1977 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)

5th place American Football Conference Western Division 2-12-0 .143

Head Coach: Paul Wiggin (1-6-0); Tom Bettis (1-6-0)

Tom Bettis	Defensive Backs
Jack Christiansen	Offensive Assistant
Chet Franklin	Linebackers
Steve Ortmayer	Special Teams
Tom Pratt	Defensive Line
Bob Schnelker	Offensive Assistant
Joe Spencer	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	A	Detroit Lions	0-17	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	52309
Sat	8/13/1977	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	23-21	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	28584
Thu	8/18/1977	A	Washington Redskins	7-13	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	33263
Sat	8/27/1977	H	Los Angeles Rams	27-19	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	34975
Mon	9/5/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	16-24	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	22748
Sat	9/10/1977	H	St. Louis Cardinals	37-20	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	38480
Sun	9/18/1977	A	New England Patriots	17-21	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	58185
Sun	9/25/1977	H	San Diego Chargers	7-23	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	56146
Mon	10/3/1977	H	Oakland Raiders	28-37	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	60684
Sun	10/9/1977	A	Denver Broncos	7-23	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	74718
Sun	10/16/1977	H	Baltimore Colts	6-17	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	63076
Sun	10/23/1977	A	San Diego Chargers	21-16	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33010
Sun	10/30/1977	A	Cleveland Browns	7-44	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	60381
Sun	11/6/1977	H	Green Bay Packers	20-10	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	62687
Sun	11/13/1977	A	Chicago Bears	27-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	49543
Sun	11/20/1977	H	Denver Broncos	7-14	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	54050
Sun	11/27/1977	A	Houston Oilers	20-34	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42994
Sun	12/4/1977	H	Cincinnati Bengals	7-27	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	38488
Sun	12/11/1977	H	Seattle Seahawks	31-34	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	22262
Sun	12/18/1977	A	Oakland Raiders	20-21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50304

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
11	Tony Adams	QB	6-0	192	27	Texas; Riverside CC; Utah State	14	3
53	Billy Andrews	LLB	6-0	223	32	Southeastern Louisiana	14	14
56	Charlie Ane	C	6-1	237	25	Michigan State	14	0
39	Mark Bailey	FB	6-3	237	23	California; Long Beach State	14	4
26	Gary Barbaro	WS	6-4	210	23	Nicholls State	14	14
85	Ed Beckman	TE	6-4	232	22	Florida State	14	1
43	John Brockington	FB	6-1	225	29	Ohio State	10	7
89	Larry Brunson	WR	5-11	180	28	Mesa CC; Colorado	11	9
59	Ray Burks	LB	6-3	217	22	UCLA	13	0
37	Tim Collier	LCB-RCB	6-0	176	23	Texas A&M-Commerce	9	5
65	Tom Condon	ROG	6-3	275	25	Boston College	14	14
40	Ricky Davis	SS	6-1	180	24	Alabama	13	5
57	Jimbo Elrod	LB	6-0	223	23	Oklahoma	14	0
61	Cliff Frazier	LDT	6-4	265	25	Fort Scott CC; UCLA	14	12
77	Charlie Getty	LOG-ROT	6-4	270	25	Penn State	14	5
47	Chris Golub	S	6-3	196	23	Kansas	1	0
46	Tim Gray	SS	6-1	205	25	Navarro JC; Texas A&M	10	9
24	Gary Green	LCB	5-11	187	22	Baylor	11	10
62	Darius Helton	OG	6-2	260	23	North Carolina Central	6	0
60	Matt Herkenhoff	LOT	6-4	256	26	Minnesota	14	14
52	Tom Howard	RLB	6-2	215	23	Texas Tech	13	3
42	MacArthur Lane	FB	6-0	220	35	Merritt JC; Utah State	3	3
63	Willie Lanier	MLB	6-1	245	32	Morgan State	14	14
78	Willie Lee	RDT-LDT	6-4	250	27	Bethune-Cookman	14	10
10	Mike Livingston	QB	6-3	209	32	Southern Methodist	13	11
87	John Lohmeyer	RDE-LDE	6-4	229	26	Emporia State	14	4
51	Jim Lynch	RLB	6-1	232	32	Notre Dame	11	11
89	Henry Marshall	WR	6-2	212	23	Missouri	14	14
22	Ted McKnight	RB	6-1	209	23	Minnesota-Duluth	13	0
45	Pat McNeil	RB	5-9	208	23	Baylor	1	0
21	Arnold Morgado	RB	5-11	205	25	Michigan State; Hawaii	14	0
70	Jim Nicholson	ROT	6-7	270	28	Michigan State	12	12
64	Whitney Paul	LDE	6-3	219	24	Colorado	14	13
14	Ed Podolak	HB	6-1	204	30	Iowa	13	6
32	Tony Reed	HB	5-11	197	22	Antelope Valley JC; Colorado	14	8
55	Dave Rozumek	LB	6-1	222	23	New Hampshire	14	0
58	Jack Rudnay	C	6-3	240	30	Northwestern	14	14
81	Tony Samuels	TE	6-4	229	23	Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman	14	2
73	Bob Simmons	LOG	6-4	254	23	Texas	14	11
72	Keith Simons	RDT	6-3	254	23	Minnesota	14	6
3	Jan Stenerud	K	6-2	188	35	Montana State	14	0
18	Emmitt Thomas	RCB	6-2	192	34	Bishop	14	13
84	Charlie Wade	WR	5-9	164	27	Tennessee State	5	0
19	Ricky Wesson	CB	5-9	163	22	Southern Methodist	14	0
88	Walter White	TE	6-3	216	26	Mesa CC; Maryland	13	12
66	Tom Wickert	OG-OT	6-4	252	25	Washington State	5	0
80	Larry Williams	WR	5-10	174	24	Texas Tech	6	5
44	Jerrel Wilson	P	6-4	222	36	Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi	14	0
99	Wilbur Young	RDE	6-6	285	28	William Penn	13	11

