1979 Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) |
| 5th place • American Football Conference • Western Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Marv Levy |
| Rick Abernathy | Strength |
| Walt Corey | Defensive Line |
| Kay Dalton | Receivers |
| Tom Pagna | Offensive Backs |
| Dick Roach | Defensive Backs |
| Bobby Ross | Kicking Teams |
| Rod Rust | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Joe Spencer | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1979 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-14 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 53994 | |
| Thu | 8/9/1979 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 33378 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1979 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-3 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 43214 | |
| Thu | 8/23/1979 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 25-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 39578 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1979 | H | Baltimore Colts | 14-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 50442 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 42181 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45684 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | H | Oakland Raiders | 35-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 67821 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 24-6 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 61169 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1979 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40041 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1979 | H | Denver Broncos | 10-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 74292 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1979 | H | New York Giants | 17-21 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 44362 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | A | Denver Broncos | 3-20 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74908 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1979 | H | San Diego Chargers | 14-20 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 59353 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1979 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-30 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 70132 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1979 | A | Oakland Raiders | 24-21 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53596 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-28 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 50078 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1979 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 37-21 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 42160 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1979 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 37226 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1979 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-3 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 63624 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Curtis Anderson | 90 | DE | 6-6 | 240 | 22 | Central State (Ohio) | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Ane | 56 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 27 | Michigan State | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Barbaro | 26 | FS | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Nicholls State | 16 | 16 |
| Ed Beckman | 85 | WR | 6-4 | 232 | 24 | Florida State | 9 | 2 |
| Mike Bell | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | Colorado State | 11 | 3 |
| Horace Belton | 35 | RB | 5-8 | 200 | 24 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16 | 1 |
| Jerry Blanton | 57 | ILB | 6-1 | 232 | 23 | Kentucky | 16 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 79 | OT | 6-5 | 264 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 0 |
| M.L. Carter | 42 | RCB | 5-9 | 173 | 24 | Monterey Peninsula JC; Fullerton State | 16 | 7 |
| Herb Christopher | 41 | SS | 5-10 | 194 | 25 | Morris Brown | 9 | 6 |
| Tim Collier | 44 | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 25 | East Texas A&M | 15 | 9 |
| Tom Condon | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 275 | 27 | Boston College | 16 | 16 |
| Johnnie Dirden | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 0 |
| Al Dixon | 84 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 25 | Iowa State | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Fuller | 4 | QB | 6-4 | 198 | 22 | Clemson | 16 | 12 |
| Earl Gant | 23 | FB | 6-0 | 207 | 22 | Missouri | 16 | 3 |
| Steve Gaunty | 83 | WR | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Colorado; Northern Colorado | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Getty | 77 | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 270 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
| Gary Green | 24 | LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
| Bob Grupp | 1 | P | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Duke | 16 | 0 |
| Wilbert Haslip | 34 | RB | 5-11 | 212 | 23 | Hawaii | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Herkenhoff | 60 | LOT | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Minnesota | 5 | 5 |
| Sylvester Hicks | 75 | RDE | 6-4 | 252 | 24 | Tennessee State | 16 | 13 |
| Tom Howard | 52 | ROLB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Texas Tech | 16 | 16 |
| Charles Jackson | 51 | LILB | 6-2 | 236 | 24 | Washington | 12 | 4 |
| Gerald Jackson | 49 | SS | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Mississippi State | 16 | 3 |
| Ken Kremer | 91/90 | DE-NT | 6-4 | 260 | 22 | Ball State | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 71 | DE | 6-6 | 249 | 25 | Boston University | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Livingston | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 34 | Southern Methodist | 5 | 4 |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 54 | LILB | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | UCLA; DeAnza JC; San Jose State | 15 | 12 |
| Henry Marshall | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Missouri | 16 | 12 |
| Ted McKnight | 22 | FB-HB | 6-1 | 209 | 25 | Minnesota-Duluth | 15 | 14 |
| Arnold Morgado | 21 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | 27 | Michigan State; Hawaii | 11 | 4 |
| Jim Nicholson | 70 | ROT | 6-7 | 270 | 30 | Michigan State | 15 | 10 |
| Don Parrish | 61 | NT | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Whitney Paul | 53 | LOLB | 6-3 | 219 | 26 | Colorado | 15 | 15 |
| Horace Perkins | 20 | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Colorado | 16 | 0 |
| Cal Peterson | 50 | LOLB | 6-3 | 215 | 27 | UCLA | 16 | 1 |
| Tony Reed | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Antelope Valley JC; Colorado | 11 | 11 |
| Jerry Reese | 31 | SS | 6-3 | 204 | 24 | Oklahoma | 7 | 7 |
| Stan Rome | 87 | WR | 6-5 | 218 | 23 | Clemson | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Rozumek | 55 | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | New Hampshire | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Rudnay | 58 | C | 6-3 | 240 | 32 | Northwestern | 16 | 16 |
| Tony Samuels | 81 | TE-WB | 6-4 | 229 | 25 | Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman | 16 | 13 |
| Bob Simmons | 73 | LOG | 6-4 | 254 | 25 | Texas | 16 | 15 |
| J.T. Smith | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | North Texas | 16 | 13 |
