1973 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 7-5-2
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (7-5-2)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1973 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses and 2 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Kansas City scored 231 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 192. Ed Podolak carried the ball for a team-leading 721 yards for the Chiefs.
Mike Livingston threw for 916 yards, and Len Dawson played quarterback, too. Ed Podolak topped pass catchers, grabbing 55 passes, while Otis Taylor added 565 receiving yards.
The larcenous defense led the way with 39 turnovers. Willie Lanier, Mike Sensibaugh, Jim Kearney and Emmitt Thomas each picked off 3 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Livingston | 145 | 75 | 51.7 | 916 | 6.3 | 6 | 4.1 | 7 | 4.8 | 48 | 16 | 124 | 65.2 |
Len Dawson | 101 | 66 | 65.3 | 725 | 7.2 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 48 | 14 | 104 | 72.4 |
Pete Beathard | 64 | 31 | 48.4 | 389 | 6.1 | 2 | 3.1 | 1 | 1.6 | 44 | 9 | 68 | 71.7 |
Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
Ed Podolak | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Leroy Keyes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 313 | 173 | 55.3 | 2039 | 6.5 | 10 | 3.2 | 13 | 4.2 | 48 | 39 | 296 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 210 | 721 | 3.4 | 25 | 3 |
Willie Ellison | 108 | 411 | 3.8 | 19 | 2 |
Wendell Hayes | 95 | 352 | 3.7 | 27 | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 50 | 128 | 2.6 | 8 | 1 |
Mike Livingston | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 28 | 2 |
Len Dawson | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 0 |
Pete Beathard | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 11 | 1 |
Gary Butler | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
Warren McVea | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 |
Leroy Keyes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
Otis Taylor | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 511 | 1793 | 3.5 | 28 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 55 | 445 | 8.1 | 25 | 0 |
Otis Taylor | 34 | 565 | 16.6 | 46 | 4 |
Wendell Hayes | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 16 | 252 | 15.8 | 44 | 2 |
Morris Stroud | 12 | 216 | 18.0 | 48 | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 |
Willie Ellison | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
Gary Butler | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 48 | 2 |
Robert West | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 23 | 0 |
Andy Hamilton | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
Dave Smith | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
Mo Moorman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Leroy Keyes | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Totals | 173 | 2039 | 11.8 | 48 | 10 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jerrel Wilson | 80 | 3642 | 45.5 | 68 |
Totals | 80 | 3642 | 45.5 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Marshall | 29 | 180 | 6.2 | 31 | 0 |
Ed Podolak | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 48 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 279 | 6.6 | 48 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Marshall | 14 | 391 | 27.9 | 38 | 0 |
Warren McVea | 8 | 146 | 18.2 | 29 | 0 |
Jeff Kinney | 5 | 130 | 26.0 | 40 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 |
Clyde Werner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Robert West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 725 | 23.4 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emmitt Thomas | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 33 | 0 |
Mike Sensibaugh | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 27 | 0 |
Willie Lanier | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 29 | 1 |
Jim Kearney | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 24 | 0 |
Jim Marsalis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
Bobby Bell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
Pat Holmes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Buck Buchanan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Jim Lynch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Nate Allen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 328 | 15.6 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lynch | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||
Mo Moorman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Marshall | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curley Culp | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kerry Reardon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Marsalis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Lohmeyer | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jack Rudnay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Kinney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Budde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Podolak | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Livingston | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Seals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Emmitt Thomas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wilbur Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nate Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Kearney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Otis Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Elmo Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Warren McVea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wendell Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Morris Stroud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Len Dawson | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leroy Keyes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willie Ellison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34 | 112 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Jan Stenerud | 24 | 21 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
Otis Taylor | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Ed Podolak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Elmo Wright | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Mike Livingston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Wendell Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Gary Butler | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Morris Stroud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jeff Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
John Lohmeyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Willie Lanier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 |