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Kansas City Chiefs

February 11, 2023

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.

Kansas City Chiefs
Current season
Established August 14, 1959; 63 years ago (August 14, 1959)[1]
First season: 1960
Play in Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Headquartered in University of Kansas Health System Training Facility
Kansas City, Missouri[2]
LogoWordmark
League/conference affiliations

American Football League (1960–1969)

  • Western Division (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–present)

Current uniform
Team colorsRed, gold, white[3][4]
     
MascotWarpaint (1963–1988, 2009–2020)
K. C. Wolf (1989–present)
Personnel
Owner(s)Hunt family[5][6]
ChairmanClark Hunt
CEOClark Hunt
PresidentMark Donovan
General managerBrett Veach
Head coachAndy Reid
Team history
  • Dallas Texans (1960–1962)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (1963–present)
Team nicknames
  • The Redwood Forest[7] (defense, 1966–1971)
  • The Legion of Zoom[8][9] (offense, 2018–2021)
Championships
League championships (3†)
Conference championships (3)
Division championships (15) † – Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL–NFL Super Bowl Championships prior to the 1970 AFL–NFL merger
Playoff appearances (25)
Home fields

The team was founded in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt, and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL).[10] In spring 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City,[11][12] and assumed its current name.[13][14] The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in 1970, and the team is valued at over $3.7 billion.[5] Hunt's son, Clark Hunt, serves as chairman and CEO. While the elder Hunt's ownership stakes passed to his widow and children after his death in 2006, Clark is the operating head of the franchise; he represents the Chiefs at all league meetings, and has ultimate authority on personnel changes.

The Chiefs won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969,[15][16] and were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL team in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game, when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. That victory on January 11, 1970, was the final game before the leagues' merger went into full effect. The Chiefs were also the second team, after the Green Bay Packers (whom they played in Super Bowl I), to appear in more than one Super Bowl (and the first AFL team to do so) as well as the first to appear in the championship game in two different decades. Despite post-season success early in the franchise's history, winning five of their first six postseason games, the team struggled to find success in the playoffs for decades, including losing ten of eleven playoff games from 1993 to 2017, which included an eight-game losing streak. Since then, the Chiefs have won eight of their last eleven playoff games, including Super Bowl LIV in 2020 over the San Francisco 49ers, which earned the franchise their first championship in fifty years.[17] In February 2021, the team made it to Super Bowl LV, but lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[18] Nearly two years later, the team made it to Super Bowl LVII, where they will play the Philadelphia Eagles.

Franchise history

Further information: History of the Kansas City Chiefs

Hunt family era (1960–present)

American Football League

In 1959, Lamar Hunt began discussions with other businessmen to establish a professional football league that would rival the National Football League.[15][19][20] Hunt's desire to secure a football team was heightened after watching the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts.[19][21] After unsuccessful attempts to purchase and relocate the NFL's Chicago Cardinals to his hometown of Dallas, Texas,[15][22] Hunt went to the NFL and asked to create an expansion franchise in Dallas. The NFL turned him down, so Hunt then established the American Football League and started his own team, the Dallas Texans, to begin play in 1960.

Hank Stram years (1960–1974)

Hunt hired a little-known assistant coach from the University of Miami football team, Hank Stram, to be the team's head coach[19] after the job offer was declined by Bud Wilkinson and Tom Landry.[19] After Stram was hired, Don Klosterman was hired as head scout, and was credited by many for bringing a wealth of talent to the Texans after luring it away from the NFL, often hiding players and using creative means to land them.

 
Quarterback Len Dawson led the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987

The Texans shared the Cotton Bowl with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys for three seasons. The Texans were to have exclusive access to the stadium until the NFL put an expansion team, the Dallas Cowboys, there.[19] While the team averaged a league-best 24,500 at the Cotton Bowl, the Texans gained less attention due to the AFL's relatively lower profile compared to the NFL's.[19] In the franchise's first two seasons, the team managed only an 8–6 and 6–8 record, respectively.[23]

AFL Champions (1962,1966,1969)

In their third season, the Texans strolled to an 11–3 record and a berth in the team's first American Football League Championship Game, against the Houston Oilers.[22][23] The game was broadcast nationally on ABC and the Texans defeated the Oilers 20–17 in double overtime.[22] The game lasted 77 minutes and 54 seconds, which still stands as the longest championship game in professional football history.[22]

It turned out to be the last game the team would play as the Dallas Texans. Despite competing against a Cowboys team that managed only a 9–28–3 record in their first three seasons, Hunt decided that the Dallas–Fort Worth media market could not sustain two professional football franchises.[22][24] He considered moving the Texans to either Atlanta or Miami for the 1963 season.[22] However, he was ultimately swayed by an offer from Kansas City Mayor Harold Roe Bartle.[22][24][25] Bartle promised to triple the franchise's season ticket sales and expand the seating capacity of Municipal Stadium to accommodate the team.[22][24][25]

Hunt agreed to relocate the franchise to Kansas City on May 22, 1963,[11][12] and on May 26, the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs.[13][22][24][25] Hunt and head coach Hank Stram initially planned to retain the Texans name, but a fan contest determined the new "Chiefs" name in honor of Mayor Bartle's nickname that he acquired in his professional role as Scout Executive of the St. Joseph and Kansas City Boy Scout Councils, and founder of the Scouting Society, the Tribe of Mic-O-Say.[22][25] Despite the historical use of Native American features, it has been acknowledged that the team's naming was not a direct reference to Native Americans but only to Bartle's nickname "Chief".[26][27] Business Insider journalist Meredith Cash even stated in January 2020 that Bartle "insisted on the team being named after himself" and that "Bartle was known as Chief Lone Bear within Mic-O-Say circles, and eventually the nickname "Chief" caught on among people throughout Kansas City."[28]

The franchise became one of the strongest teams in the now thriving American Football League,[15] with the most playoff appearances for an AFL team (tied with the Oakland Raiders), and the most AFL Championships (3).[22] The team's dominance helped Lamar Hunt become a central figure in negotiations with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to agree on an AFL–NFL merger.[22][29] In the meetings between the two leagues, a merged league championship game was agreed to be played in January 1967 following the conclusion of the leagues' respective 1966 seasons. Hunt insisted on calling the game the "Super Bowl" after seeing his children playing with a popular toy at the time, a Super Ball.[22][29][30] While the first few games were designated the "AFL–NFL World Championship Game", the Super Bowl name became its officially licensed title in years to come.

 
 
The Chiefs topped the Raiders in the 1969 AFL championship game (left) and went on to defeat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV (right)

The Chiefs cruised to an 11–2–1 record in 1966, and defeated the defending AFL Champion Buffalo Bills in the AFL Championship Game.[31] The Chiefs were invited to play the NFL's league champion Green Bay Packers in the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game. Kansas City and Green Bay played a close game for the first half, but Green Bay took control in the final two quarters, winning the game by a score of 35–10.[22] The Chiefs lost the game but gained the respect of several Packers opponents following the game.[32] The Chiefs' inter-league match-up with the Packers was not the last time that they would face an NFL opponent, especially on the championship stage.[22] The following August, Kansas City hosted the NFL's Chicago Bears in the 1967 preseason and won the game 66–24.[22]

Despite losing to the division rival Oakland Raiders twice in the regular season in 1969, the two teams met for a third time in the AFL Championship Game, where Kansas City won 17–7.[23] Backup quarterback Mike Livingston led the team in a six-game winning streak after Len Dawson suffered a leg injury which kept him out of most of the season's games.[22]

Super Bowl IV champions (1969)

While getting plenty of help from the club's defense, Dawson returned from the injury and led the Chiefs to Super Bowl IV.[22] Against the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings,[15] who were favored by 12+1⁄2, the Chiefs dominated the game 23–7 to claim the team's first Super Bowl championship.[22] Dawson was named the game's Most Valuable Player after completing 12-of-17 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown, with 1 interception.[33] The following season, the Chiefs and the rest of the American Football League merged with the National Football League after the AFL–NFL merger became official.[22] The Chiefs were placed in the American Football Conference's West Division.[23]

From 1960 to 1969, the Chiefs/Texans won 87 games, which is the most in the ten-year history of the AFL.[34]

Merger with the NFL

In 1970, the Chiefs won only seven games in their first season in the NFL and missed the playoffs.[23] The following season, the Chiefs tallied a 10–3–1 record and won the AFC West Division.[35] Head coach Hank Stram considered his 1971 Chiefs team as his best, but they failed to capture their championship dominance from 1969.[35] Most of the pieces of the team which won Super Bowl IV two years earlier were still in place for the 1971 season.[35] The Chiefs tied with the Miami Dolphins for the best record in the AFC, and both teams met in a Christmas Day playoff game which the Chiefs lost 27–24 in double overtime.[35] The Dolphins outlasted the Chiefs with a 37-yard field goal.[35] The game surpassed the 1962 AFL Championship Game as the longest ever at 82 minutes and 40 seconds.[35] The game was also the final football game at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium.[35]

In 1972, the Chiefs moved into the newly constructed Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex outside of Downtown Kansas City.[35] The team's first game at Arrowhead was against the St. Louis Cardinals, a preseason game which the Chiefs won 24–14.[35] Linebacker Willie Lanier and quarterback Len Dawson won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1972 and 1973, respectively.

