1965 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 7-5-2 .583 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Pete Brewster | Offensive Ends |
| Tom Catlin | Defensive Backs |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 30-24 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 17707 | |
| Sun | 8/15/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 10-31 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 13132 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 6-23 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 13592 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 18-16 | W | Wichita, KS | Veterans Field | 8000 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 34-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 15157 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1965 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-37 | L | Oakland, CA | Frank Youell Field | 18659 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1965 | A | New York Jets | 14-10 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 53658 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1965 | A | San Diego Chargers | 10-10 | T | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 28126 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1965 | H | Boston Patriots | 27-17 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 26773 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1965 | A | Denver Broncos | 31-23 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 31001 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1965 | H | Buffalo Bills | 7-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 26941 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1965 | A | Houston Oilers | 36-38 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 34670 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1965 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 18354 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1965 | H | New York Jets | 10-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 25523 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1965 | H | San Diego Chargers | 31-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 21968 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1965 | A | Boston Patriots | 10-10 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 13056 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1965 | H | Houston Oilers | 52-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 16459 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1965 | A | Buffalo Bills | 25-34 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40298 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1965 | H | Denver Broncos | 45-35 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 14421 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Fred Arbanas | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Pete Beathard | 10 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 2 |
| Bobby Bell | 78 | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Denny Biodrowski | 61 | OG | 6-1 | 253 | 25 | Memphis | 6 | 0 |
| Mel Branch | 87 | RDE | 6-2 | 231 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Solomon Brannan | 38 | CB | 6-1 | 188 | 24 | Morris Brown | 10 | 0 |
| Tommy Brooker | 81 | K | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Buck Buchanan | 86 | RDT | 6-7 | 279 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Budde | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Chris Burford | 88 | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 27 | Stanford | 11 | 11 |
| Reg Carolan | 80 | TE | 6-6 | 235 | 26 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| Ronnie Caveness | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 223 | 22 | Arkansas | 7 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 23 | HB-FB | 6-4 | 219 | 25 | Texas Christian; Kansas | 14 | 2 |
| Walt Corey | 56 | LB | 6-0 | 229 | 27 | Miami (Florida) | 7 | 0 |
| Jerry Cornelison | 74 | OT | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 16 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | Purdue | 14 | 12 |
| Al Dotson | 79 | DT | 6-4 | 258 | 22 | Grambling State | 1 | 0 |
| Curt Farrier | 70 | OG | 6-6 | 253 | 24 | Montana State | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Fraser | 51 | RLB-P | 6-3 | 236 | 29 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Jon Gilliam | 65 | C | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 14 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 69 | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 28 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Hill | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 24 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Mack Lee Hill | 36 | FB | 5-11 | 236 | 25 | Southern University | 13 | 13 |
| E.J. Holub | 55 | RLB | 6-4 | 231 | 27 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Hunt | 20 | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Chuck Hurston | 85 | DE | 6-6 | 237 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 26 | FL | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Lothamer | 82 | LDT | 6-5 | 261 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Mays | 75 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
| Curtis McClinton | 32 | HB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 13 |
| Curt Merz | 64 | ROG | 6-4 | 257 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 9 |
| Willie Mitchell | 22 | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Pitts | 25 | FL | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | Southern University | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Ply | 14 | S | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Baylor | 14 | 0 |
| Al Reynolds | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Tarkio | 14 | 5 |
| Johnny Robinson | 42 | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Hatch Rosdahl | 76 | DT-DE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 35 | LB | 6-0 | 229 | 27 | Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 89 | SE-FL | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Tyrer | 77 | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 26 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Williamson | 24 | LCB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 44 | P | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 5 | Gale Sayers | HB | Kansas | |
| 2 | 13 | Jack Chapple | G | Stanford | |
| 2 | 16 | Ronnie Caveness | LB | Arkansas | |
| 3 | 21 | Mike Curtis | FB | Duke | |
| 4 | 29 | Otis Taylor | E | Prairie View A&M | |
| 4 | 32 | Frank Pitts | HB | Southern University | |
| 5 | 37 | Smith Reed | HB | Alcorn State | |
| 6 | 45 | Mickey Sutton | DB | Auburn | |
