1973 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Western Division 7-5-2 .571

Head Coach: Hank Stram

John Beake	Offensive Backs
Tom Bettis	Defensive Backs
Darrel Brewster	Receivers
Walt Corey	Linebackers
Tommy O'Boyle	Assistant Coach
Tom Pratt	Defensive Line
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/4/1973	H	New Orleans Saints	12-6	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	67216
Mon	8/13/1973	H	Detroit Lions	16-17	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	67624
Sat	8/18/1973	H	Minnesota Vikings	10-13	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	72676
Sun	8/26/1973	H	Green Bay Packers	16-21	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	75231
Sat	9/1/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	16-27	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	57468
Fri	9/7/1973	A	St. Louis Cardinals	16-7	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49486
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-23	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	62315
Sun	9/23/1973	A	New England Patriots	10-7	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57918
Sun	9/30/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	16-3	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	72631
Sun	10/7/1973	H	Denver Broncos	16-14	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	71414
Sun	10/14/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	10-10	T	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	46583
Sun	10/21/1973	A	Cincinnati Bengals	6-14	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	56397
Mon	10/29/1973	A	Buffalo Bills	14-23	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	76071
Sun	11/4/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	19-0	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	50234
Mon	11/12/1973	H	Chicago Bears	19-7	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	70664
Sun	11/18/1973	H	Houston Oilers	38-14	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	68444
Sun	11/25/1973	A	Denver Broncos	10-14	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51331
Sun	12/2/1973	H	Cleveland Browns	20-20	T	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	70296
Sat	12/8/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	7-37	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	53061
Sun	12/16/1973	H	San Diego Chargers	33-6	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	43755

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
48	Nate Allen	LCB	5-10	170	25	Texas Southern	14	14
11	Pete Beathard	QB	6-2	205	31	Southern California	9	9
78	Bobby Bell	LLB	6-4	228	33	Minnesota	14	14
86	Buck Buchanan	RDT	6-7	279	34	Grambling State	14	14
71	Ed Budde	LOG	6-5	261	33	Michigan State	12	12
82	Gary Butler	TE	6-3	235	22	Rice	14	3
61	Curley Culp	LDT	6-1	265	27	Arizona State	13	12
