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1973 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 7-5-2, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 231 points (16.5/g), 19th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 192 points (13.7/g), 5th.
Differential of 39 points (2.8/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 6th.
Coached by Hank Stram (7-5-2)
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1973 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 | Mike Livingston | 28 | 5 | 8 | 75 for 145, 916 yards, 6 td, 7 int, & 19 rushes for 94 yards and 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| QB | Len Dawson | 38 | 16 | 6 | 66 for 101, 725 yards, 2 td, 5 int, & 6 rushes for 40 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| RB | Ed Podolak | 26 | 4 | 0 | 210 rushes for 721 yards, 3 td, & 55 catches for 445 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Wendell Hayes | 33 | 10 | 0 | 95 rushes for 352 yards, 2 td, & 18 catches for 134 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Willie Ellison | 28 | 6 | 0 | 108 rushes for 411 yards, 2 td, & 9 catches for 64 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| WR | Otis Taylor | 31 | 8 | 0 | 34 catches for 565 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for -14 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Elmo Wright | 24 | 2 | 0 | 16 catches for 252 yards, 2 td, & 5 rushes for 29 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Morris Stroud | 27 | 4 | 0 | 12 catches for 216 yards, 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer | 34 | 12 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| C | Jack Rudnay* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| RG | Mo Moorman | 29 | 5 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| RT | Francis Peay | 29 | 7 | 0 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966 |
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| RT | Dave Hill | 32 | 10 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marvin Upshaw | 27 | 5 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
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| LDT | Curley Culp | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Buck Buchanan | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Wilbur Young | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Bobby Bell | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Willie Lanier*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jim Lynch | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Nate Allen | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Jim Kearney | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| FS | Mike Sensibaugh | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud | 31 | 6 | 0 | 24 of 38 field goals & 21 of 23 extra points | |
| P | Jerrel Wilson | 32 | 10 | 0 | 80 punts for a 45.5 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Larry Marshall | 23 | 1 | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 6.2 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Larry Marshall | 23 | 1 | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 27.9 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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| Nate Allen | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 5/13/1948 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 |
| Pete Beathard | 31 | QB | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Bobby Bell | 33 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Buck Buchanan | 33 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde | 33 | G | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Gary Butler | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Rice | 1/11/1951 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 27th pick / 1973 |
| Curley Culp | 27 | DT-NT-G | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| George Daney | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 |
| Len Dawson | 38 | QB | 8 | 6 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Willie Ellison | 28 | RB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| Andy Hamilton | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | LSU | 11/8/1950 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 97th pick / 1972 |
| Wendell Hayes | 33 | RB | 13 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt State | 8/5/1940 | 10 | |
| Dave Hill | 32 | T | 8 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 10 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Pat Holmes | 33 | DE-DT | 10 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas Tech | 8/3/1940 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 40th pick / 1962 |
| Doug Jones | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Cal State-Northridge | 5/31/1950 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 145th pick / 1973 |
| Jim Kearney | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Leroy Keyes | 26 | DB-RB | 3 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/18/1947 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 3rd pick / 1969 |
| Jeff Kinney | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 11/1/1949 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1972 |
| Dan Kratzer | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 192 | 6-3 | Missouri Valley,Northern Arizona | 7/7/1949 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 185th pick / 1972 |
| Willie Lanier*+ | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/21/1945 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Livingston | 28 | QB | 8 | 8 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| John Lohmeyer | 22 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Emporia State | 1/15/1951 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 89th pick / 1973 |
| Jim Lynch | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Marsalis | 28 | DB | 10 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1945 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| Larry Marshall | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Maryland | 3/2/1950 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| Warren McVea | 27 | RB-SE-WR | 7 | 0 | 182 | 5-9 | Houston | 7/30/1946 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 109th pick / 1968 |
| Mo Moorman | 29 | G | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Kentucky,Texas A&M | 7/24/1944 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Oriard | 25 | C-G | 13 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 5/26/1948 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 130th pick / 1970 |
| Al Palewicz | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/23/1950 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1973 |
| Francis Peay | 29 | T | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Arizona,Cameron,Missouri | 5/23/1944 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966 |
| Ed Podolak | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| Kerry Reardon | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/6/1949 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 146th pick / 1971 |
| Jack Rudnay* | 26 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| George Seals | 31 | G-DT-T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Missouri | 10/2/1942 | 9 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/3/1949 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Dave L. Smith | 26 | WR | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Indiana (PA),Waynesburg | 5/18/1947 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 184th pick / 1970 |
| Jan Stenerud | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 6 | |
| Morris Stroud | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-10 | Clark (GA) | 5/17/1946 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| Otis Taylor | 31 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 7 | |
| Jim Tyrer | 34 | T | 12 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 2/25/1939 | 12 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Marvin Upshaw | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX) | 11/22/1946 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| Wayne Walton | 25 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Abilene Christian | 10/15/1948 | 2 | New York Giants / 2nd / 44th pick / 1971 |
| Clyde Werner | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Washington | 12/10/1947 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1970 |
| Robert West | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | San Diego State | 10/3/1950 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1972 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 32 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Elmo Wright | 24 | WR | 11 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/3/1949 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| Wilbur Young | 24 | DE-DT | 13 | 11 | 285 | 6-6 | William Penn | 4/20/1949 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.6 | 14 | 223.3 | 6-2.6 | 5.0 |