The Chiefs would not return to the post-season for the remainder of the 1970s, and the 1973 season was the team's last winning season for seven years.[35] Hank Stram was fired following a 5–9 season in 1974, and many of the Chiefs' future Hall of Fame players would depart by the middle of the decade.[35] From 1975 to 1988, the Chiefs had become a team that rarely won which provided Chiefs fans with nothing but futility.[36][37] Five head coaches struggled to achieve the same success as Stram, compiling an 81–121–1 record.[36]

In 1980, Coach Marv Levy cut future Hall of Fame Kicker Jan Stenerud for little-known Nick Lowery, who would become the most accurate kicker in NFL History over the next fourteen years. In 1981, running back Joe Delaney rushed for 1,121 yards and was named the AFC Rookie of the Year.[38] The Chiefs finished the season with a 9–7 record and entered the 1982 season with optimism.[38] However, the NFL Players Association strike curbed the Chiefs' chances of returning to the postseason for the first time in over a decade.[38] The Chiefs tallied a 3–6 record[23] and in the off-season, Joe Delaney died while trying to save several children from drowning in a pond near his home in Louisiana.[39]

The Chiefs made a mistake in drafting quarterback Todd Blackledge over future greats such as Jim Kelly and Dan Marino in the 1983 NFL Draft.[40][41] Blackledge never started a full season for Kansas City while Kelly and Marino played Hall of Fame careers.[41] While the Chiefs struggled on offense in the 1980s, the Chiefs had a strong defensive unit consisting of Pro Bowlers such as Bill Maas, Albert Lewis, Art Still and Deron Cherry.[38]

John Mackovic took over head coaching duties for the 1983 season after Marv Levy was fired.[38] Over the next four seasons, Mackovic coached the Chiefs to a 30–34 record, but took the team to its first postseason appearance in 15 years in the 1986 NFL playoffs.[23] They lost to the New York Jets in the wild-card round.[38] Despite leading the Chiefs to only their third winning season and second playoff appearance since the merger, Mackovic was fired for what Hunt described as a lack of chemistry.[42] Frank Gansz served as head coach for the next two seasons, but won only eight of 31 games.[38]

Marty Schottenheimer years (1989–1998)

 
The Chiefs under Marty Schottenheimer had the second-highest winning percentage in the NFL during the 1990s.

On December 19, 1988, owner Lamar Hunt hired Carl Peterson as the team's new president, general manager, and chief executive officer. Peterson fired head coach Frank Gansz two weeks after taking over and hired Marty Schottenheimer as the club's seventh head coach.[38] In the 1988 and 1989 NFL Drafts, the Chiefs selected both defensive end Neil Smith and linebacker Derrick Thomas, respectively.[38][43] The defense that Thomas and Smith anchored in their seven seasons together was a big reason why the Chiefs reached the postseason in six straight years.[44]

In Schottenheimer's ten-season tenure as head coach, the Chiefs became a perennial playoff contender, featuring offensive players including Steve DeBerg, Christian Okoye, Stephone Paige and Barry Word, a strong defense, anchored by Thomas, Smith, Albert Lewis and Deron Cherry, and on special teams, Nick Lowery, who was then the most accurate kicker in NFL History.[15] The team recorded a 101–58–1 record, and clinched seven playoff berths.[45] The Chiefs' 1993 season was the franchise's most successful in 22 years.[43] With newly acquired quarterback Joe Montana and running back Marcus Allen, two former Super Bowl champions and MVPs, the Chiefs further strengthened their position in the NFL.[43] The 11–5 Chiefs defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers on their way to the franchise's first AFC Championship Game appearance against the Buffalo Bills.[43] The Chiefs were overwhelmed by the Bills and lost the game by a score of 30–13.[43] The Chiefs' victory on January 16, 1994, against the Oilers remained the franchise's last post-season victory for 22 years until their 30–0 victory over the Houston Texans on January 9, 2016.

In the 1995 NFL playoffs, the 13–3 Chiefs hosted the Indianapolis Colts in a cold, damp late afternoon game at Arrowhead Stadium.[23][43] Kansas City lost the game 10–7 against the underdog Colts, after kicker Lin Elliot missed three field-goal attempts and quarterback Steve Bono threw three interceptions.[43] The Chiefs selected tight end Tony Gonzalez with the 13th overall selection in the 1997 NFL Draft, a move which some considered to be a gamble being that Gonzalez was primarily a basketball player at California. During a 1997 season full of injuries to starting quarterback Elvis Grbac, backup quarterback Rich Gannon took the reins of the Chiefs' offense as the team headed to another 13–3 season.[23][43] Head coach Marty Schottenheimer chose Grbac to start the playoff game against the Denver Broncos despite Gannon's successes in previous weeks.[43] Grbac's production in the game was lacking, and the Chiefs lost to the Broncos 14–10.[43] Denver went on to capture their fifth AFC Championship by defeating Pittsburgh, and then defeated the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. Coach Schottenheimer announced his resignation from the Chiefs following the 1998 season.

Following Schottenheimer's resignation, defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham took over coaching duties for the next two seasons, compiling a 16–16 record.[43] By the end of the Chiefs' decade of regular-season dominance, Gannon had signed with the Oakland Raiders, Neil Smith signed with the Denver Broncos, and Derrick Thomas was paralyzed from a car accident on January 23, 2000.[43] Thomas died from complications of his injury weeks later.[43] After allegedly reading online that he would be relieved of duties, head coach Gunther Cunningham was fired.[46][47]

 
Priest Holmes became one of the league's top backs in the early 2000s

Dick Vermeil years (2001–2005)

Looking to change the Chiefs' game plan which relied on a tough defensive strategy for the past decade, Carl Peterson contacted Dick Vermeil about the Chiefs' head coaching vacancy for the 2001 season.[46] Vermeil previously led the St. Louis Rams to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV.[47] Vermeil was hired on January 12. The Chiefs then traded a first-round draft pick in the 2001 NFL Draft to St. Louis for quarterback Trent Green and signed free agent running back Priest Holmes to be the team's cornerstones on offense.[47]

In 2003, Kansas City began the season with nine consecutive victories, a franchise record.[47] They finished the season with a 13–3 record and the team's offense led the NFL in several categories under the direction of USA Today's Offensive Coach of the Year honoree, Al Saunders.[47] Running back Priest Holmes surpassed Marshall Faulk's single-season touchdown record by scoring his 27th rushing touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the team's regular-season finale.[47][48] The team clinched the second seed in the 2004 NFL playoffs and hosted the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Divisional Playoffs.[47] In a game where neither team punted, the Chiefs lost the shoot-out 38–31.[47] It was the third time in nine seasons that the Chiefs went 8–0 at home in the regular season, only to lose their post-season opener at Arrowhead.

 
10x All-Pro Tony Gonzalez has the most receptions and receiving yards in NFL history for a tight end.

After a disappointing 7–9 record in 2004, the 2005 Chiefs finished with a 10–6 record but no playoff berth.[47] They were the fourth team since 1990 to miss the playoffs with a 10–6 record.[47] Running back Larry Johnson started in place of the injured Priest Holmes and rushed for 1,750 yards in only nine starts.[47] Prior to the Chiefs' final game of the season, head coach Dick Vermeil announced his retirement.[47] The Chiefs won the game 37–3 over the playoff-bound Cincinnati Bengals.[47]

Within two weeks of Vermeil's resignation, the Chiefs returned to their defensive roots with the selection of its next head coach.[47] The team introduced Herm Edwards, a former Chiefs scout and head coach of the New York Jets, as the team's tenth head coach after trading a fourth-round selection in the 2006 NFL Draft to the Jets.[47] Quarterback Trent Green suffered a severe concussion in the team's season opener to the Cincinnati Bengals which left him out of play for eight weeks.[47] Backup quarterback Damon Huard took over in Green's absence and led the Chiefs to a 5–3 record.[47]

Kansas City was awarded a Thanksgiving Day game against the Denver Broncos in response to owner Lamar Hunt's lobbying for a third Thanksgiving Day game.[47] The Chiefs defeated the Broncos 19–10 in the first Thanksgiving Day game in Kansas City since 1969.[47] Hunt was hospitalized at the time of the game and died weeks later on December 13 due to complications with prostate cancer.[29][47] The Chiefs honored their owner for the remainder of the season, as did the rest of the league.[47]

 
By defeating the Jaguars on December 31, 2006, the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth after multiple other teams lost throughout the day

Trent Green returned in the middle of the season, but struggled in the final stretch,[47] and running back Larry Johnson set an NFL record with 416 carries in a season.[47] Kansas City managed to clinch their first playoff berth in three seasons with a 9–7 record and a bizarre sequence of six losses from other AFC teams on New Year's Eve, culminating with a Broncos loss to the 49ers.[47] The Indianapolis Colts hosted the Chiefs in the Wild Card playoffs and defeated Kansas City 23–8.

In 2007, Trent Green was traded to the Miami Dolphins[49] leaving the door open for either Damon Huard or Brodie Croyle to become the new starting quarterback.[47] After starting the season with a 4–3 record, the Chiefs lost the remaining nine games when running back Larry Johnson suffered a season-ending foot injury and the quarterback position lacked stability with Huard and Croyle.[47] Despite the team's 4–12 record, tight end Tony Gonzalez broke Shannon Sharpe's NFL record for touchdowns at the position (63) and defensive end Jared Allen led the NFL in quarterback sacks with 15.5.[23]

 
Jamaal Charles averaged 5.4 yards per carry during his career which is an NFL record for a running back.

