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1981 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 343 points (21.4/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 290 points (18.1/g), 10th.
Differential of 53 points (3.3/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 13th.
Coached by Marv Levy (9-7-0)
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1981 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 | Bill Kenney | 26 | 1 | 13 | 147 for 274, 1,983 yards, 9 td, 16 int, & 24 rushes for 89 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 333rd pick / 1978 |
| RB | Joe Delaney* | 23 | Rook | 10 | 234 rushes for 1,121 yards, 3 td, & 22 catches for 246 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1981 |
| RB | Ted McKnight | 27 | 4 | 5 | 54 rushes for 195 yards, 5 td, & 8 catches for 77 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| FB | James Hadnot | 24 | 1 | 16 | 140 rushes for 603 yards, 3 td, & 23 catches for 215 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 66th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Henry Marshall | 27 | 5 | 12 | 38 catches for 620 yards, 4 td, & 3 rushes for 69 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| WR | J.T. Smith | 26 | 3 | 15 | 63 catches for 852 yards, 2 td | |
| TE | Al Dixon | 27 | 4 | 13 | 29 catches for 356 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| LT | Matt Herkenhoff | 30 | 5 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
| LG | Brad Budde | 23 | 1 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 11th pick / 1980 |
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| C | Jack Rudnay | 34 | 11 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
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| RG | Tom Condon | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| RT | Charlie Getty | 29 | 7 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Art Still* | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| LDE | Dave Lindstrom | 27 | 3 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1977 |
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| NT | Don Parrish | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
| NT | Ken Kremer | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 167th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Mike Bell | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Whitney Paul | 28 | 5 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| LOLB | Tom Howard | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Jerry Blanton | 25 | 2 | 9 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 282nd pick / 1978 |
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| RILB | Gary Spani | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| ROLB | Charles Jackson | 26 | 3 | 10 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 241st pick / 1977 |
| ROLB | Cal Peterson | 29 | 7 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1974 |
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| LCB | Gary Green* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Eric Harris | 26 | 1 | 16 | 7 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 104th pick / 1977 |
| SS | Lloyd Burruss | 24 | Rook | 14 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| FS | Gary Barbaro* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Lowery* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 26 of 36 field goals & 37 of 38 extra points | |
| P | Bob Grupp | 26 | 2 | 0 | 41 punts for a 38.0 average, 0 blocked | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1977 |
| PR | J.T. Smith | 26 | 3 | 15 | 50 punt returns for a 10.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | James Murphy | 22 | Rook | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 266th pick / 1981 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Gary Barbaro* | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-4 | Nicholls State | 2/11/1954 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1976 |
| Ed Beckman | 26 | TE | 15 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Florida State | 1/2/1955 | 4 | |
| Mike Bell | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| Jerry Blanton | 25 | LB | 9 | 9 | 231 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 12/20/1956 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 11th / 282nd pick / 1978 |
| Curtis Bledsoe | 24 | RB | 13 | 1 | 215 | 5-11 | San Diego State | 3/19/1957 | Rook | |
| Brad Budde | 23 | G | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-4 | USC | 5/9/1958 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 11th pick / 1980 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 24 | DB | 16 | 14 | 204 | 6-0 | Maryland | 10/31/1957 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| Phil Cancik | 24 | LB | 16 | 1 | 228 | 6-1 | Northern Arizona | 4/19/1957 | 1 | |
| Carlos Carson | 23 | WR | 5 | 1 | 180 | 5-11 | LSU | 12/28/1958 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| M.L. Carter | 26 | DB | 10 | 0 | 173 | 5-9 | Cal State-Fullerton,San Jose State | 12/9/1955 | 2 | |
| Frank Case | 23 | DE | 7 | 0 | 243 | 6-4 | Penn State | 8/14/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 289th pick / 1981 |
| Deron Cherry | 22 | DB | 13 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Rutgers | 9/12/1959 | Rook | |
| Herb Christopher | 27 | DB | 16 | 2 | 195 | 5-10 | Morris Brown | 4/7/1954 | 2 | |
| Tom Condon | 29 | G | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/26/1952 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 250th pick / 1974 |
| Joe Delaney* | 23 | RB | 15 | 10 | 184 | 5-10 | Northwest State (LA) | 10/30/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1981 |
| Al Dixon | 27 | TE | 16 | 13 | 230 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 4/5/1954 | 4 | New York Giants / 7th / 178th pick / 1977 |
| Paul Dombroski | 25 | DB | 5 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Hawaii,Linfield | 8/8/1956 | 1 | |
| Steve Fuller | 24 | QB | 13 | 3 | 198 | 6-4 | Clemson | 1/5/1957 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 23rd pick / 1979 |
| Clark Gaines | 27 | RB | 1 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Wake Forest | 2/1/1954 | 5 | |
