1988 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 4-11-1 .281 |
| Head Coach: Frank Gansz |
| Ed Beckman | Special Teams |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
| Dave Brazil | Linebackers |
| J.D. Helm | Offensive Quality Control/Tight Ends |
| C.T. Hewgley | Linemen/Strength and Conditioning Coordinator |
| Don Lawrence | Defensive Line |
| Billie Matthews | Running Backs |
| Carl Mauck | Offensive Line |
| Rod Rust | Defensive Coordinator |
| George Sefcik | Offensive Coordinator |
| Dick Wood | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1988 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 34-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 31947 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1988 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 27-13 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 23369 | |
| Fri | 8/19/1988 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-21 | T | OT | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 32361 |
| Thu | 8/25/1988 | H | Phoenix Cardinals | 21-41 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 36883 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1988 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-6 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 55654 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1988 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 10-31 | L | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61512 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1988 | H | Denver Broncos | 20-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 63268 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1988 | H | San Diego Chargers | 23-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 45498 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1988 | A | New York Jets | 17-17 | T | OT | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 66110 |
| Sun | 10/9/1988 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-7 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 39134 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1988 | H | Los Angeles Raiders | 17-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 77078 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1988 | H | Detroit Lions | 6-7 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 66926 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1988 | A | Los Angeles Raiders | 10-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 36103 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1988 | A | Denver Broncos | 11-17 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74227 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1988 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 31-28 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 34614 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1988 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 27-24 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 33152 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1988 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-16 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 42057 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1988 | H | New York Jets | 38-34 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 30059 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1988 | A | New York Giants | 12-28 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 69807 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1988 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Jack Murphy Stadium | 26339 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Mark Adickes | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 273 | 27 | Baylor | 10 | 10 |
| John Alt | 76 | LOT | 6-7 | 286 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 13 |
| Gary Baldinger | 91 | NT-LDE | 6-3 | 268 | 25 | Wake Forest | 11 | 4 |
| Rich Baldinger | 77 | LOG | 6-4 | 285 | 29 | Wake Forest | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Baugh | 58 | C | 6-3 | 282 | 25 | Southern Illinois | 12 | 10 |
| Mike Bell | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 31 | Colorado State | 12 | 12 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 34 | SS | 6-0 | 207 | 31 | Maryland | 10 | 9 |
| Carlos Carson | 88 | WR | 5-11 | 187 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Deron Cherry | 20 | FS | 5-11 | 200 | 29 | Rutgers | 16 | 16 |
| Timmy Cofield | 54 | ROLB | 6-2 | 243 | 25 | Elizabeth City State | 16 | 15 |
| Darrell Colbert | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 174 | 24 | Texas Southern | 3 | 0 |
| Louis Cooper | 55 | LOLB | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Western Carolina | 11 | 4 |
| Steve DeBerg | 17 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 34 | Fullerton JC; San Jose State | 13 | 11 |
| Jack Del Rio | 50 | RILB-LILB-LOLB | 6-4 | 242 | 25 | Southern California | 15 | 10 |
| Curt DiGiacomo | 65 | OG | 6-4 | 275 | 25 | American River JC; Arizona | 12 | 0 |
| Irv Eatman | 75 | ROT-LOT | 6-7 | 296 | 27 | UCLA | 16 | 14 |
| Gerry Feehery | 64 | C | 6-2 | 270 | 28 | Syracuse | 6 | 6 |
| Kenny Gamble | 48 | RB | 5-10 | 197 | 23 | Colgate | 16 | 0 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 2 | P | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | Iowa State; Emporia State | 16 | 0 |
| Leonard Griffin | 98 | LDE | 6-4 | 261 | 26 | Grambling State | 15 | 9 |
| Dino Hackett | 56 | RILB-LILB | 6-3 | 226 | 24 | Appalachian State | 13 | 13 |
| Dee Hardison | 93 | NT | 6-4 | 280 | 32 | North Carolina | 7 | 1 |
| Emile Harry | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 25 | Stanford | 16 | 2 |
