1978 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 243 points (15.2/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 327 points (20.4/g), 22nd.
Differential of -84 points (-5.2/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.

Coached by Marv Levy (4-12-0)

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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

							Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date		Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	W	1-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	23	26	388	121	267	2	12	205	128	77	3
2	Sun	September 10	L	1-1		Houston Oilers	17	20	19	295	34	261	2	15	226	47	179	1
3	Sun	September 17	L	1-2	@	New York Giants	10	26	19	365	150	215	2	16	339	167	172
4	Sun	September 24	L	1-3		Denver Broncos	17	23	13	244	89	155	2	25	357	129	228	1
5	Sun	October 1	L	1-4	@	Buffalo Bills	13	28	15	308	70	238	2	17	293	176	117	3
6	Sun	October 8	L	1-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	30	15	256	136	120	2	21	347	226	121	1
7	Sun	October 15	L	1-6	@	Oakland Raiders	6	28	14	255	163	92	1	20	354	218	136
8	Sun	October 22	W	2-6		Cleveland Browns	17	3	17	238	48	190		11	162	51	111	3
9	Sun	October 29	L	2-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	27	20	322	141	181	3	17	215	80	135	3
10	Sun	November 5	L	2-8		Oakland Raiders	10	20	12	202	95	107	3	20	329	153	176	3
11	Sun	November 12	L	2-9	@	San Diego Chargers	23	29	26	403	198	205	1	24	385	188	197	2
12	Sun	November 19	L	2-10		Seattle Seahawks	10	13	20	355	231	124	4	13	257	125	132
13	Sun	November 26	W	3-10		San Diego Chargers	23	0	19	353	115	238	3	11	239	164	75	6
14	Sun	December 3	W	4-10		Buffalo Bills	14	10	21	340	99	241	1	16	343	207	136	5
15	Sun	December 10	L	4-11	@	Denver Broncos	3	24	13	199	100	99	3	20	461	271	190	2
16	Sun	December 17	L	4-12	@	Seattle Seahawks	19	23	18	297	44	253	3	26	456	252	204	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	243	4820	1054	4.6	287	204	370	1834	7	16	4.7	98	663	2986	19	4.5	160	34	18	29
Team Defense	327	4966	996	5.0	430	219	365	2582	17	21	6.6	122	602	2384	21	4.0	284	35	14	24
Lg Rank Offense	24	15			12		25	27	27	1	23		2	2	5	2		4	15
Lg Rank Defense	22	20			11		4	17	14	19	27		21	18	24	18		24	24

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Mike Livingston	33	QB	14	14	159	290	54.8	1573	5	1.7	13	4.5	44	5.4	3.6	9.9	112.4	57.4	18	171	4.6	2.8	5.8
Tony Adams	28		16	2	44	79	55.7	415	2	2.5	3	3.8	26	5.3	3.8	9.4	25.9	63.0	3	27	4.7	3.3	3.7
Walter White	27	TE	16	16	1	1	100.0	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	44	44.0	44.0	44.0	2.8	118.7	0	0	44.0	44.0	0.0
Team Total	25.5		16		204	370	55.1	2032	7	1.9	16	4.3	44	5.5	3.7	10.0	127.0	59.2	21	198	4.7	3.0	5.4
Opp Total			16		219	365	60.0	2582	17	4.7	21	5.8		7.1	5.0	11.8	161.4	73.1	29	238	6.6	4.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Tony Reed	23	LH	16	16	206	1053	5	62	5.1	65.8	12.9	48	483	10.1	1	44	3.0	30.2	1536	6	6
Arnold Morgado	26	FB	16	0	160	593	7	18	3.7	37.1	10.0	7	47	6.7	0	15	0.4	2.9	640	7	2
Ted McKnight	24	RH	16	16	104	627	6	41	6.0	39.2	6.5	14	83	5.9	1	19	0.9	5.2	710	7	2
Mark Bailey	24	fb	13	5	83	298	0	17	3.6	22.9	6.4	5	13	2.6	0	15	0.4	1.0	311	0	0
MacArthur Lane	36		16	0	52	277	0	30	5.3	17.3	3.3	36	279	7.8	0	44	2.3	17.4	556	0	1
Horace Belton	23		16	0	24	79	0	8	3.3	4.9	1.5	11	88	8.0	0	22	0.7	5.5	167	0	1
Mike Livingston	33	QB	14	14	23	49	1	18	2.1	3.5	1.6								49	1	8
Tony Adams	28		16	2	9	15	0	6	1.7	0.9	0.6								15	0	0
Henry Marshall	24	WR	16	16	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.3	0.1	26	433	16.7	2	40	1.6	27.1	428	2	0
Zenon Andrusyshyn	31	P	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1								0	0	1
Walter White	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	42	340	8.1	1	24	2.6	21.3	340	1	0
Larry Dorsey	25		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	169	18.8	2	33	0.6	10.6	169	2	0
Tony Samuels	24		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	97	16.2	0	38	0.4	6.1	97	0	0
Team Total	25.5		16		663	2986	19	62	4.5	186.6	41.4	204	2032	10.0	7	44	12.8	127.0	5018	26	32
Opp Total			16		602	2384	21		4.0	149.0	37.6	219	2582	11.8	17		13.7	161.4	4966	38	30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Eddie Payton	27	RET	14	0	32	364	0	39	11.4	30	775	0	66	25.8	1139
Larry Marshall	28		2	0	6	51	0	20	8.5	7	173	0	40	24.7	224
Horace Belton	23		16	0						9	227	0	41	25.2	394
Arnold Morgado	26	FB	16	0						5	100	0	25	20.0	740
Ted Burgmeier	23		8	2	4	59	0	55	14.8						59
Ed Beckman	23		16	0						3	74	0	34	24.7	74
Ted McKnight	24	RH	16	16						3	65	0	24	21.7	775
Clarence Sanders	26		16	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	2	15	0	13	7.5	20
Gary Green	23	LCB	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0	1	27	0	27	27.0	33
Larry Dorsey	25		16	0	1	3	0	3	3.0						172
Whitney Paul	25	LOLB	16	16						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Team Total	25.5		16		45	488	0	55	10.8	61	1456	0	66	23.9	6962
Opp Total			16		50		0			54	1087	0		20.1

