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1969 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 2nd in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary
1969 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 359 points (25.6/g), 2nd of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 177 points (12.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 182 points (13.0/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 11.8-2.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 11.9, Offense: 3.5, Defense: 8.4, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Hank Stram
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Len Dawson* | 34 | 12 | 7 | 98 for 166, 1,323 yards, 9 td, 13 int, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Mike Garrett | 25 | 3 | 0 | 168 rushes for 732 yards, 6 td, & 43 catches for 432 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 Kansas City Chiefs / 20th / 178th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Robert Holmes* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 150 rushes for 612 yards, 2 td, & 26 catches for 266 yards and 3 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 375th pick / 1968 |
| FL | Otis Taylor | 27 | 4 | 0 | 41 catches for 696 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for -2 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 203rd pick / 1965 |
| SE | Frank Pitts | 26 | 4 | 0 | 31 catches for 470 yards, 2 td, & 5 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1965 Chicago Bears / 16th / 213th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Fred Arbanas | 30 | 7 | 0 | 16 catches for 258 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 Dallas Texans / 7th / 54th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer*+ | 30 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 14th / 188th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 8th pick / 1963 |
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| C | E.J. Holub | 31 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Mo Moorman | 25 | 1 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 | |
| RT | Dave Hill | 28 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 24th / 192nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jerry Mays | 30 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 141st pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Curley Culp* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 | |
| RDT | Buck Buchanan*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 New York Giants / 19th / 265th pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Aaron Brown | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 56th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Willie Lanier* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jim Lynch | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Jim Marsalis* | 24 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jim Kearney | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| RS | Johnny Robinson+ | 31 | 9 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud* | 27 | 2 | 0 | 27 of 35 field goals & 38 of 38 extra points | |
| P | Jerrel Wilson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 68 punts for a 44.4 average, 0 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 225th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Willie Mitchell | 29 | 5 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | |
| Warren McVea | 23 | 1 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | Fred Arbanas | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 1/14/1939 | 7 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 Dallas Texans / 7th / 54th pick / 1961 |
| 78 | Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 6 | 17 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 56th pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Ceasar Belser | 25 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/13/1944 | 1 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 145th pick / 1966 | |
| 87 | Aaron Brown | 26 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | 3 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan*+ | 29 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling St. | 9/10/1940 | 6 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 New York Giants / 19th / 265th pick / 1963 |
| 71 | Ed Budde*+ | 29 | LG | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 11/2/1940 | 6 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 8th pick / 1963 |
| 61 | Curley Culp* | 23 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 3/10/1946 | 1 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| 60 | George Daney | 23 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 34 | QB | 9 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 12 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| 12 | Tom Flores | 32 | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Mike Garrett | 25 | HB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | 3 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 Kansas City Chiefs / 20th / 178th pick / 1966 |
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 29 | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt St. | 8/5/1940 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 73 | Dave Hill | 28 | RT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 6 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 24th / 192nd pick / 1963 |
| 45 | Robert Holmes* | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 5-9 | Southern | 10/5/1945 | 1 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 375th pick / 1968 |
| 55 | E.J. Holub | 31 | C | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 1/5/1938 | 8 | 13 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
| 85 | Chuck Hurston | 27 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Auburn | 11/9/1942 | 4 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 Green Bay Packers / 15th / 206th pick / 1965 |
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| 46 | Jim Kearney | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 4 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| 63 | Willie Lanier* | 24 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan St. | 8/21/1945 | 2 | 13 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | 30 | qb | 3 | 1 | 189 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 7/11/1939 | 9 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 61st pick / 1960 |
| 10 | Mike Livingston* | 24 | qb | 9 | 6 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 1 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | 27 | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 5/20/1942 | 5 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 Baltimore Colts / 5th / 64th pick / 1964 |
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| 26 | Paul Lowe | 33 | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 9/27/1936 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Jim Lynch | 24 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 2 | 15 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| 40 | Jim Marsalis* | 24 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee St. | 10/10/1945 | Rook | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| 75 | Jerry Mays | 30 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/24/1939 | 8 | 13 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 141st pick / 1961 |
| 81 | Mickey McCarty | 23 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | TCU | 11/15/1946 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1968 | |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | 30 | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Kansas | 6/25/1939 | 7 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 110th pick / 1960 |
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| 6 | Warren McVea | 23 | 11 | 0 | 182 | 5-9 | Houston | 7/30/1946 | 1 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 | |
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | 29 | PR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Tennessee St. | 8/28/1940 | 5 | 3 | |
| 76 | Mo Moorman | 25 | RG | 11 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 7/24/1944 | 1 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/12/1943 | 4 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1965 Chicago Bears / 16th / 213th pick / 1965 |
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 22 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 | |
| 65 | Remi Prudhomme | 27 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/24/1942 | 3 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 14th / 108th pick / 1964 |
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| 30 | Gloster Richardson | 27 | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Jackson St. | 7/18/1942 | 2 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 50th pick / 1965 | |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson+ | 31 | RS | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/9/1938 | 9 | 15 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| 20 | Goldie Sellers | 27 | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | Grambling St. | 1/9/1942 | 3 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 66th pick / 1966 Chicago Bears / 20th / 302nd pick / 1966 |
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| 1 | Noland Smith | 26 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 5-5 | Tennessee St. | 10/20/1943 | 2 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 156th pick / 1967 | |
| 66 | Bob Stein | 21 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | Rook | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 | |
| 3 | Jan Stenerud* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana St. | 11/26/1942 | 2 | 0 | |
| 89 | Otis Taylor | 27 | FL | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 4 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 203rd pick / 1965 |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | 26 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 3 | 10 | |
| 74 | Gene Trosch | 24 | 13 | 0 | 277 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1945 | 2 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 24th pick / 1967 | |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer*+ | 30 | LT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio St. | 2/25/1939 | 8 | 14 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 14th / 188th pick / 1961 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 6 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 225th pick / 1963 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 224.7 | 6-2.4 | 4.0 |
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