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1987 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 4-11-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 273 points (18.2/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 388 points (25.9/g), 27th.
 Differential of -115 points (-7.7/g), 26th.
 Expected W-L: 4.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 25th.

Coached by Frank Gansz (4-11-0)

1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box W 1-0 San Diego Chargers 20 13 15 232 58 174 1 19 342 258 84 4
2 Sun September 20 box L 1-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 14 43 12 182 107 75 5 23 360 137 223
3 Sun October 4 box L 1-2 @ Los Angeles Raiders 17 35 22 268 137 131 3 21 500 248 252 2
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-3 @ Miami Dolphins 0 42 8 132 42 90 4 25 344 142 202 1
5 Sun October 18 box L 1-4 Denver Broncos 17 26 16 247 125 122 3 23 373 275 98 4
6 Sun October 25 box L 1-5 @ San Diego Chargers 21 42 21 371 305 66 5 30 391 277 114 2
7 Sun November 1 box L 1-6 @ Chicago Bears 28 31 20 367 256 111 2 20 343 263 80 2
8 Sun November 8 box L 1-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 17 15 224 123 101 5 25 391 141 250 4
9 Sun November 15 box L 1-8 New York Jets 9 16 18 299 195 104 3 19 329 102 227
10 Sun November 22 box L 1-9 Green Bay Packers 3 23 10 201 85 116 3 14 273 165 108 1
11 Thu November 26 box W 2-9 @ Detroit Lions 27 20 22 408 246 162 2 22 357 206 151
12 Sun December 6 box L 2-10 @ Cincinnati Bengals 27 30 21 322 209 113 1 31 503 359 144
13 Sun December 13 box W 3-10 Los Angeles Raiders 16 10 17 276 164 112 2 26 400 312 88 4
14 Sat December 19 box L 3-11 @ Denver Broncos 17 20 20 377 254 123 1 22 369 226 143 2
15 Sun December 27 box W 4-11 Seattle Seahawks 41 20 28 512 313 199 1 24 364 195 169 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 273 4418 899 4.9 265 236 432 2619 17 17 5.5 141 419 1799 7 4.3 97 41 24 27
Team Defense 388 5639 1045 5.4 344 279 484 3306 25 11 6.5 172 535 2333 16 4.4 139 28 17 33
Lg Rank Offense 23 24 23 24 26 20 8 21 23 19 25 3 23 27
Lg Rank Defense 27 27 27 14 22 20 28 26 26 27 20 24 22 11