The Chiefs began their 2008 season with the youngest team in the NFL.[50] The starting lineup had an average of 25.5 years of age.[50] By releasing several veteran players such as cornerback Ty Law and wide receiver Eddie Kennison and trading defensive end Jared Allen,[51] the Chiefs began a youth movement.[50][52] The Chiefs had a league-high thirteen selections in the 2008 NFL Draft and chose defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and offensive lineman Branden Albert in the first round. Analysts quickly called Kansas City's selections as the best of the entire draft.[51][53][54][55] Entering the season, the Chiefs were unsure if injury-prone quarterback Brodie Croyle, who was the incumbent starter, could be their quarterback in the long-term.[55] Croyle was injured in the team's first game of the season and Damon Huard started in Croyle's absence.[56] Tyler Thigpen become the third Chiefs starting quarterback in as many games for a start against the Atlanta Falcons.[57][58] After a poor performance by Thigpen, in which he threw three interceptions against the Falcons defense,[58] Huard was retained as the starting quarterback.[59] The Chiefs struggled off the field as much as on as tight end Tony Gonzalez demanded a trade and running back Larry Johnson was involved in legal trouble.[60][61][62][63]

Croyle returned for the Chiefs' game against the Tennessee Titans, but both he and Damon Huard suffered season-ending injuries in the game.[64] The Chiefs reorganized their offense to a new spread offense game plan focused around Tyler Thigpen.[52][56][65][66] The Chiefs' new offense was implemented to help Thigpen play to the best of his abilities and also following the absence of Larry Johnson, who was suspended for his off-field conduct.[61][65][66][67] The Chiefs made a huge gamble by using the spread offense, as most in the NFL believe that it cannot work in professional football, and also head coach Herm Edwards was traditionally in favor of more conservative, run-oriented game plans.[66]

 
The Chiefs hosting the Buffalo Bills in 2009; Quarterback Matt Cassel, wearing #7

The 2008 season ended with a franchise worst 2–14 record, where the team suffered historic blowout defeats nearly week-in and week-out,[23][58][68] a 34–0 shut-out to the Carolina Panthers,[69] and allowed a franchise-high 54 points against the Buffalo Bills.[70] The team's general manager, chief executive officer, and team president Carl Peterson resigned at the end of the season,[71] and former New England Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli was hired as his replacement for 2009.[72]

On January 23, 2009, Herm Edwards was fired as head coach,[73][74] and two weeks later Todd Haley signed a four-year contract to become Edwards' successor.[75][76] Haley had a background with Pioli, which made him an attractive hire for Pioli's first coach in Kansas City.

In April 2009, Tony Gonzalez was traded to the Atlanta Falcons after failed trade attempts over the previous two seasons.[77] Notably, head coach Todd Haley fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey just weeks before the start of the 2009 season and chose to take on the coordinator duties himself. Throughout 2009 the Chiefs acquired veterans to supplement the Chiefs' young talent including Matt Cassel, Mike Vrabel, Bobby Engram, Mike Brown, Chris Chambers, and Andy Alleman.[78][79][80] The team finished with a 4–12 record, just a two-game improvement upon their record from the 2008 season.

For the 2010 season, the Chiefs made significant hires for their coaching staff, bringing on former Patriots assistant coaches Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel to coach the offense and defense, respectively. The coaching additions proved to be very successful, as the Chiefs would go on to secure their first AFC West title since 2003. Their ten victories in the 2010 season combined for as many as the team had won in their previous three seasons combined.

On January 9, 2011, the Chiefs lost their home Wild Card playoff game to the Baltimore Ravens 30–7. Six players were chosen for the Pro Bowl: Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Brian Waters, Tamba Hali, Matt Cassel, and rookie safety Eric Berry. Jamaal Charles won the FEDEX ground player of the year award and Dwayne Bowe led the NFL in Touchdown Receptions.

For their first pick in the 2011 NFL draft, the team selected Jon Baldwin. After a poor start, Haley was relieved of duties as head coach on December 12. Clark Hunt made note of "bright spots at different points this season," but felt that overall the Chiefs were not progressing.[81] The highest point of the 2011 season was an upset win against the Packers, who at that time, were undefeated with a 13–0 record. Defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel would be named the team's interim head coach for the remaining three games of the season, including the aforementioned Packers game.[82] On January 9, 2012, Crennel was named the 11th full-time head coach in Chiefs history.[83]

The 2012, Chiefs became the first team since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons to not lead in regulation through any of their first nine games.[84] The Chiefs tied their franchise-worst record of 2–14 and clinched the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. It is the first time since the merger they have held the first overall pick.[85]

Andy Reid years (2013–present)

Following the 2012 season, the Chiefs fired head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli. Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid was brought in as head coach to work with new general manager John Dorsey, a former Green Bay Packers head scout.

 
Coach Andy Reid "Big Red" in 2016

The Chiefs acquired quarterback Alex Smith from the San Francisco 49ers for the Chiefs' second-round pick, 34th overall, in the 2013 draft and a conditional pick in 2014 draft.[86] Matt Cassel was released shortly after. The Chiefs selected Eric Fisher with the first overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft.

In 2013, the Chiefs started 9–0 for the second time in team history.[87] They led in their wildcard game against the Indianapolis Colts 38–10 shortly after halftime, but collapsed late and lost 45–44.[87]

In 2014, the Chiefs attempted to make the playoffs for the second straight season for the first time since 1995, however, they finished 9–7 and were eliminated in Week 17.

After a promising win for the Chiefs against Houston in Week 1, Kansas City went on a five-game losing streak culminating in a 16–10 loss to Minnesota and the loss of Jamaal Charles to a torn ACL. However, they managed one of the most improbable season comebacks in the NFL and won ten straight to improve their record from 1–5 to 11–5. The team clinched a playoff berth after a 17–13 win over Cleveland in Week 16 to become only the second post-merger NFL team to make the playoffs following a 1–5 start.

 
Travis Kelce holds the NFL records for most consecutive 1,000 yards seasons (7) and most receiving yards in a season (1,416) for a tight end.

The streak achieved by the Chiefs broke a franchise record for nine straight (2003, 2013) and second nine plus game win streak under Reid. After a Week 17 win over Oakland 23–17, the Chiefs achieved their longest winning streak in franchise history at ten games. They qualified for the playoffs, playing in the 2015 AFC Wild-Card playoff game, held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on January 9, 2016. The Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 30–0 to earn their first NFL playoff win in 23 seasons, dating back to the 1993–94 NFL playoffs, a win that also came in Houston. The Chiefs' Wild-Card playoff victory ended what was at the time the third-longest drought in the NFL, and it also ended a then NFL record eight-game playoff losing streak.[88] Riddled with injuries, they were defeated by the New England Patriots 27–20 in the AFC Divisional Round.

 
Tyreek Hill made the Pro Bowl in all six seasons with the Chiefs as a return specialist-wide receiver.

After facing a 24–3 deficit with six minutes left in the 3rd quarter, the Chiefs engineered a 33–27 comeback win against the San Diego Chargers ending with a two-yard touchdown run by Alex Smith in overtime to give the Chiefs their largest regular season comeback to start the season at 1–0.

On Christmas Day, the Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos 33–10 to give Kansas City their tenth straight win against divisional opponents.

On January 1, 2017, the Chiefs clinched the AFC West and the second seed going into the playoffs that year. However, they fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers 18–16 in the divisional round as Chris Boswell hit 6 field goals.

The Chiefs finished the 2017–18 season with a 10–6 record, and won the AFC West. This was the first time in Chiefs history that they won the AFC West in back-to-back years.[89] In the Wild Card round, the Chiefs lost a tight game to the Tennessee Titans 22–21, allowing Derrick Henry to rush for 156 yards. The loss extended their NFL record for most consecutive home playoff losses to six.[90] The game marked the end of Alex Smith's five-year tenure with the Chiefs, as he was traded to the Washington Redskins a few weeks later.

 
Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a 2x NFL MVP and holds the record for the most offensive all-purpose yards (5,614) by a player in a season.

Patrick Mahomes made his NFL debut and first career start in the December 31, 2017 game against the Denver Broncos. The Chiefs won the game 27-24, with Mahomes going 22 for 35 with 284 yards and one interception. The Chiefs began the 2018 season with first-year starter Mahomes as their quarterback and finished the regular season with a record of 12–4, clinching the AFC West for the third year in a row and the AFC's top seed. This included victories over division rivals Los Angeles Chargers, Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos (twice), along with important conference victories over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Jacksonville Jaguars. Their first loss of the season came at the hands of the New England Patriots with a last-second field goal. Their second loss of the season came against the Los Angeles Rams with a final score of 51–54, in which the Kansas City Chiefs made history by becoming the first NFL team to lose a game after scoring more than 50 points. Mahomes finished the season with 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns, both team records. He became the 11th quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards and the 3rd to throw for 50 touchdowns. He joined Peyton Manning as only the 2nd player in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns. For his performance during the season, he was named AP NFL MVP, the first Chief to ever win the award.

In the AFC Divisional round on January 12, 2019, the Chiefs defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31–13 to move on to the AFC Championship Game. This marked the Chiefs' first playoff win in Arrowhead Stadium in 25 years. This also enabled the Chiefs to host the AFC Championship Game for the first time ever. However, the following week, Kansas City's bid for its first Super Bowl berth in 49 years ended with a 37–31 overtime loss to the New England Patriots.

The Chiefs finished the 2019 regular season with a 12–4 record, winning the AFC West division title for the fourth straight year, and clinched the AFC's second seed behind the Baltimore Ravens. The Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 51–31 in the AFC Divisional Game after falling behind 24–0 at the start of the second quarter with Mahomes throwing for five touchdowns.[91] The Chiefs hosted their second AFC Championship game in consecutive years facing the sixth-seed Tennessee Titans. The Chiefs then defeated the Titans 35–24 and advanced to Super Bowl LIV.[92] This marked their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, since Super Bowl IV.

