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1985 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 317 points (19.8/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 360 points (22.5/g), 18th.
 Differential of -43 points (-2.7/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 5th.

Coached by John Mackovic (6-10-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box W 1-0 @ New Orleans Saints 47 27 22 504 395 109 3 19 304 168 136 4
2 Thu September 12 box W 2-0 Los Angeles Raiders 36 20 18 325 241 84 1 22 340 273 67 5
3 Sun September 22 box L 2-1 @ Miami Dolphins 0 31 15 284 187 97 2 27 391 258 133 2
4 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 Seattle Seahawks 28 7 10 165 88 77 4 21 369 301 68 7
5 Sun October 6 box L 3-2 @ Los Angeles Raiders 10 19 14 262 181 81 1 17 361 220 141
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 @ San Diego Chargers 20 31 14 325 277 48 3 22 350 287 63 3
7 Sun October 20 box L 3-4 Los Angeles Rams 0 16 15 245 143 102 7 12 184 54 130
8 Sun October 27 box L 3-5 Denver Broncos 10 30 13 257 180 77 25 324 118 206
9 Sun November 3 box L 3-6 @ Houston Oilers 20 23 26 389 236 153 3 24 377 241 136 1
10 Sun November 10 box L 3-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 36 13 295 259 36 2 17 396 251 145 1
11 Sun November 17 box L 3-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 3 31 12 200 125 75 1 24 417 254 163 2
12 Sun November 24 box W 4-8 Indianapolis Colts 20 7 21 358 231 127 1 11 211 86 125 1
13 Sun December 1 box L 4-9 @ Seattle Seahawks 6 24 11 201 149 52 3 22 337 243 94 3
14 Sun December 8 box W 5-9 Atlanta Falcons 38 10 21 369 205 164 1 21 354 93 261 3
15 Sat December 14 box L 5-10 @ Denver Broncos 13 14 14 262 156 106 1 20 411 301 110 6
16 Sun December 22 box W 6-10 San Diego Chargers 38 34 19 436 338 98 1 32 532 341 191 3

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 317 4877 982 5.0 258 267 511 3391 23 23 6.1 158 428 1486 10 3.5 79 34 11 21
Team Defense 360 5658 1126 5.0 543 332 576 3489 22 27 5.7 184 513 2169 18 4.2 336 41 14 23
Lg Rank Offense 18 22 25 16 11 8 16 10 23 28 25 27 6 4
Lg Rank Defense 18 21 22 26 20 16 4 16 20 20 17 19 9 19

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%
Bill Kenney 30 QB 16 10 3-7-0 181 338 53.6 2536 17 5.0 9 2.7 84 7.5 6.8 14.0 158.5 83.6 28 223 6.3 5.7 7.7
Todd Blackledge 24 qb 12 6 3-3-0 86 172 50.0 1190 6 3.5 14 8.1 70 6.9 3.6 13.8 99.2 50.3 15 112 5.8 2.7 8.0
Ethan Horton 23 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.8 16 6-10-0 267 511 52.3 3726 23 4.5 23 4.5 84 7.3 5.7 14.0 232.9 72.3 43 335 6.1 4.7 7.8
Opp Total 16 332 576 57.6 3489 22 3.8 27 4.7 6.1 4.3 10.5 218.1 68.6 37 263 5.7 3.6

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
Herman Heard 24 RB 16 12 164 595 4 33 3.6 37.2 10.3 31 257 8.3 2 27 1.9 16.1 852 6 4
Mike Pruitt 31 FB 9 7 105 366 2 54 3.5 40.7 11.7 7 43 6.1 0 9 0.8 4.8 409 2 0
Ethan Horton 23 16 0 48 146 3 19 3.0 9.1 3.0 28 185 6.6 1 22 1.8 11.6 331 4 2
Jeff Smith 23 RET 13 1 30 118 0 27 3.9 9.1 2.3 18 157 8.7 2 45 1.4 12.1 275 2 1
Bruce King 22 fb 16 6 28 83 0 9 3.0 5.2 1.8 7 45 6.4 0 8 0.4 2.8 128 0 0
Todd Blackledge 24 qb 12 6 17 97 0 25 5.7 8.1 1.4 97 0 3
Bill Kenney 30 QB 16 10 14 1 1 5 0.1 0.1 0.9 1 1 6
E.J. Jones 23 5 0 12 19 0 7 1.6 3.8 2.4 3 31 10.3 0 15 0.6 6.2 50 0 0
Ken Lacy 25 2 0 6 21 0 6 3.5 10.5 3.0 21 0 1
Carlos Carson 27 WR 15 14 3 25 0 13 8.3 1.7 0.2 47 843 17.9 4 37 3.1 56.2 868 4 0
Stephone Paige 24 wr 16 8 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 43 943 21.9 10 84 2.7 58.9 958 10 0
Walt Arnold 27 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 339 12.1 1 38 1.8 21.2 339 1 0
Henry Marshall 31 WR 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 446 17.8 0 50 2.3 40.5 446 0 1
Anthony Hancock 25 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 286 19.1 2 48 0.9 17.9 286 2 1
Jonathan Hayes 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 39 7.8 1 12 0.3 2.4 39 1 0
Mike Holston 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 51 10.2 0 17 1.3 12.8 51 0 0
Willie Scott 26 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 61 12.2 0 21 0.3 3.8 61 0 0
Team Total 25.8 16 428 1486 10 54 3.5 92.9 26.8 267 3726 14.0 23 84 16.7 232.9 5212 33 22
Opp Total 16 513 2169 18 4.2 135.6 32.1 332 3489 10.5 22 20.8 218.1 5658 40 25

