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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.
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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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* | 36 | 14 | 13 | 167 for 301, 2,504 yards, 15 td, 13 int, & 12 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| PR | Ed Podolak | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 6.0 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wendell Hayes | 31 | 8 | 0 | 132 rushes for 537 yards, 1 td, & 16 catches for 150 yards and 1 td | |
| WR | Otis Taylor*+ | 29 | 6 | 0 | 57 catches for 1,110 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 25 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 203rd pick / 1965 |
| WR | Elmo Wright | 22 | Rook | 0 | 26 catches for 528 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -10 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Morris Stroud | 25 | 2 | 0 | 22 catches for 454 yards, 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer* | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 14th / 188th pick / 1961 |
| LG | Ed Budde* | 31 | 8 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 8th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Jack Rudnay | 24 | 1 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 | |
| RG | Mo Moorman | 27 | 3 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 | |
| RT | Dave Hill | 30 | 8 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 24th / 192nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marvin Upshaw | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 | |
| LDT | Curley Culp* | 25 | 3 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 | |
| RDT | Buck Buchanan* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 New York Giants / 19th / 265th pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Aaron Brown | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Bobby Bell* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 56th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Willie Lanier*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jim Lynch | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Jim Marsalis | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas* | 28 | 5 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Jim Kearney | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| FS | Johnny Robinson | 33 | 11 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud* | 29 | 4 | 0 | 26 of 44 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Jerrel Wilson* | 30 | 8 | 0 | 64 punts for a 44.8 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 225th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Ed Podolak | 24 | 2 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 6.0 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| KR | Kerry Reardon | 22 | Rook | 0 | 12 kick returns for a 25.7 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 146th pick / 1971 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Adamle | 22 | 8 | 0 | 197 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 10/4/1949 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 120th pick / 1971 | |
| 48 | Nate Allen | 23 | 4 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 5/13/1948 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 | |
| 78 | Bobby Bell* | 31 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 8 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 56th pick / 1963 |
| 24 | Ceasar Belser | 27 | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/13/1944 | 3 | 1 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 145th pick / 1966 | |
| 84 | Bruce Bergey | 25 | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | UCLA | 8/8/1946 | Rook | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 354th pick / 1971 | |
| 87 | Aaron Brown | 28 | RDE | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | 5 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan* | 31 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling St. | 9/10/1940 | 8 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 New York Giants / 19th / 265th pick / 1963 |
| 71 | Ed Budde* | 31 | LG | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 11/2/1940 | 8 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 8th pick / 1963 |
| 61 | Curley Culp* | 25 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 3/10/1946 | 3 | 10 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| 60 | George Daney | 25 | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 3 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 | |
| 16 | Len Dawson* | 36 | QB | 14 | 13 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 14 | 12 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| 83 | Willie Frazier | 29 | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 6/19/1942 | 7 | 1 | ||
| 23 | David Hadley | 23 | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-9 | Alcorn St. | 10/8/1948 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1970 | |
| 38 | Wendell Hayes | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt St. | 8/5/1940 | 8 | 7 | |
| 73 | Dave Hill | 30 | RT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 8 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 24th / 192nd pick / 1963 |
| 45 | Robert Holmes | 26 | 6 | 0 | 221 | 5-9 | Southern | 10/5/1945 | 3 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 14th / 375th pick / 1968 | |
| 21 | Dennis Homan | 25 | 8 | 0 | 181 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1946 | 3 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1968 | |
| 7 | John Huarte | 27 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 4/6/1944 | 5 | 0 | New York Jets / 2nd / 12th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 76th pick / 1965 |
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| 41 | Bruce Jankowski | 22 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Ohio St. | 8/12/1949 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1971 | |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | 28 | SS | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 6 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| 63 | Willie Lanier*+ | 26 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan St. | 8/21/1945 | 4 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| 10 | Mike Livingston | 26 | qb | 3 | 1 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 3 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | 29 | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 5/20/1942 | 7 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 Baltimore Colts / 5th / 64th pick / 1964 |
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| 51 | Jim Lynch | 26 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 4 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| 40 | Jim Marsalis | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee St. | 10/10/1945 | 2 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| 6 | Warren McVea | 25 | 12 | 0 | 182 | 5-9 | Houston | 7/30/1946 | 3 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 | |
| 76 | Mo Moorman | 27 | RG | 9 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 7/24/1944 | 3 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| 50 | Mike Oriard | 23 | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 5/26/1948 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 130th pick / 1970 | |
| 35 | Jim Otis | 23 | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 4/29/1948 | 1 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 | |
| 14 | Ed Podolak | 24 | PR | 13 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | 2 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| 15 | Kerry Reardon | 22 | KR | 6 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/6/1949 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 146th pick / 1971 |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | 33 | FS | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/9/1938 | 11 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| 58 | Jack Rudnay | 24 | C | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 1 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| 20 | Mike Sensibaugh | 22 | 7 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio St. | 1/3/1949 | Rook | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 | |
| 70 | Sid Smith | 23 | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 7/6/1948 | 1 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 | |
| 66 | Bob Stein | 23 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | 2 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 | |
| 3 | Jan Stenerud* | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana St. | 11/26/1942 | 4 | 0 | |
| 88 | Morris Stroud | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-10 | Clark (GA) | 5/17/1946 | 2 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| 89 | Otis Taylor*+ | 29 | WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 6 | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 203rd pick / 1965 |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas* | 28 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 5 | 11 | |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer* | 32 | LT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio St. | 2/25/1939 | 10 | 9 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 Chicago Bears / 14th / 188th pick / 1961 |
| 81 | Marvin Upshaw | 25 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX) | 11/22/1946 | 3 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson* | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 8 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 225th pick / 1963 |
| 17 | Elmo Wright | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/3/1949 | Rook | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| 99 | Wilbur Young | 22 | de | 13 | 1 | 285 | 6-6 | William Penn | 4/20/1949 | Rook | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 223.3 | 6-2.0 | 3.9 |
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