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1965 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-5-2, 3rd in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hank Stram (7-5-2)

Points For: 322 (23.0/g) 2nd of 8

Points Against: 285 (20.4/g) 4th of 8

Expected W-L: 8.0-6.0

SRS: 2.31 (4th of 8), SOS: -0.33

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Catlin (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Kansas City Municipal Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

General Manager: Jack Steadman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)

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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	322	4295	850	5.1	40	20	232	199	395	2543	22	20	5.9	121	418	1752	15	4.2	101	70	744	10
Opp. Stats	285	3761	872	4.3	33	13	207	216	451	2385	18	20	4.9	113	382	1376	12	3.6	69	60	623	25
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			4	8	3		8	5	3	2	2		3	3	2	1
Lg Rank Defense	4	2			7	4	2		4	2	3	8	2		3	4	6	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 12		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Oakland Raiders	10	37	11	154	42	112	3	12	288	172	116	1
2	Sat	September 18		boxscore	W		1-1	@	New York Jets	14	10	9	224	81	143		14	231	133	98	1
3	Sun	September 26		boxscore	T		1-1-1	@	San Diego Chargers	10	10	8	209	87	122	3	12	186	94	92	4
4	Sun	October 3		boxscore	W		2-1-1		Boston Patriots	27	17	19	263	144	119	2	16	206	174	32	3
5	Sun	October 10		boxscore	W		3-1-1	@	Denver Broncos	31	23	15	254	172	82	3	20	290	98	192	5
6	Sun	October 17		boxscore	L		3-2-1		Buffalo Bills	7	23	12	222	152	70	9	7	127	80	47	4
7	Sun	October 24		boxscore	L		3-3-1	@	Houston Oilers	36	38	32	542	240	302	4	21	366	302	64	1
8	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		4-3-1		Oakland Raiders	14	7	16	218	47	171	3	11	167	128	39
9	Sun	November 7		boxscore	L		4-4-1		New York Jets	10	13	18	314	233	81	3	15	275	183	92	2
10	Sun	November 14		boxscore	W		5-4-1		San Diego Chargers	31	7	14	280	131	149	2	14	330	252	78	7
11	Sun	November 21		boxscore	T		5-4-2	@	Boston Patriots	10	10	16	332	228	104	3	14	284	169	115	2
12	Sun	November 28		boxscore	W		6-4-2		Houston Oilers	52	21	23	511	277	234		13	289	122	167	1
14	Sun	December 12		boxscore	L		6-5-2	@	Buffalo Bills	25	34	18	410	347	63	5	16	323	249	74	2
15	Sun	December 19		boxscore	W		7-5-2		Denver Broncos	45	35	17	362	362			15	399	229	170

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Len Dawson	30	QB	14	12	6-4-2	163	305	53.4	2262	21	6.9	14	4.6	67	7.4	6.73	13.9	161.6	81.3	28	247	8.41	6.05	5.42	1	1
2	Pete Beathard	23	QB	14	2	1-1-0	36	89	40.4	632	1	1.1	6	6.7	73	7.1	4.29	17.6	45.1	41.0	9	104	9.18	5.39	2.84	0	0
3	Curtis McClinton	26	HB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0	AP-2
	Team Totals			14	14	7-5-2	199	395	50.4	2543	22	5.6	20	5.1	73	7.3	5.27	14.5	181.6	72.1	37	351	8.56	5.89	4.82	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Curtis McClinton	26	HB	14	14	175	661	6	48	3.8	47.2	12.5	37	590	15.9	3	69	2.6	42.1	212	5.9	1251	9	9	AP-2
2	Mack Lee Hill	25	FB	13	12	125	627	2	66	5.0	48.2	9.6	21	264	12.6	1	46	1.6	20.3	146	6.1	891	3	1
3	Chris Burford	27	LE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	575	12.2	6	57	4.3	52.3	47	12.2	575	6	0
4	Frank Jackson	26	FL	14	13	1	26	0	26	26.0	1.9	0.1	28	440	15.7	1	73	2.0	31.4	29	16.1	466	1	2	PB
5	Otis Taylor	23	WR	14	4	2	17	0	15	8.5	1.2	0.1	26	446	17.2	5	48	1.9	31.9	28	16.5	463	5	1
6	Fred Arbanas	26	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	418	17.4	4	67	1.7	29.9	24	17.4	418	4	0	PB
7	Bert Coan	25	HB	14	2	45	137	1	21	3.0	9.8	3.2	9	85	9.4	2	23	0.6	6.1	54	4.1	222	3	2
8	Len Dawson	30	QB	14	12	43	142	2	40	3.3	10.1	3.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	43	3.3	142	2	7
9	Pete Beathard	23	QB	14	2	25	138	4	26	5.5	9.9	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	25	5.5	138	4	3
10	Reggie Carolan	26	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	65	10.8	0	14	0.4	4.6	6	10.8	65	0	0
11	Frank Pitts	22	FL	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.6	1	11.0	11	0	1
12	Jerrel Wilson	24	P	14	0	2	4	0	3	2.0	0.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	418	1752	15	66	4.2	125.1	29.9	199	2894	14.5	22	73	14.2	206.7	617	7.5	4646	37	34

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bell	25	LLB	14	14	4	73	1	38	1	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Mel Branch	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
3	Buck Buchanan	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Sherrill Headrick	28	MLB	14	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	PB
5	Bobby Hunt	25	SS	14	14	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Ed Lothamer	23	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
7	Jerry Mays	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Curtis McClinton	26	HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
9	Willie Mitchell	25	RCB	14	14	2	44	1	37	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Johnny Robinson	27	FS	14	14	5	99	0	50	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Fred Williamson	28	LCB	14	14	6	89	0	51	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	E.J. Holub	27	RLB	14	13	1	8	0	8	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	PB
13	Frank Jackson	26	FL	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Len Dawson	30	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mack Lee Hill	25	FB	13	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Otis Taylor	23	WR	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Pete Beathard	23	QB	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bert Coan	25	HB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jim Fraser	29	P	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
20	Solomon Brannan	23	CB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Walt Corey	27	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Frank Pitts	22	FL	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	0	2		34	14	0	0	39	0

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