1981 Kansas City Chiefs Roster
National Football League (NFL)
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 StatisticsTeam 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.
Kansas City scored 343 points, while the defense allowed 290. Joe Delaney carried the ball for a team-leading 1,121 yards for the Chiefs.
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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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gary Barbaro | FS | February 11, 1954 | 6'4" | 203 | Nicholls St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Ed Beckman | TE | January 2, 1955 | 6'4" | 229 | Florida St. | Key West, FL USA | 15 | 0 |
| 99 | Mike Bell | RDE | August 30, 1957 | 6'4" | 255 | Colorado St. | Wichita, KS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 57 | Jerry Blanton | LILB | December 20, 1956 | 6'1" | 231 | Kentucky | Toledo, OH USA | 9 | 9 |
| 30 | Curtis Bledsoe | RB | March 19, 1957 | 5'11" | 215 | San Diego St. | Odessa, TX USA | 13 | 1 |
| 66 | Brad Budde | LG | May 9, 1958 | 6'4" | 262 | USC | Detroit, MI USA | 16 | 16 |
| 34 | Lloyd Burruss | SS | October 31, 1957 | 6'0" | 204 | Maryland | Charlottesville, VA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 56 | Phil Cancik | LB | April 19, 1957 | 6'1" | 228 | Northern Arizona | South Bend, IN USA | 16 | 1 |
| 88 | Carlos Carson | WR | December 28, 1958 | 5'11" | 180 | LSU | Lake Worth, FL USA | 5 | 1 |
| 42 | M.L. Carter | DB | December 9, 1955 | 5'9" | 173 | Cal State-Fullerton | Beaufort, SC USA | 10 | 0 |
| 95 | Frank Case | DE | August 14, 1958 | 6'4" | 243 | Penn St. | Jacksonville, NC USA | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Deron Cherry | DB | September 12, 1959 | 5'11" | 197 | Rutgers | Riverside, NJ USA | 13 | 0 |
| 41 | Herb Christopher | DB | April 7, 1954 | 5'10" | 195 | Morris Brown | Thomasville, GA USA | 16 | 2 |
| 65 | Tom Condon | RG | October 26, 1952 | 6'3" | 255 | Boston Col. | Derby, CT USA | 16 | 16 |
| 37 | Joe Delaney | RB | October 30, 1958 | 5'10" | 184 | NW State (LA) | Henderson, TX USA | 15 | 10 |
| 84 | Al Dixon | TE | April 5, 1954 | 6'5" | 230 | Iowa St. | Drew, MS USA | 16 | 13 |
| 46 | Paul Dombroski | DB | August 8, 1956 | 6'0" | 185 | Hawaii | Sumter, SC USA | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Steve Fuller | QB | January 5, 1957 | 6'4" | 198 | Clemson | Enid, OK USA | 13 | 3 |
| 21 | Clark Gaines | RB | February 1, 1954 | 6'1" | 206 | Wake Forest | Elberton, GA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | Bubba Garcia | WR | October 18, 1957 | 5'11" | 185 | Texas-El Paso | New Braunfels, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Charlie Getty | RT | July 24, 1952 | 6'4" | 265 | Penn St. | Pompton Lakes, NJ USA | 16 | 16 |
| 7 | Jeff Gossett | P | January 25, 1957 | 6'2" | 200 | East. Illinois | Charleston, IL USA | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | Gary Green | LCB | October 22, 1955 | 5'11" | 187 | Baylor | San Antonio, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 1 | Bob Grupp | P | May 8, 1955 | 5'11" | 193 | Duke | Philadelphia, PA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 48 | James Hadnot | FB | July 11, 1957 | 6'2" | 244 | Texas Tech | Jasper, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 44 | Eric Harris | RCB | August 11, 1955 | 6'3" | 198 | Memphis | Memphis, TN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 83 | Marvin Harvey | TE-WR | October 17, 1959 | 6'3" | 220 | Southern Miss | Donalsonville, GA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 60 | Matt Herkenhoff | LT | April 2, 1951 | 6'4" | 267 | Minnesota | Melrose, MN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 75 | Sylvester Hicks | DE | April 2, 1955 | 6'4" | 251 | Tennessee St. | Jackson, TN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Tom Howard | LOLB | August 18, 1954 | 6'2" | 213 | Texas Tech | Lubbock, TX USA | 9 | 7 |