 
Lombardi Trophy presentation at Super Bowl LIV

On February 2, 2020, in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, the Chiefs played against the NFC's top seed, the San Francisco 49ers. Following halftime when both teams were tied at ten points, Mahomes threw 2 interceptions in back to back drives in the 3rd and 4th quarters, resulting in the 49ers having a 20–10 lead with under 12 minutes remaining in the game. However, the Chiefs would score touchdowns on their next 2 possessions, with Mahomes throwing touchdowns to Travis Kelce and Damien Williams. With a 24–20 lead with under two minutes remaining, Williams had a 38-yard touchdown run to effectively seal the game for the Chiefs. This marked the first time in NFL postseason history that a team faced ten point deficits in three straight games and won all three by double-digit margins. Mahomes won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award, ending the Chiefs' Super Bowl drought dating back to the AFL-NFL Merger.[93]

 
Patrick Mahomes leading the Chiefs offense against the Browns, 2021

On July 6, 2020, Mahomes signed a record ten–year, $503 million contract extension keeping him under contract until the conclusion of the 2031 season. The contract is the largest ever signed in North American sports, more than tripling the value of the previous largest contract signed (although said contract was for a shorter 5 years, signed by Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons).[94] With their week 14 victory over the Miami Dolphins, the Chiefs clinched their fifth consecutive division title. The victory also gave the Chiefs their first 12–1 record in franchise history. They would later win 14 games for the first time in franchise history. In the playoffs they defeated the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills to win the AFC Championship for the second consecutive year. The Chiefs would face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, ultimately losing 9–31, failing to score a touchdown in the game. On December 26, 2021, the Chiefs beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36–10, earning the team's sixth straight AFC West title.[95]

The Chiefs began their playoff slate with a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round, and advanced to play the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round. Their 42–36 victory over Buffalo came in a game sports commentators and analysts dubbed as one of the greatest modern day NFL playoff games.[96][97][98][99][100][101] Despite being the first team to host the AFC Championship game for four consecutive seasons, the team finished the season losing 24–27 in overtime to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Championships

 
Trophies from Super Bowl IV and Super Bowl LIV on display at Arrowhead Stadium

The Chiefs have won a total of three combined Super Bowl Championships and pre-Super Bowl AFL Championships, two were won as the Kansas City Chiefs, the other was under their original name, the Dallas Texans.[102][103]

Super Bowl Championships

Year Coach Super Bowl Location Opponent Score MVP Record
1969 Hank Stram IV Tulane Stadium (New Orleans) Minnesota Vikings 23–7 QB Len Dawson 11–3
2019 Andy Reid LIV Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens) San Francisco 49ers 31–20 QB Patrick Mahomes 12–4
Total Super Bowl championships won: 2

American Football League Championships

Year Coach Game Location Opponent Score Record
1962 Hank Stram 1962 AFL Championship Game Jeppesen Stadium (Houston) Houston Oilers 20–17 12–3
1966 1966 AFL Championship Game War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo) Buffalo Bills 31–7 12–2–1
1969 1969 AFL Championship Game Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland) Oakland Raiders 17–7 12–3
Total AFL championships won: 3

American Football Conference Championships

Year Coach Location Opponent Score Record
2019 Andy Reid Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City) Tennessee Titans 35–24 15–4
2020 Buffalo Bills 38–24 16–2
2022 Cincinnati Bengals 23–20 16–3
Total AFC championships won: 3

Logos and uniforms

Main article: Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs

When the Texans began playing in 1960, the team's logo consisted of the state of Texas in white with a yellow star marking the location of the city of Dallas. Originally, Hunt chose Columbia blue and orange for the Texans' uniforms, but Bud Adams chose Columbia blue and scarlet for his Houston Oilers franchise.[3] Hunt reverted to red and gold for the Texans' uniforms, which even after the team relocated to Kansas City, remain as the franchise's colors to this day.[3]

The state of Texas on the team's helmet was replaced by an arrowhead design originally sketched by Lamar Hunt on a napkin.[3] Hunt's inspiration for the interlocking "KC" design was the "SF" inside of an oval on the San Francisco 49ers helmets.[3] Unlike the 49ers' logo, Kansas City's overlapping initials appear inside a white arrowhead instead of an oval and are surrounded by a thin black outline.[3] From 1960 to 1973, the Chiefs had grey facemask bars on their helmets, but changed to white facemasks in 1974, making them one of the first teams (alongside the San Diego Chargers, who introduced a yellow facemask that same year) in the NFL to use a non-gray facemask.[3]

The Chiefs' uniform design has essentially remained the same throughout the club's history.[3] It consists of a red helmet, and either red or white jerseys with the opposite color numbers and names.[3] White pants were used with both jerseys from 1960 to 1967, and 1989 to 1999.[3] Beginning in 2009, during the Pioli/Haley era, the team has alternated between white and red pants for road games during the season. Prior to September 15, 2013, the Chiefs always wore white pants with their red jerseys. The Chiefs do not have an official alternate jersey, although unofficial alternate jerseys are sold for retail.[citation needed]

The Chiefs wore their white jerseys with white pants at home for the 2006 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. The logic behind the uniform selection that day was that the Bengals would have to wear their black uniform on a day when hot temperatures were forecast.[104] The only other time the Chiefs wore white at home was throughout the 1980 season under Marv Levy.[citation needed]

In 2007, the Kansas City Chiefs honored Lamar Hunt and the AFL with a special patch.[105] It features the AFL's logo from the 1960s with Hunt's "LH" initials inside the football.[105] In 2008, the patch became permanently affixed to the left chest of both Kansas City's home and away jerseys.[105]

In select games for the 2009 season, the Chiefs, as well as the other founding teams of the American Football League, wore a "throwback" uniform to celebrate the AFL's 50th anniversary.[106]

For the first time in team history, the Chiefs wore red jerseys with red pants, forming an all-red combo in their home opener against the Dallas Cowboys on September 15, 2013. The all-red uniform is now an official uniform combination and has been used multiple times since. It is commonly used for prime-time games at home. The all-red look also served as the basis for the Chiefs' Color Rush design.[citation needed]

Arrowhead Stadium

Further information: Arrowhead Stadium
 
Exterior of Arrowhead Stadium, in 2010

Arrowhead Stadium has been the Chiefs' home field since 1972 and has a capacity of 76,416,[107] which makes it the fifth-largest stadium in the NFL. The stadium underwent a $375 million renovation, completed in mid-2010, which included new luxury boxes, wider concourses and enhanced amenities.[108][72] The stadium renovation was paid for by $250 million in taxpayer money and $125 million from the Hunt Family.[76] The stadium cost $53 million to build in 1972, and an average ticket in 2009 costs $81.[108] Aramark serves as the stadium's concession provider and T-Mobile, Anheuser-Busch and Coca-Cola are major corporate sponsors.[108]

Dating back to the Chiefs' home opener in 1991 to mid-2009, the Chiefs had 155 consecutive sellout games.[108] The streak ended with the final home game of the 2009 season against the Cleveland Browns, resulting in the first local TV blackout in over 19 years.[109] Arrowhead has been called one of the world's finest stadiums[15] and has long held a reputation for being one of the toughest and loudest outdoor stadiums for opposing players to play in.[72][110][111][112] All noise is directly attributed to its fans[113] and was once measured at 116 decibels by the Acoustical Design Group of Mission, Kansas.[114] By way of comparison, take-off of aircraft may lead to a sound level of 106 decibels at the ground.[114] Sports Illustrated named Arrowhead Stadium the "toughest place to play" for opposing teams in 2005.[115] The tailgate party environment outside the stadium on gameday has been compared to a "college football" atmosphere.[116] Arrowhead Stadium features frequent fly-overs from a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from nearby Whiteman Air Force Base. Since the 1994 NFL season, the stadium has had a natural grass playing surface.[117] From 1972 to 1993, the stadium had an artificial AstroTurf surface.[117]

During the game against the Oakland Raiders on October 13, 2013, Arrowhead Stadium once again became the loudest stadium in the world when the fans set the Guinness Book of World Records record for loudest crowd in an outdoor stadium (137.5 dB), breaking the record set by the Seattle Seahawks just four weeks prior. A few weeks after, Seattle re-gained the record by reaching a noise level of 137.6 decibels.[118][119] Chiefs fans have reclaimed the record once again on September 29, 2014, on ESPN's Monday Night Football against the New England Patriots, the fans recorded a sound reading of 142.2 decibels.[120]

The stadium has been officially named GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium (pronounced G.E.H.A.) since 2021. The stadium was renamed after GEHA signed a naming rights deal with the Chiefs.[121]

Training camp and practice facility

 
Summer camp at Spratt Stadium at Missouri Western

When the franchise was based in Dallas, the team conducted their inaugural training camp at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico.[22] They moved camp to Southern Methodist University, owner Lamar Hunt's alma mater, for 1961 and continued to practice there until 1965.[22] From 1966 to 1971, the Chiefs practiced in Swope Park in Kansas City,[122] and from 1972 to 1991 held camp at William Jewell College in Clay County, Missouri–where Lamar Hunt had extensive business dealings including Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun and SubTropolis.[43]

 
Chiefs Practice Facility near Arrowhead Stadium

From 1992 to 2009 the Chiefs conducted summer training camp at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls in River Falls, Wisconsin.[123] The Chiefs' 2007 training camp was documented in the HBO/NFL Films documentary reality television series, Hard Knocks.[124] Following the passage of a $25 million state tax credit proposal, the Chiefs moved their training camp to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 2010.[125] The bulk of the tax credits went for improvements to Arrowhead Stadium with $10 million applied to the move to Missouri Western.[126] A climate-controlled, 120-yard NFL regulation grass indoor field, and office space for the Chiefs was constructed at Missouri Western adjacent to the school's Spratt Stadium before the 2010 season.[127]

Outside of training camp and during the regular season, the Chiefs conduct practices at their own training facility nearby Arrowhead Stadium. The facility is located near the Raytown Road entrance to the Truman Sports Complex just east of Interstate 435 and features three outdoor fields (two grass and one artificial turf) as well as an indoor facility with its own full-size field.

