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1972 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 287 points (20.5/g), 15th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 254 points (18.1/g), 13th.
Differential of 33 points (2.4/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.8/g), 4th.
Coached by Hank Stram (8-6-0)
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1972 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 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 175 for 305, 1,835 yards, 13 td, 12 int, & 15 rushes for 75 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| RB | Ed Podolak | 25 | 3 | 0 | 171 rushes for 615 yards, 4 td, & 46 catches for 345 yards and 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wendell Hayes | 32 | 9 | 0 | 128 rushes for 536 yards, 0 td, & 31 catches for 295 yards and 3 td | |
| WR | Dennis Homan | 26 | 4 | 0 | 12 catches for 135 yards, 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Otis Taylor* | 30 | 7 | 0 | 57 catches for 821 yards, 6 td, & 5 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Robert West | 22 | Rook | 0 | 9 catches for 165 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1972 |
| TE | Morris Stroud | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 catches for 80 yards, 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| TE | Willie Frazier | 30 | 8 | 0 | 13 catches for 172 yards, 5 td | |
| LT | Jim Tyrer | 33 | 11 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| C | Jack Rudnay | 25 | 2 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Mo Moorman | 28 | 4 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Dave Hill | 31 | 9 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marvin Upshaw | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Curley Culp | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Buck Buchanan | 32 | 9 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Wilbur Young | 23 | 1 | 13 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
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| LLB | Bobby Bell* | 32 | 9 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Willie Lanier* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jim Lynch | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Jim Marsalis | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Jim Kearney | 29 | 7 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| FS | Mike Sensibaugh | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud | 30 | 5 | 0 | 21 of 36 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | |
| P | Jerrel Wilson* | 31 | 9 | 0 | 66 punts for a 44.8 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Larry Marshall | 22 | Rook | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 5.7 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Larry Marshall | 22 | Rook | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 28.3 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mike Adamle | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 10/4/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 120th pick / 1971 |
| Nate Allen | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 5/13/1948 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 |
| Bobby Bell* | 32 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Keith Best | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Kansas State | 8/21/1950 | Rook | |
| Aaron Brown | 29 | DE | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| Buck Buchanan | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde | 32 | G | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Curley Culp | 26 | DT-NT-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 4 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| George Daney | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 |
| Len Dawson | 37 | QB | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Willie Frazier | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 6/19/1942 | 8 | |
| Larry Gagner | 29 | G | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Florida | 12/30/1943 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Wendell Hayes | 32 | RB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt State | 8/5/1940 | 9 | |
| Dave Hill | 31 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 9 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Dennis Homan | 26 | WR | 7 | 0 | 181 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1946 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1968 |
| Bruce Jankowski | 23 | WR | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 8/12/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Kearney | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Jeff Kinney | 23 | RB | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 11/1/1949 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1972 |
| Willie Lanier* | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/21/1945 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Livingston | 27 | QB | 5 | 2 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| Ed Lothamer | 30 | DT-DE | 2 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 5/20/1942 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
| Jim Lynch | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Marsalis | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1945 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| Larry Marshall | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Maryland | 3/2/1950 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| Mo Moorman | 28 | G | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 7/24/1944 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Oriard | 24 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 5/26/1948 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 130th pick / 1970 |
| Jim Otis | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/29/1948 | 2 | New Orleans Saints / 9th / 218th pick / 1970 |
| Ed Podolak | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| Kerry Reardon | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/6/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 146th pick / 1971 |
| Jack Rudnay | 25 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| George Seals | 30 | G-DT-T | 11 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Missouri | 10/2/1942 | 8 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/3/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Sid Smith | 24 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | USC | 7/6/1948 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 26th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Stein | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 1/22/1948 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 126th pick / 1969 |
| Jan Stenerud | 30 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 5 | |
| Morris Stroud | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-10 | Clark (GA) | 5/17/1946 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| Otis Taylor* | 30 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Emmitt Thomas* | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 6 | |
| Jim Tyrer | 33 | T | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 2/25/1939 | 11 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Marvin Upshaw | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX) | 11/22/1946 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| Clyde Werner | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Washington | 12/10/1947 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1970 |
| Robert West | 22 | WR | 11 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 10/3/1950 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1972 |
| Jerrel Wilson* | 31 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Elmo Wright | 23 | WR | 7 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/3/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| Wilbur Young | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 13 | 285 | 6-6 | William Penn | 4/20/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 226.6 | 6-2.5 | 4.5 |