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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 483 points (30.2/g), 2nd of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 435 points (27.2/g), 29th.
Differential of 48 points (3.0/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 22nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.3, Offense: 10.0, Defense: -4.7, SoS: 2.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dick Vermeil (7-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Al Saunders
Defensive Coordinator: Gunther Cunningham
Training Camp: UW River Falls (River Falls, Wisconsin)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Trent Green | 34 | 7 | 16 | 369 for 556, 4,591 yards, 27 td, 17 int, & 25 rushes for 85 yards and 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 222nd pick / 1993 |
| RB | Priest Holmes | 31 | 7 | 8 | 196 rushes for 892 yards, 14 td, & 19 catches for 187 yards and 1 td | |
| FB | Tony Richardson* | 33 | 9 | 16 | 12 rushes for 56 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 118 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Eddie Kennison | 31 | 8 | 14 | 62 catches for 1,086 yards, 8 td, & 2 rushes for 15 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 18th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Johnnie Morton | 33 | 10 | 12 | 55 catches for 795 yards, 3 td, & 7 rushes for 43 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1994 |
| TE | Tony Gonzalez* | 28 | 7 | 16 | 102 catches for 1,258 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1997 |
| LT | Willie Roaf*+ | 34 | 11 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 |
| LG | Brian Waters*+ | 27 | 4 | 16 | ||
| C | Casey Wiegmann | 31 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Will Shields* | 33 | 11 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1993 |
| RT | John Welbourn | 28 | 5 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 97th pick / 1999 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Eric Hicks | 28 | 6 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Ryan Sims | 24 | 2 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 2002 |
| RDT | Lional Dalton | 29 | 6 | 13 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Jared Allen | 22 | Rook | 10 | 9.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| LLB | Scott Fujita | 25 | 2 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 143rd pick / 2002 |
| MLB | Kawika Mitchell | 25 | 1 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 2003 |
| RLB | Shawn Barber | 29 | 6 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Washington Redskins / 4th / 113th pick / 1998 |
| LCB | Eric Warfield | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 216th pick / 1998 |
| RCB | William Bartee | 27 | 4 | 9 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2000 |
| SS | Greg Wesley | 26 | 4 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 85th pick / 2000 |
| FS | Jerome Woods | 31 | 8 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 28th pick / 1996 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| Lawrence Tynes | 26 | Rook | 0 | |||
| Stephen Cheek | 27 | Rook | 0 | |||
| pr | Dante Hall | 26 | 4 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 153rd pick / 2000 | |
| kr | Dante Hall | 26 | 4 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 153rd pick / 2000 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Jared Allen | 22 | RDE | 15 | 10 | 265 | 6-6 | Idaho St. | 4/3/1982 | Rook | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| 9 | Jason Baker | 26 | 2 | 0 | 201 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/17/1978 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 59 | Shawn Barber | 29 | RLB | 8 | 8 | 245 | 6-2 | Richmond | 1/14/1975 | 6 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 113th pick / 1998 |
| 24 | William Bartee | 27 | RCB | 14 | 9 | 200 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/25/1977 | 4 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 54th pick / 2000 |
| 26 | Julian Battle | 23 | db | 12 | 1 | 205 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 7/11/1981 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 92nd pick / 2003 |
| 56 | Monty Beisel | 26 | MLB | 11 | 9 | 254 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 8/20/1978 | 3 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 107th pick / 2001 |
| 65 | Jordan Black | 24 | t | 16 | 4 | 314 | 6-5 | Notre Dame | 1/28/1980 | Rook | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 153rd pick / 2003 |
| 23 | Derrick Blaylock | 25 | rb | 12 | 5 | 205 | 5-9 | S.F. Austin | 8/23/1979 | 2 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 150th pick / 2001 |
| 67 | Chris Bober | 28 | c | 12 | 2 | 310 | 6-5 | Nebraska-Omaha | 12/24/1976 | 3 | 2 | |
| 93 | John Browning | 31 | ldt | 16 | 7 | 297 | 6-5 | West Virginia | 9/30/1973 | 8 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 68th pick / 1996 |
| 52 | Quinton Caver | 26 | lb | 16 | 4 | 241 | 6-4 | Arkansas | 8/22/1978 | 3 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 55th pick / 2001 |
| 5 | Stephen Cheek | 27 | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | Massachusetts,Humboldt St. | 4/18/1977 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 15 | Todd Collins | 33 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/5/1971 | 9 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 45th pick / 1995 | |
| 41 | Scott Connot | 23 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-3 | South Dakota St. | 6/24/1981 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 75 | Lional Dalton | 29 | RDT | 16 | 13 | 315 | 6-1 | East. Michigan | 2/21/1975 | 6 | 4 | |
| 89 | Jason Dunn | 31 | 16 | 0 | 276 | 6-6 | East. Kentucky | 11/15/1973 | 8 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 54th pick / 1996 | |
| 43 | Omar Easy | 27 | 15 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 10/29/1977 | 2 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 107th pick / 2002 | |
| 97 | Keyaron Fox | 22 | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Georgia Tech | 1/24/1982 | Rook | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 93rd pick / 2004 | |