Rivalries

See also: Chiefs–Raiders rivalry, Broncos–Chiefs rivalry, Chargers–Chiefs rivalry, and Governor's Cup (Missouri)

The Chiefs share intense rivalries with their three AFC West opponents, namely the Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers, with the Raiders rivalry considered one of the most bitter in the NFL.[128] In terms of NFC teams, the Chiefs formerly shared a cross-state rivalry with teams located across the state of Missouri in St. Louis, namely the Cardinals and Rams.[129] An individual rivalry between quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has developed in recent years, with many comparing it to the former rivalry between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.[130] The Mahomes led Chiefs also developed a rivalry with the Joe Burrow led Cincinnati Bengals, with Burrow being the only AFC quarterback to date to hold a winning record against Mahomes.[131]

Mascots and cheerleaders

 
K. C. Wolf, the Chiefs' mascot since 1989

The Chiefs' first mascot was Warpaint, a nickname given to several breeds of pinto horse. Warpaint served as the team's mascot from 1963 to 1988.[21][132][133] The first Warpaint (born in 1955, died in 1992) was ridden bareback by rider Bob Johnson who wore a full Native American headdress.[21][132] Warpaint circled the field at the beginning of each Chiefs home game and performed victory laps following each Chiefs touchdown.[21][132] On September 20, 2009, a new Warpaint horse was unveiled at the Chiefs' home opener.[134] Warpaint was ridden by a cheerleader in its return.[135] The Chiefs again retired Warpaint in 2021 as a part of their commitment to stop the use of Native American imagery.[136]

In the mid-1980s, the Chiefs featured a short-lived unnamed "Indian man" mascot which was later scrapped in 1988.[132] Since 1989 the cartoon-like K. C. Wolf, portrayed by Dan Meers in a wolf costume, has served as the team's mascot.[21][137] The mascot was named after the Chiefs' "Wolfpack", a group of rabid fans from the team's days at Municipal Stadium.[132] K. C. Wolf is one of the most popular NFL mascots and was the league's first mascot inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2006.[138]

The Chiefs have employed a cheerleading squad since the team's inception in 1960.[139] In the team's early days, the all-female squad was referred to as the Chiefettes.[140] In addition to the Cheerleaders, in the early 1970s, there was also a dance/drill team that performed for pre-game and halftime. From 1986 to 1992, the cheerleader squad featured a mix of men and women.[139] From 1993 to 2019, the all-female squad has been known as the Chiefs Cheerleaders, and in 2020, one male joined the team.[132][139][140]

Notable players

Further information: List of Kansas City Chiefs players, Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks, and List of Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

Current roster

Kansas City Chiefs roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad


Rookies in italics

Roster updated February 6, 2023

  • Depth chart
  • Transactions

53 active, 6 inactive, 16 practice squad (+2 exempt)

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Retired numbers

Kansas City Chiefs retired numbers
No. Player Position Tenure
3 Jan Stenerud K 1967–1979
16 Len Dawson QB 1962–1975
18 Emmitt Thomas CB 1966–1978
24 Brandon Flowers CB 2008-2013
28 Abner Haynes RB 1960–1964
33 Stone Johnson 1 2 RB 1963
36 Mack Lee Hill 2 RB 1964–1965
58 Derrick Thomas 2 LB 1989–1999
63 Willie Lanier LB 1967–1977
78 Bobby Bell LB 1963–1974
86 Buck Buchanan DT 1963–1975
1 Never on a Chiefs regular season roster. His number was retired after his death after an injury in a preseason game in 1963.
2 Number was posthumously retired.
Names in bold spent entire playing career with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs.
The number 37 has not been worn since the death of Joe Delaney.
Number 58 was not issued after the death of Derrick Thomas until it was officially retired in 2009.
The numbers 16 and 28 are the only numbers to have been worn by a single player (both Dawson and Haynes respectively).


Pro Football Hall of Famers

Twenty-four members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame spent at least some portion of their career with the Chiefs. Thirteen spent the majority of the career with the Chiefs. Ten of the Chiefs in the Hall of Fame were involved with the Chiefs during their Super Bowl Championship season of 1969. The Chiefs have 3 contributors, 3 coaches, and 18 players in the Hall of Fame. Derrick Thomas is the only Chief in the Hall of Fame that was inducted posthumously.

Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame enshrinees
Players
No. Name Position Tenure Inducted
78 Bobby Bell 1 2 LB 1963–1974 1983
63 Willie Lanier 1 2 LB 1967–1977 1986
16 Len Dawson 2 3 QB 1963–1975 1987
86 Buck Buchanan 1 2 DT 1963–1975 1990
3 Jan Stenerud 1 2 3 K 1967–1979 1991
53 Mike Webster C 1989–1990 1997
19 Joe Montana QB 1993–1994 2000
32 Marcus Allen RB 1993–1997 2003
1 Warren Moon QB 1999–2000 2006
18 Emmitt Thomas 1 2 CB 1966–1978 2008
58 Derrick Thomas LB 1989–1999 2009
77 Willie Roaf T 2002–2005 2012
61 Curley Culp 1 2 3 DT 1968–1974 2013
68 Will Shields G 1993–2006 2015
8 Morten Andersen K 2002–2003 2017
88 Tony Gonzalez 3 TE 1997–2008 2019
24 Ty Law CB 2006–2007 2019
42 Johnny Robinson1 2 S 1960–1971 2019
Coaches and Contributors
Name Position Tenure Inducted
Lamar Hunt Founder of franchise and American Football League 1960–2006 1972
Marv Levy Head coach 1978–1982 2001
Hank Stram 1 2 3 Head coach 1960–1974 2003
Bill Polian Contributor 1978–1982 2015
Bobby Beathard Contributor 1963, 1966–1967 2018
Dick Vermeil Head coach 2001–2005 2022
1 Began career in the American Football League.
2 Member of 1969 Super Bowl championship team
3 Spent majority of their career with the Chiefs (names in bold)


Chiefs Hall of Fame

Established in 1970, the Chiefs Hall of Fame has inducted a new member, with the exception of the 1983 and 2020 seasons, every year to honor their players, coaches, and contributors in an annual ceremony.[141][142] Several of the names were featured at Arrowhead Stadium in the stadium's architecture prior to renovations in 2009. The requirements for induction are that a player, coach, or contributor must have been with the Chiefs for four seasons and been out of the NFL for four seasons at the time of induction.[141] There are some exceptions, such as Joe Delaney and Derrick Thomas, Delaney was with the team for only two seasons before his death, Thomas was inducted 1 year after his death in January 2000 (2 years after his final season). The Chiefs have the second-most enshrinees of any NFL team in their team Hall of Fame behind the Green Bay Packers, who have enshrined over 100 players and team contributors over the years in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.[141] Nineteen players and the coach of the Super Bowl IV championship team have been inducted into the ring of honor. Three players were posthumously inducted, Derrick Thomas, Joe Delaney, and Mack Lee Hill.

Chiefs Hall of Fame
Inducted No. Player Position Tenure
1970 — Lamar Hunt Team founder/Owner 1960–2006
1971 36 Mack Lee Hill* RB 1964–1965
1972 75 Jerry Mays DT 1961–1970
1973 84 Fred Arbanas TE 1962–1970
1974 42 Johnny Robinson S 1960–1971
1975 88 Chris Burford WR 1960–1967
1976 55 E. J. Holub C/LB 1961–1970
1977 77 Jim Tyrer T 1961–1973
1978 21 Mike Garrett RB 1966–1970
1979 16 Len Dawson QB 1963–1975
1980 78 Bobby Bell LB 1963–1974
1981 86 Buck Buchanan DT 1963–1975
1982 89 Otis Taylor WR 1965–1975
1983 No induction
1984 71 Ed Budde G 1963–1976
1985 63 Willie Lanier LB 1967–1977
1986 18 Emmitt Thomas CB 1966–1978
1987 — Hank Stram Coach 1960–1974
1988 44 Jerrel Wilson P 1963–1977
1989 14 Ed Podolak RB 1969–1977
1990 51 Jim Lynch LB 1967–1977
1991 28 Abner Haynes RB 1960–1964
1992 3 Jan Stenerud K 1967–1979
1993 69 Sherrill Headrick LB 1960–1967
1994 58 Jack Rudnay C 1969–1982
1995 32 Curtis McClinton RB 1962–1969
1996 20 Deron Cherry S 1981–1991
1997 73 Dave Hill T 1963–1974
1998 67 Art Still DE 1978–1987
1999 34 Lloyd Burruss S 1981–1991
2000 35 Christian Okoye RB 1987–1992
2001 58 Derrick Thomas* LB 1989–1999
2002 76 John Alt T 1984–1996
2003 59 Gary Spani LB 1978–1986
2004 37 Joe Delaney* RB 1981–1982
2005 — Jack Steadman President/GM 1960–1989
2006 90 Neil Smith DE 1988–1996
2007 29 Albert Lewis CB 1983–1993
2008 61 Curley Culp DT 1968–1974
2009 8 Nick Lowery K 1980–1993
2010 — Marty Schottenheimer Coach 1989–1998
2011 31 Kevin Ross CB 1984–1993, 1997
2012 68 Will Shields G 1993–2006
2013 26 Gary Barbaro S 1976–1982
2014 31 Priest Holmes RB 2001–2007
2015 24 Gary Green CB 1977–1983
2016 49 Tony Richardson FB 1995–2005
2017 88 Carlos Carson WR 1980–1989
2018 88 Tony Gonzalez TE 1997–2008
2019 54 Brian Waters G 2000–2010
2020 No induction
2021 61 Tim Grunhard C 1990–2000
2022 38 Kimble Anders FB 1991–2000

*Posthumous induction

Head coaches

Main article: List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches

Thirteen head coaches have served the Texans/Chiefs franchise since their first season in 1960. Hank Stram, the team's first head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest-tenured head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974.[35] Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach.[38][43] Schottenheimer had the best winning percentage (.634) of all Chiefs coaches.[45] Gunther Cunningham was on the Chiefs' coaching staff in various positions from 1995 to 2008, serving as the team's head coach in between stints as the team's defensive coordinator.[46][47] Dick Vermeil coached the team to a franchise-best 9–0 start in the 2003 season.[143] Of the ten Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram, Marv Levy, and Dick Vermeil have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Levy, however, is more well known for his time with the Buffalo Bills.[144] Herm Edwards served as the team's head coach from 2006 to 2008, compiling a 15–33 record and a franchise worst 6–26 record over a two-year span.[73][74][145][146] Todd Haley compiled a 19–26 record with the team from 2009 to 2011, including an AFC West division title in 2010.[75] Haley was fired with three games left in the 2011 season. Romeo Crennel was named interim coach, and was promoted to full-time coach in January 2012. Crennel was fired on Monday, December 31, 2012, after finishing the 2012 season with a 2–14 record. On January 5, 2013, the Chiefs hired Andy Reid to be their next head coach. In Reid's tenure, the Chiefs have never had a sub-.500 season, making the playoffs in 8 of his 9 seasons as head coach, winning the division six times, and two consecutive Super Bowl appearances.

