1983 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-10-0, 5th in AFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John Mackovic (6-10-0)

Points For: 386 (24.1/g) 8th of 28

Points Against: 367 (22.9/g) 21st of 28

Expected W-L: 8.5-7.5

SRS: 2.05 (8th of 28), SOS: .86

Defensive Coordinator: Bud Carson

Other Notable Asst.: Walt Corey (Defensive Line), Dan Daniel (Inside Linebackers), Doug Graber (Defensive Backs), Pete McCulley (Quarterbacks), Jim Vechiarella (Special Teams/LB) and Richard Williamson (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

General Manager: Jim Schaaf

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000

Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	386	5595	1074	5.2	38	19	314	369	641	4341	29	19	6.3	208	387	1254	13	3.2	83	113	911	23
Opp. Stats	367	5386	1089	4.9	51	21	319	261	500	3111	21	30	5.8	158	554	2275	18	4.1	136	105	837	25
Lg Rank Offense	8	9			11	15	12		1	3	5	9	8		28	28	21	27
Lg Rank Defense	21	14			3	4	17		15	10	13	2	11		22	20	20	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Seattle Seahawks	17	13	18	365	245	120	1	13	308	198	110	2	2.34	8.66	-5.84
2	Mon	September 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		San Diego Chargers	14	17	13	267	222	45	2	27	443	251	192	3	-0.97	-5.41	2.46
3	Sun	September 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Washington Redskins	12	27	17	330	297	33	3	17	333	153	180	2	-15.77	5.17	-5.63
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Miami Dolphins	6	14	8	155	92	63	5	20	279	100	179	7	-29.02	17.58	3.78
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3		St. Louis Cardinals	38	14	17	289	183	106	6	10	194	71	123	9	-23.17	40.00	6.78
6	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Los Angeles Raiders	20	21	20	291	236	55	2	21	271	157	114	3	-5.78	7.97	-4.43
7	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4		New York Giants	38	17	25	432	335	97	1	16	324	246	78	5	11.98	11.74	0.59
8	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	4-4	@	Houston Oilers	13	10	19	353	241	112	1	19	280	108	172	1	-3.74	2.94	4.74
9	Sun	October 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Denver Broncos	24	27	21	362	327	35	3	23	404	329	75	1	-8.75	-0.20	7.23
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6		Los Angeles Raiders	20	28	20	357	276	81	3	22	323	232	91	1	-8.96	0.90	1.33
11	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6		Cincinnati Bengals	20	15	16	292	234	58		19	277	170	107	2	1.47	5.73	2.55
12	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	41	29	434	391	43	3	18	421	229	192	2	-4.82	-6.69	-5.53
13	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	5-8	@	Seattle Seahawks	48	51	26	431	304	127	2	33	531	251	280	3	21.25	-13.03	-10.66
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Buffalo Bills	9	14	23	341	284	57	2	16	264	76	188	3	-9.38	4.58	-1.11
15	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10	@	San Diego Chargers	38	41	25	537	406	131	3	30	476	376	100	2	20.24	-23.70	-0.10
16	Sun	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-10		Denver Broncos	48	17	17	359	268	91	1	15	258	164	94	5	-4.19	29.93	-1.26