60	George Daney	ROG-LOG	6-4	240	27	Detroit Mercy; Texas-El Paso	14	6
16	Len Dawson	QB	6-0	190	38	Purdue	8	6
24	Willie Ellison	RB	6-1	204	28	Texas Southern	10	7
80	Andy Hamilton	WR	6-3	190	23	Louisiana State	5	2
38	Wendell Hayes	RB	6-1	221	33	Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt)	13	7
73	Dave Hill	ROT	6-5	259	32	Auburn	8	7
74	Pat Holmes	RDE	6-5	254	33	Texas Tech	10	1
32	Doug Jones	S	6-2	205	23	Arizona State; San Diego CC; Northridge State	4	0
46	Jim Kearney	LS	6-2	205	30	Prairie View A&M	14	14
23	Leroy Keyes	S	6-3	208	26	Purdue	3	0
31	Jeff Kinney	RB	6-2	215	24	Nebraska	14	1
27	Dan Kratzer	WR	6-3	194	24	Missouri Valley	1	0
63	Willie Lanier	MLB	6-1	245	28	Morgan State	14	14
10	Mike Livingston	QB	6-3	209	28	Southern Methodist	8	8
87	John Lohmeyer	DE	6-4	229	22	Emporia State	7	0
51	Jim Lynch	RLB	6-1	232	28	Notre Dame	14	14
40	Jim Marsalis	CB	5-11	194	28	Tennessee State	10	0
22	Larry Marshall	CB	5-10	195	23	Maryland	10	0
6	Warren McVea	RB	5-10	182	27	Houston	7	0
76	Mo Moorman	ROG	6-5	232	28	Kentucky; Texas A&M	13	10
50	Mike Oriard	C	6-4	223	25	Notre Dame	13	0
57	Al Palewicz	LB	6-1	216	23	Miami (Florida)	14	0
75	Francis Peay	ROT-LOT	6-5	250	29	Arizona; Cameron JC; Missouri	9	9
14	Ed Podolak	RB	6-1	204	26	Iowa	14	13
15	Kerry Reardon	CB	5-11	180	24	Iowa	12	0
58	Jack Rudnay	C	6-3	240	26	Northwestern	14	14
67	George Seals	LDT	6-3	260	31	Missouri	13	2
20	Mike Sensibaugh	RS	5-11	191	24	Ohio State	14	14
35	Dave Smith	WR	6-1	205	26	Waynesburg; Indiana (Pennsylvania)	2	0
3	Jan Stenerud	K	6-2	188	31	Montana State	14	0
88	Morris Stroud	TE	6-10	255	27	Clark Atlanta	14	11
89	Otis Taylor	WR	6-2	215	31	Prairie View A&M	14	14
18	Emmitt Thomas	RCB	6-2	192	30	Bishop	14	14
77	Jim Tyrer	LOT	6-6	283	34	Ohio State	12	12
81	Marv Upshaw	LDE	6-3	253	27	Trinity (Texas)	14	14
72	Wayne Walton	OT	6-5	245	25	Abilene Christian	14	0
54	Clyde Werner	LB	6-4	225	26	Washington	14	0
26	Robert West	WR	6-4	218	23	San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State	8	0
44	Jerrel Wilson	P	6-4	222	32	Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi	14	0
17	Elmo Wright	WR	6-0	190	24	Houston	11	11
99	Wilbur Young	RDE	6-6	285	24	William Penn	13	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	27	Gary Butler	TE	Rice
3	72	Paul Krause	T	Central Michigan
4	89	John Lohmeyer	DE	Emporia State
5	120	Fred Grambau	DE	Michigan
6	145	Doug Jones	DB	Northridge State
7	173	Donn Smith	T	Purdue
8	197	Al Palewicz	LB	Miami (Florida)
9	223	Bill Story	DT	Southern Illinois
10	251	Willie Osley	DB	Illinois
11	276	Monroe Eley	RB	Arizona State
12	301	Tom Ramsey	DT	Northern Arizona
13	329	Paul Metallo	DB	Massachusetts
14	354	Albert White	WR	Fort Valley State
16	407	Wilbur Grooms	LB	Tampa
17	431	Clayton Korver	TE	Northwestern (Iowa)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	40	57	53	81
Opponents Totals	30	71	35	56