Ownership and administration

 
Chairman of the Board and co-owner Clark Hunt

The franchise was founded in 1959 by Lamar Hunt after a failed attempt by Hunt to purchase an NFL franchise and relocate them to Texas.[147] Hunt remained the team's owner until his death in 2006.[147] The Hunt family kept ownership of the team following Lamar's death and Clark Hunt, Lamar's son, represents the family's interests.[108] While Hunt's official title is CEO and Chairman of the Board, he represents the team at all owner meetings.[148][149] In 2010, Hunt assumed role as CEO alongside his role as chairman of the board.[150] According to Forbes, the team entered the 2022 season valued at $3.7 billion ranking them 23rd among the 32 NFL teams.[5]

Owner Lamar Hunt served as the team's president from 1960 to 1976. Because of Lamar Hunt's contributions to the NFL, the AFC Championship trophy is named after him.[151] He promoted general manager Jack Steadman to become the team's president in 1977.[151] Steadman held the job until Carl Peterson was hired by Hunt in 1988 to replace him.[151] Peterson resigned the title as team president in 2008.[152] Denny Thum became the team's interim president following Peterson's departure and was officially given the full position in May 2009.[152][153] Thum resigned from his position on September 14, 2010.[150]

Don Rossi served as the team's general manager for half of the 1960 season, resigning in November 1960.[22] Jack Steadman assumed duties from Rossi and served in the position until 1976.[22][35][151] Steadman was promoted to team president in 1976 and despite being relieved of those duties in 1988,[151] he remained with the franchise until 2006 in various positions.[35][38] Jim Schaaf took over for Steadman as general manager until being fired in December 1988.[38] Carl Peterson was hired in 1988 to serve as the team's general manager, chief executive officer and team president.[38][151] Peterson remained in the position for nineteen years until he announced his resignation from the team in 2008.[152][154] Denny Thum served as interim general manager[152] until January 13, 2009, when the Chiefs named New England Patriots executive Scott Pioli the team's new general manager.[72][155] Pioli was released in early January after the hiring of Andy Reid, and was replaced by John Dorsey. Pioli's record as the Chief's general manager was 23–41.

On June 22, 2017, the Chiefs fired Dorsey.[156] They hired Brett Veach as the new general manager on July 10, 2017.[157]

Staff

Kansas City Chiefs staff
Front office
  • Chairman/CEO – Clark Hunt
  • President – Mark Donovan
  • General manager – Brett Veach
  • Assistant general manager – Mike Borgonzi
  • Vice president of football operations – Brandt Tilis
  • Vice president of football operations/team counsel – Chris Shea
  • Senior director of player personnel – Mike Bradway
  • Senior director of pro personnel – Tim Terry
  • Senior director of college scouting – Ryne Nutt
  • Senior personnel executive – Willie Davis
  • College scouting coordinator – Greg Castillo
Head coaches
  • Head coach – Andy Reid
  • Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Dave Toub
  • Assistant to the head coach – Dan Williams
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Eric Bieniemy
  • Senior assistant/quarterbacks – Matt Nagy
  • Pass game analyst/assistant quarterbacks – David Girardi
  • Running backs – Greg Lewis
  • Wide receivers – Joe Bleymaier
  • Tight ends – Tom Melvin
  • Offensive line – Andy Heck
  • Assistant offensive line – Corey Matthaei
  • Offensive quality control – Connor Embree
  • Offensive quality control – Porter Ellett
  
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Steve Spagnuolo
  • Defensive line – Joe Cullen
  • Assistant defensive line – Terry Bradden
  • Linebackers/run game coordinator – Brendan Daly
  • Outside linebackers – Ken Flajole
  • Defensive backs – Dave Merritt
  • Safeties – Donald D'Alesio
  • Defensive quality control – Alex Whittingham
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Andy Hill
Coaching support staff
  • Statistical analysis coordinator – Mike Frazier
  • Director of video operations – Pat Brazil
  • Assistant director of video operations – Ken Radino
  • Video assistant – Colin Clark
  • Video assistant – Josh Schmidt
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Barry Rubin
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Greg Carbin
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Tyler Judkins
  • Assistant strength and conditioning/director of sports science – Ryan Reynolds

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Media

Main article: List of Kansas City Chiefs broadcasters

Audacy, Inc.'s WDAF-FM (106.5) is the flagship station for The Chiefs Football Radio Network. The network has affiliates across Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, and national reach through desktop and mobile devices.

On television, as is with other American Football Conference (AFC) teams, CBS (and thus, KCTV (channel 5)) broadcasts most of the team's games. If they are hosting a National Football Conference (NFC) team, the games air on Fox (WDAF-TV (channel 4)). Currently, NBC affiliate KSHB-TV (channel 41) serves as the team's official station for broadcasting surrounding team programming.

Culture

Fan base

 
Arrowhead Stadium, during the Broncos–Chiefs game held on Thanksgiving night, 2006
 
Fans gather at Kansas City Power & Light District for a watch party for Super Bowl LIV

The Chiefs boast one of the most loyal fan bases in the NFL.[109][158] Kansas City is the sixth-smallest media market with an NFL team, but they have had the second-highest attendance average over the last decade.[113] Studies by Bizjournals in 2006 gave the Chiefs high marks for consistently drawing capacity crowds in both good seasons and bad.[159] The Chiefs averaged 77,300 fans per game from 1996 to 2006, second in the NFL behind the Washington Redskins.[159] The franchise has an official fan club called Chiefs Kingdom which gives members opportunities to ticket priority benefits and VIP treatment.[160][161]

At the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before home games, many Chiefs fans intentionally yell out "CHIEFS!" rather than singing "brave" as the final word.[162] This can also occasionally be heard in road games[163] and even at sporting events for the nearby University of Kansas.[164] In 1996, general manager Carl Peterson said "We all look forward, not only at Arrowhead, but on the road, too, to when we get to that stanza of the National Anthem... Our players love it."[162] After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Chiefs fans refrained from doing so in honor of those who lost their lives in the tragedy and continued to do so for the remainder of the 2001 season.[165] At the Chiefs' September 23, 2001, home game against the New York Giants, fans gave the opposing Giants a standing ovation.[112]

After every Chiefs touchdown at home games, fans chaned while pointing in the direction of the visiting team and fans, "We're gonna beat the hell outta you...you...you, you, you, you!" over the song "Rock and Roll Part 2".[166] The chant starts after the third "hey!" in the song.[166] The original version of the song by Gary Glitter was previously used until the NFL banned his music from its facilities in 2006 following the British rocker's conviction on sexual abuse charges in Vietnam.[166] A cover version of the song played by Tube Tops 2000[166] was used from 2006 until the 2015 season.[167] The practice was later completely discontinued prior to the 2015 season after Glitter was arrested again.[168]

The Chiefs' fan base has expanded across the world like many other NFL teams. However, there is a Twitter account dedicated to Chiefs fans in the UK and has been recognized by the Kansas City Chiefs and is their official UK fan page. They have many dedicated fans writing articles and interviewing players of the team such as Tamba Hali.[169] Notable fans include Brad Pitt, Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Henry Cavill, David Koechner, Rob Riggle, Heidi Gardner, John Amos, Melissa Etheridge, and Eric Stonestreet.[170]

Arrowhead Stadium is also recognized by Guinness World Records as having the loudest outdoor stadium in the world. This was achieved on September 29, 2014, in a Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots when the crowd achieved a roar of 142.2 decibels[171] which is comparable to standing 100 feet (30 m) from a jet engine, which even with short term exposure, can cause permanent damage.[172]

International outreach

Further information: NFL International Series

The NFL introduced the league's international home marketing area program in 2021,[173] which sees teams secure international marketing rights in countries beyond the United States. The Chiefs were designated as a home team to Germany alongside the Carolina Panthers, New England Patriots, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs will host a game in Germany during their 2023 season.[174]

The Chiefs had previously played international regular season games against Detroit in 2015 in London, and against the LA Chargers in 2019 in Mexico City. The team previously participated in preseason exhibition games dubbed the American Bowl in Berlin (1990), Tokyo (1994 and 1998), and Monterrey, Mexico (1996).[174]

Tony DiPardo

From various periods between 1963 and the 2008 season, trumpeter Tony DiPardo and The T.D. Pack Band played live music at every Chiefs home game.[175][176] The band was known as The Zing Band when the team was located at Municipal Stadium. DiPardo was honored by head coach Hank Stram in 1969 with a Super Bowl ring for the team's victory in Super Bowl IV.[175] When his health was declining, DiPardo took a leave of absence from the band from 1983 to 1988.[176] DiPardo's daughter took over as bandleader in 1989, by which time DiPardo returned to the band by popular demand.[176][177] For the 2009 season, due to renovations at Arrowhead Stadium, the band did not return to perform at the stadium.