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Garcia Lane 24 RET 16 0 43 381 0 57 8.9 13 269 0 37 20.7 650
Jeff Smith 23 RET 13 1 33 654 0 39 19.8 929
Anthony Hancock 25 16 1 6 125 0 40 20.8 411
Walt Arnold 27 TE 16 16 2 9 0 9 4.5 348
Stephone Paige 24 wr 16 8 2 36 0 23 18.0 994
Jonathan Hayes 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 39
Bruce King 22 fb 16 6 1 13 0 13 13.0 141
George Shorthose 24 3 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 25.8 16 43 381 0 57 8.9 59 1117 0 40 18.9 6710
Opp Total 16 48 1 69 1626 0 23.6

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
Jim Arnold 24 P 16 0 93 3827 62 2 41.2
Nick Lowery+ 29 K 16 0 4 4 11 10 7 7 5 3 27 24 88.9% 35 35 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 16 4 4 11 10 7 7 5 3 27 24 88.9% 35 35 100.0% 93 3827 62 2 41.2
Opp Total 16 30 25 83.3% 41 39 95.1% 75 3090 41.2

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
Bill Kenney 30 QB 16 10 6 5 -18 0
Albert Lewis 25 LCB 16 16 1.5 8 59 0 16 1 0 1 0 1 74
Bill Maas 23 NT/lde 16 16 7.0 0 1 0 0
Mike Bell 28 RDE 11 11 6.0 0 1 0 0
Deron Cherry* 26 FS 16 16 7 87 1 47
Art Still 30 LDE 9 8 4.0 0 2 0 0
Sherman Cocroft 24 16 0 3 27 0 27 0 2 0 0
Herman Heard 24 RB 16 12 4 1 0 0
Scott Radecic 23 LILB 16 16 3.0 1 21 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 88
Calvin Daniels 27 LOLB 16 16 2.5 0 2 0 0
Garcia Lane 24 RET 16 0 0.5 3 1 0 0
Todd Blackledge 24 qb 12 6 3 1 0 0
Mark Robinson 23 11 1 2.0 1 20 0 20 0 1 0 0
Kevin Ross 23 RCB 16 15 3 47 0 27 0 0 1 0 0 111
Lloyd Burruss 28 SS 15 14 2.0 1 0 0 0
Greg Hill 24 16 1 3 37 0 37
Ethan Horton 23 16 0 2 0 0 0
Pete Koch 23 16 0 2.0
Jeff Smith 23 RET 13 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Lindstrom 31 16 2 1.5
Bob Hamm 26 rde 14 5 1.0
Anthony Hancock 25 16 1 1 0 0 0
Ken Jolly 23 ROLB 16 12 0 1 0 0
Bruce King 22 fb 16 6 0 1 0 0
Ken Lacy 25 2 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Lutz 26 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Henry Marshall 31 WR 11 9 1 0 0 0
Jeff Paine 24 12 4 1.0
Gary Spani 29 RILB 14 13 1.0
Jerry Blanton 29 16 3 0.5
Eric Holle 25 nt 16 5 0.5
Team Total 25.8 16 36.0 27 298 1 47 1 22 24 -18 1 273
Opp Total 16 43 25 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Nick Lowery+ 29 K 16 0 35 24 107
Stephone Paige 24 wr 16 8 10 60
Herman Heard 24 RB 16 12 4 2 36
Carlos Carson 27 WR 15 14 4 24
Ethan Horton 23 16 0 3 1 24
Anthony Hancock 25 16 1 2 12
Mike Pruitt 31 FB 9 7 2 12
Jeff Smith 23 RET 13 1 2 12
Walt Arnold 27 TE 16 16 1 6
Deron Cherry* 26 FS 16 16 1 6
Jonathan Hayes 23 16 0 1 6
Bill Kenney 30 QB 16 10 1 6
Albert Lewis 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 25.8 16 10 23 1 1 35 24 317
Opp Total 16 18 22 1 39 25 360