Team Summary [+]
1978 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 243 points (15.2/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 327 points (20.4/g), 22nd.
Differential of -84 points (-5.2/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 11th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.4, Offense: -3.0, Defense: -1.4, SoS: 0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Marv Levy(4-12-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Rod Rust
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Tony Adams
qb · #11 · Texas; Utah State
- Zenon Andrusyshyn
P · #7 · UCLA
- Charlie Ane
c · #56 · Michigan State
- Mark Bailey
fb · #39 · California; Long Beach State
- Gary Barbaro
FS · #26 · Nicholls State
- Ed Beckman
te · #85 · Florida State
- Horace Belton
rb · #35 · Southeastern Louisiana
- Larry D. Brown
t · #79 · Miami (FL)
- Ted Burgmeier
db · #48 · Notre Dame
- Tim Collier
rcb · #44 · Texas A&M-Commerce
- Tom Condon
RG · #65 · Boston Col.
- Larry Dorsey
wr · #80 · Tennessee St.
- Jimbo Elrod
lb · #54 · Oklahoma
- Charlie Getty
RT · #77 · Penn State
- Tim Gray
SS · #46 · Navarro J.C.; Texas A&M
- Gary Green
LCB · #24 · Baylor
- Matt Herkenhoff
LT · #60 · Minnesota
- Sylvester Hicks
RDE · #75 · Tennessee State
- Tom Howard
ROLB · #52 · Texas Tech
- Charles Jackson
lb · #51 · Washington
- Stan Johnson
nt · #72 · Tennessee State
- Bill Kellar
wr · #82 · Stanford
- MacArthur Lane
rb · #42 · Merritt J.C.; Utah State
- Dave Lindstrom
de · #71 · Boston University
- Mike Livingston
QB · #10 · SMU
- Jeff Lloyd
de · #74 · West Texas A&M
- Henry Marshall
WR · #89 · Missouri
- Larry Marshall
pr · #22 · Maryland
- Ted McKnight
RH · #22 · Minnesota-Duluth
- Jerrold McRae
wr · #83 · Tennessee State
- Ray Milo
db · #27 · New Mexico State
- Arnold Morgado
FB · #21 · Michigan State; Hawaii
- Jim Nicholson
rt · #70 · Michigan State
- Ricky Odom
db · #38 · USC
- Don Parrish
NT · #61 · Pittsburgh
- Whitney Paul
LOLB · #64 · Colorado
- Eddie Payton
PR/KR · #34 · Jackson State
- Clyde Powers
ss · #29 · Oklahoma
- Tony Reed
LH · #32 · Antelope Valley J.C.; Colorado
- Dave Rozumek
LILB · #55 · New Hampshire
- Jack Rudnay
C · #58 · Northwestern
- Tony Samuels
te · #81 · Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman
- Clarence Sanders
lb · #50 · Cincinnati
- Bob Simmons
LG · #73 · Texas
- J.T. Smith
wr · #86 · North Texas
- Gary Spani
RILB · #59 · Kansas State
- Jan Stenerud
K · #3 · Montana State
- Art Still
LDE · #67 · Kentucky
- Emmitt Thomas
RCB · #18 · Bishop
- Rod Walters
g · #76 · Iowa
- Walter White
TE · #88 · Mesa CC (AZ); Maryland
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