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Gary Green	DB	Baylor
2	37	Tony Reed	RB	Colorado
3	67	Tom Howard	LB	Texas Tech
4	92	Mark Bailey	RB	Long Beach State
4	94	Tony Samuels	TE	Bethune-Cookman
4	95	Darius Helton	G	North Carolina Central
4	104	Eric Harris	DB	Memphis
6	150	Rick Burleson	DE	Texas
6	167	Andre Herrera	RB	Southern Illinois
7	177	Chris Golub	DB	Kansas
8	204	Ron Olsonoski	LB	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
8	215	Waddell Smith	WR	Kansas
9	226	Derrick Glanton	DE	Bishop
9	235	Dave Green	T	New Mexico
10	261	Mark Vitali	QB	Purdue
11	288	Maurice Mitchell	WR	Northern Michigan
12	318	Ray Burks	LB	UCLA

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	73	50	23	79
Opponents Totals	92	99	79	79

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		228	95	110	23	64/196 32.7%	/ %	82	706
Opponents Totals		304	169	113	22	83/202 41.1%	/ %	105	929

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Jan Stenerud	0	27	28	96.4	8	18	44.4	51
Ed Podolak	5	0	0		0	0		30
Walter White	5	0	0		0	0		30
Henry Marshall	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mark Bailey	3	0	0		0	0		18
John Brockington	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tim Gray	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tony Reed	2	0	0		0	0		12
Gary Barbaro	1	0	0		0	0		6
Tim Collier	1	0	0		0	0		6
MacArthur Lane	1	0	0		0	0		6
Willie Lee	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike Livingston	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Williams	1	0	0		0	0		6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0
Team Totals	29	27	29	93.1	8	18	44.4	225
Opponents Totals	42	37	42	88.1	20	28	71.4	349

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jan Stenerud	8	18	44.4	0/0	6/6	2/5	0/5	0/2
Team Totals	8	18	44.4	0/0	6/6	2/5	0/5	0/2
Opponents Totals	20	28	71.4	1/	7/	6/	4/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Podolak	133	550	4.1	41	5
Tony Reed	126	505	4.0	59	2
Mark Bailey	66	266	4.0	37t	2
John Brockington	54	161	3.0	12	1
MacArthur Lane	25	79	3.2	9	1
Mike Livingston	19	78	4.1	13	1
Ted McKnight	11	74	6.7	19	0
Ray Burks	1	51	51.0	51	0
Larry Williams	2	30	15.0	17	1
Tony Adams	5	21	4.2	8	0
Arnold Morgado	3	12	4.0	9	0
Henry Marshall	7	11	1.6	7	0
Larry Brunson	2	8	4.0	11	0
Walter White	2	-3	-1.5	3	0
Team Totals	456	1843	4.0	59	13
Opponents Totals	634	2971	4.7	78t	23

