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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.
Coached by Hank Stram (11-3-0)
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1969 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* | 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 |
| QB | Mike Livingston* | 24 | 1 | 6 | 84 for 161, 1,123 yards, 4 td, 6 int, & 15 rushes for 102 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| 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 |
| HB | Warren McVea | 23 | 1 | 0 | 106 rushes for 500 yards, 7 td, & 7 catches for 71 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 |
| 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 |
| FL | Gloster Richardson | 27 | 2 | 0 | 23 catches for 381 yards, 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 50th 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 |
| 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 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer*+ | 30 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
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| C | E.J. Holub | 31 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Mo Moorman | 25 | 1 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Dave Hill | 28 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jerry Mays | 30 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Curley Culp* | 23 | 1 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
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| RDT | Buck Buchanan*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st 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 |
| 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 |
| PR | Willie Mitchell | 29 | 5 | 0 | 13 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Warren McVea | 23 | 1 | 0 | 13 kick returns for a 24.5 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Fred Arbanas | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 1/14/1939 | 7 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Bobby Bell*+ | 29 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Ceasar Belser | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/13/1944 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 145th pick / 1966 |
| Aaron Brown | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| Buck Buchanan*+ | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde*+ | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Curley Culp* | 23 | DT-NT-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| George Daney | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 |
| Len Dawson* | 34 | QB | 9 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Tom Flores | 32 | QB | 5 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Pacific | 3/21/1937 | 9 | |
| Mike Garrett | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Wendell Hayes | 29 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt State | 8/5/1940 | 6 | |
| Dave Hill | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 6 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Robert Holmes* | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 5-9 | Southern | 10/5/1945 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 375th pick / 1968 |
| E.J. Holub | 31 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 1/5/1938 | 8 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| Chuck Hurston | 27 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Auburn | 11/9/1942 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 |
| Jim Kearney | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Willie Lanier* | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/21/1945 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| Jacky Lee | 30 | QB | 3 | 1 | 189 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 7/11/1939 | 9 | St. Louis Cardinals / 6th / 61st pick / 1960 |
| Mike Livingston* | 24 | QB | 9 | 6 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| Ed Lothamer | 27 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 5/20/1942 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Lowe | 33 | HB | 7 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 9/27/1936 | 9 | |
| Jim Lynch | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Marsalis* | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1945 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| Jerry Mays | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/24/1939 | 8 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Mickey McCarty | 23 | TE | 3 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | TCU | 11/15/1946 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1968 |
| Curtis McClinton | 30 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Kansas | 6/25/1939 | 7 | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| Warren McVea | 23 | RB-SE-WR | 11 | 0 | 182 | 5-9 | Houston | 7/30/1946 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 |
| Willie Mitchell | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Tennessee State | 8/28/1940 | 5 | |
| Mo Moorman | 25 | G | 11 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 7/24/1944 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| Frank Pitts | 26 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/12/1943 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1965 |
| Ed Podolak | 22 | RB | 4 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 27 | C-DE-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/24/1942 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964 |
| Gloster Richardson | 27 | WR-FL | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 7/18/1942 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 50th pick / 1965 |
| Johnny Robinson+ | 31 | DB-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/9/1938 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Goldie Sellers | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 1/9/1942 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 8th / 66th pick / 1966 |
| Noland Smith | 26 | WR | 6 | 0 | 154 | 5-5 | Tennessee State | 10/20/1943 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 156th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Stein | 21 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 |
| Jan Stenerud* | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 2 | |
| Otis Taylor | 27 | WR-FL | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 3 | |
| Gene Trosch | 24 | DE | 13 | 0 | 277 | 6-7 | Miami (FL) | 6/7/1945 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 24th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Tyrer*+ | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 2/25/1939 | 8 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 28 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 224.7 | 6-2.4 | 4.0 |