1976 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
4th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 5-9-0 .357 |
Head Coach: Paul Wiggin |
Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
Vince Costello | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
Chet Franklin | Offensive Coordinator |
Steve Ortmayer | Special Teams |
Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
Bob Schnelker | Receivers |
Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Mon | 8/2/1976 | H | Houston Oilers | 9-3 | W | OT | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 30006 |
Sat | 8/7/1976 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-13 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 32851 | |
Sun | 8/15/1976 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 13-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 36101 | |
Sat | 8/21/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 23-20 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 30014 | |
Sat | 8/28/1976 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-23 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 27410 | |
Fri | 9/3/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-31 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 42997 | |
Sun | 9/12/1976 | H | San Diego Chargers | 16-30 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 53133 | |
Mon | 9/20/1976 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 60884 | |
Sun | 9/26/1976 | H | New Orleans Saints | 17-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 53918 | |
Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | Buffalo Bills | 17-50 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 51909 | |
Sun | 10/10/1976 | A | Washington Redskins | 33-30 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 53060 | |
Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Miami Dolphins | 20-17 | W | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 43325 |
Sun | 10/24/1976 | H | Denver Broncos | 26-35 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 57961 | |
Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28-19 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 40079 | |
Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 0-45 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 60760 | |
Sun | 11/14/1976 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-21 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 48859 | |
Sun | 11/21/1976 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 24-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46259 | |
Sun | 11/28/1976 | A | San Diego Chargers | 23-20 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 29272 | |
Sun | 12/5/1976 | A | Denver Broncos | 16-17 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 57995 | |
Sun | 12/12/1976 | H | Cleveland Browns | 39-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 34340 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Tony Adams | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Texas; Riverside CC; Utah State | 14 | 0 |
Billy Andrews | 53 | LLB | 6-0 | 223 | 31 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14 | 14 |
Charlie Ane | 56 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 1 |
Gary Barbaro | 26 | FS-RCB-SS | 6-4 | 210 | 22 | Nicholls State | 14 | 14 |
Larry Brunson | 83 | WR | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Mesa CC; Colorado | 14 | 14 |
Ed Budde | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 36 | Michigan State | 11 | 0 |
Tim Collier | 37 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 22 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 13 | 2 |
Tom Condon | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 275 | 24 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
Reggie Craig | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Arkansas | 1 | 0 |
Jimbo Elrod | 57 | MLB | 6-0 | 223 | 22 | Oklahoma | 6 | 3 |
Larry Estes | 74 | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 250 | 30 | Alcorn State | 14 | 3 |
Charlie Getty | 77 | LOG-LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Tim Gray | 46 | SS-FS | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Navarro JC; Texas A&M | 12 | 11 |
Woody Green | 27 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Arizona State | 6 | 6 |
Glynn Harrison | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Georgia | 8 | 0 |
Matt Herkenhoff | 60 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 12 |
Jeff Kinney | 31 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
MacArthur Lane | 42 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 34 | Merritt JC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
Willie Lanier | 63 | MLB | 6-1 | 245 | 31 | Morgan State | 14 | 11 |
Willie Lee | 78 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 3 |
Mike Livingston | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 31 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 14 |
John Lohmeyer | 87 | LDE-LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 229 | 25 | Emporia State | 13 | 10 |
Jim Lynch | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Bob Maddox | 75 | RDT | 6-5 | 245 | 27 | Frostburg State; McDaniel; Frostburg State | 8 | 7 |
