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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)
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1980 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 | Steve Fuller | 23 | 1 | 13 | 193 for 320, 2,250 yards, 10 td, 12 int, & 60 rushes for 274 yards and 4 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1979 |
| RB | Tony Reed | 25 | 3 | 7 | 68 rushes for 180 yards, 0 td, & 44 catches for 422 yards and 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 37th pick / 1977 |
| RB | James Hadnot | 23 | Rook | 5 | 76 rushes for 244 yards, 2 td, & 15 catches for 97 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 66th pick / 1980 |
| FB | Ted McKnight | 26 | 3 | 16 | 206 rushes for 693 yards, 3 td, & 38 catches for 320 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Henry Marshall | 26 | 4 | 16 | 47 catches for 799 yards, 6 td, & 3 rushes for 22 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| WR | J.T. Smith*+ | 25 | 2 | 16 | 46 catches for 655 yards, 2 td | |
| TE | Mike A. Williams | 23 | 1 | 11 | 2 catches for 9 yards, 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 195th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Matt Herkenhoff | 29 | 4 | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
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| LG | Bob Simmons | 26 | 3 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 77th pick / 1976 |
| C | Jack Rudnay | 33 | 10 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| RG | Tom Condon | 28 | 6 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
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| RT | Jim Rourke | 23 | Rook | 9 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 238th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Charlie Getty | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Art Still* | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| NT | Don Parrish | 25 | 2 | 15 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
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| RDE | Dave Lindstrom | 26 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1977 |
| LOLB | Tom Howard | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Frank Manumaleuga | 24 | 1 | 13 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 85th pick / 1979 |
| RILB | Gary Spani | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Whitney Paul | 27 | 4 | 10 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| ROLB | Cal Peterson | 28 | 6 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1974 |
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| LCB | Gary Green | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Eric Harris | 25 | Rook | 13 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 104th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Herb Christopher | 26 | 1 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Gary Barbaro* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 10 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Lowery | 24 | 2 | 0 | 20 of 26 field goals & 37 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Bob Grupp | 25 | 1 | 0 | 84 punts for a 39.5 average, 1 blocked | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1977 |
| PR | J.T. Smith*+ | 25 | 2 | 16 | 40 punt returns for a 14.5 average and 2 td | |
| KR | Carlos Carson | 22 | Rook | 1 | 40 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Charlie Ane | 28 | C | 16 | 2 | 233 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 8/12/1952 | 5 | |
| Gary Barbaro* | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-4 | Nicholls State | 2/11/1954 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Beckman | 25 | TE | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Florida State | 1/2/1955 | 3 | |
| Mike Bell | 23 | DE | 2 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| Horace Belton | 25 | RB | 14 | 3 | 200 | 5-8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7/16/1955 | 2 | |
| Jerry Blanton | 24 | LB | 16 | 3 | 231 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/20/1956 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 282nd pick / 1978 |
| Brad Budde | 22 | G | 16 | 3 | 262 | 6-4 | USC | 5/9/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 11th pick / 1980 |
| Carlos Carson | 22 | WR | 16 | 1 | 180 | 5-11 | LSU | 12/28/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| M.L. Carter | 25 | DB | 7 | 2 | 173 | 5-9 | Cal State-Fullerton,San Jose State | 12/9/1955 | 1 | |
| Herb Christopher | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 195 | 5-10 | Morris Brown | 4/7/1954 | 1 | |
| Tom Clements | 27 | QB | 1 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 6/18/1953 | Rook | |
| Tom Condon | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/26/1952 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| Al Dixon | 26 | TE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 4/5/1954 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| Paul Dombroski | 24 | DB | 16 | 1 | 185 | 6-0 | Hawaii,Linfield | 8/8/1956 | Rook | |
| Steve Fuller | 23 | QB | 14 | 13 | 198 | 6-4 | Clemson | 1/5/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1979 |
| Earl Gant | 23 | RB | 4 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Missouri | 7/6/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 112th pick / 1979 |
| Bubba Garcia | 23 | WR | 5 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 10/18/1957 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 147th pick / 1980 |
