Team Summary [+]
1979 Kansas City Chiefs
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 238 points (14.9/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 262 points (16.4/g), 5th.
Differential of -24 points (-1.5/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total 1.4, Offense: -4.0, Defense: 5.4, SoS: 2.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Marv Levy(7-9-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Rod Rust
Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)
Players[+]
- Pos · # · College
- Curtis Anderson
de · #90 · Central State (OH)
- Charlie Ane
c · #56 · Michigan State
- Gary Barbaro
FS · #26 · Nicholls State
- Ed Beckman
te · #85 · Florida State
- Mike Bell
rde · #99 · Colorado State
- Horace Belton
KR · #35 · Southeastern Louisiana
- Jerry Blanton
lilb · #57 · Kentucky
- Larry D. Brown
t · #79 · Miami (FL)
- M.L. Carter
rcb · #42 · Monterey Peninsula J.C.; Cal State-Fullerton; San Jose State
- Herb Christopher
ss · #41 · Morris Brown
- Tim Collier
RCB · #44 · Texas A&M-Commerce
- Tom Condon
RG · #65 · Boston Col.
- Johnnie Dirden
wr · #80 · Sam Houston St.
- Al Dixon
te · #84 · Iowa St.
- Steve Fuller
QB · #4 · Clemson
- Earl Gant
rb · #23 · Missouri
- Steve Gaunty
wr · #83 · Colorado; Northern Colorado
- Charlie Getty
LT · #77 · Penn State
- Gary Green
LCB · #24 · Baylor
- Bob Grupp
P · #1 · Duke
- Wilbert Haslip
rb · #34 · Hawaii
- Matt Herkenhoff
lt · #60 · Minnesota
- Sylvester Hicks
RDE · #75 · Tennessee State
- Tom Howard
ROLB · #52 · Texas Tech
- Charles Jackson
lb · #51 · Washington
- Gerald Jackson
db · #49 · Mississippi State
- Ken Kremer
nt · #91 · Ball State
- Dave Lindstrom
de · #71 · Boston University
- Mike Livingston
qb · #10 · SMU
- Frank Manumaleuga
LILB · #54 · De Anza J.C.; UCLA; San Jose State
- Henry Marshall
WR · #89 · Missouri
- Ted McKnight
FB · #22 · Minnesota-Duluth
- Arnold Morgado
rb · #21 · Michigan State; Hawaii
- Jim Nicholson
RT · #70 · Michigan State
- Don Parrish
NT · #61 · Pittsburgh
- Whitney Paul
LOLB · #53 · Colorado
- Horace Perkins
db · #20 · Colorado
- Cal Peterson
lb · #50 · UCLA
- Tony Reed
RB · #32 · Antelope Valley J.C.; Colorado
- Jerry L. Reese
SS · #31 · Oklahoma
- Stan Rome
wr · #87 · Clemson
- Dave Rozumek
lb · #55 · New Hampshire
- Jack Rudnay
C · #58 · Northwestern
- Tony Samuels
TE · #81 · Florida A&M; Bethune-Cookman
- Bob Simmons
LG · #73 · Texas
- J.T. Smith
WR/PR · #86 · North Texas
- Gary Spani
RILB · #59 · Kansas State
- Jan Stenerud
K · #3 · Montana State
- Art Still
LDE · #67 · Kentucky
- Rod Walters
g · #76 · Iowa
- Walter White
te · #88 · Mesa CC (AZ); Maryland
- Mike A. Williams
te · #40 · New Mexico
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