Henry Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
Billy Masters | 84 | TE | 6-5 | 236 | 32 | Louisiana State | 10 | 9 |
Pat McNeil | 45 | FB | 5-9 | 208 | 22 | Baylor | 12 | 0 |
Jim Nicholson | 70 | ROT | 6-7 | 270 | 27 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
Mike Nott | 7 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Santa Clara | 1 | 0 |
Orrin Olsen | 52 | C-ROG | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Brigham Young | 14 | 0 |
Whitney Paul | 64 | LDE | 6-3 | 219 | 23 | Colorado | 14 | 8 |
Barry Pearson | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Northwestern | 8 | 0 |
Ed Podolak | 14 | HB | 6-1 | 204 | 29 | Iowa | 10 | 4 |
Tommy Reamon | 21 | HB | 5-10 | 192 | 24 | Fort Scott CC; Missouri | 11 | 4 |
Kerry Reardon | 15 | LCB-SS | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
Dave Rozumek | 55 | RLB | 6-1 | 222 | 22 | New Hampshire | 8 | 0 |
Jack Rudnay | 58 | C | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
Keith Simons | 72 | RDT | 6-3 | 254 | 22 | Minnesota | 6 | 6 |
Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 34 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
Steve Taylor | 48 | SS | 6-3 | 204 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 1 |
Emmitt Thomas | 18 | RCB | 6-2 | 192 | 33 | Bishop | 14 | 14 |
Rod Walters | 76 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 258 | 22 | Iowa | 14 | 3 |
Clyde Werner | 54 | LLB-RLB | 6-4 | 225 | 29 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
Walter White | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 216 | 25 | Mesa CC; Maryland | 14 | 5 |
Larry Williams | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 23 | Texas Tech | 12 | 0 |
Jerrel Wilson | 44 | P | 6-4 | 222 | 35 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Jim Wolf | 73 | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 7 |
Wilbur Young | 99 | RDE | 6-6 | 285 | 27 | William Penn | 14 | 12 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 14 | Rod Walters | G | Iowa |
2 | 41 | Cliff Frazier | DT | UCLA |
3 | 63 | Keith Simons | DT | Minnesota |
3 | 74 | Gary Barbaro | DB | Nicholls State |
3 | 79 | Henry Marshall | WR | Missouri |
5 | 137 | Willie Lee | DT | Bethune-Cookman |
5 | 144 | Jimbo Elrod | LB | Oklahoma |
6 | 166 | Steve Taylor | DB | Kansas |
6 | 167 | Bob Gregolunas | LB | Northern Illinois |
6 | 172 | Calvin Harper | T | Illinois State |
7 | 196 | Rod Wellington | RB | Iowa |
8 | 222 | Orrin Olsen | C | Brigham Young |
9 | 249 | Tim Collier | DB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
10 | 277 | Whitney Paul | DE | Colorado |
11 | 304 | Bob Squires | TE | Hastings |
12 | 331 | Harold Porter | WR | Louisiana-Lafayette |
13 | 361 | Joe Bruner | QB | Louisiana-Monroe |
14 | 388 | Rick Thurman | T | Texas |
15 | 415 | Dave Rozumek | LB | New Hampshire |
16 | 445 | Dennis Anderson | P-DB | Arizona |
17 | 472 | Pat McNeil | RB | Baylor |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 49 | 95 | 71 | 72 | 3 | 290 |
Opponents Totals | 95 | 71 | 83 | 127 | 0 | 376 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 275 | 103 | 152 | 20 | 79/211 37.4% | / % | 97 | 789 | |
Opponents Totals | 309 | 161 | 132 | 16 | 80/186 43.0% | / % | 88 | 762 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Stenerud | 0 | 27 | 33 | 81.8 | 21 | 38 | 55.3 | 0 | 90 |
Walter White | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
MacArthur Lane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Ed Podolak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Tommy Reamon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Henry Marshall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Billy Masters | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Mike Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Larry Brunson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Woody Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Lohmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 33 | 27 | 33 | 81.8 | 21 | 38 | 55.3 | 1 | 290 |
Opponents Totals | 51 | 43 | 51 | 84.3 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 376 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Stenerud | 21 | 38 | 55.3 | 6 | 52 | 0/0 | 7/12 | 6/8 | 7/15 | 1/3 |
Team Totals | 21 | 38 | 55.3 | 6 | 52 | 0/0 | 7/12 | 6/8 | 7/15 | 1/3 |
Opponents Totals | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0/ | 5/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MacArthur Lane | 162 | 542 | 3.3 | 20 | 5 |
Ed Podolak | 88 | 371 | 4.2 | 22t | 5 |
Woody Green | 73 | 322 | 4.4 | 27 | 1 |
Tommy Reamon | 103 | 314 | 3.0 | 14 | 4 |
Henry Marshall | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 59t | 1 |
Mike Livingston | 31 | 89 | 2.9 | 19 | 2 |
Tony Adams | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 21 | 0 |
Glynn Harrison | 16 | 41 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
Pat McNeil | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
Walter White | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
Jeff Kinney | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jan Stenerud | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 498 | 1873 | 3.8 | 59t | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 555 | 2861 | 5.2 | 77t | 24 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Livingston | 338 | 189 | 55.9 | 136 | 2682 | 7.9 | 14.2 | 57 | 12 | 3.6 | 13 | 3.8 | 31 | 284 | 2398 | 77.6 |
