill Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Stephone Paige | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Robb Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Barry Word | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| J.J. Birden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Emile Harry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Todd McNair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jonathan Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chris Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Petry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kevin Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dan Saleaumua | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Danta Whitaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Maas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 1 | 369 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 29 | 30 | 96.7 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 0 | 257 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 0 | 48 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 21/22 | 6/7 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 37 | 91.9 | 0 | 48 | 2/2 | 5/5 | 21/22 | 6/7 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 1/ | 6/ | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Word | 204 | 1015 | 5.0 | 53t | 4 |
| Christian Okoye | 245 | 805 | 3.3 | 32 | 7 |
| Todd McNair | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Jones | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 21 | -5 | -0.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 504 | 1948 | 3.9 | 53t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 1640 | 4.4 | 42 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve DeBerg | 444 | 258 | 58.1 | 182 | 3444 | 7.8 | 13.3 | 90t | 23 | 5.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 22 | 191 | 3253 | 96.3 |
| Steve Pelluer | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8.3 |
| Team Totals | 449 | 260 | 57.9 | 184 | 3458 | 7.7 | 13.3 | 90t | 23 | 5.1 | 5 | 1.1 | 22 | 191 | 3267 | 94.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 512 | 267 | 52.1 | 225 | 3662 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 87t | 16 | 3.1 | 20 | 3.9 | 60 | 421 | 3241 | 69.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephone Paige | 65 | 1021 | 15.7 | 86t | 5 |
| Robb Thomas | 41 | 545 | 13.3 | 47t | 4 |
| Emile Harry | 41 | 519 | 12.7 | 60 | 2 |
| Todd McNair | 40 | 507 | 12.7 | 65 | 2 |
| Bill Jones | 19 | 137 | 7.2 | 19 | 5 |
| J.J. Birden | 15 | 352 | 23.5 | 90t | 3 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Pete Mandley | 7 | 97 | 13.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Danta Whitaker | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Fred Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 260 | 3458 | 13.3 | 90t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 267 | 3662 | 13.7 | 87t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Ross | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Deron Cherry | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Stan Petry | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Jeff Donaldson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Albert Lewis | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kevin Porter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| J.C. Pearson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Percy Snow | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 250 | 12.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 40 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Barker | 64 | 2479 | 38.7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 324 | 2135 | 33.4 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 17 | 653 | 38.4 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 87 | 526 | 30.9 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 3132 | 38.7 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 411 | 2661 | 32.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2662 | 37.0 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 254 | 2328 | 32.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naz Worthen | 25 | 3 | 180 | 7.2 | 37 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 10 | 3 | 72 | 7.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Emile Harry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Danta Whitaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 6 | 254 | 6.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 19 | 411 | 9.3 | 95t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd McNair | 14 | 0 | 227 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Naz Worthen | 11 | 0 | 226 | 20.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Jones | 9 | 0 | 175 | 19.4 | 46 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 5 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 4 | 0 | 51 | 12.8 | 23 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 0 | 784 | 17.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 1391 | 17.2 | 50 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Derrick Thomas | 20.0 | |
| Neil Smith | 9.5 | |
| Dan Saleaumua | 7.0 | |
| Bill Maas | 5.5 | |
| Chris Martin | 5.5 | |
| Leonard Griffin | 3.5 | |
| Dino Hackett | 3.0 | |
| Louis Cooper | 2.0 | |
| Mike Bell | 1.0 | |
| Greg Meisner | 1.0 | |
| Percy Snow | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 60.0 | 421.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22.0 | 191.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Baldinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Birden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Burruss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -31 | 0 | |
| Dino Hackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Maas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Todd McNair | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Okoye | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephone Paige | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.C. Pearson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Porter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Saleaumua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| James Saxon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Szott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Webster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danta Whitaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Winters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Naz Worthen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 39 | -11 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0 |
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