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1974 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 5-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 233 points (16.6/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 293 points (20.9/g), 21st.
Differential of -60 points (-4.3/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 6th.
Coached by Hank Stram (5-9-0)
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1974 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 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 138 for 235, 1,573 yards, 7 td, 13 int, & 11 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| QB | Mike Livingston | 29 | 6 | 6 | 66 for 141, 732 yards, 4 td, 10 int, & 9 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| RB | Ed Podolak | 27 | 5 | 0 | 101 rushes for 386 yards, 2 td, & 43 catches for 306 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Woody Green | 23 | Rook | 0 | 135 rushes for 509 yards, 3 td, & 26 catches for 247 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Wendell Hayes | 34 | 11 | 0 | 57 rushes for 206 yards, 2 td, & 4 catches for 23 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Otis Taylor | 32 | 9 | 0 | 24 catches for 375 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Elmo Wright | 25 | 3 | 0 | 13 catches for 209 yards, 1 td, & 3 rushes for 26 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Morris Stroud | 28 | 5 | 0 | 12 catches for 141 yards, 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| LT | Charlie Getty | 22 | Rook | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| LG | Ed Budde | 34 | 11 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Jack Rudnay* | 27 | 4 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
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| RG | George Daney | 28 | 6 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Jim Nicholson | 25 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 219th pick / 1973 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Marvin Upshaw | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Tom Keating | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| RDT | Buck Buchanan | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| RDE | Wilbur Young | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Bobby Bell | 34 | 11 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Willie Lanier* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| RLB | Jim Lynch | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Nate Allen | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas*+ | 31 | 8 | 0 | 12 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Jim Kearney | 31 | 9 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
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| FS | Mike Sensibaugh | 25 | 3 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud | 32 | 7 | 0 | 17 of 24 field goals & 24 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Jerrel Wilson | 33 | 11 | 0 | 83 punts for a 41.7 average, 2 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Larry Brunson | 25 | Rook | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 5.8 average and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 11th / 263rd pick / 1972 |
| KR | Bill Thomas | 25 | 2 | 0 | 25 kick returns for a 22.8 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1972 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Nate Allen | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 5/13/1948 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 276th pick / 1971 |
| Bobby Bell | 34 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Bob J. Briggs | 29 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Heidelberg | 4/28/1945 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 223rd pick / 1967 |
| Larry Brunson | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Colorado,Mesa | 8/11/1949 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 11th / 263rd pick / 1972 |
| Buck Buchanan | 34 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde | 34 | G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 11 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Dean Carlson | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Iowa State | 8/1/1950 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 179th pick / 1972 |
| Tom Condon | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/26/1952 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| Curley Culp | 28 | DT-NT-G | 4 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 3/10/1946 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 31st pick / 1968 |
| George Daney | 28 | G | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Detroit Mercy,Texas-El Paso | 2/2/1946 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 22nd pick / 1968 |
| Len Dawson | 39 | QB | 14 | 8 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Fred DeBernardi | 25 | DE | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Texas-El Paso | 3/2/1949 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 282nd pick / 1972 |
| Tom Drougas | 25 | T-G | 7 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Oregon | 12/25/1949 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1972 |
| Willie Ellison | 29 | RB | 5 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/1/1945 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1967 |
| Charlie Getty | 22 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Penn State | 7/24/1952 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| Tom Graham | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Oregon | 4/15/1950 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 102nd pick / 1972 |
| Woody Green | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 6/20/1951 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1974 |
| Andy Hamilton | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | LSU | 11/8/1950 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 97th pick / 1972 |
| Wendell Hayes | 34 | RB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Humboldt State | 8/5/1940 | 11 | |
| Dave Hill | 33 | T | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 11 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Tommy Humphrey | 24 | C | 5 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | Abilene Christian | 3/24/1950 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 256th pick / 1973 |
| David Jaynes | 22 | QB | 2 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Kansas | 12/12/1952 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 66th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Jones | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Cal State-Northridge | 5/31/1950 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 145th pick / 1973 |
| Jim Kearney | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| Tom Keating | 32 | DT | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Michigan | 9/2/1942 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 34th pick / 1964 |
| Jeff Kinney | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 11/1/1949 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1972 |
| Willie Lanier* | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Morgan State | 8/21/1945 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 50th pick / 1967 |
| Mike Livingston | 29 | QB | 8 | 6 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Lynch | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 8/28/1945 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Marsalis | 29 | DB | 2 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1945 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1969 |
| John Matuszak | 24 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 272 | 6-8 | Missouri,Tampa | 10/25/1950 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 1st pick / 1973 |
| Cleo Miller | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 207 | 5-11 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 9/5/1952 | Rook | |
| Donnie Joe Morris | 24 | RB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | North Texas | 2/16/1950 | Rook | |
| Jim Nicholson | 25 | T | 13 | 0 | 269 | 6-6 | Michigan State | 2/28/1949 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 219th pick / 1973 |
| Willie Osley | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Illinois | 4/10/1951 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 251st pick / 1973 |
| Al Palewicz | 24 | LB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 3/23/1950 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1973 |
| Barry Pearson | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 2/4/1950 | 2 | |
| Francis Peay | 30 | T | 10 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Arizona,Cameron,Missouri | 5/23/1944 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966 |
| Ed Podolak | 27 | RB | 9 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Iowa | 9/1/1947 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1969 |
| Kerry Reardon | 25 | DB | 11 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Iowa | 5/6/1949 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 146th pick / 1971 |
| Jack Rudnay* | 27 | C | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| Mike Sensibaugh | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 1/3/1949 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 191st pick / 1971 |
| Jan Stenerud | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 7 | |
| John Strada | 22 | TE | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | William Jewell | 11/13/1952 | Rook | |
| Morris Stroud | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-10 | Clark (GA) | 5/17/1946 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 76th pick / 1969 |
| Otis Taylor | 32 | WR-FL | 10 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Thomas | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Boston College | 8/7/1949 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1972 |
| Emmitt Thomas*+ | 31 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 8 | |
| Bob Thornbladh | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Michigan | 9/19/1952 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 275th pick / 1974 |
| Marvin Upshaw | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Trinity (TX) | 11/22/1946 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 21st pick / 1968 |
| Wayne Walton | 26 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Abilene Christian | 10/15/1948 | 3 | New York Giants / 2nd / 44th pick / 1971 |
| Clyde Werner | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Washington | 12/10/1947 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1970 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 33 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Elmo Wright | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Houston | 7/3/1949 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 16th pick / 1971 |
| Wilbur Young | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 285 | 6-6 | William Penn | 4/20/1949 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 39th pick / 1971 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 14 | 225.7 | 6-2.5 | 4.4 |