| 51 | Scott Fujita | 25 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-5 | California | 4/28/1979 | 2 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 143rd pick / 2002 |
| 83 | Kendall Gammon* | 36 | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Pittsburg St. | 10/23/1968 | 12 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11th / 291st pick / 1992 | |
| 88 | Tony Gonzalez* | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 251 | 6-5 | California | 2/27/1976 | 7 | 15 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 13th pick / 1997 |
| 10 | Trent Green | 34 | QB | 16 | 16 | 217 | 6-3 | Indiana | 7/9/1970 | 7 | 17 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 222nd pick / 1993 |
| 82 | Dante Hall | 26 | kr | 16 | 6 | 187 | 5-8 | Texas A&M | 9/20/1978 | 4 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 153rd pick / 2000 |
| 42 | Shaunard Harts | 26 | fs | 16 | 6 | 207 | 6-0 | Boise St. | 8/4/1978 | 3 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 212th pick / 2001 |
| 98 | Eric Hicks | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 280 | 6-6 | Maryland | 6/17/1976 | 6 | 5 | |
| 99 | Vonnie Holliday | 29 | de | 9 | 3 | 290 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 12/11/1975 | 6 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 19th pick / 1998 |
| 31 | Priest Holmes | 31 | RB | 8 | 8 | 213 | 5-9 | Texas | 10/7/1973 | 7 | 8 | |
| 81 | Chris Horn | 27 | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Rocky Mountain | 7/13/1977 | Rook | 2 | ||
| 27 | Larry Johnson | 25 | rb | 10 | 3 | 228 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 11/19/1979 | 1 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 27th pick / 2003 |
| 53 | Fred Jones | 27 | 16 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Colorado | 10/18/1977 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 87 | Eddie Kennison | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 201 | 6-1 | LSU | 1/20/1973 | 8 | 11 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 18th pick / 1996 |
| 22 | Dexter McCleon | 31 | rcb | 13 | 6 | 195 | 5-10 | Clemson | 10/9/1973 | 7 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 40th pick / 1997 |
| 50 | Kawika Mitchell | 25 | MLB | 15 | 12 | 253 | 6-1 | Georgia,South Florida | 10/10/1979 | 1 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 47th pick / 2003 |
| 80 | Johnnie Morton | 33 | WR | 13 | 12 | 190 | 6-0 | USC | 10/7/1971 | 10 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 21st pick / 1994 |
| 4 | Nick Murphy | 25 | 2 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 10/22/1979 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 18 | Samie Parker | 23 | 4 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/25/1981 | Rook | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 105th pick / 2004 | |
| 35 | Willie Pile | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 206 | 6-2 | Virginia Tech | 5/25/1980 | Rook | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 252nd pick / 2003 |
| 49 | Tony Richardson* | 33 | FB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/17/1971 | 9 | 4 | |
| 77 | Willie Roaf*+ | 34 | LT | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-5 | Louisiana Tech | 4/18/1970 | 11 | 17 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 8th pick / 1993 |
| 79 | Kevin Sampson | 23 | 6 | 0 | 308 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 6/19/1981 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 231st pick / 2004 | |
| 20 | Benny Sapp | 23 | db | 15 | 1 | 190 | 5-9 | Iowa,Northern Iowa | 1/20/1981 | Rook | 1 | |
| 91 | Rich Scanlon | 24 | 6 | 0 | 249 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 12/23/1980 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 68 | Will Shields* | 33 | RG | 16 | 16 | 315 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 9/15/1971 | 11 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 74th pick / 1993 |
| 94 | Junior Siavii | 26 | 12 | 0 | 336 | 6-5 | Oregon | 11/14/1978 | Rook | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 36th pick / 2004 | |
| 90 | Ryan Sims | 24 | LDT | 15 | 13 | 315 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 5/4/1980 | 2 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 2002 |
| 17 | Richard Smith | 24 | 4 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 7/16/1980 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 55 | Gary Stills | 30 | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 7/11/1974 | 5 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 75th pick / 1999 | |
| 1 | Lawrence Tynes | 26 | 16 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Troy | 5/3/1978 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 44 | Eric Warfield | 28 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 3/3/1976 | 6 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 216th pick / 1998 |
| 54 | Brian Waters*+ | 27 | LG | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-3 | North Texas | 2/18/1977 | 4 | 14 | |
| 76 | John Welbourn | 28 | RT | 10 | 10 | 310 | 6-5 | California | 3/30/1976 | 5 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 97th pick / 1999 |
| 25 | Greg Wesley | 26 | SS | 12 | 11 | 208 | 6-2 | Ark-Pine Bluff | 3/19/1978 | 4 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 85th pick / 2000 |
| 62 | Casey Wiegmann | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/20/1973 | 7 | 8 | |
| 96 | Jimmy Wilkerson | 23 | 15 | 0 | 280 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 1/4/1981 | 1 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 189th pick / 2003 | |
| 74 | Brett Williams | 24 | 5 | 0 | 321 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 5/2/1980 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 113th pick / 2003 | |
| 84 | Kris Wilson | 23 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 8/22/1981 | Rook | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 61st pick / 2004 | |
| 21 | Jerome Woods | 31 | FS | 10 | 10 | 205 | 6-3 | Memphis | 3/17/1973 | 8 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 28th pick / 1996 |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 245.1 | 6-2.2 | 3.8 |