| James Harvey | 64 | OG | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Jackson State | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Hawkins | 59 | LOLB-ROLB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 7 | 3 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 237 | 26 | Iowa | 16 | 9 |
| Herman Heard | 44 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Fort Lewis; Colorado State-Pueblo | 12 | 5 |
| Greg Hill | 23 | CB | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 15 | 0 |
| David Hollis | 25 | CB-S | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 2 | 0 |
| Todd Howard | 53 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Texas A&M | 7 | 0 |
| Byron Ingram | 60 | ROG-LOG | 6-2 | 295 | 24 | Eastern Kentucky | 12 | 5 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 41 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 2 | 0 |
| Sidney Johnson | 45 | CB | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | Cerritos JC; California | 13 | 0 |
| Rod Jones | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 242 | 24 | Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Jozwiak | 73 | LOG | 6-5 | 308 | 25 | West Virginia | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Kenney | 9 | QB | 6-4 | 217 | 33 | Arizona State; Saddleback JC; Northern Colorado | 16 | 5 |
| Albert Lewis | 29 | LCB | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| Adam Lingner | 51 | C | 6-4 | 264 | 28 | Illinois | 16 | 0 |
| Calvin Loveall | 22 | CB | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Idaho | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Lowery | 8 | K | 6-4 | 189 | 32 | Dartmouth | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Lutz | 72 | ROT-ROG | 6-5 | 292 | 29 | Georgia Tech | 15 | 7 |
| Bill Maas | 63 | NT | 6-5 | 268 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 8 | 8 |
| Chris Martin | 57 | LB | 6-2 | 232 | 28 | Auburn | 6 | 0 |
| Jerry McCabe | 92 | RILB | 6-1 | 225 | 23 | Holy Cross | 3 | 1 |
| Ron McLean | 62 | DE-NT | 6-3 | 267 | 25 | Fullerton State | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 32 | FB | 6-1 | 240 | 30 | Santa Barbara CC; Notre Dame | 9 | 3 |
| Christian Okoye | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 253 | 27 | Azusa Pacific | 9 | 9 |
| Stephone Paige | 83 | WR | 6-2 | 184 | 27 | Saddleback JC; Fresno State | 16 | 16 |
| Paul Palmer | 26 | HB | 5-9 | 181 | 24 | Temple | 15 | 11 |
| Aaron Pearson | 96 | LILB | 6-0 | 236 | 24 | Itawamba CC; Mississippi State | 16 | 10 |
| J.C. Pearson | 24 | LCB-RCB | 5-11 | 187 | 25 | Cal Poly (Pomona); Fullerton JC; Washington | 16 | 6 |
| Kevin Porter | 27 | SS | 5-10 | 215 | 22 | Auburn | 15 | 7 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 251 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 7 |
| Kevin Ross | 31 | RCB | 5-9 | 183 | 26 | Temple | 15 | 14 |
| Jerome Sally | 70 | NT | 6-3 | 270 | 29 | Missouri | 3 | 2 |
| James Saxon | 21 | FB | 5-11 | 226 | 22 | American River JC; San Jose State | 16 | 4 |
| Neil Smith | 90 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 271 | 22 | Nebraska | 13 | 7 |
| Angelo Snipes | 52 | LOLB | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | West Georgia | 15 | 8 |
| Troy Stedman | 94 | LB | 6-3 | 243 | 23 | Kirkwood JC; Iowa Central CC; Washburn | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Stensrud | 67 | RDE-NT | 6-5 | 280 | 32 | Iowa State | 13 | 5 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 82 | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 24 | Washington State | 16 | 0 |
| Don Thorp | 71 | DE-NT | 6-4 | 248 | 26 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Neil Smith | DE | Nebraska |
| 3 | 59 | Kevin Porter | DB | Auburn |
| 4 | 96 | J.R. Ambrose | WR | Mississippi |
| 6 | 139 | James Saxon | RB | San Jose State |
| 7 | 170 | Troy Stedman | LB | Washburn |
| 8 | 197 | Alfredo Roberts | TE | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 224 | Azizuddin Abdur-Ra'oof | WR | Maryland |
| 10 | 251 | Kenny Gamble | RB | Colgate |
| 11 | 282 | Danny McManus | QB | Florida State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 74 | 47 | 82 | 0 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 118 | 52 | 73 | 0 | 320 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:31 | 289 | 104 | 161 | 24 | 88/224 39.3% | 12/18 66.7% | 85 | 636 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:29 | 318 | 162 | 136 | 20 | 94/209 45.0% | 6/13 46.2% | 106 | 854 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 0 | 104 |
| Stephone Paige | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Paul Palmer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Carlos Carson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Christian Okoye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| James Saxon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emile Harry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jonathan Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dino Hackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Albert Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Maas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 24 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 3 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 320 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Lowery | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 1 | 51 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 9/11 | 8/10 | 3/3 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 32 | 84.4 | 1 | 51 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 9/11 | 8/10 | 3/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 2/ | 5/ | 4/ | 5/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Okoye | 105 | 473 | 4.5 | 48 | 3 |
