1979 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (7-9)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1979 Kansas City Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (7-9)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1979 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chiefs stumbled, scoring only 238 points, and the solid defense allowed 262. Ted McKnight carried the ball for a team-leading 755 yards for Kansas City.
Steve Fuller passed for 1,484 yards. Ted McKnight grabbed 38 passes, while J.T. Smith added 444 receiving yards, while Tony Reed contributed to the receiving game as well.
Gary Barbaro picked off 7 opponent throws.
Marv Levy coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Fuller | 270 | 146 | 54.1 | 1484 | 5.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 14 | 5.2 | 40 | 37 | 244 | 55.8 |
| Mike Livingston | 90 | 44 | 48.9 | 469 | 5.2 | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.4 | 38 | 5 | 49 | 49.7 |
| Bob Grupp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 361 | 190 | 52.6 | 1953 | 5.4 | 7 | 1.9 | 18 | 5.0 | 40 | 42 | 293 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted McKnight | 153 | 755 | 4.9 | 84 | 8 |
| Tony Reed | 113 | 446 | 3.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Steve Fuller | 50 | 264 | 5.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 69 | 261 | 3.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Arnold Morgado | 75 | 231 | 3.1 | 19 | 4 |
| Earl Gant | 56 | 196 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Horace Belton | 44 | 134 | 3.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Henry Marshall | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 1 |
| Mike Livingston | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Wilbert Haslip | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Stan Rome | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 569 | 2316 | 4.1 | 84 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted McKnight | 38 | 226 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 34 | 352 | 10.4 | 40 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 33 | 444 | 13.5 | 34 | 3 |
| Henry Marshall | 21 | 332 | 15.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 16 | 129 | 8.1 | 25 | 2 |
| Earl Gant | 15 | 101 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Samuels | 14 | 147 | 10.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Steve Gaunty | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Arnold Morgado | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Horace Belton | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Walter White | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Beckman | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 190 | 1953 | 10.3 | 40 | 7 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Belton | 22 | 463 | 21.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Steve Gaunty | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Johnnie Dirden | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Earl Gant | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Ted McKnight | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Wilbert Haslip | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cal Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 51 | 1004 | 19.7 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Barbaro | 7 | 142 | 20.3 | 70 | 1 |
| Gary Green | 5 | 148 | 29.6 | 57 | 0 |
| M.L. Carter | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tim Collier | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Herb Christopher | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Howard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Manumaleuga | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 23 | 437 | 19.0 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Fuller | 6 | 3 | -4 | 0 | |||
| Whitney Paul | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Samuels | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Reed | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Horace Belton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Spani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Condon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Still | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Gant | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Blanton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Parrish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted McKnight | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| M.L. Carter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Morgado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Dirden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Collier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Livingston | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 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 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||||
| Ted McKnight | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Arnold Morgado | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Mike Williams | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Henry Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Gary Barbaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Earl Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Steve Gaunty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tony Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tony Samuels | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Horace Belton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Steve Fuller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
