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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
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 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 159 for 290, 1,573 yards, 5 td, 13 int, & 23 rushes for 49 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Arnold Morgado | 26 | 1 | 0 | 160 rushes for 593 yards, 7 td, & 7 catches for 47 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Mark Bailey | 24 | 1 | 5 | 83 rushes for 298 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 13 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 92nd pick / 1977 |
| LH | Tony Reed | 23 | 1 | 16 | 206 rushes for 1,053 yards, 5 td, & 48 catches for 483 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 37th pick / 1977 |
| RH | Ted McKnight | 24 | 1 | 16 | 104 rushes for 627 yards, 6 td, & 14 catches for 83 yards and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Henry Marshall | 24 | 2 | 16 | 26 catches for 433 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| TE | Walter White | 27 | 3 | 16 | 42 catches for 340 yards, 1 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1975 |
| LT | Matt Herkenhoff | 27 | 2 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
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| LG | Bob Simmons | 24 | 1 | 15 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 77th pick / 1976 |
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| C | Jack Rudnay | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| RG | Tom Condon | 26 | 4 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
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| RT | Charlie Getty | 26 | 4 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Art Still | 23 | Rook | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| NT | Don Parrish | 23 | Rook | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Sylvester Hicks | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 29th pick / 1978 |
| LOLB | Whitney Paul | 25 | 2 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| LILB | Dave Rozumek | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 415th pick / 1976 |
| RILB | Gary Spani | 22 | Rook | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Tom Howard | 24 | 1 | 16 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| LCB | Gary Green | 23 | 1 | 16 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Emmitt Thomas | 35 | 12 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Tim Collier | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| SS | Tim Gray | 26 | 3 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 21st pick / 1975 |
| FS | Gary Barbaro | 24 | 2 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud | 36 | 11 | 0 | 20 of 30 field goals & 25 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 31 | Rook | 0 | 79 punts for a 41.1 average, 1 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 231st pick / 1970 |
| PR | Eddie Payton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 32 punt returns for a 11.4 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Eddie Payton | 27 | 1 | 0 | 30 kick returns for a 25.8 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tony Adams | 28 | QB | 16 | 2 | 198 | 6-0 | Texas,Utah State | 3/9/1950 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 14th / 343rd pick / 1973 |
| Zenon Andrusyshyn | 31 | P-K | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | UCLA | 2/25/1947 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 231st pick / 1970 |
| Charlie Ane | 26 | C | 16 | 0 | 233 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 8/12/1952 | 3 | |
| Mark Bailey | 24 | RB | 13 | 5 | 237 | 6-3 | California,Long Beach State | 12/13/1954 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 92nd pick / 1977 |
| Gary Barbaro | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-4 | Nicholls State | 2/11/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Beckman | 23 | TE | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Florida State | 1/2/1955 | 1 | |
| Horace Belton | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-8 | Southeast Louisiana | 7/16/1955 | Rook | |
| Larry D. Brown | 23 | T | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 6/4/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 224th pick / 1978 |
| Ted Burgmeier | 23 | DB | 8 | 2 | 185 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 11/8/1955 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 111th pick / 1978 |
| Tim Collier | 24 | DB | 15 | 6 | 172 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5/31/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 249th pick / 1976 |
| Tom Condon | 26 | G | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/26/1952 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| Larry Dorsey | 25 | WR | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 8/15/1953 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1976 |
| Jimbo Elrod | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 5/25/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 144th pick / 1976 |
| Charlie Getty | 26 | T-G | 16 | 10 | 265 | 6-4 | Penn State | 7/24/1952 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| Tim Gray | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 11/11/1952 | 3 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 21st pick / 1975 |
| Gary Green | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 187 | 5-11 | Baylor | 10/22/1955 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 267 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 4/2/1951 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 23 | DE | 16 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 4/2/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 29th pick / 1978 |
| Tom Howard | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 213 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/18/1954 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| Charles Jackson | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/22/1955 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 9th / 241st pick / 1977 |
| Stan Johnson | 23 | NT | 10 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 6/18/1955 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 46th pick / 1978 |
| Bill Kellar | 22 | WR | 5 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Stanford | 2/8/1956 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 184th pick / 1978 |
| MacArthur Lane | 36 | RB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Utah State | 3/16/1942 | 10 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 13th pick / 1968 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 24 | DE | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Boston University | 11/16/1954 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Livingston | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 212 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/14/1945 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 48th pick / 1968 |
| Jeff Lloyd | 24 | DE-NT | 16 | 4 | 255 | 6-6 | West Texas A&M | 3/14/1954 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1976 |
| Henry Marshall | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 214 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/9/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| Larry Marshall | 28 | DB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 5-10 | Maryland | 3/2/1950 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 387th pick / 1972 |
| Ted McKnight | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 209 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2/26/1954 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| Jerrold McRae | 23 | WR | 4 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 4/9/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 112th pick / 1978 |
| Ray Milo | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | New Mexico State | 2/19/1954 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 280th pick / 1978 |
| Arnold Morgado | 26 | RB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Hawaii,Michigan State | 3/27/1952 | 1 | |
| Jim Nicholson | 29 | T | 6 | 0 | 269 | 6-6 | Michigan State | 2/28/1949 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 219th pick / 1973 |
| Ricky Odom | 22 | DB | 8 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | USC | 9/16/1956 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 168th pick / 1978 |
| Don Parrish | 23 | NT-DE | 15 | 12 | 255 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 4/6/1955 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
| Whitney Paul | 25 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-3 | Colorado | 10/8/1953 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| Eddie Payton | 27 | RB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | Jackson State | 8/3/1951 | 1 | |
| Clyde Powers | 27 | DB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 8/19/1951 | 4 | New York Giants / 5th / 119th pick / 1974 |
| Tony Reed | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 197 | 5-11 | Colorado | 3/30/1955 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 37th pick / 1977 |
| Dave Rozumek | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-1 | New Hampshire | 4/25/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 15th / 415th pick / 1976 |
| Jack Rudnay | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| Tony Samuels | 24 | TE | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Bethune-Cookman,Florida A&M | 12/30/1954 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1977 |
| Clarence Sanders | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 12/28/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 463rd pick / 1976 |
| Bob Simmons | 24 | G-T | 16 | 15 | 260 | 6-4 | Texas | 7/7/1954 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 77th pick / 1976 |
| J.T. Smith | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | Rook | |
| Gary Spani | 22 | LB | 14 | 13 | 229 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 1/9/1956 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| Jan Stenerud | 36 | K | 16 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 11 | |
| Art Still | 23 | DE | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-7 | Kentucky | 12/5/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 35 | DB | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | 12 | |
| Rod Walters | 24 | G-T | 16 | 4 | 258 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/27/1954 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1976 |
| Walter White | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-3 | Maryland | 7/19/1951 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 78th pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 16 | 219.5 | 6-1.9 | 2.3 |