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1990 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 369 points (23.1/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 5th.
Differential of 112 points (7.0/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +26 (1.6/g), 1st.
Coached by Marty Schottenheimer (11-5-0)
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1990 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 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 258 for 444, 3,444 yards, 23 td, 4 int, & 21 rushes for -5 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| RB | Barry Word | 27 | 3 | 3 | 204 rushes for 1,015 yards, 4 td, & 4 catches for 28 yards and 0 td | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1986 |
| RB | Bill Jones | 24 | Rook | 5 | 10 rushes for 47 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 137 yards and 5 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 12th / 311th pick / 1989 |
| FB | Christian Okoye | 29 | 3 | 13 | 245 rushes for 805 yards, 7 td, & 4 catches for 23 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Stephone Paige | 29 | 7 | 16 | 65 catches for 1,021 yards, 5 td | |
| WR | Robb Thomas | 24 | 1 | 12 | 41 catches for 545 yards, 4 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 143rd pick / 1989 |
| TE | Alfredo Roberts | 25 | 2 | 13 | 11 catches for 119 yards, 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1988 |
| TE | Jonathan Hayes | 28 | 5 | 11 | 9 catches for 83 yards, 1 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| LT | John Alt | 28 | 6 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
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| LG | Dave Szott | 23 | Rook | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 180th pick / 1990 |
| LG | Frank Winters | 26 | 3 | 6 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 276th pick / 1987 |
| C | Tim Grunhard | 22 | Rook | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 40th pick / 1990 |
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| C | Mike Webster | 38 | 16 | 7 | 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 125th pick / 1974 |
| RG | Dave Lutz | 31 | 7 | 15 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
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| RT | Rich Baldinger | 31 | 8 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Neil Smith | 24 | 2 | 15 | 9.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| NT | Dan Saleaumua | 26 | 3 | 16 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 6 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Bill Maas | 28 | 6 | 15 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| LOLB | Chris Martin | 30 | 7 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| LILB | Percy Snow | 23 | Rook | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1990 |
| RILB | Dino Hackett | 26 | 4 | 15 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| ROLB | Derrick Thomas*+ | 23 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 4th pick / 1989 |
| LCB | Albert Lewis*+ | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| LCB | J.C. Pearson | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | Kevin Ross* | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| SS | Kevin Porter | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
| FS | Jeff Donaldson | 28 | 6 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| FS | Deron Cherry | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Nick Lowery*+ | 34 | 12 | 0 | 34 of 37 field goals & 37 of 38 extra points | |
| P | Bryan Barker | 26 | Rook | 0 | 64 punts for a 38.7 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Naz Worthen | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 7.2 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 60th pick / 1989 |
| KR | Todd McNair | 25 | 1 | 1 | 14 kick returns for a 16.2 average and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 220th pick / 1989 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| John Alt | 28 | T | 16 | 16 | 298 | 6-8 | Iowa | 5/30/1962 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 21st pick / 1984 |
| Rich Baldinger | 31 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/31/1959 | 8 | New York Giants / 10th / 270th pick / 1982 |
| Bryan Barker | 26 | P | 13 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Santa Clara | 6/28/1964 | Rook | |
| Mike Bell | 33 | DE | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/30/1957 | 11 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1979 |
| J.J. Birden | 25 | WR | 11 | 0 | 170 | 5-9 | Oregon | 6/16/1965 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 216th pick / 1988 |
| Lloyd Burruss | 33 | DB | 16 | 1 | 204 | 6-0 | Maryland | 10/31/1957 | 9 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 78th pick / 1981 |
| Deron Cherry | 31 | DB | 9 | 6 | 197 | 5-11 | Rutgers | 9/12/1959 | 9 | |
| Louis Cooper | 27 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Western Carolina | 8/5/1963 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 11th / 305th pick / 1985 |
| Danny Copeland | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Eastern Kentucky | 1/24/1966 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 244th pick / 1988 |
| Steve DeBerg | 36 | QB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 1/19/1954 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 275th pick / 1977 |
| Jeff Donaldson | 28 | DB | 16 | 9 | 192 | 6-0 | Colorado | 4/19/1962 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 9th / 226th pick / 1984 |
| Irv Eatman | 29 | T | 12 | 0 | 293 | 6-7 | UCLA | 1/1/1961 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 204th pick / 1983 |
| Kenny Gamble | 25 | RB-DB | 1 | 0 | 197 | 5-10 | Colgate | 3/8/1965 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 251st pick / 1988 |
| Kelly Goodburn | 28 | P | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Emporia State,Iowa State | 4/14/1962 | 3 | |
