1997 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 13-3-0, 1st in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marty Schottenheimer (13-3-0)

Points For: 375 (23.4/g) 5th of 30

Points Against: 232 (14.5/g) 1st of 30

Expected W-L: 12.1-3.9

SRS: 8.40 (2nd of 30), SOS: -0.54

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 10-14 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Paul Hackett

Defensive Coordinator: Gunther Cunningham

Other Notable Asst.: Mike McCarthy (Quarterbacks), Jimmy Raye (RB/TE), Al Saunders (Asst. Head Coach/Wide Receivers), Kurt Schottenheimer (Defensive Backs) and Mike Solari (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

President/General Manager: Carl Peterson

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: UW River Falls (River Falls, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	375	5064	1054	4.8	20	10	315	281	493	2893	20	10	5.5	163	529	2171	15	4.1	129	121	1035	23
Opp. Stats	232	4880	974	5.0	34	13	278	271	507	3259	15	21	5.8	158	413	1621	8	3.9	94	113	977	26
Lg Rank Offense	5	14			2	7	6		23	24	14	3	20		3	5	9	12
Lg Rank Defense	1	11			4	13	7		10	16	6	4	16		5	7	3	16

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Denver Broncos	3	19	12	241	108	133	1	20	378	232	146		-5.85	-8.50	-2.95
2	Mon	September 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Oakland Raiders	28	27	21	428	300	128	3	22	389	281	108	2	9.10	6.27	-12.38
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Buffalo Bills	22	16	17	267	160	107		16	325	275	50	2	-3.98	9.02	3.32
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Carolina Panthers	35	14	18	331	214	117	1	24	364	278	86	5	-0.92	18.22	2.14
5	Sun	September 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	4-1		Seattle Seahawks	20	17	29	466	263	203	3	16	376	220	156	1	7.50	-7.16	3.12
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Miami Dolphins	14	17	14	259	163	96		19	337	254	83		-7.18	-4.22	7.58
7									Bye Week
8	Thu	October 16	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		San Diego Chargers	31	3	25	313	224	89	1	12	258	189	69	2	6.18	20.87	1.86
9	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	St. Louis Rams	28	20	19	255	168	87		20	360	261	99	4	-1.17	0.47	5.70
10	Mon	November 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	13	10	24	392	209	183	2	12	235	93	142	1	-2.69	5.36	0.93
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	10	24	22	413	265	148	5	16	332	182	150	2	-13.13	-2.48	2.70
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Denver Broncos	24	22	15	202	96	106	1	26	329	194	135	1	-2.93	1.74	5.45
13	Sun	November 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	19	14	22	324	204	120	2	18	291	223	68	3	2.57	6.25	-8.73
14	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		San Francisco 49ers	44	9	22	340	187	153	1	13	279	152	127	3	11.06	18.43	-0.41
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3		Oakland Raiders	30	0	27	418	204	214		5	93	57	36	1	22.16	19.20	-7.07
16	Sun	December 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3	@	San Diego Chargers	29	7	14	239	108	131		22	282	219	63	2	0.72	23.86	-2.42
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3		New Orleans Saints	25	13	14	176	20	156		17	252	149	103	5	-10.30	13.45	7.47
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-4		Denver Broncos	10	14	18	303	226	77		16	272	163	109	2	-3.14	1.67	-2.50

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	10	10	8-2-0	179	314	57.0	1943	11	3.5	6	1.9	102	39.6	55	6.2	6.0	10.9	194.3	79.1	19	150	5.71	5.38	5.2	2	3
2	Rich Gannon	32	QB	9	6	5-1-0	98	175	56.0	1144	7	4.0	4	2.3	58	40.4	47	6.5	6.3	11.7	127.1	79.8	13	86	6.91	5.63	5.4	1	1
3	Louie Aguiar	31	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	35.00	35.0	0	0
4	Marcus Allen	37	RB	16	0		2	2	100.0	15	2	100.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	14	7.5	27.5	7.5	0.9	137.5	0	0	0.00	7.50	27.5	0	0
5	Billy Joe Tolliver	31	QB	3	0		1	1	100.0	-8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		-8	-8.0	-8.0	-8.0	-2.7	79.2	0	0	0.00	-8.00	-8.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	13-3-0	281	493	57.0	2893	20	4.1	10	2.0	163	40.2	55	6.3	6.2	11.1	180.8	81.1	32	236	6.10	5.51	5.42	3	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	1	1	0-1-0	24	37	64.9	260	1	2.7	0	0.0	10	31.7	50	7.0	7.6	10.8	260.0	94.4	4	34	9.76	5.51	6.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	24	37	64.9	226	1	2.7	0	0.0	10	31.7	50	7.0	7.6	10.8	226.0	94.4	4	34	9.76	5.51	6.00	0	0