DiPardo died on January 27, 2011, at age 98. He had been hospitalized since December 2010 after suffering a brain aneurysm.[178]

Name controversy

Main article: Kansas City Chiefs name controversy

For various reasons, the team has faced charges of racism and anti-Indigenous cultural appropriation and misuse of names, symbols, and practices.[179][180] The name comes from the nickname of former Kansas City mayor Harold Roe Bartle, who nicknamed himself "Chief" as part of creating the Tribe of Mic-O-Say, a group affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America that uses fake Native American imagery, stories, and made-up ceremonies where its participants "play Indian."[181] Over the life of the franchise the following have also been displayed: an arrowhead logo, fans' "tomahawk chop" gestures during games, a horse named Warpaint, the use of a large drum, and the wearing of face paint, headdresses, and other Native American symbols.[182][183]

Chiefs fans also carry on a tradition that began at Florida State University in the mid 1980s by using the Seminole WarChant as a rallying cry during key moments in their football games.[184][185] Prior to each home game, a former Chiefs player[186] or a famous Chiefs fan (such as NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer[187] or rapper Tech N9ne[188]), called the honorary drum leader, bangs on a drum with a large drum stick to start the Tomahawk chop.

The Chiefs' and their fans' use of American Indian imagery and stereotypes has been the source of controversy, as some decry usage of symbols like the "war drum," songs and spectacles like the "Tomahawk Chop," and stereotypical dress of fans in faux war paint and headdresses. In 2016, Native American groups asked the Kansas City Chiefs to stop doing the tomahawk chop.[189] In the same year a similar request was made of Exeter Chiefs.[190] The editorial board of the Kansas City Star newspaper called for the cessation of the "Tomahawk Chop" in late 2019, noting opposition from Native Americans and Tribes, and stating that the practice stereotypes and dehumanizes Native Americans.[191]

The Chiefs have escaped the more intense criticism of other teams, such as the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians who changed their names beginning with their 2022 seasons, for using Native American names and logos, however attention increased in 2020 in advance of their appearance in Super Bowl LIV.[192] While there have been efforts to address other issues, such as fans wearing warpaint and headdresses, the tomahawk chop and the accompanying chant is defended, including by some local Native Americans. However, in a national survey, half of Native Americans said the "tomahawk chop" bothered or offended them, rising to 65% among those more engaged in Native traditions.[193]