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Kicking						Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Zenon Andrusyshyn	31	P	16	0							79	3247	61	1	41.1
Jan Stenerud	36	K	16	0	30	20	66.7%	26	25	96.2%
Team Total	25.5		16		30	20	66.7%	26	25	96.2%	79	3247	61	1	41.1
Opp Total			16		18	14	77.8%	40	33	82.5%	76	3032			39.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Zenon Andrusyshyn	31	P	16	0								1	1	-1	0
Charlie Ane	26		16	0								1	0	-32	0
Gary Barbaro	24	FS	16	16		3	92	0	35			0	1	0	0
Horace Belton	23		16	0								1	1	0	0
Ted Burgmeier	23		8	2								1	3	24	0
Tim Collier	24	rcb	15	6		3	38	0	23
Tim Gray	26	SS	14	0		6	118	0	61
Gary Green	23	LCB	16	16		1	0	0	0			0	2	0	0
Sylvester Hicks	23	RDE	16	0								0	1	0	0
Tom Howard	24	ROLB	16	16		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
MacArthur Lane	36		16	0								1	0	0	0
Mike Livingston	33	QB	14	14								8	4	-25	0
Jeff Lloyd	24		16	4								0	1	0	0
Larry Marshall	28		2	0								2	0	0	0
Ted McKnight	24	RH	16	16								2	1	0	0
Arnold Morgado	26	FB	16	0								2	0	0	0
Don Parrish	23	NT	15	12								0	1	0	0
Whitney Paul	25	LOLB	16	16		3	21	0	10			1	1	0	0
Eddie Payton	27	RET	14	0								6	3	0	0
Tony Reed	23	LH	16	16								6	1	0	0
Dave Rozumek	24	LILB	16	16		2	5	0	3			0	1	0	0
Jack Rudnay	31	C	16	16								0	1	2	0
Clarence Sanders	26		16	0								0	1	0	0
Gary Spani	22	RILB	14	13								0	1	6	0
Art Still	23	LDE	16	16								0	1	0	0
Emmitt Thomas	35	RCB	16	0		2	0	0	0
Team Total	25.5		16			21	274	0	61			32	27	-26	0			1
Opp Total			16		21							30	16

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Jan Stenerud	36	K	16	0			25	20		85
Ted McKnight	24	RH	16	16	6	1				42
Arnold Morgado	26	FB	16	0	7					42
Tony Reed	23	LH	16	16	5	1				36
Larry Dorsey	25		16	0		2				12
Henry Marshall	24	WR	16	16		2				12
Mike Livingston	33	QB	14	14	1					6
Walter White	27	TE	16	16		1				6
Ed Beckman	23		16	0					1	2
Team Total	25.5		16		19	7	25	20	1	243
Opp Total			16		21	17	33	14		327

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