| Derrick Graham | 23 | G-T | 6 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | Appalachian State | 3/18/1967 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 124th pick / 1990 |
| Leonard Griffin | 28 | DE-NT | 16 | 2 | 268 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 9/22/1962 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1986 |
| Tim Grunhard | 22 | C | 14 | 9 | 311 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 5/17/1968 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 40th pick / 1990 |
| Dino Hackett | 26 | LB | 16 | 15 | 228 | 6-3 | Appalachian State | 6/28/1964 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1986 |
| Emile Harry | 27 | WR | 16 | 1 | 175 | 5-11 | Stanford | 4/5/1963 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 89th pick / 1985 |
| Jonathan Hayes | 28 | TE | 12 | 11 | 248 | 6-5 | Iowa | 8/11/1962 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 41st pick / 1985 |
| Bill Jones | 24 | RB | 16 | 5 | 228 | 5-11 | SMU,Texas State | 9/10/1966 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 12th / 311th pick / 1989 |
| Fred Jones | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 175 | 5-9 | Grambling State | 3/6/1967 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 96th pick / 1990 |
| Albert Lewis*+ | 30 | DB | 15 | 14 | 196 | 6-2 | Grambling State | 10/6/1960 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 61st pick / 1983 |
| Nick Lowery*+ | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Dartmouth | 5/27/1956 | 12 | |
| Dave Lutz | 31 | T-G | 16 | 15 | 305 | 6-6 | Georgia Tech | 12/20/1959 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 34th pick / 1983 |
| Bill Maas | 28 | NT-DE | 16 | 15 | 271 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 3/2/1962 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1984 |
| Pete Mandley | 29 | WR | 5 | 2 | 191 | 5-10 | Northern Arizona | 7/29/1961 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 47th pick / 1984 |
| Chris Martin | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-2 | Auburn | 12/19/1960 | 7 | |
| Rob McGovern | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Holy Cross | 10/1/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 10th / 255th pick / 1989 |
| Todd McNair | 25 | RB | 15 | 1 | 202 | 6-1 | Temple | 10/7/1965 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 220th pick / 1989 |
| Greg Meisner | 31 | NT-DE | 16 | 0 | 257 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 4/23/1959 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1981 |
| Christian Okoye | 29 | RB | 14 | 13 | 253 | 6-1 | Azusa Pacific | 8/16/1961 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 35th pick / 1987 |
| Stephone Paige | 29 | WR | 16 | 16 | 184 | 6-2 | Fresno State | 10/15/1961 | 7 | |
| J.C. Pearson | 27 | DB | 16 | 5 | 187 | 5-11 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Washington | 8/17/1963 | 4 | |
| Steve Pelluer | 28 | QB | 13 | 0 | 209 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/29/1962 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick / 1984 |
| Stan Petry | 24 | DB | 16 | 2 | 174 | 5-11 | TCU | 8/14/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 88th pick / 1989 |
| Kevin Porter | 24 | DB | 16 | 14 | 215 | 5-10 | Auburn | 4/11/1966 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 59th pick / 1988 |
| Alfredo Roberts | 25 | TE-WR | 16 | 13 | 250 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 3/1/1965 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 197th pick / 1988 |
| Tracy Rogers | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 244 | 6-2 | Fresno State | 8/13/1967 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 7th / 190th pick / 1989 |
| Kevin Ross* | 28 | DB | 16 | 15 | 185 | 5-9 | Temple | 1/16/1962 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 173rd pick / 1984 |
| Dan Saleaumua | 26 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-0 | Arizona State | 11/11/1964 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1987 |
| James Saxon | 24 | FB | 6 | 0 | 237 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 3/23/1966 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 139th pick / 1988 |
| Neil Smith | 24 | DE | 16 | 15 | 270 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 4/10/1966 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1988 |
| Percy Snow | 23 | LB | 15 | 14 | 248 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 11/5/1967 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1990 |
| Dave Szott | 23 | G | 16 | 11 | 289 | 6-4 | Penn State | 12/12/1967 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 180th pick / 1990 |
| Derrick Thomas*+ | 23 | LB | 15 | 15 | 243 | 6-3 | Alabama | 1/1/1967 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 4th pick / 1989 |
| Robb Thomas | 24 | WR | 16 | 12 | 175 | 5-11 | Oregon State | 3/29/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 143rd pick / 1989 |
| Charles Washington | 24 | DB | 6 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Cameron,Texas | 10/8/1966 | 1 | Indianapolis Colts / 7th / 185th pick / 1989 |
| Mike Webster | 38 | C-G | 9 | 7 | 255 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 3/18/1952 | 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 125th pick / 1974 |
| Danta Whitaker | 26 | TE | 16 | 3 | 252 | 6-4 | Miss. Valley State | 3/14/1964 | Rook | New York Giants / 7th / 186th pick / 1988 |
| Frank Winters | 26 | C-G | 16 | 6 | 291 | 6-3 | Western Illinois | 1/23/1964 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 10th / 276th pick / 1987 |
| Barry Word | 27 | RB | 16 | 3 | 242 | 6-2 | Virginia | 1/17/1963 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1986 |
| Naz Worthen | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 177 | 5-8 | North Carolina State | 3/27/1966 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 60th pick / 1989 |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 231.8 | 6-1.6 | 4.0 |