Passing

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No. 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%
9 Bill Kenney 32 QB 11 8 3-5-0 154 273 56.4 2107 15 5.5 9 3.3 81 7.7 7.3 13.7 191.5 85.8 22 161 6.6 6.2 7.5
1 Matt Stevens 23 3 2 0-2-0 32 57 56.1 315 1 1.8 1 1.8 23 5.5 5.1 9.8 105.0 70.4 6 53 4.2 3.8 9.5
10 Frank Seurer 25 8 2 0-2-0 26 55 47.3 340 0 0.0 4 7.3 33 6.2 2.9 13.1 42.5 36.9 10 82 4.0 1.2 15.4
14 Todd Blackledge 26 3 2 1-1-0 15 31 48.4 154 1 3.2 1 3.2 19 5.0 4.2 10.3 51.3 60.4 7 43 2.9 2.3 18.4
12 Alex Espinoza 23 1 0 9 14 64.3 69 0 0.0 2 14.3 16 4.9 -1.5 7.7 69.0 36.6 2 17 3.3 -2.4 12.5
11 Doug Hudson 23 1 1 0-1-0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 10 -5.0 -5.0 50.0
26 Paul Palmer 23 RET 12 1 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 25.7 15 4-11-0 236 432 54.6 2985 17 3.9 17 3.9 81 6.9 5.9 12.6 229.6 73.1 48 366 5.5 4.6 10.0
Opp Total 15 279 484 57.6 3473 25 5.2 11 2.3 7.2 7.2 12.4 231.5 87.8 26 167 6.5 6.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
35 Christian Okoye 26 FB 12 12 157 660 3 43 4.2 55.0 13.1 24 169 7.0 0 22 2.0 14.1 829 3 5
44 Herman Heard 26 RB 12 6 82 466 3 64 5.7 38.8 6.8 14 118 8.4 0 15 1.2 9.8 584 3 5
43 Robert Parker 24 3 2 47 150 1 10 3.2 50.0 15.7 7 44 6.3 0 14 2.3 14.7 194 1 1
32 Larry Moriarty 29 12 4 30 107 0 11 3.6 8.9 2.5 10 37 3.7 1 8 0.8 3.1 144 1 0
47 Chris Smith 24 3 3 26 114 0 11 4.4 38.0 8.7 2 21 10.5 0 16 0.7 7.0 135 0 2
26 Paul Palmer 23 RET 12 1 24 155 0 35 6.5 12.9 2.0 4 27 6.8 0 10 0.3 2.3 182 0 2
40 Ken Lacy 27 3 1 14 49 0 17 3.5 16.3 4.7 49 0 2
9 Bill Kenney 32 QB 11 8 12 -2 0 6 -0.2 -0.2 1.1 -2 0 8
10 Frank Seurer 25 8 2 9 33 0 11 3.7 4.1 1.1 33 0 2
14 Todd Blackledge 26 3 2 5 21 0 11 4.2 7.0 1.7 21 0 2
41 Woodie Pippens 24 2 0 3 16 0 11 5.3 8.0 1.5 2 12 6.0 0 7 1.0 6.0 28 0 0
1 Matt Stevens 23 3 2 3 7 0 6 2.3 2.3 1.0 7 0 0
46 Michael Clemons 22 RET 8 0 2 7 0 7 3.5 0.9 0.3 7 0 3
88 Carlos Carson* 29 WR 12 12 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.6 0.1 55 1044 19.0 7 81 4.6 87.0 1037 7 1
21 Ralph Stockemer 25 2 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1.0 0.5 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.5 2.0 6 0 0
12 Alex Espinoza 23 1 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
2 Kelly Goodburn 25 P 13 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.2 0.1 16 0 0
11 Doug Hudson 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
83 Stephone Paige 26 WR 12 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 707 16.4 4 51 3.6 58.9 707 4 0
85 Jonathan Hayes 25 TE 12 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 272 13.0 2 33 1.8 22.7 272 2 0
89 Henry Marshall 33 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 126 12.6 0 19 0.8 10.5 126 0 0
81 Rod E. Jones 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 76 9.5 1 16 2.7 25.3 76 1 1
86 Eric Brown 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 69 13.8 0 23 2.5 34.5 69 0 0
84 Paul Coffman 31 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 42 8.4 1 13 0.4 3.5 42 1 0
87 Dave Montagne 23 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 47 9.4 0 16 1.7 15.7 47 0 0
83 John Trahan 26 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 40 10.0 0 14 1.3 13.3 40 0 0
87 Walt Arnold 29 5 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 26 8.7 0 10 0.6 5.2 26 0 0
81 Darrell Colbert 23 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 21 7.0 0 9 0.3 1.8 21 0 0
84 Richard Estell 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 24 8.0 0 11 1.5 12.0 24 0 0
80 Mark Keel 26 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 0 7 0.3 1.3 9 0 0
80 Stein Koss 24 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 25 12.5 0 14 1.0 12.5 25 0 0
85 Kenny Nash 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 22 11.0 0 14 2.0 22.0 22 0 0
61 Mark Adickes 26 RG 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.1 0.3 3 1 0
Team Total 25.7 15 419 1799 7 64 4.3 138.4 32.2 236 2985 12.6 17 81 18.2 229.6 4784 24 41
Opp Total 15 535 2333 16 4.4 155.5 35.7 279 3306 11.8 25 18.6 220.4 5639 41 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
26 Paul Palmer 23 RET 12 1 38 923 2 95 24.3 1105
46 Michael Clemons 22 RET 8 0 19 162 0 44 8.5 1 3 0 3 3.0 172
40 Jitter Fields 25 5 0 8 161 1 85 20.1 1 13 0 13 13.0 174
23 Kevin Wyatt 23 2 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 5 121 0 29 24.2 125
32 Larry Moriarty 29 12 4 6 102 0 24 17.0 246
30 Mark Robinson 25 12 4 5 97 0 25 19.4 97
40 Ken Lacy 27 3 1 4 44 0 20 11.0 93
43 Robert Parker 24 3 2 3 49 0 25 16.3 243
81 Darrell Colbert 23 12 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 1 18 0 18 18.0 50
48 Garcia Lane 26 1 1 2 37 0 21 18.5 37
96 Aaron Pearson 23 LILB 12 9 2 4 0 4 2.0 4
22 Sherman Cocroft 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
39 Stephen Griffin 23 1 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
87 Dave Montagne 23 3 2 1 8 0 8 8.0 55
27 Eric Smith 28 3 1 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 25.7 15 32 346 1 85 10.8 70 1437 2 95 20.5 6567
Opp Total 15 43 0 55 1263 1 23.0

