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1965 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 7-5-2, Finished 3rd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 322 points (23.0/g), 2nd of 8 in the AFL.
Allowed 285 points (20.4/g), 4th.
Differential of 37 points (2.6/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Hank Stram (7-5-2)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Len Dawson | 30 | 8 | 12 | 163 for 305, 2,262 yards, 21 td, 14 int, & 43 rushes for 142 yards and 2 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Mack Lee Hill | 25 | 1 | 0 | 125 rushes for 627 yards, 2 td, & 21 catches for 264 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Curtis McClinton | 26 | 3 | 0 | 175 rushes for 661 yards, 6 td, & 37 catches for 590 yards and 3 td | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| FL | Frank Jackson* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 28 catches for 440 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 26 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 19th / 150th pick / 1961 |
| SE | Chris Burford | 27 | 5 | 0 | 47 catches for 575 yards, 6 td | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 105th pick / 1960 |
| TE | Fred Arbanas* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 24 catches for 418 yards, 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde | 25 | 2 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Jon Gilliam | 27 | 4 | 14 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 161st pick / 1960 |
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| RG | Curt Merz | 27 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1960 |
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| RT | Dave Hill | 24 | 2 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jerry Mays*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Ed Lothamer | 23 | 1 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
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| RDT | Buck Buchanan* | 25 | 2 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Mel Branch | 28 | 5 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 118th pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | Bobby Bell*+ | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Sherrill Headrick* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | E.J. Holub* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| LCB | Fred Williamson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Willie Mitchell | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Bobby Hunt | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 11th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| RS | Johnny Robinson*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Tommy Brooker | 26 | 3 | 0 | 13 of 30 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | Dallas Texans / 17th / 131st pick / 1962 |
| P | Jerrel Wilson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 69 punts for a 45.4 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Willie Mitchell | 25 | 1 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 12.7 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Bert Coan | 25 | 3 | 0 | 19 kick returns for a 25.2 average and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 7th / 85th pick / 1962 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Fred Arbanas* | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 1/14/1939 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Pete Beathard | 23 | QB | 14 | 2 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Bobby Bell*+ | 25 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Dennis Biodrowski | 25 | G | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Memphis | 6/27/1940 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 18th / 144th pick / 1962 |
| Mel Branch | 28 | DE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | LSU | 2/15/1937 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 118th pick / 1960 |
| Solomon Brannan | 23 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 9/5/1942 | Rook | |
| Tommy Brooker | 26 | E-K | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/31/1939 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 17th / 131st pick / 1962 |
| Buck Buchanan* | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Chris Burford | 27 | SE-WR | 11 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Stanford | 1/31/1938 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 105th pick / 1960 |
| Reggie Carolan | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-6 | Idaho | 10/25/1939 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 102nd pick / 1961 |
| Ronnie Caveness | 22 | LB | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Arkansas | 3/6/1943 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 16th pick / 1965 |
| Bert Coan | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Kansas,TCU | 7/2/1940 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 85th pick / 1962 |
| Walt Corey | 27 | LB | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 5/9/1938 | 5 | |
| Jerry Cornelison | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | SMU | 9/13/1936 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 192nd pick / 1958 |
| Len Dawson | 30 | QB | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Al Dotson | 22 | DT | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 2/25/1943 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 24th pick / 1965 |
| Curt Farrier | 24 | DT | 8 | 0 | 264 | 6-6 | Montana State | 6/25/1941 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 80th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Fraser | 29 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 5/29/1936 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 21st / 250th pick / 1959 |
| Jon Gilliam | 27 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State,Texas A&M-Commerce | 10/22/1938 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 161st pick / 1960 |
| Sherrill Headrick* | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/13/1937 | 5 | |
| Dave Hill | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 2 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Mack Lee Hill | 25 | FB-HB | 13 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Southern | 8/17/1940 | 1 | |
| E.J. Holub* | 27 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 1/5/1938 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| Bobby Hunt | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/15/1940 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 11th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| Chuck Hurston | 23 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Auburn | 11/9/1942 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 |
| Frank Jackson* | 26 | FL-FB-SE-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | SMU | 4/14/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 19th / 150th pick / 1961 |
| Ed Lothamer | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 5/20/1942 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Mays*+ | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/24/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Curtis McClinton | 26 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Kansas | 6/25/1939 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| Curt Merz | 27 | G-DE | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-4 | Iowa | 4/17/1938 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1960 |
| Willie Mitchell | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Tennessee State | 8/28/1940 | 1 | |
| Frank Pitts | 22 | WR-SE | 7 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/12/1943 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Ply | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/13/1940 | 3 | New York Titans / 5th / 37th pick / 1962 |
| Al Reynolds | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Tarkio | 2/15/1938 | 5 | |
| Johnny Robinson*+ | 27 | DB-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/9/1938 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Hatch Rosdahl | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Penn State | 8/24/1941 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1963 |
| Smokey Stover | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | La-Monroe | 8/24/1938 | 5 | |
| Otis Taylor | 23 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Tyrer*+ | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 2/25/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Fred Williamson | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 3/5/1937 | 5 | |
| Jerrel Wilson | 24 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 231.3 | 6-2.9 | 2.8 |