Tony Adams | 71 | 36 | 50.7 | 31 | 575 | 8.1 | 16.0 | 49t | 3 | 4.2 | 4 | 5.6 | 9 | 79 | 496 | 68.7 |
Mike Nott | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 6 | 46 | 4.6 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 54.6 |
MacArthur Lane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | |||||||
Team Totals | 419 | 229 | 54.7 | 173 | 3303 | 7.9 | 14.4 | 57 | 15 | 3.6 | 17 | 4.1 | 42 | 374 | 2929 | 75.5 |
Opponents Totals | 375 | 215 | 57.3 | 137 | 2684 | 7.2 | 12.5 | 57 | 25 | 6.7 | 23 | 6.1 | 22 | 188 | 2496 | 76.4 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MacArthur Lane | 66 | 686 | 10.4 | 44 | 1 |
Walter White | 47 | 808 | 17.2 | 41 | 7 |
Larry Brunson | 33 | 656 | 19.9 | 57 | 1 |
Henry Marshall | 28 | 443 | 15.8 | 31t | 2 |
Billy Masters | 18 | 269 | 14.9 | 30 | 3 |
Ed Podolak | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
Tommy Reamon | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 49t | 1 |
Woody Green | 9 | 100 | 11.1 | 31 | 0 |
Pat McNeil | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
Glynn Harrison | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Larry Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Charlie Getty | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 229 | 3303 | 14.4 | 57 | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 215 | 2684 | 12.5 | 57 | 25 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Reardon | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 22 | 0 |
Tim Gray | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
Willie Lanier | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
Gary Barbaro | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
Tim Collier | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jim Lynch | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Billy Andrews | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jimbo Elrod | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 23 | 161 | 7.0 | 29 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 243 | 14.3 | 101t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerrel Wilson | 65 | 2729 | 42.0 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 365 | 2204 | 33.4 |
Mike Nott | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 24.0 |
Jan Stenerud | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 |
Team Totals | 68 | 2792 | 41.1 | 62 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 376 | 2256 | 33.2 |
Opponents Totals | 64 | 2501 | 39.1 | 57 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 429 | 1912 | 29.9 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Brunson | 31 | 0 | 387 | 12.5 | 48 | 0 |
Billy Andrews | 1 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Tommy Reamon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 34 | 1 | 429 | 12.6 | 48 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 5 | 376 | 9.6 | 55t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Williams | 25 | 688 | 27.5 | 64 | 0 | |
Tommy Reamon | 19 | 424 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 | |
Glynn Harrison | 13 | 278 | 21.4 | 35 | 0 | |
Woody Green | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 30 | 0 | |
Reggie Craig | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
Pat McNeil | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 | |
Henry Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 65 | 1538 | 23.7 | 64 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 55 | 1263 | 23.0 | 64 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Larry Estes | 5.5 | |
John Lohmeyer | 4.0 | |
Bob Maddox | 4.0 | |
Whitney Paul | 3.5 | |
Wilbur Young | 1.5 | |
Tim Gray | 1.0 | |
Willie Lee | 1.0 | |
Jim Wolf | 1.0 | |
Keith Simons | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 22.0 | 188.0 |
Opponents Totals | 42.0 | 374.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Adams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tim Collier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Getty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Woody Green | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Glynn Harrison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Matt Herkenhoff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MacArthur Lane | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Livingston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Lohmeyer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Henry Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pat McNeil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Nicholson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Whitney Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Podolak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tommy Reamon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Rozumek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jan Stenerud | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -13 | 0 | |
Lawrence Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Wilbur Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 32 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0 |
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