1983 Kansas City Chiefs Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John Mackovic (6-10)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1983 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
1983 Kansas City Chiefs Results

The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

The Chiefs racked up 386 points, and the defensive squad conceded 367. Bill Kenney led the charge, slinging for 4,348 yards. Carlos Carson grabbed 80 passes for 1,351 yards.

Billy Jackson carried the ball for a team-leading 499 yards for Kansas City, and Theotis Brown also aided the ground game.

The ball-hawking defense created 51 turnovers. Deron Cherry picked off 7 opponent throws. Mike Bell topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks.

John Mackovic coached the team.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
6Jim ArnoldPJanuary 31, 19616'2"215VanderbiltDalton, GA USA160
77Rich BaldingerGDecember 31, 19596'4"285Wake ForestCamp Lejeune, NC USA64
85Ed BeckmanTEJanuary 2, 19556'4"229Florida St.Key West, FL USA157
99Mike BellRDEAugust 30, 19576'4"255Colorado St.Wichita, KS USA1616
14Todd BlackledgeQBFebruary 25, 19616'3"225Penn St.Canton, OH USA40
57Jerry BlantonLILBDecember 20, 19566'1"231KentuckyToledo, OH USA1616
27Theotis BrownFBApril 20, 19576'2"225UCLAChicago, IL USA129
45Trent BryantDBAugust 14, 19595'10"180ArkansasArkadelphia, AR USA162
66Brad BuddeLGMay 9, 19586'4"262USCDetroit, MI USA1212
34Lloyd BurrussSSOctober 31, 19576'0"204MarylandCharlottesville, VA USA1212
88Carlos CarsonWRDecember 28, 19585'11"180LSULake Worth, FL USA1616
20Deron CherryFSSeptember 12, 19595'11"197RutgersRiverside, NJ USA1616
65Tom CondonRGOctober 26, 19526'3"255Boston Col.Derby, CT USA98
50Calvin DanielsLBDecember 26, 19586'3"236North CarolinaMorehead City, NC USA161
11Bob GaglianoQBSeptember 5, 19586'3"200U.S. InternationalLos Angeles, CA USA10
75Ellis GardnerT-GSeptember 16, 19616'5"257Georgia TechChattanooga, TN USA80
24Gary GreenLCBOctober 22, 19555'11"187BaylorSan Antonio, TX USA1616
48James HadnotRBJuly 11, 19576'2"244Texas TechJasper, TX USA50
82Anthony HancockKRJune 10, 19606'0"200TennesseeCleveland, OH USA167
56Louis HaynesLBJanuary 17, 19606'0"227BishopNew Orleans, LA USA50
60Matt HerkenhoffLTApril 2, 19516'4"267MinnesotaMelrose, MN USA1211
52Tom HowardLOLBAugust 18, 19546'2"213Texas TechLubbock, TX USA1616
43Billy JacksonRBSeptember 13, 19595'10"217AlabamaPhenix City, AL USA1614
51Charles JacksonROLBMarch 22, 19556'2"225WashingtonLos Angeles, CA USA1515
22Van JakesDBMay 10, 19616'0"188Kent St.Phenix City, AL USA141
9Bill KenneyQBJanuary 20, 19556'4"211Arizona St.San Francisco, CA USA1616
64Mark KirchnerGOctober 19, 19596'3"261BaylorPasadena, TX USA51
55Dave KlugLBMay 17, 19586'4"230Concordia (MN)Litchfield, MN USA11
91Ken KremerNTJuly 16, 19576'4"250Ball St.Hammond, IN USA165
29Albert LewisDBOctober 6, 19606'2"196Grambling St.Mansfield, LA USA161
71Dave LindstromDENovember 16, 19546'6"255Boston Univ.Cambridge, MA USA163
62Adam LingnerCNovember 2, 19606'4"268IllinoisIndianapolis, IN USA161
8Nick LoweryKMay 27, 19566'4"215DartmouthMunich, Germany160
72Dave LutzRTDecember 20, 19596'6"305Georgia TechMonroe, NC USA1616
74Dino MangieroNTDecember 19, 19586'2"265RutgersNew York, NY USA1611
89Henry MarshallWRAugust 9, 19546'2"214MissouriBroxton, GA USA139
83Stephone PaigeWROctober 15, 19616'2"184Fresno St.Long Beach, CA USA160
58Steve PotterLBNovember 6, 19576'3"235VirginiaBradford, PA USA161
79Dean PraterDESeptember 28, 19586'5"225Oklahoma St.Altus, OK USA161
42Lawrence RicksRBJune 4, 19615'9"194MichiganBarberton, OH USA120
38Durwood RoquemoreDBJanuary 19, 19606'1"183Texas A&M-KingsvilleDallas, TX USA153
70Jim RourkeT-GFebruary 10, 19576'5"264Boston Col.Weymouth, MA USA110
53Bob RushCFebruary 27, 19556'5"265MemphisSanta Monica, CA USA1515
81Willie ScottTEFebruary 13, 19596'4"245South CarolinaNewberry, SC USA1616
73Bob SimmonsRGJuly 7, 19546'4"260TexasTemple, TX USA1512
86J.T. SmithPROctober 29, 19556'2"185North TexasLeonard, TX USA91
23Lucious SmithRCBJanuary 17, 19575'10"190San Diego St.Columbus, GA USA1613
59Gary SpaniRILBJanuary 9, 19566'2"229Kansas St.Satanta, KS USA109
67Art StillLDEDecember 5, 19556'7"253KentuckyCamden, NJ USA1512
31Jewerl ThomasRBSeptember 10, 19575'10"230UCLAHanford, CA USA101
35Ken ThomasRBFebruary 11, 19605'9"211San Jose St.Hanford, CA USA140
54James WalkerLBDecember 9, 19586'1"250Kansas St.Muskogee, OK USA32
87Ron WetzelTENovember 10, 19606'5"242Arizona St.Pittsburgh, PA USA160
92Ray YakavonisNTJanuary 20, 19576'4"250East StroudsburgWilkes-Barre, PA USA20
61John ZamberlinLBFebruary 13, 19566'2"230Pacific LutheranTacoma, WA USA143



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