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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 302 points (21.6/g), 8th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 208 points (14.9/g), 5th.
Differential of 94 points (6.7/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-4.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 8th.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.1, Offense: 0.6, Defense: 4.5, SoS: -1.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Hank Stram
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 302 | 4190 | 859 | 4.9 | 240 | 183 | 337 | 2347 | 15 | 13 | 6.3 | 119 | 487 | 1843 | 14 | 3.8 | 108 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| Team Defense | 208 | 3768 | 813 | 4.6 | 223 | 209 | 418 | 2468 | 11 | 27 | 5.5 | 125 | 367 | 1300 | 9 | 3.5 | 73 | 33 | 6 | 25 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 21 | 17 | 231 | 115 | 116 | 2 | 21 | 356 | 254 | 102 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 20 | 16 | 19 | 286 | 207 | 79 | 2 | 15 | 198 | 172 | 26 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 16 | 3 | 11 | 159 | 66 | 93 | 3 | 9 | 222 | 160 | 62 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 10 | 21 | 388 | 167 | 221 | 11 | 179 | 125 | 54 | 2 | |||
| 5 | Mon | October 18 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 16 | 15 | 348 | 285 | 63 | 2 | 18 | 322 | 251 | 71 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 20 | 20 | 325 | 163 | 162 | 2 | 16 | 304 | 205 | 99 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | T | 5-1-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 20 | 18 | 248 | 87 | 161 | 2 | 19 | 252 | 141 | 111 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | L | 5-2-1 | @ | New York Jets | 10 | 13 | 10 | 190 | 95 | 95 | 3 | 11 | 145 | 9 | 136 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | W | 6-2-1 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 7 | 23 | 384 | 201 | 183 | 2 | 15 | 292 | 247 | 45 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 7-2-1 | Denver Broncos | 28 | 10 | 16 | 387 | 255 | 132 | 3 | 15 | 319 | 190 | 129 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Thu | November 25 | boxscore | L | 7-3-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 32 | 19 | 258 | 139 | 119 | 2 | 22 | 381 | 223 | 158 | 2 | |
| 12 | Mon | December 6 | boxscore | W | 8-3-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 17 | 20 | 427 | 255 | 172 | 1 | 18 | 331 | 219 | 112 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | W | 9-3-1 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 14 | 17 | 304 | 194 | 110 | 2 | 18 | 207 | 114 | 93 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | W | 10-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 9 | 14 | 255 | 118 | 137 | 15 | 260 | 158 | 102 | 3 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 25 | boxscore | L | OT | 10-4-1 | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 27 | 23 | 451 | 238 | 213 | 4 | 22 | 407 | 263 | 144 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 9-3-1 | 167 | 301 | 55.5 | 2504 | 15 | 5.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 82 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 15.0 | 178.9 | 81.6 | 30 | 303 | 6.65 | 5.79 | 9.1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | Mike Livingston | 26 | qb | 3 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 130 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 43.3 | 57.1 | 4 | 39 | 2.84 | 2.84 | 12.5 | |||
| 7 | John Huarte | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 42.4 | 1 | 5 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 14.3 | |||||
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR/RB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.2 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 10-3-1 | 183 | 337 | 54.3 | 2694 | 15 | 4.5 | 13 | 3.9 | 82 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 14.7 | 192.4 | 79.4 | 35 | 347 | 6.31 | 5.54 | 9.4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 209 | 418 | 50.0 | 2703 | 11 | 2.6 | 27 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.09 | 12.9 | 193.1 | 52.6 | 28 | 235 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 6.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR/RB | 13 | 0 | 184 | 708 | 9 | 25 | 3.8 | 54.5 | 14.2 | 36 | 252 | 7.0 | 0 | 23 | 2.8 | 19.4 | 960 | 9 | 5 |
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 132 | 537 | 1 | 27 | 4.1 | 38.4 | 9.4 | 16 | 150 | 9.4 | 1 | 26 | 1.1 | 10.7 | 687 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Warren McVea | 25 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 288 | 3 | 19 | 4.2 | 24.0 | 5.7 | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 0 | 10 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 285 | 3 | 1 | |
| 35 | Jim Otis | 23 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 184 | 0 | 14 | 3.8 | 14.2 | 3.8 | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 2 | 26 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 265 | 2 | 1 | |