| Gary Spani | 59 | RILB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | Kansas State | 16 | 16 |
| Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 37 | Montana State | 16 | 0 |
| Art Still | 67 | LDE | 6-7 | 255 | 24 | Kentucky | 16 | 16 |
| Rod Walters | 76 | LOG | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Iowa | 16 | 2 |
| Walter White | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 216 | 28 | Mesa CC; Maryland | 6 | 3 |
| Mike Williams | 40 | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | New Mexico | 14 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Mike Bell | DE | Colorado State |
| 1 | 23 | Steve Fuller | QB | Clemson |
| 4 | 85 | Frank Manumaleuga | LB | San Jose State |
| 5 | 112 | Earl Gant | RB | Missouri |
| 6 | 140 | Robert Gaines | WR | Washington |
| 7 | 167 | Ken Kremer | DE | Ball State |
| 8 | 195 | Mike Williams | RB | New Mexico |
| 8 | 218 | Bob Brewer | G | Temple |
| 9 | 222 | James Folston | TE | Cameron |
| 9 | 229 | Joe Robinson | T | Ohio State |
| 10 | 251 | Mike DuPree | LB | Florida |
| 10 | 260 | Gerald Jackson | DB | Mississippi State |
| 10 | 268 | Larry Willis | WR | Alcorn State |
| 11 | 277 | Stan Rome | WR | Clemson |
| 12 | 305 | Mike Forrest | RB | Arkansas |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 52 | 53 | 40 | 93 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 55 | 64 | 79 | 262 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 241 | 122 | 91 | 28 | 76/235 32.3% | / % | 108 | 971 | |
| Opponents Totals | 297 | 102 | 169 | 26 | 108/259 41.7% | / % | 118 | 1018 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 64 |
| Ted McKnight | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| J.T. Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Arnold Morgado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Mike Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Barbaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Horace Belton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Earl Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Gaunty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Samuels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 28 | 29 | 96.6 | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 0 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 0 | 262 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 3 | 46 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 5/10 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 23 | 52.2 | 3 | 46 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 5/10 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 21 | 61.9 | 1/ | 7/ | 5/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted McKnight | 153 | 755 | 4.9 | 84t | 8 |
| Tony Reed | 113 | 446 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Fuller | 50 | 264 | 5.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 69 | 261 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Arnold Morgado | 75 | 231 | 3.1 | 19 | 4 |
| Earl Gant | 56 | 196 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Horace Belton | 44 | 134 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Mike Livingston | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Wilbert Haslip | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Stan Rome | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 569 | 2316 | 4.1 | 84t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 522 | 1847 | 3.5 | 41 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Fuller | 270 | 146 | 54.1 | 110 | 1484 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 40 | 6 | 2.2 | 14 | 5.2 | 37 | 244 | 1240 | 55.8 |
| Mike Livingston | 90 | 44 | 48.9 | 42 | 469 | 5.2 | 10.7 | 38t | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.4 | 5 | 49 | 420 | 49.7 |
| Bob Grupp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 361 | 190 | 52.6 | 153 | 1953 | 5.4 | 10.3 | 40 | 7 | 1.9 | 18 | 5.0 | 42 | 293 | 1660 | 54.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 528 | 296 | 56.1 | 209 | 3404 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 56 | 22 | 4.2 | 23 | 4.4 | 38 | 280 | 3124 | 71.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted McKnight | 38 | 226 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 34 | 352 | 10.4 | 40 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 33 | 444 | 13.5 | 34 | 3 |
| Henry Marshall | 21 | 332 | 15.8 | 38t | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 16 | 129 | 8.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Earl Gant | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Samuels | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Gaunty | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Arnold Morgado | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walter White | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 190 | 1953 | 10.3 | 40 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 296 | 3404 | 11.5 | 56 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Barbaro | 7 | 142 | 20.3 | 70t | 1 |
| Gary Green | 5 | 148 | 29.6 | 57 | 0 |
| M.L. Carter | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Herb Christopher | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 437 | 19.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 209 | 11.6 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Grupp | 89 | 3883 | 43.6 | 74 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 315 | 3348 | 37.2 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 3883 | 43.1 | 74 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 315 | 3348 | 37.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 88 | 3412 | 38.8 | 59 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 612 | 2680 | 30.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.T. Smith | 58 | 10 | 612 | 10.6 | 88t | 2 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 10 | 612 | 10.6 | 88t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 8 | 315 | 6.4 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Belton | 22 | 463 | 21.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Steve Gaunty | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Dirden | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Earl Gant | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Wilbert Haslip | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1004 | 19.7 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 1017 | 19.9 | 42 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Art Still | 8.5 | |
| Whitney Paul | 8.0 | |
| Mike Bell | 6.0 | |
| Don Parrish | 5.5 | |
| Ken Kremer | 5.0 | |
| Tom Howard | 2.0 | |
| Sylvester Hicks | 2.0 | |
| Gary Spani | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 38.0 | 280.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42.0 | 293.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Blanton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M.L. Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Condon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Fuller | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 | |
| Earl Gant | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Ted McKnight | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Samuels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Spani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Still | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Walter White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 1 |
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