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1980 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 319 points (19.9/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 336 points (21.0/g), 19th.
 Differential of -17 points (-1.1/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Marv Levy (8-8-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 Oakland Raiders 14 27 17 276 163 113 3 18 376 285 91
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 Seattle Seahawks 16 17 17 238 155 83 19 309 187 122 2
3 Sun September 21 box L 0-3 @ Cleveland Browns 13 20 14 251 157 94 1 26 385 282 103 3
4 Sun September 28 box L 0-4 San Diego Chargers 7 24 16 193 101 92 4 18 296 188 108
5 Sun October 5 box W 1-4 @ Oakland Raiders 31 17 10 220 45 175 1 23 332 259 73 8
6 Sun October 12 box W 2-4 Houston Oilers 21 20 14 281 132 149 1 21 330 131 199 3
7 Sun October 19 box W 3-4 @ Denver Broncos 23 17 19 361 183 178 17 268 182 86 2
8 Sun October 26 box W 4-4 Detroit Lions 20 17 18 293 174 119 18 322 91 231 2
9 Sun November 2 box L 4-5 Baltimore Colts 24 31 17 251 150 101 2 22 403 211 192 3
10 Sun November 9 box W 5-5 @ Seattle Seahawks 31 30 17 297 216 81 4 23 322 192 130 5
11 Sun November 16 box L 5-6 @ San Diego Chargers 7 20 10 183 108 75 3 30 383 212 171 1
12 Sun November 23 box W 6-6 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 13 23 321 192 129 3 16 319 194 125 2
13 Sun November 30 box L 6-7 Cincinnati Bengals 6 20 17 255 173 82 3 18 302 97 205 2
14 Sun December 7 box W 7-7 Denver Broncos 31 14 22 331 132 199 2 21 348 216 132 5
15 Sun December 14 box L 7-8 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 16 21 16 198 66 132 1 16 285 170 115 3
16 Sun December 21 box W 8-8 @ Baltimore Colts 38 28 23 372 301 71 2 22 335 212 123 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 319 4321 1010 4.3 270 237 401 2448 15 14 5.3 122 552 1873 15 3.4 130 30 16 18
Team Defense 336 5315 1096 4.8 520 278 523 3109 25 28 5.6 179 536 2206 17 4.1 328 43 15 13
Lg Rank Offense 14 28 27 28 27 23 3 26 9 18 14 28 5 17
Lg Rank Defense 19 18 21 21 10 22 3 7 18 21 17 21 6 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
Steve Fuller 23 QB 14 13 6-7-0 193 320 60.3 2250 10 3.1 12 3.8 77 7.0 5.7 11.7 160.7 76.4 49 348 5.2 4.0 13.3
Bill Kenney 25 3 3 2-1-0 37 69 53.6 542 5 7.2 2 2.9 75 7.9 7.3 14.6 180.7 91.6 5 43 6.7 6.2 6.8
Tom Clements 27 1 0 7 12 58.3 77 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 6.4 6.4 11.0 77.0 77.4 3 30 3.1 3.1 20.0
Team Total 25.2 16 8-8-0 237 401 59.1 2869 15 3.7 14 3.5 77 7.2 6.0 12.1 179.3 79.1 57 421 5.3 4.3 12.4
Opp Total 16 278 523 53.2 3109 25 4.8 28 5.4 5.9 4.0 11.2 194.3 64.8 37 284 5.6 3.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Ted McKnight 26 FB 16 16 206 693 3 25 3.4 43.3 12.9 38 320 8.4 0 26 2.4 20.0 1013 3 5
James Hadnot 23 rb 13 5 76 244 2 11 3.2 18.8 5.8 15 97 6.5 0 18 1.2 7.5 341 2 4
Tony Reed 25 RB 15 7 68 180 0 24 2.6 12.0 4.5 44 422 9.6 1 34 2.9 28.1 602 1 1
Horace Belton 25 14 3 68 273 2 14 4.0 19.5 4.9 5 94 18.8 0 55 0.4 6.7 367 2 3
Steve Fuller 23 QB 14 13 60 274 4 38 4.6 19.6 4.3 274 4 16
Arnold Morgado 28 11 0 47 120 4 11 2.6 10.9 4.3 5 27 5.4 1 10 0.5 2.5 147 5 0
Earl Gant 23 4 0 9 32 0 11 3.6 8.0 2.3 9 68 7.6 0 33 2.3 17.0 100 0 3
Bill Kenney 25 3 3 8 8 0 4 1.0 2.7 2.7 8 0 1
Henry Marshall 26 WR 16 16 3 22 0 9 7.3 1.4 0.2 47 799 17.0 6 75 2.9 49.9 821 6 0
Bob Grupp 25 P 16 0 3 -14 0 0 -4.7 -0.9 0.2 -14 0 2
Carlos Carson 22 RET 16 1 2 41 0 37 20.5 2.6 0.1 5 68 13.6 0 32 0.3 4.3 109 0 1
Tom Clements 27 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0 0 2