| 43 | Billy Jackson | RB | September 13, 1959 | 5'10" | 217 | Alabama | Phenix City, AL USA | 16 | 1 |
| 51 | Charles Jackson | ROLB | March 22, 1955 | 6'2" | 225 | Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 10 |
| 9 | Bill Kenney | QB | January 20, 1955 | 6'4" | 211 | Arizona St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 55 | Dave Klug | LB | May 17, 1958 | 6'4" | 230 | Concordia (MN) | Litchfield, MN USA | 16 | 0 |
| 91 | Ken Kremer | NT | July 16, 1957 | 6'4" | 250 | Ball St. | Hammond, IN USA | 16 | 8 |
| 71 | Dave Lindstrom | LDE | November 16, 1954 | 6'6" | 255 | Boston Univ. | Cambridge, MA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 8 | Nick Lowery | K | May 27, 1956 | 6'4" | 215 | Dartmouth | Munich, Germany | 16 | 0 |
| 74 | Dino Mangiero | NT-DE | December 19, 1958 | 6'2" | 265 | Rutgers | New York, NY USA | 9 | 0 |
| 54 | Frank Manumaleuga | LB | May 9, 1956 | 6'2" | 245 | UCLA | Salelavalu, HI Western Samoa | 4 | 4 |
| 89 | Henry Marshall | WR | August 9, 1954 | 6'2" | 214 | Missouri | Broxton, GA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 22 | Ted McKnight | RB | February 26, 1954 | 6'1" | 209 | Minnesota-Duluth | Duluth, MN USA | 5 | 5 |
| 39 | Rick Moser | RB | December 18, 1956 | 6'0" | 210 | Rhode Island | White Plains, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | James Murphy | KR | October 10, 1959 | 5'10" | 177 | Utah St. | Deland, FL USA | 10 | 0 |
| 63 | John Olenchalk | LB-C | November 27, 1955 | 6'0" | 228 | Stanford | Stockton, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | Don Parrish | NT | April 6, 1955 | 6'2" | 255 | Pittsburgh | Tallahassee, FL USA | 16 | 8 |
| 53 | Whitney Paul | LOLB | October 8, 1953 | 6'3" | 220 | Colorado | Galveston, TX USA | 16 | 10 |
| 50 | Cal Peterson | ROLB | October 16, 1952 | 6'3" | 220 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 | 7 |
| 87 | Stan Rome | WR | June 4, 1956 | 6'5" | 212 | Clemson | Valdosta, GA USA | 16 | 4 |
| 70 | Jim Rourke | T-G | February 10, 1957 | 6'5" | 264 | Boston Col. | Weymouth, MA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 58 | Jack Rudnay | C | November 20, 1947 | 6'3" | 240 | Northwestern | Cleveland, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 81 | Willie Scott | TE | February 13, 1959 | 6'4" | 245 | South Carolina | Newberry, SC USA | 16 | 2 |
| 73 | Bob Simmons | G-T | July 7, 1954 | 6'4" | 260 | Texas | Temple, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 86 | J.T. Smith | PR | October 29, 1955 | 6'2" | 185 | North Texas | Leonard, TX USA | 16 | 15 |
| 59 | Gary Spani | RILB | January 9, 1956 | 6'2" | 229 | Kansas St. | Satanta, KS USA | 16 | 16 |
| 67 | Art Still | LDE | December 5, 1955 | 6'7" | 253 | Kentucky | Camden, NJ USA | 11 | 11 |
| 76 | Roger Taylor | T | January 5, 1958 | 6'6" | 271 | Oklahoma St. | Shawnee, OK USA | 13 | 0 |
| 62 | Todd Thomas | C | December 2, 1959 | 6'5" | 261 | North Dakota | Mankato, MN USA | 15 | 0 |
| 40 | Mike Williams | TE-FB | October 14, 1957 | 6'3" | 222 | New Mexico | New Kingston, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
