1967 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) |
| 2nd place Western Division 9-5-0 .643 |
| Head Coach: Hank Stram |
| Tom Bettis | Defensive Backs |
| Darrel Brewster | Offensive Ends |
| Tommy O'Boyle | Assistant Coach |
| Tom Pratt | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 24-9 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 36362 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | N | New York Jets | 30-17 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 53109 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | N | Oakland Raiders | 48-0 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 13352 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1967 | H | Chicago Bears | 66-24 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 33041 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1967 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-44 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73990 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Houston Oilers | 25-20 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 28003 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 36272 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Oakland Raiders | 21-23 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 50268 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | Miami Dolphins | 41-0 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 45291 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | A | San Diego Chargers | 31-45 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 45355 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | H | Houston Oilers | 19-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 46365 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | H | Denver Broncos | 52-9 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 44002 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | H | New York Jets | 42-18 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 46642 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | A | Boston Patriots | 33-10 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23010 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | San Diego Chargers | 16-17 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 46738 | |
| Thu | 11/23/1967 | H | Oakland Raiders | 22-44 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 44020 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | H | Buffalo Bills | 23-13 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 41948 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | A | New York Jets | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62891 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | A | Denver Broncos | 38-24 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 31660 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 52 | Bud Abell | RLB | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | Missouri | 14 | 9 |
| 84 | Fred Arbanas | TE | 6-3 | 240 | 28 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Pete Beathard | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | Bobby Bell | LLB | 6-4 | 228 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Denny Biodrowski | ROG | 6-1 | 253 | 27 | Memphis | 7 | 0 |
| 86 | Buck Buchanan | RDT-LDE | 6-7 | 279 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Ed Budde | LOG | 6-5 | 261 | 27 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Chris Burford | SE | 6-3 | 211 | 29 | Stanford | 13 | 13 |
| 80 | Reg Carolan | TE | 6-6 | 235 | 28 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Bert Coan | HB | 6-4 | 219 | 27 | Texas Christian; Kansas | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | Len Dawson | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Tony DiMidio | C-LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 250 | 25 | West Chester | 12 | 1 |
| 66 | Wayne Frazier | C | 6-2 | 243 | 28 | Auburn | 7 | 7 |
| 21 | Mike Garrett | HB | 5-9 | 198 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Jon Gilliam | C | 6-2 | 238 | 29 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 5 | 5 |
| 69 | Sherrill Headrick | MLB | 6-2 | 223 | 30 | Texas Christian | 12 | 5 |
| 73 | Dave Hill | ROT | 6-5 | 259 | 26 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | E.J. Holub | RLB | 6-4 | 231 | 29 | Texas Tech | 6 | 5 |
| 54 | Mike Hudock | C | 6-1 | 245 | 33 | Miami (Florida) | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | Bobby Hunt | LS | 6-1 | 188 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Chuck Hurston | RDE | 6-6 | 237 | 25 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | RCB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 3 | 3 |
| 70 | Bobby Kelly | OG-OT | 6-3 | 261 | 27 | New Mexico State | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | Ernie Ladd | LDT | 6-9 | 302 | 29 | Grambling State | 10 | 10 |
| 63 | Willie Lanier | MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 245 | 22 | Morgan State | 10 | 5 |
| 15 | Jacky Lee | QB | 6-1 | 186 | 29 | Cincinnati | 5 | 0 |
| 48 | Sam Longmire | S-CB | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Purdue | 3 | 0 |
| 82 | Ed Lothamer | RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 261 | 25 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 |
| 51 | Jim Lynch | MLB-RLB | 6-1 | 232 | 22 | Notre Dame | 14 | 3 |
| 75 | Jerry Mays | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 14 | 13 |
| 32 | Curtis McClinton | FB | 6-3 | 230 | 28 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Curt Merz | ROG | 6-4 | 257 | 29 | Iowa | 8 | 6 |
| 22 | Willie Mitchell | RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Tennessee State | 9 | 9 |
| 25 | Frank Pitts | SE | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Bobby Ply | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Baylor | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Al Reynolds | ROG-LOG | 6-3 | 238 | 29 | Tarkio | 14 | 8 |
| 58 | Andy Rice | LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 27 | Texas Southern | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Gloster Richardson | FL | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Jackson State | 13 | 0 |
| 42 | Johnny Robinson | RS | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Fletcher Smith | LCB-RCB | 6-2 | 182 | 24 | Tennessee State | 13 | 4 |
| 1 | Noland Smith | FL-DB | 5-6 | 157 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Jan Stenerud | K | 6-2 | 188 | 25 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Otis Taylor | FL | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 18 | Emmitt Thomas | RCB-LCB | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | Bishop | 11 | 5 |
| 45 | Gene Thomas | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Northern Oklahoma JC; Florida A&M | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Gene Trosch | LDT-LDE | 6-7 | 277 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim Tyrer | LOT | 6-6 | 283 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Wayne Walker | P | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Fred Williamson | LCB | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | Northwestern | 11 | 8 |