| Charlie Getty | 28 | T-G | 6 | 6 | 265 | 6-4 | Penn State | 7/24/1952 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| Gary Green | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 187 | 5-11 | Baylor | 10/22/1955 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| Bob Grupp | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Duke | 5/8/1955 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1977 |
| James Hadnot | 23 | RB | 13 | 5 | 244 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 7/11/1957 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 66th pick / 1980 |
| Eric Harris | 25 | DB | 15 | 13 | 198 | 6-3 | Memphis | 8/11/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 104th pick / 1977 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 267 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 4/2/1951 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 25 | DE | 10 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 4/2/1955 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 29th pick / 1978 |
| Tom Howard | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 213 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/18/1954 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| Charles Jackson | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/22/1955 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 241st pick / 1977 |
| Bill Kenney | 25 | QB | 3 | 3 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona State,Northern Colorado | 1/20/1955 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 333rd pick / 1978 |
| Kelly Kirchbaum | 23 | LB | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 6/14/1957 | Rook | New York Jets / 5th / 123rd pick / 1979 |
| Ken Kremer | 23 | NT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Ball State | 7/16/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 167th pick / 1979 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 26 | DE | 16 | 14 | 255 | 6-6 | Boston University | 11/16/1954 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1977 |
| Nick Lowery | 24 | K | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 5/27/1956 | 2 | |
| Dino Mangiero | 22 | NT-DE | 16 | 1 | 265 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 12/19/1958 | Rook | |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 24 | LB | 16 | 13 | 245 | 6-2 | San Jose State,UCLA | 5/9/1956 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 85th pick / 1979 |
| Henry Marshall | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 214 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/9/1954 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| Ted McKnight | 26 | RB | 16 | 16 | 209 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2/26/1954 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| Jerry Meyers | 26 | DE-DT | 2 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Northern Illinois | 2/21/1954 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 411th pick / 1976 |
| Arnold Morgado | 28 | RB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Hawaii,Michigan State | 3/27/1952 | 3 | |
| Brad Oates | 27 | T-G | 1 | 0 | 274 | 6-6 | BYU,Duke | 9/30/1953 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1976 |
| Don Parrish | 25 | NT-DE | 16 | 15 | 255 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 4/6/1955 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
| Whitney Paul | 27 | LB-DE | 12 | 10 | 220 | 6-3 | Colorado | 10/8/1953 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| Cal Peterson | 28 | LB | 16 | 6 | 220 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/16/1952 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1974 |
| Tony Reed | 25 | RB | 15 | 7 | 197 | 5-11 | Colorado | 3/30/1955 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 37th pick / 1977 |
| Jerry L. Reese | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 1/7/1955 | 1 | |
| Stan Rome | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 212 | 6-5 | Clemson | 6/4/1956 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 277th pick / 1979 |
| Donovan Rose | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 187 | 6-1 | Hampton | 3/9/1957 | Rook | |
| Jim Rourke | 23 | T-G | 15 | 9 | 264 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/10/1957 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 238th pick / 1979 |
| Jack Rudnay | 33 | C | 12 | 12 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| Tony Samuels | 26 | TE | 4 | 4 | 229 | 6-4 | Bethune-Cookman,Florida A&M | 12/30/1954 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1977 |
| Clarence Sanders | 28 | LB | 1 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Cincinnati | 12/28/1952 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 17th / 463rd pick / 1976 |
| Bob Simmons | 26 | G-T | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-4 | Texas | 7/7/1954 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 77th pick / 1976 |
| Franky Smith | 24 | T | 4 | 2 | 279 | 6-6 | Alabama A&M | 1/16/1956 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 8th / 221st pick / 1978 |
| J.T. Smith*+ | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | 2 | |
| Gary Spani | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 229 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 1/9/1956 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| Art Still* | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-7 | Kentucky | 12/5/1955 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| Rod Walters | 26 | G-T | 6 | 1 | 258 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/27/1954 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1976 |
| Mike A. Williams | 23 | TE-FB | 16 | 11 | 222 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 10/14/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 195th pick / 1979 |
| Team Total | 25.2 | 16 | 225.3 | 6-2.4 | 2.1 |