1972 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (8-6)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1972 Kansas City Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (8-6)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1972 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1972 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chiefs racked up 287 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 254. Ed Podolak carried the ball for a team-leading 615 yards for Kansas City, and Wendell Hayes also contributed to the rushing attack.
Len Dawson passed for 1,835 yards. Otis Taylor grabbed 57 passes for 821 yards. Ed Podolak contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 43 turnovers. Mike Sensibaugh intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 305 | 175 | 57.4 | 1835 | 6.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 3.9 | 44 | 28 | 255 | 72.8 |
| Mike Livingston | 78 | 41 | 52.6 | 480 | 6.2 | 7 | 9.0 | 8 | 10.3 | 36 | 6 | 42 | 61.9 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 384 | 217 | 56.5 | 2335 | 6.1 | 20 | 5.2 | 20 | 5.2 | 44 | 34 | 297 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Podolak | 171 | 615 | 3.6 | 30 | 4 |
| Wendell Hayes | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 73 | 303 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Mike Livingston | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 38 | 122 | 3.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Len Dawson | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert West | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 476 | 1915 | 4.0 | 51 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Taylor | 57 | 821 | 14.4 | 44 | 6 |
| Ed Podolak | 46 | 345 | 7.5 | 27 | 2 |
| Wendell Hayes | 31 | 295 | 9.5 | 29 | 3 |
| Mike Adamle | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Frazier | 13 | 172 | 13.2 | 35 | 5 |
| Dennis Homan | 12 | 135 | 11.2 | 38 | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Elmo Wright | 11 | 81 | 7.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert West | 9 | 165 | 18.3 | 42 | 2 |
| Morris Stroud | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Jeff Kinney | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Jankowski | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 217 | 2335 | 10.8 | 44 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 66 | 2960 | 44.8 | 69 |
| Totals | 66 | 2960 | 44.8 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Kerry Reardon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 126 | 4.3 | 29 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Marshall | 23 | 651 | 28.3 | 48 | 0 |
| Mike Adamle | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jeff Kinney | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Kerry Reardon | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Kearney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 1057 | 23.0 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sensibaugh | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 35 | 0 |
| Jim Kearney | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 65 | 4 |
| Bobby Bell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 61 | 1 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Marsalis | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Lanier | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Clyde Werner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 396 | 16.5 | 65 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curley Culp | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Marshall | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kearney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Werner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Oriard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Adamle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Livingston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Upshaw | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Podolak | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Lynch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Brown | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Dawson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert West | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Budde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Marsalis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerrel Wilson | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Kinney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Otis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jan Stenerud | 21 | 32 | 0 | 95 | ||||||||||
| Otis Taylor | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Ed Podolak | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Willie Frazier | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Jim Kearney | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Robert West | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Wendell Hayes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Morris Stroud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jeff Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Mike Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
