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1968 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 371 points (26.5/g), 4th of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 170 points (12.1/g), 1st.
 Differential of 201 points (14.4/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 12.1-1.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +22 (1.6/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total 14.0, Offense: 3.8, Defense: 10.1, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Hank Stram

Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 371 4503 831 5.4 223 156 270 2276 20 11 7.7 89 537 2227 16 4.1 123 27 16 11
Team Defense 170 4089 871 4.7 215 214 461 2823 14 37 5.6 140 365 1266 4 3.5 52 49 12 23
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 6 10 7 4 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 8
Lg Rank Defense 1 4 4 10 9 3 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 7

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 9 boxscore W 1-0 @ Houston Oilers 26 21 17 265 61 204 19 440 385 55 3
2 Sun September 15 boxscore L 1-1 New York Jets 19 20 11 201 83 118 1 18 397 296 101 2
3 Sun September 22 boxscore W 2-1 Denver Broncos 34 2 17 341 196 145 2 13 245 194 51 4
3 Sat September 28 boxscore W 3-1 @ Miami Dolphins 48 3 17 431 268 163 3 12 234 138 96 6
5 Sat October 5 boxscore W 4-1 @ Buffalo Bills 18 7 20 353 141 212 2 11 251 136 115 5
6 Sun October 13 boxscore W 5-1 Cincinnati Bengals 13 3 15 265 129 136 2 7 116 17 99 1
7 Sun October 20 boxscore W 6-1 Oakland Raiders 24 10 19 310 16 294 10 222 169 53 2
8 Sun October 27 boxscore W 7-1 San Diego Chargers 27 20 15 374 180 194 1 22 395 297 98 4
8 Sun November 3 boxscore L 7-2 @ Oakland Raiders 21 38 14 327 229 98 3 25 539 469 70 3
10 Sun November 10 boxscore W 8-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 16 9 16 304 49 255 1 15 283 126 157 2
11 Sun November 17 boxscore W 9-2 Boston Patriots 31 17 12 339 312 27 6 15 262 184 78 4
12 Thu November 28 boxscore W 10-2 Houston Oilers 24 10 15 321 242 79 1 12 244 151 93 2
13 Sun December 8 boxscore W 11-2 @ San Diego Chargers 40 3 20 371 188 183 4 17 211 136 75 7
14 Sat December 14 boxscore W 12-2 @ Denver Broncos 30 7 15 302 183 119 1 19 249 124 125 4
Playoffs
Division Sun December 22 boxscore L 12-3 @ Oakland Raiders 6 41 13 312 242 70 4 22 454 336 118

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
16 Len Dawson* 33 QB 14 13 11-2-0 131 224 58.5 2109 17 7.6 9 4.0 92 9.4 9.1 16.1 150.6 98.6 2 2
15 Jacky Lee 29 qb 6 1 1-0-0 25 45 55.6 383 3 6.7 1 2.2 61 8.5 8.8 15.3 63.8 96.8
21 Mike Garrett 24 HB 13 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 14 12-2-0 156 270 57.8 2492 20 7.4 11 4.1 92 9.2 8.9 16.0 178.0 96.4 2 2
Opp Total 14 214 461 46.4 3262 14 3.0 37 8.0 7.1 4.07 15.2 233.0 46.9 45 439 5.6 2.8 8.9

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
45 Robert Holmes 23 FB 14 0 174 866 7 76 5.0 61.9 12.4 19 201 10.6 0 43 1.4 14.4 1067 7 5
21 Mike Garrett 24 HB 13 0 164 564 3 37 3.4 43.4 12.6 33 359 10.9 3 43 2.5 27.6 923 6 6
38 Wendell Hayes 28 11 0 85 340 4 25 4.0 30.9 7.7 12 108 9.0 1 22 1.1 9.8 448 5 1
23 Bert Coan 28 12 0 40 160 1 24 4.0 13.3 3.3 2 15 7.5 0 12 0.2 1.3 175 1 1
32 Curtis McClinton 29 9 0 24 107 0 19 4.5 11.9 2.7 3 -4 -1.3 0 5 0.3 -0.4 103 0 0
16 Len Dawson* 33 QB 14 13 20 40 0 22 2.0 2.9 1.4 40 0 4
25 Frank Pitts 25 SE 13 0 11 107 0 28 9.7 8.2 0.8 30 655 21.8 6 90 2.3 50.4 762 6 1
89 Otis Taylor 26 FL 11 0 5 41 1 30 8.2 3.7 0.5 20 420 21.0 4 67 1.8 38.2 461 5 0
44 Jerrel Wilson 27 P 14 0 5 1 0 3 0.2 0.1 0.4 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.0 15 0 0
84 Fred Arbanas 29 TE 14 0 3 14 0 8 4.7 1.0 0.2 11 189 17.2 0 48 0.8 13.5 203 0 0
1 Noland Smith 25 KR/PR 12 0 2 -2 0 1 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 1 15 15.0 0 15 0.1 1.3 13 0 1
10 Mike Livingston 23 1 0 2 2 0 3 1.0 2.0 2.0 2 0 2
30 Gloster Richardson 26 13 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 22 494 22.5 6 92 1.7 38.0 491 6 0
26 Paul Lowe 32 1 0 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -10.0 1.0 -10 0 0
80 Reggie Carolan 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 19 0.1 1.9 26 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 537 2227 16 76 4.1 159.1 38.4 156 2492 16.0 20 92 11.1 178.0 4719 36 26
Opp Total 14 365 1266 4 3.5 90.4 26.1 214 2823 13.2 14 15.3 201.6 4089 18 22

