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1988 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 4-11-1, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 254 points (15.9/g), 23rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 320 points (20.0/g), 15th.
Differential of -66 points (-4.1/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 5.9-10.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 17th.
Coached by Frank Gansz (4-11-1)
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1988 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 DeBerg | 34 | 10 | 11 | 224 for 414, 2,935 yards, 16 td, 16 int, & 18 rushes for 30 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| QB | Bill Kenney | 33 | 8 | 5 | 58 for 114, 549 yards, 0 td, 5 int, & 2 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 333rd pick / 1978 |
| RB | Paul Palmer | 24 | 1 | 11 | 134 rushes for 452 yards, 2 td, & 53 catches for 611 yards and 4 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1987 |
| RB | Herman Heard | 27 | 4 | 5 | 106 rushes for 438 yards, 0 td, & 20 catches for 198 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1984 |
| FB | Christian Okoye | 27 | 1 | 9 | 105 rushes for 473 yards, 3 td, & 8 catches for 51 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Carlos Carson | 30 | 8 | 14 | 46 catches for 711 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| WR | Stephone Paige | 27 | 5 | 16 | 61 catches for 902 yards, 7 td | |
| TE | Jonathan Hayes | 26 | 3 | 9 | 22 catches for 233 yards, 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| TE | Alfredo Roberts | 23 | Rook | 7 | 10 catches for 104 yards, 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1988 |
| LT | John Alt | 26 | 4 | 13 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
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| LG | Rich Baldinger | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| C | Tom Baugh | 25 | 2 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 87th pick / 1986 |
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| C | Gerry Feehery | 28 | 5 | 6 | ||
| RG | Mark Adickes | 27 | 2 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 Supp |
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| RG | Byron Ingram | 24 | 1 | 5 | ||
| RT | Irv Eatman | 27 | 2 | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
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| RT | Dave Lutz | 29 | 5 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Leonard Griffin | 26 | 2 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1986 |
| LDE | Neil Smith | 22 | Rook | 7 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| LDE | Mike Stensrud | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| NT | Bill Maas | 26 | 4 | 8 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| RDE | Mike Bell | 31 | 9 | 12 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| LOLB | Jack Del Rio | 25 | 3 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1985 |
| LOLB | Angelo Snipes | 25 | 2 | 8 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LILB | Aaron Pearson | 24 | 2 | 10 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 285th pick / 1986 |
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| RILB | Dino Hackett* | 24 | 2 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| ROLB | Tim Cofield | 25 | 2 | 15 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LCB | Albert Lewis* | 28 | 5 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| LCB | J.C. Pearson | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Kevin Ross | 26 | 4 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| SS | Lloyd Burruss | 31 | 7 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Kevin Porter | 22 | Rook | 7 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Deron Cherry*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 6 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Lowery | 32 | 10 | 0 | 27 of 32 field goals & 23 of 23 extra points | |
| P | Kelly Goodburn | 26 | 1 | 0 | 76 punts for a 40.2 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Kitrick Taylor | 24 | Rook | 0 | 29 punt returns for a 6.4 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 128th pick / 1987 |
| KR | Paul Palmer | 24 | 1 | 11 | 23 kick returns for a 15.8 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1987 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mark Adickes | 27 | G | 10 | 10 | 278 | 6-4 | Baylor | 4/22/1961 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 Supp |
| John Alt | 26 | T | 14 | 13 | 298 | 6-8 | Iowa | 5/30/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
| Gary Baldinger | 25 | DE-NT | 11 | 4 | 264 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 10/4/1963 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 229th pick / 1986 |
| Rich Baldinger | 29 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 285 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/31/1959 | 6 | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Tom Baugh | 25 | C | 12 | 10 | 274 | 6-3 | Southern Illinois | 12/1/1963 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 87th pick / 1986 |
| Mike Bell | 31 | DE | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 31 | DB | 10 | 9 | 204 | 6-0 | Maryland | 10/31/1957 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| Carlos Carson | 30 | WR | 14 | 14 | 180 | 5-11 | LSU | 12/28/1958 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 114th pick / 1980 |
| Deron Cherry*+ | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 197 | 5-11 | Rutgers | 9/12/1959 | 7 | |
| Tim Cofield | 25 | LB | 16 | 15 | 243 | 6-2 | Elizabeth City State | 5/18/1963 | 2 | |
| Darrell Colbert | 24 | WR | 3 | 0 | 174 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 11/16/1964 | 1 | |
| Louis Cooper | 25 | LB | 11 | 4 | 240 | 6-2 | Western Carolina | 8/5/1963 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 305th pick / 1985 |
| Steve DeBerg | 34 | QB | 13 | 11 | 210 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 1/19/1954 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| Jack Del Rio | 25 | LB | 15 | 10 | 246 | 6-4 | USC | 4/4/1963 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1985 |
| Curt DiGiacomo | 25 | G-C | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/24/1963 | 2 | |