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	GWD	Awards
1	Bill Kenney	28	QB	16	16	6-10-0	346	603	57.4	4348	24	4.0	18	3.0	191	43.5	53	7.2	6.7	12.6	271.8	80.8	41	284	6.37	6.31	5.8	1	PB
2	Todd Blackledge	22	QB	4	0		20	34	58.8	259	3	8.8	0	0.0	14	42.1	43	7.6	9.4	13.0	64.8	112.3	4	50	10.53	5.50	7.1	0
3	Carlos Carson	25	WR	16	16		1	1	100.0	48	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	48	48.0	68.0	48.0	3.0	158.3	0	0	0.00	48.00	68.0	0	PB
4	Jewerl Thomas	26	RB	10	1		1	2	50.0	18	1	50.0	1	50.0	1	50.0	18	9.0	-3.5	18.0	1.8	81.2	0	0	0.00	9.00	-3.5	0
5	Theotis Brown	26	FB	12	9		1	1	100.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.9	112.5	0	0	0.00	11.00	11.0	0
6	Henry Marshall	29	WR	13	9		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	9	100.00	-9.00	-9.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	6-10-0	369	641	57.6	4341	29	4.5	19	3.0	208	43.5	53	7.3	6.9	12.7	271.3	83.2	46	343	6.70	6.32	5.92	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Carlos Carson	25	WR	16	16	2	20	0	1	50.0	18	10.0	1.3	0.1	148	80	1351	16.9	7	57	50.7	50	5.0	84.4	54.1	9.1	82	16.7	1371	7	2	PB
2	Theotis Brown	26	FB	12	9	124	467	8	33	43.5	49	3.8	38.9	10.3	67	47	418	8.9	2	16	43.3	53	3.9	34.8	70.1	6.2	171	5.2	885	10	3
3	Henry Marshall	29	WR	13	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	101	50	788	15.8	6	42	43.6	52	3.8	60.6	49.5	7.8	50	15.8	788	6	0
4	Billy Jackson	24	RB	16	14	152	499	2	30	44.7	19	3.3	31.2	9.5	42	32	243	7.6	0	6	50.0	29	2.0	15.2	76.2	5.8	184	4.0	742	2	3
5	Anthony Hancock	23	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	60	37	584	15.8	1	25	55.0	50	2.3	36.5	61.7	9.7	37	15.8	584	1	2
6	Stephone Paige	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	43	30	528	17.6	6	24	62.8	43	1.9	33.0	69.8	12.3	30	17.6	528	6	1
7	Ken Thomas	23	RB	14	0	15	55	0	4	40.0	28	3.7	3.9	1.1	40	28	236	8.4	1	11	47.5	25	2.0	16.9	70.0	5.9	43	6.8	291	1	2
8	Willie Scott	24	TE	16	16	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	43	29	247	8.5	6	14	55.8	22	1.8	15.4	67.4	5.7	30	8.3	248	6	0
9	Jewerl Thomas	26	RB	10	1	44	115	0	7	36.4	11	2.6	11.5	4.4	11	10	51	5.1	0	0	45.5	9	1.0	5.1	90.9	4.6	54	3.1	166	0	4
10	Ed Beckman	28	TE	15	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	27	13	130	10.0	0	6	44.4	20	0.9	8.7	48.1	4.8	13	10.0	130	0	1
11	J.T. Smith	28	WR	9	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	16	7	85	12.1	0	6	43.8	18	0.8	9.4	43.8	5.3	7	12.1	85	0	0
12	Bill Kenney	28	QB	16	16	23	59	3	6	34.8	11	2.6	3.7	1.4	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.1	0.0	100.0	0.0	24	2.5	59	3	7	PB
13	Lawrence Ricks	22	RB	12	0	21	28	0	2	28.6	10	1.3	2.3	1.8	3	3	5	1.7	0	0	66.7	7	0.3	0.4	100.0	1.7	24	1.4	33	0	1
14	James Hadnot	26	RB	5	0	4	10	0	0	25.0	7	2.5	2.0	0.8	3	2	18	9.0	0	1	33.3	16	0.4	3.6	66.7	6.0	6	4.7	28	0	0
15	Todd Blackledge	22	QB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
16	Ron Wetzel	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	387	1254	13	83	41.3	49	3.2	78.4	24.2	606	369	4684	12.7	29	208	49.3	53	23.1	292.8	60.9	7.7	756	7.9	5938	42	27

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Bell	26	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	0
2	Carlos Carson	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	Deron Cherry	24	FS	16	16	7	100	0	41	2	2	2	4	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Gary Green	28	LCB	16	16	6	59	0	25	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Tom Howard	29	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
6	Bill Kenney	28	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
7	Charles Jackson	28	ROLB	15	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	47	1	4.0	0	0	0	0
8	Bob Rush	28	C	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Billy Jackson	24	RB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Lucious Smith	26	RCB	16	13	3	99	1	58	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Lloyd Burruss	26	SS	12	12	4	46	0	27	1	0	2	26	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
12	Art Still	28	LDE	15	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
13	Dino Mangiero	25	NT	16	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	32	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
14	Theotis Brown	26	FB	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Gary Spani	27	RILB	10	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
16	Ed Beckman	28	TE	15	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Anthony Hancock	23	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Ken Kremer	26	NT	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Lindstrom	29	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
20	Durwood Roquemore	23	DB	15	3	4	117	1	42	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Trent Bryant	24	DB	16	2	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Calvin Daniels	25	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
23	Albert Lewis	23	DB	16	1	4	42	0	34	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	36	36	0	0
24	Steve Potter	26	LB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Dean Prater	25	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Jewerl Thomas	26	RB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Todd Blackledge	22	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Louis Haynes	23	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Stephone Paige	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Lawrence Ricks	22	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Ken Thomas	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	30	482	2	58	12	31	31	114	1	34.0	36	36	0	0

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