| 45 | Robert Holmes | 26 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 51 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | Mike Adamle | 22 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 24 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| 10 | Mike Livingston | 26 | qb | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor*+ | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 57 | 1110 | 19.5 | 7 | 82 | 4.1 | 79.3 | 1135 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Elmo Wright | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.7 | 0.1 | 26 | 528 | 20.3 | 3 | 69 | 1.9 | 37.7 | 518 | 3 | 1 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 23 | 0.3 | 5.1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | Morris Stroud | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 454 | 20.6 | 1 | 54 | 1.6 | 32.4 | 454 | 1 | 0 | |
| 21 | Dennis Homan | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 29 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 47 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 70 | Sid Smith | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 487 | 1843 | 14 | 27 | 3.8 | 131.6 | 34.8 | 183 | 2694 | 14.7 | 15 | 82 | 13.1 | 192.4 | 4537 | 29 | 23 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 367 | 1300 | 9 | 3.5 | 92.9 | 26.2 | 209 | 2468 | 11.8 | 11 | 14.9 | 176.3 | 3768 | 20 | 16 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR/RB | 13 | 0 | 14 | 84 | 0 | 23 | 6.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 25 | 21.7 | 1109 |
| 15 | Kerry Reardon | 22 | KR | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.7 | 12 | 308 | 0 | 41 | 25.7 | 313 |
| 21 | Dennis Homan | 25 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 18 | 6.1 | 108 | ||||||
| 6 | Warren McVea | 25 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 177 | 0 | 37 | 19.7 | 462 | ||||||
| 20 | Mike Sensibaugh | 22 | 7 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 3 | -0.4 | 4 | 71 | 0 | 25 | 17.8 | 69 | |
| 1 | Mike Adamle | 22 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 149 | 0 | 34 | 21.3 | 198 | ||||||
| 45 | Robert Holmes | 26 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 171 | 0 | 41 | 24.4 | 222 | ||||||
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 34 | 18.8 | 762 | |||||
| 24 | Ceasar Belser | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||||||
| 84 | Bruce Bergey | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 33 | 150 | 0 | 23 | 4.5 | 47 | 1031 | 0 | 41 | 21.9 | 5718 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 40 | 0 | 47 | 1071 | 0 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 3 | Jan Stenerud* | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 26 | 59.1% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | |||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 64 | 2864 | 68 | 1 | 44.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | Bob Stein | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 26 | 57.8% | 32 | 32 | 100.0% | 64 | 2864 | 68 | 1 | 44.8 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 32 | 20 | 62.5% | 21 | 20 | 95.2% | 67 | 2727 | 40.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | -14 | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas* | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 8 | 145 | 1 | 36 | 0 | |||||||||
| 63 | Willie Lanier*+ | 26 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR/RB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Jim Kearney | 28 | SS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 40 | Jim Marsalis | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | 33 | FS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Dennis Homan | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Jim Lynch | 26 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Mike Sensibaugh | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell* | 31 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Aaron Brown | 28 | RDE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 68 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Buck Buchanan* | 31 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | David Hadley | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Robert Holmes | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Mike Livingston | 26 | qb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | Warren McVea | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jim Otis | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Sid Smith | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 66 | Bob Stein | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor*+ | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 77 | Jim Tyrer* | 32 | LT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Elmo Wright | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 99 | Wilbur Young | 22 | de | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 27 | 403 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Jan Stenerud* | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 110 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR/RB | 13 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Otis Taylor*+ | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 6 | Warren McVea | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Elmo Wright | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 35 | Jim Otis | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Mike Adamle | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 78 | Bobby Bell* | 31 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Aaron Brown | 28 | RDE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Morris Stroud | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas* | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 32 | 32 | 26 | 302 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 208 |