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Andre Rison	30	WR	16	16	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	153	72	1092	15.2	7	54	43.8	45	4.5	68.3	47.1	7.1	73	15.0	1094	7	0	PB
2	Kimble Anders	31	FB	15	14	79	397	0	17	50.6	43	5.0	26.5	5.3	72	59	453	7.7	2	22	40.3	55	3.9	30.2	81.9	6.3	138	6.2	850	2	3	PB
3	Greg Hill	25	RB	16	16	157	550	0	23	36.3	38	3.5	34.4	9.8	24	12	126	10.5	0	4	41.7	39	0.8	7.9	50.0	5.3	169	4.0	676	0	1
4	Marcus Allen	37	RB	16	0	124	505	11	42	60.5	30	4.1	31.6	7.8	14	11	86	7.8	0	6	50.0	18	0.7	5.4	78.6	6.1	135	4.4	591	11	4
5	Donnell Bennett	25	RB	14	1	94	369	1	19	53.2	14	3.9	26.4	6.7	9	7	5	0.7	0	1	11.1	4	0.5	0.4	77.8	0.6	101	3.7	374	1	0
6	Tony Gonzalez	21	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	54	33	368	11.2	2	21	51.9	30	2.1	23.0	61.1	6.8	33	11.2	368	2	0
7	Ted Popson	31	TE	13	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	47	35	320	9.1	2	18	48.9	21	2.7	24.6	74.5	6.8	35	9.1	320	2	0
8	Lake Dawson	25	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	21	273	13.0	2	14	47.2	27	1.9	24.8	58.3	7.6	21	13.0	273	2	0
9	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	10	10	30	168	1	14	56.7	20	5.6	16.8	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			30	5.6	168	1	1
10	Tamarick Vanover	23	WR	16	0	5	50	0	4	100.0	17	10.0	3.1	0.3	17	7	92	13.1	0	5	35.3	42	0.4	5.8	41.2	5.4	12	11.8	142	0	6
11	Rich Gannon	32	QB	9	6	33	109	2	8	39.4	13	3.3	12.1	3.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	3.3	109	2	5
12	Brett Perriman	32	WR	5	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	6	83	13.8	0	5	33.3	27	1.2	16.6	33.3	4.6	6	13.8	83	0	0
13	Joe Horn	25	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	2	65	32.5	0	2	28.6	47	0.3	8.1	28.6	9.3	2	32.5	65	0	0
14	Danan Hughes	27	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	7	65	9.3	2	5	46.2	14	0.4	4.1	53.8	5.0	7	9.3	65	2	0
15	Derrick Walker	30	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	5	60	12.0	0	2	83.3	22	0.3	3.8	83.3	10.0	5	12.0	60	0	0
16	Kevin Lockett	23	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	35	35.0	0	1	50.0	35	0.1	3.9	50.0	17.5	1	35.0	35	0	0
17	Tony Richardson	26	FB	14	0	2	11	0	1	100.0	6	5.5	0.8	0.1	3	3	6	2.0	3	3	100.0	3	0.2	0.4	100.0	2.0	5	3.4	17	3	0
18	Louie Aguiar	31	P	16	0	2	11	0	1	50.0	6	5.5	0.7	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	5.5	11	0	0
19	Billy Joe Tolliver	31	QB	3	0	2	-1	0	0	0.0		-0.5	-0.3	0.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-0.5	-1	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	529	2171	15	129	49.1	43	4.1	135.7	33.1	475	281	3129	11.1	20	163	44.4	55	17.6	195.6	59.2	6.6	810	6.5	5300	35	21