| Bubba Garcia | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 10/18/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 147th pick / 1980 |
| Charlie Getty | 29 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-4 | Penn State | 7/24/1952 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1974 |
| Jeff Gossett | 24 | P | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Eastern Illinois | 1/25/1957 | Rook | |
| Gary Green* | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 187 | 5-11 | Baylor | 10/22/1955 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 10th pick / 1977 |
| Bob Grupp | 26 | P | 9 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Duke | 5/8/1955 | 2 | New York Jets / 7th / 171st pick / 1977 |
| James Hadnot | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 244 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 7/11/1957 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 66th pick / 1980 |
| Eric Harris | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 198 | 6-3 | Memphis | 8/11/1955 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 104th pick / 1977 |
| Marvin Harvey | 22 | TE-WR | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 10/17/1959 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 70th pick / 1981 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 267 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 4/2/1951 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1974 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 26 | DE | 1 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 4/2/1955 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 29th pick / 1978 |
| Tom Howard | 27 | LB | 9 | 7 | 213 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/18/1954 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 67th pick / 1977 |
| Billy Jackson | 22 | RB | 16 | 1 | 217 | 5-10 | Alabama | 9/13/1959 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 180th pick / 1981 |
| Charles Jackson | 26 | LB | 14 | 10 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/22/1955 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 241st pick / 1977 |
| Bill Kenney | 26 | QB | 13 | 13 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona State,Northern Colorado | 1/20/1955 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 333rd pick / 1978 |
| Dave Klug | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Concordia (MN) | 5/17/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 94th pick / 1980 |
| Ken Kremer | 24 | NT-DE | 16 | 8 | 250 | 6-4 | Ball State | 7/16/1957 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 167th pick / 1979 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 27 | DE | 16 | 5 | 255 | 6-6 | Boston University | 11/16/1954 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1977 |
| Nick Lowery* | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 5/27/1956 | 3 | |
| Dino Mangiero | 23 | NT-DE | 9 | 0 | 265 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 12/19/1958 | 1 | |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 25 | LB | 4 | 4 | 245 | 6-2 | San Jose State,UCLA | 5/9/1956 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 85th pick / 1979 |
| Henry Marshall | 27 | WR | 12 | 12 | 214 | 6-2 | Missouri | 8/9/1954 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 79th pick / 1976 |
| Ted McKnight | 27 | RB | 5 | 5 | 209 | 6-1 | Minnesota-Duluth | 2/26/1954 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 57th pick / 1977 |
| Rick Moser | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Rhode Island | 12/18/1956 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 208th pick / 1978 |
| James Murphy | 22 | WR | 10 | 0 | 177 | 5-10 | Utah State | 10/10/1959 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 266th pick / 1981 |
| John Olenchalk | 26 | LB-C | 1 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Stanford | 11/27/1955 | Rook | |
| Don Parrish | 26 | NT-DE | 16 | 8 | 255 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 4/6/1955 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 314th pick / 1977 |
| Whitney Paul | 28 | LB-DE | 16 | 10 | 220 | 6-3 | Colorado | 10/8/1953 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 277th pick / 1976 |
| Cal Peterson | 29 | LB | 11 | 7 | 220 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/16/1952 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1974 |
| Stan Rome | 25 | WR | 16 | 4 | 212 | 6-5 | Clemson | 6/4/1956 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 277th pick / 1979 |
| Jim Rourke | 24 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 264 | 6-5 | Boston College | 2/10/1957 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 238th pick / 1979 |
| Jack Rudnay | 34 | C | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 11/20/1947 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 101st pick / 1969 |
| Willie Scott | 22 | TE | 16 | 2 | 245 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 2/13/1959 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1981 |
| Bob Simmons | 27 | G-T | 4 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Texas | 7/7/1954 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 77th pick / 1976 |
| J.T. Smith | 26 | WR | 16 | 15 | 185 | 6-2 | North Texas | 10/29/1955 | 3 | |
| Gary Spani | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 229 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 1/9/1956 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 58th pick / 1978 |
| Art Still* | 26 | DE | 11 | 11 | 253 | 6-7 | Kentucky | 12/5/1955 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1978 |
| Roger Taylor | 23 | T | 13 | 0 | 271 | 6-6 | Oklahoma State | 1/5/1958 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 75th pick / 1981 |
| Todd Thomas | 22 | C | 15 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | North Dakota | 12/2/1959 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 124th pick / 1981 |
| Mike A. Williams | 24 | TE-FB | 3 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | New Mexico | 10/14/1957 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 195th pick / 1979 |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 16 | 223.9 | 6-2.2 | 2.4 |