| 7 | 49 | Gloster Richardson | E | Jackson State | |
| 7 | 53 | Lou Bobich | DB-K | Michigan State | |
| 8 | 61 | Danny Thomas | QB-K | Southern Methodist | |
| 9 | 69 | Joe Cerne | C | Northwestern | |
| 10 | 77 | Bob Howard | DB | Stanford | |
| 11 | 85 | Al Piraino | T | Wisconsin | |
| 12 | 93 | Mike Cox | LB | Iowa State | |
| 13 | 101 | Bob Bonds | DB-E | San Jose State | |
| 14 | 109 | Freddie Dotson | DB | Wiley | |
| 15 | 117 | Dave Powless | G | Illinois | |
| 16 | 125 | Stan Irvine | T | Colorado | |
| 17 | 133 | Don Croftcheck | LB | Indiana | |
| 18 | 141 | Jerry Smith | E | Arizona State | |
| 19 | 149 | Mike Alford | C | Auburn | |
| 20 | 157 | Bill Symons | HB | Colorado | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 5 | Al Dotson | T | Grambling State | |
| 2 | 13 | Frank Cornish | DT | Grambling State | |
| 3 | 21 | Henry Carr | HB | Arizona State | |
| 4 | 29 | Steve Cox | T | South Carolina | |
| 5 | 37 | John Thomas | E | Southern California | |
| 6 | 45 | John Wilbur | G | Stanford | |
| 7 | 53 | Billy Moore | HB | Mississippi State | |
| 8 | 61 | Roosevelt Ellerbe | DB | Iowa State | |
| 9 | 69 | Bruce McLenna | HB | Hillsdale | |
| 10 | 77 | Chuck Drulis, Jr. | E | Duke | |
| 11 | 85 | Billy Scott | E | Northeastern State | |
| 12 | 93 | Lonny Price | HB | Louisiana-Lafayette | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 90 | 85 | 37 | 110 | 322 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 67 | 69 | 116 | 285 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 232 | 101 | 121 | 10 | / % | / % | 70 | 744 | |
| Opponents Totals | 207 | 69 | 113 | 25 | / % | / % | 60 | 623 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Brooker | 0 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 0 | 76 |
| Curtis McClinton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Chris Burford | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Pete Beathard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Fred Arbanas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bert Coan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mack Lee Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Len Dawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Willie Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reg Carolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jerrel Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 40 | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 0 | 322 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 0 | 285 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Brooker | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 2 | 48 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 2/6 | 1/7 | 0/4 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 30 | 43.3 | 2 | 48 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 2/6 | 1/7 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 28 | 57.1 | 8/ | 5/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis McClinton | 175 | 661 | 3.8 | 48t | 6 |
| Mack Lee Hill | 125 | 627 | 5.0 | 66t | 2 |
| Len Dawson | 43 | 142 | 3.3 | 40 | 2 |
| Pete Beathard | 25 | 138 | 5.5 | 26 | 4 |
| Bert Coan | 45 | 137 | 3.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 418 | 1752 | 4.2 | 66 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 381 | 1376 | 3.6 | 48 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 305 | 163 | 53.4 | 128 | 2262 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 67t | 21 | 6.9 | 14 | 4.6 | 81.3 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 89 | 36 | 40.4 | 47 | 632 | 7.1 | 17.6 | 73 | 1 | 1.1 | 6 | 6.7 | 41.0 | |||
| Curtis McClinton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 395 | 199 | 50.4 | 176 | 2894 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 73 | 22 | 5.6 | 20 | 5.1 | 37 | 351 | 2543 | 72.1 |
| Opponents Totals | 451 | 216 | 47.9 | 215 | 2711 | 6.0 | 12.6 | 66 | 18 | 4.0 | 20 | 4.4 | 39 | 326 | 2385 | 61.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Burford | 47 | 575 | 12.2 | 57t | 6 |
| Curtis McClinton | 37 | 590 | 15.9 | 69 | 3 |
| Frank Jackson | 28 | 440 | 15.7 | 73 | 1 |
| Otis Taylor | 26 | 446 | 17.2 | 48 | 5 |
| Fred Arbanas | 24 | 418 | 17.4 | 67t | 4 |
| Mack Lee Hill | 21 | 264 | 12.6 | 46 | 1 |
| Bert Coan | 9 | 85 | 9.4 | 23 | 2 |
| Reg Carolan | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 199 | 2894 | 14.5 | 73 | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 216 | 2711 | 12.6 | 66 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Williamson | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 50 | 0 |
| Bobby Bell | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Willie Mitchell | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Bobby Hunt | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| E.J. Holub | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 342 | 17.1 | 51 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 238 | 11.9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 68 | 3132 | 46.1 | 64 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Fraser | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 3213 | 44.6 | 64 | 1 | 401 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 3657 | 44.1 | 1 | 419 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Mitchell | 19 | 242 | 12.7 | 71t | 1 | |
| Frank Jackson | 13 | 163 | 12.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Solomon Brannan | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 419 | 11.0 | 71t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 401 | 13.8 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Coan | 19 | 479 | 25.2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | 9 | 260 | 28.9 | 62 | 0 | |
| Solomon Brannan | 9 | 226 | 25.1 | 32 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Smokey Stover | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jerry Mays | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jim Fraser | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 48 | 1080 | 22.5 | 62 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 1173 | 20.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Beathard | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Branch | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Solomon Brannan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bert Coan | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Len Dawson | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherrill Headrick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mack Lee Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| E.J. Holub | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Curtis McClinton | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 34 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 1 |
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