J.T. Smith*+ 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 46 655 14.2 2 77 2.9 40.9 655 2 1
Tony Samuels 26 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 110 13.8 2 34 2.0 27.5 110 2 0
Al Dixon 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 115 16.4 1 32 0.6 9.6 115 1 1
Bubba Garcia 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 27 9.0 1 10 0.6 5.4 27 1 1
Stan Rome 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 58 19.3 0 33 0.3 5.8 58 0 0
Mike A. Williams 23 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 1 6 0.1 0.6 9 1 0
Team Total 25.2 16 552 1873 15 38 3.4 117.1 34.5 237 2869 12.1 15 77 14.8 179.3 4742 30 42
Opp Total 16 536 2206 17 4.1 137.9 33.5 278 3109 11.2 25 17.4 194.3 5315 42 26

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Carlos Carson 22 RET 16 1 40 917 0 47 22.9 1026
J.T. Smith*+ 25 WR 16 16 40 581 2 75 14.5 1236
Horace Belton 25 14 3 6 110 0 35 18.3 477
Mike A. Williams 23 TE 16 11 4 79 0 28 19.8 88
Ed Beckman 25 16 0 3 38 0 18 12.7 38
Brad Budde 22 16 3 3 28 0 15 9.3 28
Earl Gant 23 4 0 3 44 0 23 14.7 144
Arnold Morgado 28 11 0 2 33 0 22 16.5 180
Al Dixon 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 115
Team Total 25.2 16 40 581 2 75 14.5 62 1249 0 47 20.1 6572
Opp Total 16 44 0 61 1253 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Bob Grupp 25 P 16 0 84 3317 57 1 39.5
Nick Lowery 24 K 16 0 6 6 9 7 4 3 7 4 26 20 76.9% 37 37 100.0%
Team Total 25.2 16 6 6 9 7 4 3 7 4 26 20 76.9% 37 37 100.0% 84 3317 57 1 39.5
Opp Total 16 30 15 50.0% 42 39 92.9% 66 2785 42.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gary Barbaro* 26 FS 16 16 10 163 0 39 0 1 0 0
Ed Beckman 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Horace Belton 25 14 3 3 1 0 0
Carlos Carson 22 RET 16 1 1 1 0 0
Herb Christopher 26 SS 16 16 2 25 0 25
Tom Clements 27 1 0 2 1 -7 0
Al Dixon 26 12 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Dombroski 24 16 1 1 6 0 6
Steve Fuller 23 QB 14 13 16 7 -43 0
Earl Gant 23 4 0 3 0 0 0
Bubba Garcia 23 5 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Getty 28 rt 6 6 0 1 0 0
Gary Green 25 LCB 16 16 2 25 0 25 1 0 0 0
Bob Grupp 25 P 16 0 2 1 0 0
James Hadnot 23 rb 13 5 4 1 0 0
Eric Harris 25 RCB 15 13 7 54 0 41
Tom Howard 26 LOLB 16 16 0 3 18 1
Bill Kenney 25 3 3 1 0 -6 0
Ken Kremer 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Lindstrom 26 RDE 16 14 0 1 0 0
Dino Mangiero 22 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Manumaleuga 24 LILB 16 13 3 44 1 22
Ted McKnight 26 FB 16 16 5 4 0 0
Whitney Paul 27 ROLB 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 32 1
Tony Reed 25 RB 15 7 1 0 0 0
Jack Rudnay 33 C 12 12 0 2 0 0
Bob Simmons 26 LG 15 15 0 1 0 0
J.T. Smith*+ 25 WR 16 16 1 2 0 0
Gary Spani 24 RILB 16 16 1 47 1 47 0 4 16 1
Art Still* 25 LDE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mike A. Williams 23 TE 16 11 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.2 16 28 364 2 47 42 38 10 3
Opp Total 16 57 26 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Nick Lowery 24 K 16 0 37 20 97
Henry Marshall 26 WR 16 16 6 36
Arnold Morgado 28 11 0 4 1 30
Steve Fuller 23 QB 14 13 4 24
J.T. Smith*+ 25 WR 16 16 2 2 24
Ted McKnight 26 FB 16 16 3 18
Horace Belton 25 14 3 2 12
James Hadnot 23 rb 13 5 2 12
Tony Samuels 26 4 4 2 12
Gary Spani 24 RILB 16 16 1 1 12
Al Dixon 26 12 0 1 6
Bubba Garcia 23 5 0 1 6
Tom Howard 26 LOLB 16 16 1 6
Frank Manumaleuga 24 LILB 16 13 1 6
Whitney Paul 27 ROLB 12 10 1 6
Tony Reed 25 RB 15 7 1 6
Mike A. Williams 23 TE 16 11 1 6
Team Total 25.2 16 15 15 2 3 2 37 20 319
Opp Total 16 17 25 39 15 336