
1981 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (9-7)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1981 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chiefs scored 343 points, and the defense allowed 290. Joe Delaney carried the ball for a team-leading 1,121 yards for Kansas City.
Bill Kenney passed for 1,983 yards. J.T. Smith topped pass catchers, grabbing 63 passes for 852 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 47 turnovers. Eric Harris 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Kenney | 274 | 147 | 53.6 | 1983 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.3 | 16 | 5.8 | 64 | 20 | 160 | 63.6 |
Steve Fuller | 134 | 77 | 57.5 | 934 | 7.0 | 3 | 2.2 | 4 | 3.0 | 53 | 17 | 117 | 74.0 |
Henry Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
James Hadnot | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 410 | 224 | 54.6 | 2917 | 7.1 | 12 | 2.9 | 22 | 5.4 | 64 | 37 | 277 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Delaney | 234 | 1121 | 4.8 | 82 | 3 |
James Hadnot | 140 | 603 | 4.3 | 30 | 3 |
Billy Jackson | 111 | 398 | 3.6 | 31 | 10 |
Ted McKnight | 54 | 195 | 3.6 | 26 | 5 |
Steve Fuller | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 27 | 0 |
Bill Kenney | 24 | 89 | 3.7 | 21 | 1 |
Henry Marshall | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
Curtis Bledsoe | 20 | 65 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Al Dixon | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Bob Grupp | 1 | -19 | -19.0 | -19 | 0 |
Totals | 610 | 2633 | 4.3 | 82 | 22 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.T. Smith | 63 | 852 | 13.5 | 42 | 2 |
Henry Marshall | 38 | 620 | 16.3 | 64 | 4 |
Al Dixon | 29 | 356 | 12.3 | 48 | 2 |
James Hadnot | 23 | 215 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
Joe Delaney | 22 | 246 | 11.2 | 61 | 0 |
Stan Rome | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 23 | 1 |
Ted McKnight | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 23 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 7 | 179 | 25.6 | 53 | 1 |
Billy Jackson | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 10 | 1 |
Willie Scott | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 26 | 1 |
Curtis Bledsoe | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
James Murphy | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 224 | 2917 | 13.0 | 64 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Murphy | 20 | 457 | 22.8 | 46 | 0 |
Carlos Carson | 10 | 227 | 22.7 | 48 | 0 |
Curtis Bledsoe | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
Lloyd Burruss | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 22 | 0 |
Billy Jackson | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 23 | 0 |
Deron Cherry | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 22 | 0 |
Paul Dombroski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Joe Delaney | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Mike Williams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Jim Rourke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 52 | 1043 | 20.1 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Harris | 7 | 109 | 15.6 | 43 | 0 |
Gary Barbaro | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 34 | 0 |
Gary Green | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 16 | 0 |
Lloyd Burruss | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 46 | 1 |
Whitney Paul | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
Frank Manumaleuga | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
Deron Cherry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 406 | 15.6 | 46 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Parrish | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Jackson | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Kremer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Spani | 0 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 0 | ||
Tom Howard | 0 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||
Eric Harris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Condon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Herkenhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lloyd Burruss | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
James Hadnot | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Carlos Carson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Phil Cancik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Curtis Bledsoe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Fuller | 4 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Herb Christopher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art Still | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.T. Smith | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||
Mike Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nick Lowery | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stan Rome | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||
Whitney Paul | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | |
Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Kenney | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |||
Ted McKnight | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Delaney | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Henry Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Rudnay | 1 | 0 | -28 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Manumaleuga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 256 | 3 | 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 |
Nick Lowery | 26 | 37 | 0 | 115 | ||||||||||
Billy Jackson | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||||
Ted McKnight | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Henry Marshall | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
James Hadnot | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Joe Delaney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
J.T. Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Al Dixon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Lloyd Burruss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Carlos Carson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Tom Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Gary Spani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Whitney Paul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Stan Rome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Willie Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bill Kenney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 343 |