1977 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tom Bettis (1-6)
Coach: Paul Wiggin (1-6)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1977 Kansas City Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 2-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tom Bettis (1-6)
Coach: Paul Wiggin (1-6)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1977 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 2 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chiefs chalked up 225 points, but the wobbly defensive unit gave up 349. Ed Podolak carried the ball for a team-leading 550 yards for Kansas City, while Tony Reed additionally buoyed the ground attack.
Mike Livingston passed for 1,823 yards. Walter White grabbed 48 passes for 674 yards.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 44 turnovers. Gary Barbaro picked off 8 opponent throws.
Tom Bettis and Paul Wiggin 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 | 282 | 143 | 50.7 | 1823 | 6.5 | 9 | 3.2 | 15 | 5.3 | 49 | 30 | 285 | 59.8 |
| Tony Adams | 92 | 47 | 51.1 | 691 | 7.5 | 2 | 2.2 | 11 | 12.0 | 63 | 18 | 136 | 43.6 |
| Totals | 374 | 190 | 50.8 | 2514 | 6.7 | 11 | 2.9 | 26 | 7.0 | 63 | 48 | 421 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Podolak | 133 | 550 | 4.1 | 41 | 5 |
| Tony Reed | 126 | 505 | 4.0 | 59 | 2 |
| Mark Bailey | 66 | 266 | 4.0 | 37 | 2 |
| John Brockington | 54 | 161 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| MacArthur Lane | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Mike Livingston | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 13 | 1 |
| Ted McKnight | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Raymond Burks | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Lawrence Williams | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Tony Adams | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Walter White | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 456 | 1843 | 4.0 | 59 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter White | 48 | 674 | 14.0 | 48 | 5 |
| Ed Podolak | 32 | 313 | 9.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Henry Marshall | 23 | 445 | 19.3 | 49 | 4 |
| Larry Brunson | 20 | 295 | 14.8 | 63 | 0 |
| John Brockington | 19 | 222 | 11.7 | 48 | 1 |
| Mark Bailey | 17 | 206 | 12.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Tony Reed | 12 | 125 | 10.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Lawrence Williams | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Samuels | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 32 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 190 | 2514 | 13.2 | 63 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 88 | 3510 | 39.9 | 59 |
| Totals | 88 | 3510 | 39.9 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Green | 14 | 115 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 20 | 108 | 5.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 236 | 6.6 | 19 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Williams | 17 | 319 | 18.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 12 | 305 | 25.4 | 70 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 11 | 239 | 21.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Larry Brunson | 11 | 216 | 19.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Ricky Wesson | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Mark Bailey | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Raymond Burks | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Charlie Getty | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 63 | 1284 | 20.4 | 70 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Barbaro | 8 | 165 | 20.6 | 102 | 1 |
| Gary Green | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Lynch | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 2 | 134 | 67.0 | 100 | 1 |
| Tim Gray | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 348 | 16.6 | 102 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Gray | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Andrews | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whitney Paul | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Lee | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Green | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Lohmeyer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Lanier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilbur Young | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Rudnay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Burks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Livingston | 7 | 1 | -22 | 0 | |||
| Jimbo Elrod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Condon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Brockington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Podolak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Reed | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Wesson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brunson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted McKnight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Samuels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Bailey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 3 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jan Stenerud | 8 | 27 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Walter White | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Ed Podolak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Henry Marshall | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mark Bailey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| John Brockington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Tony Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Tim Gray | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Willie Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Gary Barbaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 |