| Paul Palmer | 134 | 452 | 3.4 | 26t | 2 |
| Herman Heard | 106 | 438 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 60 | 236 | 3.9 | 14 | 2 |
| Larry Moriarty | 20 | 62 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 18 | 30 | 1.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Kenney | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Carson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 448 | 1713 | 3.8 | 48 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 609 | 2592 | 4.3 | 36 | 23 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve DeBerg | 414 | 224 | 54.1 | 174 | 2935 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 80t | 16 | 3.9 | 16 | 3.9 | 30 | 246 | 2689 | 73.5 |
| Bill Kenney | 114 | 58 | 50.9 | 51 | 549 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 4.4 | 13 | 107 | 442 | 46.3 |
| Team Totals | 528 | 282 | 53.4 | 225 | 3484 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 80t | 16 | 3.0 | 21 | 4.0 | 43 | 353 | 3131 | 67.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 410 | 214 | 52.2 | 178 | 2591 | 6.3 | 12.1 | 42t | 12 | 2.9 | 18 | 4.4 | 23 | 157 | 2434 | 63.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephone Paige | 61 | 902 | 14.8 | 49 | 7 |
| Paul Palmer | 53 | 611 | 11.5 | 71t | 4 |
| Carlos Carson | 46 | 711 | 15.5 | 80t | 3 |
| Emile Harry | 26 | 362 | 13.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 22 | 233 | 10.6 | 25 | 1 |
| Herman Heard | 20 | 198 | 9.9 | 32 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 19 | 177 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 10 | 104 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 36 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Darrell Colbert | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Kenny Gamble | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 282 | 3484 | 12.4 | 80t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 2591 | 12.1 | 42t | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deron Cherry | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 32 | 0 |
| J.C. Pearson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Greg Hill | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Albert Lewis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Stensrud | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kenny Gamble | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Timmy Cofield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Del Rio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Ross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 166 | 9.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 206 | 9.8 | 31 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Goodburn | 76 | 3059 | 40.3 | 59 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 473 | 2426 | 31.9 |
| Team Totals | 76 | 3059 | 40.3 | 59 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 473 | 2426 | 31.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2531 | 40.2 | 61 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 215 | 2156 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitrick Taylor | 29 | 6 | 187 | 6.4 | 16 | 0 |
| David Hollis | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 6 | 215 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 3 | 473 | 9.9 | 31 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Palmer | 23 | 0 | 364 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Kenny Gamble | 15 | 0 | 291 | 19.4 | 31 | 0 |
| David Hollis | 6 | 0 | 106 | 17.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 5 | 0 | 80 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 2 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Byron Ingram | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin Porter | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 56 | 0 | 925 | 16.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 1380 | 24.2 | 98t | 2 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Maas | 4.0 | |
| Timmy Cofield | 3.5 | |
| Dino Hackett | 3.0 | |
| Neil Smith | 2.5 | |
| Mike Stensrud | 2.5 | |
| Mike Bell | 2.0 | |
| Leonard Griffin | 2.0 | |
| Angelo Snipes | 2.0 | |
| Jack Del Rio | 1.0 | |
| Kevin Porter | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 23.0 | 157.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 43.0 | 353.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Baldinger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Baugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -9 | 0 | |
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deron Cherry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Timmy Cofield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Colbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Del Rio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Gamble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dino Hackett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Heard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Hollis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Kenney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Okoye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephone Paige | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Palmer | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Porter | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerome Sally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Saxon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Angelo Snipes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 1 |
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