1969 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 2nd in the AFL's West Division
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Hank Stram (11-3)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1969 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the AFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Chiefs conceded 177 points, the lowest total in the circuit. Kansas City moved the ball well, scoring 359 points. Mike Garrett carried the pigskin for a team-leading 732 yards, while Robert Holmes also buoyed the ground attack.
Len Dawson passed for 1,323 yards, and Mike Livingston spent time under center also. Mike Garrett grabbed 43 passes, while Otis Taylor added 696 receiving yards.
The sticky-fingered defense created 47 turnovers, best in the league. Emmitt Thomas intercepted 9 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team. The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 166 | 98 | 59.0 | 1323 | 8.0 | 9 | 5.4 | 13 | 7.8 | 55 | 13 | 89 | 69.9 |
| Mike Livingston | 161 | 84 | 52.2 | 1123 | 7.0 | 4 | 2.5 | 6 | 3.7 | 93 | 11 | 124 | 67.4 |
| Jacky Lee | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 109 | 5.4 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 31 | 2 | 38 | 70.6 |
| Warren McVea | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 121.5 |
| Tom Flores | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Totals | 351 | 196 | 55.8 | 2638 | 7.5 | 16 | 4.6 | 20 | 5.7 | 93 | 26 | 251 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 168 | 732 | 4.4 | 34 | 6 |
| Robert Holmes | 150 | 612 | 4.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Warren McVea | 106 | 500 | 4.7 | 80 | 7 |
| Wendell Hayes | 62 | 208 | 3.4 | 11 | 4 |
| Mike Livingston | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Pitts | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Jacky Lee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Arbanas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Flores | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 522 | 2220 | 4.3 | 80 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 43 | 432 | 10.0 | 41 | 2 |
| Otis Taylor | 41 | 696 | 17.0 | 79 | 7 |
| Frank Pitts | 31 | 470 | 15.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Robert Holmes | 26 | 266 | 10.2 | 33 | 3 |
| Gloster Van Richardson | 23 | 381 | 16.6 | 39 | 2 |
| Fred Arbanas | 16 | 258 | 16.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Warren McVea | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 196 | 2638 | 13.5 | 79 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 35 | 27 | 77.1 | 119 |
| Totals | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 35 | 27 | 77.1 | 119 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 68 | 3022 | 44.4 | 62 |
| Totals | 68 | 3022 | 44.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noland Smith | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 64 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 13 | 101 | 7.8 | 35 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 251 | 7.8 | 64 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren McVea | 13 | 318 | 24.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 7 | 178 | 25.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 28 | 0 |
| Noland Smith | 4 | 125 | 31.2 | 37 | 0 |
| Paul Lowe | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 1 |
| Totals | 41 | 1090 | 26.6 | 53 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Thomas | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 45 | 1 |
| Johnny Robinson | 8 | 158 | 19.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Jim Kearney | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 60 | 1 |
| Willie Lanier | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 595 | 18.6 | 60 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Livingston | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Goldie Sellers | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emmitt Thomas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Daney | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Holmes | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren McVea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Stein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noland Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ceasar Belser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Mike Garrett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Kearney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Podolak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jan Stenerud | 27 | 38 | 0 | 119 | ||||||||||
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Warren McVea | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Otis Taylor | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Wendell Hayes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Gloster Van Richardson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Frank Pitts | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Daney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Goldie Sellers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 359 |