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Noland Smith 25 KR/PR 12 0 18 270 1 80 15.0 23 549 0 37 23.9 832
20 Goldie Sellers 26 14 0 7 129 1 76 18.4 2 40 0 25 20.0 169
24 Ceasar Belser 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 38 0 22 9.5 38
23 Bert Coan 28 12 0 5 100 0 31 20.0 275
21 Mike Garrett 24 HB 13 0 2 4 0 9 2.0 927
42 Johnny Robinson*+ 30 RS 14 0 2 26 0 16 13.0 26
52 Bud Abell 28 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
60 George Daney 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
46 Jim Kearney 25 LS 14 14 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
22 Willie Mitchell 28 RCB 13 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
65 Remi Prudhomme 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 31 450 2 80 14.5 38 736 0 37 19.4 5905
Opp Total 14 31 0 54 1044 0 19.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
3 Jan Stenerud* 26 K 14 0 10 10 6 6 10 8 6 4 8 2 40 30 75.0% 40 39 97.5%
44 Jerrel Wilson 27 P 14 0 63 2841 70 0 45.1
80 Reggie Carolan 29 14 0 2 101 52 0 50.5
Team Total 26.5 14 10 10 6 6 10 8 6 4 8 2 40 30 75.0% 40 39 97.5% 65 2942 70 0 45.3
Opp Total 14 27 14 51.9% 18 18 100.0% 73 3124 42.8

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
21 Mike Garrett 24 HB 13 0 0 6 2 0 0
42 Johnny Robinson*+ 30 RS 14 0 6 40 0 16 0 0 0 2 28 0
78 Bobby Bell*+ 28 LLB 14 0 5 95 0 50 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 Len Dawson* 33 QB 14 13 0 4 3 0 0
46 Jim Kearney 25 LS 14 14 3 23 0 23 0 0 1 2 0 0
22 Willie Mitchell 28 RCB 13 0 5 46 0 46 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Ceasar Belser 24 14 0 0 4 1 0 0
45 Robert Holmes 23 FB 14 0 0 5 0 0 0
63 Willie Lanier*+ 23 MLB 14 14 4 120 1 75 0
51 Jim Lynch* 23 RLB 14 14 3 73 1 49 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 Emmitt Thomas* 25 LCB 14 0 4 25 0 14 0
10 Mike Livingston 23 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
20 Goldie Sellers 26 14 0 3 19 0 19 0
1 Noland Smith 25 KR/PR 12 0 0 1 2 35 0
52 Bud Abell 28 12 0 2 14 0 12 0
87 Aaron Brown 25 RDE 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
86 Buck Buchanan*+ 28 RDT 14 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
25 Frank Pitts 25 SE 13 0 0 1 1 0 0
23 Bert Coan 28 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
38 Wendell Hayes 28 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
99 Ernie Ladd 30 14 0 1 3 0 3 0
30 Gloster Richardson 26 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 37 469 2 75 0 0 26 22 63 0 1
Opp Total 14 24 22 10 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
3 Jan Stenerud* 26 K 14 0 39 30 129
45 Robert Holmes 23 FB 14 0 7 7 42
21 Mike Garrett 24 HB 13 0 3 3 6 36
25 Frank Pitts 25 SE 13 0 6 6 36
30 Gloster Richardson 26 13 0 6 6 36
38 Wendell Hayes 28 11 0 4 1 5 30
89 Otis Taylor 26 FL 11 0 1 4 5 30
23 Bert Coan 28 12 0 1 1 6
63 Willie Lanier*+ 23 MLB 14 14 1 1 6
51 Jim Lynch* 23 RLB 14 14 1 1 6
20 Goldie Sellers 26 14 0 1 1 6
1 Noland Smith 25 KR/PR 12 0 1 1 6
86 Buck Buchanan*+ 28 RDT 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.5 14 16 20 2 2 40 39 30 1 371
Opp Total 14 4 14 18 14 1 170