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		208	106	93	9	72/204 35.3%	/ %	83	797
Opponents Totals		209	90	95	24	69/206 33.5%	/ %	63	649

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jan Stenerud	0	21	23	91.3	24	38	63.2	93
Otis Taylor	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ed Podolak	3	0	0		0	0		18
Gary Butler	2	0	0		0	0		12
Willie Ellison	2	0	0		0	0		12
Wendell Hayes	2	0	0		0	0		12
Mike Livingston	2	0	0		0	0		12
Morris Stroud	2	0	0		0	0		12
Elmo Wright	2	0	0		0	0		12
Pete Beathard	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jeff Kinney	1	0	0		0	0		6
Willie Lanier	1	0	0		0	0		6
John Lohmeyer	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	23	21	23	91.3	24	38	63.2	231
Opponents Totals	22	21	22	95.5	13	27	48.1	192

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jan Stenerud	24	38	63.2	5/6	3/4	8/10	8/15	0/3
Team Totals	24	38	63.2	5/6	3/4	8/10	8/15	0/3
Opponents Totals	13	27	48.1	2/	8/	1/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Podolak	210	721	3.4	25	3
Willie Ellison	108	411	3.8	19	2
Wendell Hayes	95	352	3.7	27	2
Jeff Kinney	50	128	2.6	8	1
Mike Livingston	19	94	4.9	28	2
Len Dawson	6	40	6.7	13	0
Elmo Wright	5	29	5.8	13	0
Pete Beathard	6	16	2.7	11	1
Gary Butler	2	10	5.0	9	0
Warren McVea	4	5	1.3	2	0
Leroy Keyes	2	1	0.5	2	0
Otis Taylor	4	-14	-3.5	5	0
Team Totals	511	1793	3.5	28	11
Opponents Totals	493	1956	4.0	72t	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Livingston	145	75	51.7	63	916	6.3	12.2	48	6	4.1	7	4.8	16	124	792	65.2
Len Dawson	101	66	65.3	30	725	7.2	11.0	48	2	2.0	5	5.0	14	104	621	72.4
Pete Beathard	64	31	48.4	32	389	6.1	12.5	44	2	3.1	1	1.6	9	68	321	71.7
Jerrel Wilson	1	1	100.0	0	9	9.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	9	104.2
Leroy Keyes	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Ed Podolak	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	313	173	55.3	127	2039	6.5	11.8	48	10	3.2	13	4.2	39	296	1743	68.6
Opponents Totals	324	157	48.5	146	1942	6.0	12.4	62t	11	3.4	21	6.5	38	323	1619	51.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Podolak	55	445	8.1	25	0
Otis Taylor	34	565	16.6	46	4
Wendell Hayes	18	134	7.4	27	0
Elmo Wright	16	252	15.8	44	2
Morris Stroud	12	216	18.0	48	2
Jeff Kinney	11	126	11.5	25	0
Willie Ellison	9	64	7.1	17	0
Gary Butler	8	124	15.5	48	2
Robert West	4	65	16.3	23	0
Andy Hamilton	2	35	17.5	20	0
Dave Smith	2	20	10.0	17	0
Mo Moorman	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Leroy Keyes	1	-6	-6.0	-6	0
Team Totals	173	2039	11.8	48	10
Opponents Totals	157	1942	12.4	62t	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emmitt Thomas	3	65	21.7	33	0
Mike Sensibaugh	3	58	19.3	27	0
Willie Lanier	3	47	15.7	29	1
Jim Kearney	3	30	10.0	24	0
Jim Marsalis	2	36	18.0	36	0
Kerry Reardon	2	17	8.5	17	0
Bobby Bell	1	24	24.0	24	0
Buck Buchanan	1	17	17.0	17	0
Pat Holmes	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jim Lynch	1	9	9.0	9	0
Nate Allen	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	21	328	15.6	36	1
Opponents Totals	13	151	11.6	49	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Jerrel Wilson	80	3642	45.5	68	1	446
Team Totals	80	3642	45.5	68	1	446
Opponents Totals	84	3606	42.9	71	0	279

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Marshall	29	1	180	6.2	31
Ed Podolak	11	11	90	8.2	48
Kerry Reardon	2	5	9	4.5	6
Mike Sensibaugh	0	1	0
Team Totals	42	18	279	6.6	48
Opponents Totals	48	3	446	9.3	47

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Larry Marshall	14	391	27.9	38
Warren McVea	8	146	18.3	29
Jeff Kinney	5	130	26.0	40
Kerry Reardon	2	45	22.5	23
Clyde Werner	1	13	13.0	13
Robert West	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	31	725	23.4	40
Opponents Totals	40	1031	25.8	76

SACKS	NO	YDS
Curley Culp	8.0
Wilbur Young	8.0
Buck Buchanan	7.0
Jim Lynch	5.0
Marv Upshaw	4.5
George Seals	2.0
Bobby Bell	1.5
Willie Lanier	1.0
(Unidentified)	1.0
Team Totals	38.0	323.0
Opponents Totals	39.0	296.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Nate Allen	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
Pete Beathard	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Budde	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gary Butler	1		1	0	1	0	0
Curley Culp	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Len Dawson	4		0	0	0	-1	0
Willie Ellison	3		0	0	0	0	0
Wendell Hayes	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kearney	1		0	1	1	0	0
Leroy Keyes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Kinney	2		1	0	1	0	0
Willie Lanier	0	0	0	3	3	10	0
Mike Livingston	4		1	0	1	0	0
John Lohmeyer	0	0	0	1	1	19	1
Jim Lynch	0	0	1	2	3	23	0
Jim Marsalis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Marshall	3		3	0	3	0	0
Warren McVea	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mo Moorman	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Ed Podolak	7		1	0	1	0	0
Kerry Reardon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jack Rudnay	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
George Seals	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Sensibaugh	0	0	0	4	4	45	0
Morris Stroud	1		0	0	0	0	0
Otis Taylor	2		1	0	1	0	0
Emmitt Thomas	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jerrel Wilson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Elmo Wright	1		0	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Young	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	36	20	16	18	34	112	1
Opponents Totals	33	18	13	18	31		0