Kicking & Punting

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
2 Kelly Goodburn 25 P 13 0 59 2412 55 0 40.9
8 Nick Lowery 31 K 12 0 1 1 4 4 10 8 6 4 2 2 23 19 82.6% 26 26 100.0%
5 Lewis Colbert 24 2 0 10 377 47 0 37.7
4 James Hamrick 24 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 100.0% 4 4 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 15 1 1 5 5 10 8 7 5 2 2 25 21 84.0% 30 30 100.0% 69 2789 55 0 40.4
Opp Total 15 35 24 68.6% 45 44 97.8% 56 2262 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
31 Kevin Ross 25 RCB 12 11 1.0 3 40 0 40 58
50 Jack Del Rio 24 ROLB 10 7 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 44
29 Albert Lewis* 27 LCB 12 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43
9 Bill Kenney 32 QB 11 8 8 2 -8 0
99 Mike Bell 30 RDE 12 12 6.5 0 2 0 0
44 Herman Heard 26 RB 12 6 5 2 0 0
63 Bill Maas* 25 NT 11 11 6.0 0 1 6 1
90 Jeff Faulkner 23 3 1 3
67 Art Still 32 LDE 12 12 5.5
35 Christian Okoye 26 FB 12 12 5 0 0 0
20 Deron Cherry* 28 FS 8 8 3 58 0 30 0 1 0 0
46 Michael Clemons 22 RET 8 0 3 1 0 0
30 Mark Robinson 25 12 4 2 42 0 25 0 2 0 0
58 Tom Baugh 24 C 12 6 1 2 0 0
10 Frank Seurer 25 8 2 2 1 0 0
14 Todd Blackledge 26 3 2 2 0 -6 0
84 Paul Coffman 31 12 1 0 2 0 0
56 Dino Hackett 23 RILB 11 11 2.0
50 James Harrell 30 11 4 0 2 0 0
11 Doug Hudson 23 1 1 1 1 -3 0
52 Glenn Hyde 36 8 1 1 1 0 0
40 Ken Lacy 27 3 1 2 0 0 0
26 Paul Palmer 23 RET 12 1 2 0 0 0
96 Aaron Pearson 23 LILB 12 9 2 0 0 0
47 Chris Smith 24 3 3 2 0 0 0
27 Eric Smith 28 3 1 1 1 0 0
61 Mark Adickes 26 RG 12 12 0 1 0 0
77 Rich Baldinger 28 LG 12 11 0 1 0 0
45 Trent Bryant 28 3 2 1 0 0 0
88 Carlos Carson* 29 WR 12 12 1 0 0 0
54 Tim Cofield 24 rolb 12 5 0 1 0 0
55 Louis Cooper 24 LOLB 12 6 1 0 0 0
92 Bob Harris 27 3 3 0 1 0 0
85 Jonathan Hayes 25 TE 12 8 0 1 0 0
53 Todd Howard 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
81 Rod E. Jones 23 3 1 1 0 0 0
49 Teddy Nelson 22 3 3 0 1 0 0
43 Robert Parker 24 3 2 1 0 0 0
52 Angelo Snipes 24 4 0 1.0
1 Matt Stevens 23 3 2 0 1 -9 0
38 Carlton Thomas 24 4 2 0 1 0 0
23 Kevin Wyatt 23 2 0 1 0 0 0
93 Eric Holle 27 8 1 0.5
74 Pete Koch 25 nt 6 6 0.5
Team Total 25.7 15 26.0 11 140 0 40 1 41 31 -20 1 148
Opp Total 15 48 24 7 1

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
8 Nick Lowery 31 K 12 0 26 19 83
88 Carlos Carson* 29 WR 12 12 7 7 42
83 Stephone Paige 26 WR 12 11 4 4 24
44 Herman Heard 26 RB 12 6 3 3 18
35 Christian Okoye 26 FB 12 12 3 3 18
85 Jonathan Hayes 25 TE 12 8 2 2 12
26 Paul Palmer 23 RET 12 1 2 2 12
4 James Hamrick 24 3 0 4 2 10
61 Mark Adickes 26 RG 12 12 1 1 6
84 Paul Coffman 31 12 1 1 1 6
40 Jitter Fields 25 5 0 1 1 6
92 Bob Harris 27 3 3 1 1 6
81 Rod E. Jones 23 3 1 1 1 6
63 Bill Maas* 25 NT 11 11 1 1 6
32 Larry Moriarty 29 12 4 1 1 6
43 Robert Parker 24 3 2 1 1 6
31 Kevin Ross 25 RCB 12 11 1 1 6
Team Total 25.7 15 7 17 1 2 1 2 30 30 21 273
Opp Total 15 16 25 1 44 24 1 388