| 44 | Jerrel Wilson | P | 6-4 | 222 | 26 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 24 | Gene Trosch | DT | Miami (Florida) |
| 2 | 47 | Jim Lynch | LB | Notre Dame |
| 2 | 50 | Willie Lanier | LB | Morgan State |
| 3 | 77 | Billy Masters | TE | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 104 | Ron Zwernemann | G | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 6 | 156 | Noland Smith | HB | Tennessee State |
| 7 | 183 | Dick Erickson | C | Wisconsin-Stout |
| 8 | 209 | Tom Altemeier | T | Luther |
| 9 | 235 | Eddie Pope | DT | Jackson State |
| 11 | 286 | Bill Braswell | G | Auburn |
| 12 | 303 | Dick Kolowski | C | Lake Forest |
| 12 | 313 | Kent Lashley | FL | Northeastern State |
| 13 | 339 | Len Simmons | FB | Edward Waters |
| 14 | 365 | John Bishop | DT | Delta State |
| 15 | 391 | Dennis Caponi | FB | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 16 | 417 | Charlie Noggle | HB | North Carolina State |
| 17 | 443 | Dave Lattin | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 87 | 143 | 83 | 95 | |
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 84 | 43 | 66 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 251 | 116 | 117 | 18 | / % | / % | 68 | 680 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 73 | 132 | 16 | / % | / % | 76 | 757 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 0 | 108 |
| Otis Taylor | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Fred Arbanas | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bert Coan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Curtis McClinton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Chris Burford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Gene Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Frank Pitts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gloster Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Noland Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Fred Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Reg Carolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Len Dawson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 49 | 45 | 45 | 100.0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 1 | 408 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 1 | 254 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 4/4 | 7/9 | 5/8 | 3/9 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 36 | 58.3 | 4/4 | 7/9 | 5/8 | 3/9 | 2/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 6/ | 1/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 236 | 1087 | 4.6 | 58 | 9 |
| Curtis McClinton | 97 | 392 | 4.0 | 34 | 2 |
| Bert Coan | 63 | 275 | 4.4 | 38 | 4 |
| Gene Thomas | 35 | 133 | 3.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Len Dawson | 20 | 68 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 24t | 1 |
| Frank Pitts | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 15t | 1 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 462 | 2018 | 4.4 | 58 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 343 | 1408 | 4.1 | 67t | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 357 | 206 | 57.7 | 134 | 2651 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 71t | 24 | 6.7 | 17 | 4.8 | 20 | 68 | 2583 | 83.7 |
| Jacky Lee | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 11 | 105 | 5.5 | 17.5 | 29 | 1 | 5.3 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 29.4 |
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 17 | 4.3 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84.4 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | -14 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 382 | 213 | 55.8 | 150 | 2773 | 7.3 | 13.0 | 71t | 26 | 6.8 | 19 | 5.0 | 32 | 301 | 2472 | 80.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 462 | 229 | 49.6 | 202 | 2890 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 76 | 13 | 2.8 | 31 | 6.7 | 38 | 354 | 2536 | 50.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Taylor | 59 | 958 | 16.2 | 71t | 11 |
| Mike Garrett | 46 | 261 | 5.7 | 34t | 1 |
| Curtis McClinton | 26 | 219 | 8.4 | 25 | 1 |
| Chris Burford | 25 | 389 | 15.6 | 55 | 3 |
| Fred Arbanas | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 43 | 5 |
| Gene Thomas | 13 | 99 | 7.6 | 27 | 2 |
| Gloster Richardson | 12 | 312 | 26.0 | 56t | 2 |
| Bert Coan | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 59t | 1 |
| Reg Carolan | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 213 | 2773 | 13.0 | 71t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 229 | 2890 | 12.6 | 76 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Smith | 6 | 150 | 25.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Bobby Hunt | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Bobby Bell | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 32t | 1 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 57t | 1 |
| Fred Williamson | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77t | 1 |
| Jim Lynch | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 578 | 18.6 | 77t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 471 | 24.8 | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 41 | 1739 | 42.4 | 59 | 1 | |||||
| Wayne Walker | 19 | 736 | 38.7 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Reg Carolan | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 61 | 2517 | 41.3 | 59 | 1 | 331 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 2753 | 43.0 | 0 | 245 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noland Smith | 26 | 9 | 212 | 8.2 | 59 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 11 | 245 | 7.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 331 | 10.7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noland Smith | 41 | 1148 | 28.0 | 106t | 1 | |
| Gene Thomas | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bert Coan | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Reg Carolan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Willie Lanier | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buck Buchanan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Lothamer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 53 | 1245 | 23.5 | 106t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1207 | 21.9 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Abell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Biodrowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Burford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Dawson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 | |
| Tony DiMidio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Frazier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Kelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Ladd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Mays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Curtis McClinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Noland Smith | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -10 | 0 | |
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Emmitt Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Tyrer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 35 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 1 |
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