| Irv Eatman | 27 | T | 16 | 14 | 293 | 6-7 | UCLA | 1/1/1961 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| Gerry Feehery | 28 | C-G | 6 | 6 | 268 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 3/9/1960 | 5 | |
| Kenny Gamble | 23 | RB-DB | 16 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Colgate | 3/8/1965 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 251st pick / 1988 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 26 | P | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Emporia State,Iowa State | 4/14/1962 | 1 | |
| Leonard Griffin | 26 | DE-NT | 15 | 9 | 268 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 9/22/1962 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1986 |
| Dino Hackett* | 24 | LB | 13 | 13 | 228 | 6-3 | Appalachian State | 6/28/1964 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| Dee Hardison | 32 | DE-DT-NT-DE | 7 | 1 | 274 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/2/1956 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1978 |
| Emile Harry | 25 | WR | 16 | 2 | 175 | 5-11 | Stanford | 4/5/1963 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 89th pick / 1985 |
| James Harvey | 23 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 11/27/1965 | 1 | |
| Andy Hawkins | 30 | LB | 7 | 3 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3/31/1958 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 267th pick / 1980 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 26 | TE | 16 | 9 | 248 | 6-5 | Iowa | 8/11/1962 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| Herman Heard | 27 | RB | 12 | 5 | 184 | 5-10 | Fort Lewis,Southern Colorado | 11/24/1961 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1984 |
| Greg Hill | 27 | DB | 15 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 2/12/1961 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 86th pick / 1983 |
| David Hollis | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | UNLV | 4/4/1965 | 1 | |
| Todd Howard | 23 | LB | 7 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 2/18/1965 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1987 |
| Byron Ingram | 24 | G | 12 | 5 | 295 | 6-2 | Eastern Kentucky | 11/17/1964 | 1 | |
| Keyvan Jenkins | 27 | RB | 2 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | UNLV | 1/6/1961 | 1 | |
| Sidney Johnson | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | California | 3/7/1965 | Rook | |
| Rod E. Jones | 24 | TE | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Washington | 3/3/1964 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 223rd pick / 1987 |
| Brian Jozwiak | 25 | G-T | 3 | 1 | 304 | 6-5 | West Virginia | 6/20/1963 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 7th pick / 1986 |
| Bill Kenney | 33 | QB | 16 | 5 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona State,Northern Colorado | 1/20/1955 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 333rd pick / 1978 |
| Albert Lewis* | 28 | DB | 14 | 12 | 196 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 10/6/1960 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| Calvin Loveall | 26 | DB | 4 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Idaho | 7/23/1962 | Rook | |
| Nick Lowery | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 5/27/1956 | 10 | |
| Dave Lutz | 29 | T-G | 15 | 7 | 305 | 6-6 | Georgia Tech | 12/20/1959 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
| Bill Maas | 26 | NT-DE | 8 | 8 | 271 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/2/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| Chris Martin | 28 | LB | 6 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Auburn | 12/19/1960 | 5 | |
| Jerry McCabe | 23 | LB | 3 | 1 | 225 | 6-1 | Holy Cross | 1/25/1965 | 1 | |
| Ron McLean | 25 | NT-DE | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Cal State-Fullerton | 4/13/1963 | 1 | New York Jets / 9th / 241st pick / 1987 |
| Larry Moriarty | 30 | RB | 9 | 3 | 240 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 4/24/1958 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 114th pick / 1983 |
| Christian Okoye | 27 | RB | 9 | 9 | 253 | 6-1 | Azusa Pacific | 8/16/1961 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| Stephone Paige | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 184 | 6-2 | Fresno State | 10/15/1961 | 5 | |
| Paul Palmer | 24 | RB | 15 | 11 | 184 | 5-9 | Temple | 10/14/1964 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 19th pick / 1987 |
| Aaron Pearson | 24 | LB | 16 | 10 | 239 | 6-0 | Mississippi State | 8/22/1964 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 285th pick / 1986 |
| J.C. Pearson | 25 | DB | 16 | 6 | 187 | 5-11 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Washington | 8/17/1963 | 2 | |
| Kevin Porter | 22 | DB | 15 | 7 | 215 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/11/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 23 | TE-WR | 16 | 7 | 250 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 3/1/1965 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1988 |
| Kevin Ross | 26 | DB | 15 | 14 | 185 | 5-9 | Temple | 1/16/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| Jerome Sally | 29 | NT | 3 | 2 | 267 | 6-3 | Missouri | 2/24/1959 | 6 | |
| James Saxon | 22 | FB | 16 | 4 | 237 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 3/23/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 139th pick / 1988 |
| Neil Smith | 22 | DE | 13 | 7 | 270 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 4/10/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| Angelo Snipes | 25 | LB | 15 | 8 | 222 | 6-0 | West Georgia | 1/11/1963 | 2 | |
| Troy Stedman | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 243 | 6-3 | Iowa Central,Washburn | 5/19/1965 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 170th pick / 1988 |
| Mike Stensrud | 32 | NT-DE-DT | 13 | 5 | 280 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 2/19/1956 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 31st pick / 1979 |
| Kitrick Taylor | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 194 | 5-11 | Washington State | 7/22/1964 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 128th pick / 1987 |
| Don Thorp | 26 | NT-DE | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Illinois | 7/10/1962 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 156th pick / 1984 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 233.9 | 6-1.8 | 3.3 |