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1974 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Hank Stram (5-9)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1974 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Kansas City scored 233 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 293. Woody Green carried the ball for a team-leading 509 yards for the Chiefs, and Ed Podolak also aided the ground game.
Len Dawson passed for 1,573 yards. Ed Podolak topped pass catchers, grabbing 43 passes, while Barry Pearson added 387 receiving yards, while Otis Taylor and Larry Brunson provided receiving help as well.
The opportunistic defense created 44 turnovers. Emmitt Thomas intercepted 12 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Len Dawson | 235 | 138 | 58.7 | 1573 | 6.7 | 7 | 3.0 | 13 | 5.5 | 84 | 25 | 199 | 65.8 |
Mike Livingston | 141 | 66 | 46.8 | 732 | 5.2 | 4 | 2.8 | 10 | 7.1 | 48 | 10 | 101 | 42.6 |
Dean Carlson | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 116 | 7.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 45.4 |
Jerrel Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
David Jaynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 395 | 211 | 53.4 | 2421 | 6.1 | 11 | 2.8 | 25 | 6.3 | 84 | 37 | 313 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Woody Green | 135 | 509 | 3.8 | 43 | 3 |
Ed Podolak | 101 | 386 | 3.8 | 14 | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 63 | 249 | 4.0 | 21 | 0 |
Wendell Hayes | 57 | 206 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
Cleo Miller | 40 | 186 | 4.6 | 47 | 0 |
Willie Ellison | 37 | 114 | 3.1 | 11 | 2 |
Mike Livingston | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
Len Dawson | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 17 | 1 |
Dean Carlson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
Otis Taylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Barry Pearson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
David Jaynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Thomas | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 5 | -33 | -6.6 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 469 | 1720 | 3.7 | 47 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 43 | 306 | 7.1 | 26 | 1 |
Barry Pearson | 27 | 387 | 14.3 | 48 | 1 |
Woody Green | 26 | 247 | 9.5 | 69 | 1 |
Otis Taylor | 24 | 375 | 15.6 | 64 | 2 |
Larry Brunson | 22 | 374 | 17.0 | 84 | 2 |
Jeff Kinney | 18 | 105 | 5.8 | 16 | 1 |
Cleo Miller | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 34 | 0 |
Elmo Wright | 13 | 209 | 16.1 | 51 | 1 |
Morris Stroud | 12 | 141 | 11.8 | 25 | 2 |
Willie Ellison | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
Wendell Hayes | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
Andy Hamilton | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
John Strada | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Totals | 211 | 2421 | 11.5 | 84 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jerrel Wilson | 83 | 3462 | 41.7 | 64 |
Totals | 83 | 3462 | 41.7 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Podolak | 15 | 134 | 8.9 | 54 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 19 | 111 | 5.8 | 29 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
Woody Green | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
Donnie Joe Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 44 | 296 | 6.7 | 54 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Thomas | 25 | 571 | 22.8 | 33 | 0 |
Cleo Miller | 14 | 310 | 22.1 | 29 | 0 |
Larry Brunson | 12 | 280 | 23.3 | 57 | 0 |
Donnie Joe Morris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Woody Green | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Tom Keating | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Tommy Humphrey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Doug Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 1211 | 21.6 | 57 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emmitt Thomas | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 73 | 2 |
Mike Sensibaugh | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 33 | 0 |
Kerry Reardon | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Lanier | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Wilbur Young | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 1 |
Nate Allen | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 1 |
Bobby Bell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 1 |
Doug Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Clyde Werner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 531 | 19.0 | 73 | 5 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleo Miller | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Keating | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Livingston | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Lynch | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buck Buchanan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Larry Brunson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Marvin Upshaw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Len Dawson | 6 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Otis Taylor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kerry Reardon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
David Jaynes | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Sensibaugh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Getty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Pearson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Strada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Woody Green | 5 | 0 | -20 | 0 | |||
Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |||
Ed Podolak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 30 | -21 | 0 | 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 |
Jan Stenerud | 17 | 24 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
Woody Green | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Ed Podolak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Larry Brunson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Wendell Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Elmo Wright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Morris Stroud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Otis Taylor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Willie Ellison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Marvin Upshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bobby Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Wilbur Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jeff Kinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Barry Pearson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Willie Lanier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 233 |