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Andre Rison	30	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	8	110	13.8	0	4	50.0	34	8.0	110.0	66.7	9.2	8	13.8	110	0	0
2	Joe Horn	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	50	50.0	0	1	100.0	50	1.0	50.0	100.0	50.0	1	50.0	50	0	0
3	Marcus Allen	37	RB	1	0	12	37	0	2	25.0	14	3.1	37.0	12.0	2	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	1.0	8.0	50.0	4.0	13	3.5	45	0	0
4	Tony Gonzalez	21	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	26	8.7	1	1	28.6	12	3.0	26.0	42.9	3.7	3	8.7	26	1	0
5	Ted Popson	31	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	5	26	5.2	0	1	20.0	13	5.0	26.0	100.0	5.2	5	5.2	26	0	0
6	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	1	1	4	22	0	2	75.0	11	5.5	22.0	4.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	5.5	22	0	1
7	Lake Dawson	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	20	10.0	0	2	66.7	12	2.0	20.0	66.7	6.7	2	10.0	20	0	0
8	Kimble Anders	31	FB	1	1	3	9	0	0	0.0	6	3.0	9.0	3.0	2	2	4	2.0	0	0	0.0	3	2.0	4.0	100.0	2.0	5	2.6	13	0	0
9	Danan Hughes	27	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	13	13.0	0	1	33.3	13	1.0	13.0	33.3	4.3	1	13.0	13	0	0
10	Donnell Bennett	25	RB	1	0	3	4	0	0	33.3	8	1.3	4.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.3	4	0	0
11	Louie Aguiar	31	P	1	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	3.0	3	0	0
12	Tamarick Vanover	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	3	3.0	0	0	0.0	3	1.0	3.0	100.0	3.0	1	3.0	3	0	1
13	Greg Hill	25	RB	1	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	24	77	0	4	29.2	14	3.2	77.0	24.0	36	24	260	10.8	1	10	36.1	50	24.0	260.0	66.7	7.2	48	7.0	337	1	2

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Donnie Edwards	24	RILB	16	16	2	15	0	12	4	0	1	0	0	2.5	100	80	20	0
2	Tim Grunhard	29	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Greg Hill	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Dave Szott	30	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	AP-1
5	Reggie Tongue	24	SS	16	16	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.5	88	67	21	0
6	Jerome Woods	24	FS	16	16	4	57	0	27	2	0	2	13	0	1.0	86	67	19	0
7	Dale Carter	28	LCB	16	15	2	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
8	Anthony Davis	28	ROLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	3.5	88	69	19	0
9	James Hasty	32	RCB	16	15	3	22	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	74	62	12	0	PB,AP-2
10	Joe Phillips	34	NT	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	10	7	3	1
11	Kimble Anders	31	FB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Vaughn Booker	29	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	30	25	5	0
13	John Browning	24	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	33	29	4	0
14	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Derrick Thomas	30	LOLB	12	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9.5	34	28	6	1	PB
16	Wayne Simmons	28	LILB	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	24	17	7	0
17	Terry Wooden	30	LILB	15	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	30	26	4	0
18	Rich Gannon	32	QB	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Pellom McDaniels	29	LOLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.5	23	20	3	0
20	Dan Williams	28	RDE	15	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	10.5	47	35	12	0
21	Mark McMillian	27	DB	16	2	8	274	3	87	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	42	1	0
22	Tom Barndt	25	DT	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	17	11	6	0
23	Danan Hughes	27	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Greg Manusky	31	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
25	Marcus Allen	37	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Darren Anderson	28	DB	11	0	1	55	1	55	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	10	9	1	0
27	Troy Dumas	25	LB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	0	0
28	Kerry Hicks	25	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
29	Clyde Johnson	27	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
30	Ty Parten	28	DT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
31	Michael Dean Perry	32	DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0
32	Kevin Ross	35	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
33	Tracy Simien	30	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
34	Billy Joe Tolliver	31	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
35	Tamarick Vanover	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	21	432	4	87	20	21	22	23	1	54.0	758	610	148	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Vaughn Booker	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
2	Dale Carter	28	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
3	Anthony Davis	28	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
4	Donnie Edwards	24	RILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
5	Elvis Grbac	27	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
6	James Hasty	32	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
7	Glenn Parker	31	RT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
8	Joe Phillips	34	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
9	Wayne Simmons	28	LILB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
10	Derrick Thomas	30	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
11	Reggie Tongue	24	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
12	Dan Williams	28	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
13	Jerome Woods	24	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0
14	John Browning	24	RDE	1	0						1	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
15	Pellom McDaniels	29	LOLB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
16	Mark McMillian	27	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
17	Tamarick Vanover	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	1.0	42	37	5	0

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