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1971 Kansas City Chiefs
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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.
Coached by Hank Stram (10-3-1)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 21 | 17 | 231 | 115 | 116 | 2 | 21 | 356 | 254 | 102 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 20 | 16 | 19 | 286 | 207 | 79 | 2 | 15 | 198 | 172 | 26 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 16 | 3 | 11 | 159 | 66 | 93 | 3 | 9 | 222 | 160 | 62 | 5 |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | W | 3-1 | San Diego Chargers | 31 | 10 | 21 | 388 | 167 | 221 | 11 | 179 | 125 | 54 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Mon | October 18 | box | W | 4-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38 | 16 | 15 | 348 | 285 | 63 | 2 | 18 | 322 | 251 | 71 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 5-1 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 20 | 20 | 325 | 163 | 162 | 2 | 16 | 304 | 205 | 99 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | T | 5-1-1 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 20 | 20 | 18 | 248 | 87 | 161 | 2 | 19 | 252 | 141 | 111 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | L | 5-2-1 | @ | New York Jets | 10 | 13 | 10 | 190 | 95 | 95 | 3 | 11 | 145 | 9 | 136 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 6-2-1 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 7 | 23 | 384 | 201 | 183 | 2 | 15 | 292 | 247 | 45 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 7-2-1 | Denver Broncos | 28 | 10 | 16 | 387 | 255 | 132 | 3 | 15 | 319 | 190 | 129 | 3 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 25 | box | L | 7-3-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 32 | 19 | 258 | 139 | 119 | 2 | 22 | 381 | 223 | 158 | 2 |
| 12 | Mon | December 6 | box | W | 8-3-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 17 | 20 | 427 | 255 | 172 | 1 | 18 | 331 | 219 | 112 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | W | 9-3-1 | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 14 | 17 | 304 | 194 | 110 | 2 | 18 | 207 | 114 | 93 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | box | W | 10-3-1 | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 9 | 14 | 255 | 118 | 137 | 15 | 260 | 158 | 102 | 3 | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 25 | box | L | 10-4-1 | Miami Dolphins | 24 | 27 | |||||||||||