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Mike Livingston	282	143	50.7	124	1823	6.5	12.7	49	9	3.2	15	5.3	30	285	1538	59.8
Tony Adams	92	47	51.1	34	691	7.5	14.7	63	2	2.2	11	12.0	18	136	555	43.6
Team Totals	374	190	50.8	158	2514	6.7	13.2	63	11	2.9	26	7.0	48	421	2093	53.3
Opponents Totals	333	175	52.6	137	2244	6.7	12.8	48t	15	4.5	21	6.3	25	222	2022	62.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Walter White	48	674	14.0	48t	5
Ed Podolak	32	313	9.8	23	0
Henry Marshall	23	445	19.3	49	4
Larry Brunson	20	295	14.8	63	0
John Brockington	19	222	11.7	48	1
Mark Bailey	17	206	12.1	47t	1
Tony Reed	12	125	10.4	20	0
Larry Williams	7	94	13.4	24	0
Tony Samuels	5	65	13.0	32	0
MacArthur Lane	3	40	13.3	21	0
Arnold Morgado	2	21	10.5	12	0
Ted McKnight	1	11	11.0	11	0
Ed Beckman	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	190	2514	13.2	63	11
Opponents Totals	175	2244	12.8	48t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gary Barbaro	8	165	20.6	102t	1
Gary Green	3	19	6.3	19	0
Jim Lynch	3	8	2.7	6	0
Tim Collier	2	134	67.0	100t	1
Tim Gray	2	16	8.0	11	0
Whitney Paul	1	6	6.0	6	0
Tom Howard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Emmitt Thomas	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	348	16.6	102t	2
Opponents Totals	26	390	15.0	51	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Jerrel Wilson	88	3510	39.9	59	1	5	11	703	2707	30.4
Team Totals	89	3510	39.4	59	1	5	11	703	2707	30.4
Opponents Totals	63	2583	41.0	58	0	6	17	236	2227	35.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Gary Green	14	2	115	8.2	18
Larry Brunson	20	0	108	5.4	19
Ed Podolak	2	1	13	6.5	7
Team Totals	36	3	236	6.6	19
Opponents Totals	50	14	703	14.1	70

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Williams	17	319	18.8	48	0
Ted McKnight	12	305	25.4	70	0
Tony Reed	11	239	21.7	39	0
Larry Brunson	11	216	19.6	32	0
Ricky Wesson	7	129	18.4	27	0
Mark Bailey	3	46	15.3	16	0
Ray Burks	1	15	15.0	15	0
Charlie Getty	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	63	1284	20.4	70	0
Opponents Totals	44	958	21.8	96t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Wilbur Young	5.5
Willie Lee	5.0
Tim Gray	4.0
Whitney Paul	3.5
John Lohmeyer	2.0
Gary Barbaro	1.0
Jimbo Elrod	1.0
Cliff Frazier	1.0
Jim Lynch	1.0
Keith Simons	1.0
Team Totals	25.0	222.0
Opponents Totals	48.0	421.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Tony Adams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Billy Andrews	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Mark Bailey	4		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Barbaro	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
John Brockington	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Brunson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ray Burks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Condon	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jimbo Elrod	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tim Gray	0	0	0	4	4	52	2
Gary Green	3		2	0	2	0	0
Willie Lanier	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Willie Lee	0	0	0	2	2	10	1
Mike Livingston	7		1	0	1	-22	0
John Lohmeyer	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Henry Marshall	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ted McKnight	1		0	0	0	0	0
Whitney Paul	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ed Podolak	2		1	0	1	0	0
Tony Reed	7		1	0	1	0	0
Jack Rudnay	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Samuels	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Wesson	2		1	0	1	0	0
Walter White	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Williams	1		1	0	1	0	0
Wilbur Young	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
Team Totals	33	22	11	23	34	49	3
Opponents Totals	39	23	14	21	35		0