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Further reading

  • Althaus, Bill (2007). The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Kansas City Chiefs: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments in Kansas City Chiefs History. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1-57243-928-3.
  • Gruver, Ed (1997). The American Football League: A Year-by-year History, 1960–1969. McFarland Publishing. ISBN 0-7864-0399-3.
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City Missouri The Chiefs compete in the National Football League NFL as a member club of the league s American Football Conference AFC West division Kansas City ChiefsCurrent seasonEstablished August 14 1959 63 years ago August 14 1959 1 First season 1960Play in Arrowhead StadiumKansas City MissouriHeadquartered in University of Kansas Health System Training FacilityKansas City Missouri 2 LogoWordmarkLeague conference affiliationsAmerican Football League 1960 1969 Western Division 1960 1969 National Football League 1970 present American Football Conference 1970 present AFC West 1970 present Current uniformTeam colorsRed gold white 3 4 MascotWarpaint 1963 1988 2009 2020 K C Wolf 1989 present PersonnelOwner s Hunt family 5 6 ChairmanClark HuntCEOClark HuntPresidentMark DonovanGeneral managerBrett VeachHead coachAndy ReidTeam historyDallas Texans 1960 1962 Kansas City Chiefs 1963 present Team nicknamesThe Redwood Forest 7 defense 1966 1971 The Legion of Zoom 8 9 offense 2018 2021 ChampionshipsLeague championships 3 AFL championships pre 1970 AFL NFL merger 3 1962 1966 1969Super Bowl championships 2 1969 IV 2019 LIV Conference championships 3 AFC 2019 2020 2022Division championships 15 AFL Western 1962 1966 AFC West 1971 1993 1995 1997 2003 2010 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL NFL Super Bowl Championships prior to the 1970 AFL NFL mergerPlayoff appearances 25 AFL 1962 1966 1968 1969 NFL 1971 1986 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 2003 2006 2010 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022Home fieldsCotton Bowl 1960 1962 Municipal Stadium 1963 1971 Arrowhead Stadium 1972 present The team was founded in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and was a charter member of the American Football League AFL 10 In spring 1963 the team relocated to Kansas City 11 12 and assumed its current name 13 14 The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in 1970 and the team is valued at over 3 7 billion 5 Hunt s son Clark Hunt serves as chairman and CEO While the elder Hunt s ownership stakes passed to his widow and children after his death in 2006 Clark is the operating head of the franchise he represents the Chiefs at all league meetings and has ultimate authority on personnel changes The Chiefs won three AFL championships in 1962 1966 and 1969 15 16 and were the second AFL team after the New York Jets to defeat an NFL team in an AFL NFL World Championship Game when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV That victory on January 11 1970 was the final game before the leagues merger went into full effect The Chiefs were also the second team after the Green Bay Packers whom they played in Super Bowl I to appear in more than one Super Bowl and the first AFL team to do so as well as the first to appear in the championship game in two different decades Despite post season success early in the franchise s history winning five of their first six postseason games the team struggled to find success in the playoffs for decades including losing ten of eleven playoff games from 1993 to 2017 which included an eight game losing streak Since then the Chiefs have won eight of their last eleven playoff games including Super Bowl LIV in 2020 over the San Francisco 49ers which earned the franchise their first championship in fifty years 17 In February 2021 the team made it to Super Bowl LV but lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18 Nearly two years later the team made it to Super Bowl LVII where they will play the Philadelphia Eagles Contents 1 Franchise history 1 1 Hunt family era 1960 present 1 1 1 American Football League 1 1 2 Hank Stram years 1960 1974 1 1 3 AFL Champions 1962 1966 1969 1 1 3 1 Super Bowl IV champions 1969 1 1 4 Merger with the NFL 1 1 5 Marty Schottenheimer years 1989 1998 1 1 6 Dick Vermeil years 2001 2005 1 1 7 Andy Reid years 2013 present 2 Championships 2 1 Super Bowl Championships 2 2 American Football League Championships 2 3 American Football Conference Championships 3 Logos and uniforms 4 Arrowhead Stadium 5 Training camp and practice facility 6 Rivalries 7 Mascots and cheerleaders 8 Notable players 8 1 Current roster 8 2 Retired numbers 8 3 Pro Football Hall of Famers 8 4 Chiefs Hall of Fame 9 Head coaches 10 Ownership and administration 10 1 Staff 11 Media 12 Culture 12 1 Fan base 12 1 1 International outreach 12 2 Tony DiPardo 13 Name controversy 14 See also 15 References 16 Further reading 17 External linksFranchise historyFurther information History of the Kansas City Chiefs Hunt family era 1960 present American Football League In 1959 Lamar Hunt began discussions with other businessmen to establish a professional football league that would rival the National Football League 15 19 20 Hunt s desire to secure a football team was heightened after watching the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts 19 21 After unsuccessful attempts to purchase and relocate the NFL s Chicago Cardinals to his hometown of Dallas Texas 15 22 Hunt went to the NFL and asked to create an expansion franchise in Dallas The NFL turned him down so Hunt then established the American Football League and started his own team the Dallas Texans to begin play in 1960 Hank Stram years 1960 1974 Hunt hired a little known assistant coach from the University of Miami football team Hank Stram to be the team s head coach 19 after the job offer was declined by Bud Wilkinson and Tom Landry 19 After Stram was hired Don Klosterman was hired as head scout and was credited by many for bringing a wealth of talent to the Texans after luring it away from the NFL often hiding players and using creative means to land them Quarterback Len Dawson led the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987The Texans shared the Cotton Bowl with the NFL s Dallas Cowboys for three seasons The Texans were to have exclusive access to the stadium until the NFL put an expansion team the Dallas Cowboys there 19 While the team averaged a league best 24 500 at the Cotton Bowl the Texans gained less attention due to the AFL s relatively lower profile compared to the NFL s 19 In the franchise s first two seasons the team managed only an 8 6 and 6 8 record respectively 23 AFL Champions 1962 1966 1969 In their third season the Texans strolled to an 11 3 record and a berth in the team s first American Football League Championship Game against the Houston Oilers 22 23 The game was broadcast nationally on ABC and the Texans defeated the Oilers 20 17 in double overtime 22 The game lasted 77 minutes and 54 seconds which still stands as the longest championship game in professional football history 22 It turned out to be the last game the team would play as the Dallas Texans Despite competing against a Cowboys team that managed only a 9 28 3 record in their first three seasons Hunt decided that the Dallas Fort Worth media market could not sustain two professional football franchises 22 24 He considered moving the Texans to either Atlanta or Miami for the 1963 season 22 However he was ultimately swayed by an offer from Kansas City Mayor Harold Roe Bartle 22 24 25 Bartle promised to triple the franchise s season ticket sales and expand the seating capacity of Municipal Stadium to accommodate the team 22 24 25 Hunt agreed to relocate the franchise to Kansas City on May 22 1963 11 12 and on May 26 the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs 13 22 24 25 Hunt and head coach Hank Stram initially planned to retain the Texans name but a fan contest determined the new Chiefs name in honor of Mayor Bartle s nickname that he acquired in his professional role as Scout Executive of the St Joseph and Kansas City Boy Scout Councils and founder of the Scouting Society the Tribe of Mic O Say 22 25 Despite the historical use of Native American features it has been acknowledged that the team s naming was not a direct reference to Native Americans but only to Bartle s nickname Chief 26 27 Business Insider journalist Meredith Cash even stated in January 2020 that Bartle insisted on the team being named after himself and that Bartle was known as Chief Lone Bear within Mic O Say circles and eventually the nickname Chief caught on among people throughout Kansas City 28 The franchise became one of the strongest teams in the now thriving American Football League 15 with the most playoff appearances for an AFL team tied with the Oakland Raiders and the most AFL Championships 3 22 The team s dominance helped Lamar Hunt become a central figure in negotiations with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to agree on an AFL NFL merger 22 29 In the meetings between the two leagues a merged league championship game was agreed to be played in January 1967 following the conclusion of the leagues respective 1966 seasons Hunt insisted on calling the game the Super Bowl after seeing his children playing with a popular toy at the time a Super Ball 22 29 30 While the first few games were designated the AFL NFL World Championship Game the Super Bowl name became its officially licensed title in years to come The Chiefs topped the Raiders in the 1969 AFL championship game left and went on to defeat the Vikings in Super Bowl IV right The Chiefs cruised to an 11 2 1 record in 1966 and defeated the defending AFL Champion Buffalo Bills in the AFL Championship Game 31 The Chiefs were invited to play the NFL s league champion Green Bay Packers in the first AFL NFL World Championship Game Kansas City and Green Bay played a close game for the first half but Green Bay took control in the final two quarters winning the game by a score of 35 10 22 The Chiefs lost the game but gained the respect of several Packers opponents following the game 32 The Chiefs inter league match up with the Packers was not the last time that they would face an NFL opponent especially on the championship stage 22 The following August Kansas City hosted the NFL s Chicago Bears in the 1967 preseason and won the game 66 24 22 Despite losing to the division rival Oakland Raiders twice in the regular season in 1969 the two teams met for a third time in the AFL Championship Game where Kansas City won 17 7 23 Backup quarterback Mike Livingston led the team in a six game winning streak after Len Dawson suffered a leg injury which kept him out of most of the season s games 22 Super Bowl IV champions 1969 While getting plenty of help from the club s defense Dawson returned from the injury and led the Chiefs to Super Bowl IV 22 Against the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings 15 who were favored by 12 1 2 the Chiefs dominated the game 23 7 to claim the team s first Super Bowl championship 22 Dawson was named the game s Most Valuable Player after completing 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards and one touchdown with 1 interception 33 The following season the Chiefs and the rest of the American Football League merged with the National Football League after the AFL NFL merger became official 22 The Chiefs were placed in the American Football Conference s West Division 23 From 1960 to 1969 the Chiefs Texans won 87 games which is the most in the ten year history of the AFL 34 Merger with the NFL In 1970 the Chiefs won only seven games in their first season in the NFL and missed the playoffs 23 The following season the Chiefs tallied a 10 3 1 record and won the AFC West Division 35 Head coach Hank Stram considered his 1971 Chiefs team as his best but they failed to capture their championship dominance from 1969 35 Most of the pieces of the team which won Super Bowl IV two years earlier were still in place for the 1971 season 35 The Chiefs tied with the Miami Dolphins for the best record in the AFC and both teams met in a Christmas Day playoff game which the Chiefs lost 27 24 in double overtime 35 The Dolphins outlasted the Chiefs with a 37 yard field goal 35 The game surpassed the 1962 AFL Championship Game as the longest ever at 82 minutes and 40 seconds 35 The game was also the final football game at Kansas City s Municipal Stadium 35 In 1972 the Chiefs moved into the newly constructed Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex outside of Downtown Kansas City 35 The team s first game at Arrowhead was against the St Louis Cardinals a preseason game which the Chiefs won 24 14 35 Linebacker Willie Lanier and quarterback Len Dawson won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1972 and 1973 respectively The Chiefs would not return to the post season for the remainder of the 1970s and the 1973 season was the team s last winning season for seven years 35 Hank Stram was fired following a 5 9 season in 1974 and many of the Chiefs future Hall of Fame players would depart by the middle of the decade 35 From 1975 to 1988 the Chiefs had become a team that rarely won which provided Chiefs fans with nothing but futility 36 37 Five head coaches struggled to achieve the same success as Stram compiling an 81 121 1 record 36 In 1980 Coach Marv Levy cut future Hall of Fame Kicker Jan Stenerud for little known Nick Lowery who would become the most accurate kicker in NFL History over the next fourteen years In 1981 running back Joe Delaney rushed for 1 121 yards and was named the AFC Rookie of the Year 38 The Chiefs finished the season with a 9 7 record and entered the 1982 season with optimism 38 However the NFL Players Association strike curbed the Chiefs chances of returning to the postseason for the first time in over a decade 38 The Chiefs tallied a 3 6 record 23 and in the off season Joe Delaney died while trying to save several children from drowning in a pond near his home in Louisiana 39 The Chiefs made a mistake in drafting quarterback Todd Blackledge over future greats such as Jim Kelly and Dan Marino in the 1983 NFL Draft 40 41 Blackledge never started a full season for Kansas City while Kelly and Marino played Hall of Fame careers 41 While the Chiefs struggled on offense in the 1980s the Chiefs had a strong defensive unit consisting of Pro Bowlers such as Bill Maas Albert Lewis Art Still and Deron Cherry 38 John Mackovic took over head coaching duties for the 1983 season after Marv Levy was fired 38 Over the next four seasons Mackovic coached the Chiefs to a 30 34 record but took the team to its first postseason appearance in 15 years in the 1986 NFL playoffs 23 They lost to the New York Jets in the wild card round 38 Despite leading the Chiefs to only their third winning season and second playoff appearance since the merger Mackovic was fired for what Hunt described as a lack of chemistry 42 Frank Gansz served as head coach for the next two seasons but won only eight of 31 games 38 Marty Schottenheimer years 1989 1998 The Chiefs under Marty Schottenheimer had the second highest winning percentage in the NFL during the 1990s On December 19 1988 owner Lamar Hunt hired Carl Peterson as the team s new president general manager and chief executive officer Peterson fired head coach Frank Gansz two weeks after taking over and hired Marty Schottenheimer as the club s seventh head coach 38 In the 1988 and 1989 NFL Drafts the Chiefs selected both defensive end Neil Smith and linebacker Derrick Thomas respectively 38 43 The defense that Thomas and Smith anchored in their seven seasons together was a big reason why the Chiefs reached the postseason in six straight years 44 In Schottenheimer s ten season tenure as head coach the Chiefs became a perennial playoff contender featuring offensive players including Steve DeBerg Christian Okoye Stephone Paige and Barry Word a strong defense anchored by Thomas Smith Albert Lewis and Deron Cherry and on special teams Nick Lowery who was then the most accurate kicker in NFL History 15 The team recorded a 101 58 1 record and clinched seven playoff berths 45 The Chiefs 1993 season was the franchise s most successful in 22 years 43 With newly acquired quarterback Joe Montana and running back Marcus Allen two former Super Bowl champions and MVPs the Chiefs further strengthened their position in the NFL 43 The 11 5 Chiefs defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers on their way to the franchise s first AFC Championship Game appearance against the Buffalo Bills 43 The Chiefs were overwhelmed by the Bills and lost the game by a score of 30 13 43 The Chiefs victory on January 16 1994 against the Oilers remained the franchise s last post season victory for 22 years until their 30 0 victory over the Houston Texans on January 9 2016 In the 1995 NFL playoffs the 13 3 Chiefs hosted the Indianapolis Colts in a cold damp late afternoon game at Arrowhead Stadium 23 43 Kansas City lost the game 10 7 against the underdog Colts after kicker Lin Elliot missed three field goal attempts and quarterback Steve Bono threw three interceptions 43 The Chiefs selected tight end Tony Gonzalez with the 13th overall selection in the 1997 NFL Draft a move which some considered to be a gamble being that Gonzalez was primarily a basketball player at California During a 1997 season full of injuries to starting quarterback Elvis Grbac backup quarterback Rich Gannon took the reins of the Chiefs offense as the team headed to another 13 3 season 23 43 Head coach Marty Schottenheimer chose Grbac to start the playoff game against the Denver Broncos despite Gannon s successes in previous weeks 43 Grbac s production in the game was lacking and the Chiefs lost to the Broncos 14 10 43 Denver went on to capture their fifth AFC Championship by defeating Pittsburgh and then defeated the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII Coach Schottenheimer announced his resignation from the Chiefs following the 1998 season Following Schottenheimer s resignation defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham took over coaching duties for the next two seasons compiling a 16 16 record 43 By the end of the Chiefs decade of regular season dominance Gannon had signed with the Oakland Raiders Neil Smith signed with the Denver Broncos and Derrick Thomas was paralyzed from a car accident on January 23 2000 43 Thomas died from complications of his injury weeks later 43 After allegedly reading online that he would be relieved of duties head coach Gunther Cunningham was fired 46 47 Priest Holmes became one of the league s top backs in the early 2000s Dick Vermeil years 2001 2005 Looking to change the Chiefs game plan which relied on a tough defensive strategy for the past decade Carl Peterson contacted Dick Vermeil about the Chiefs head coaching vacancy for the 2001 season 46 Vermeil previously led the St Louis Rams to a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV 47 Vermeil was hired on January 12 The Chiefs then traded a first round draft pick in the 2001 NFL Draft to St Louis for quarterback Trent Green and signed free agent running back Priest Holmes to be the team s cornerstones on offense 47 In 2003 Kansas City began the season with nine consecutive victories a franchise record 47 They finished the season with a 13 3 record and the team s offense led the NFL in several categories under the direction of USA Today s Offensive Coach of the Year honoree Al Saunders 47 Running back Priest Holmes surpassed Marshall Faulk s single season touchdown record by scoring his 27th rushing touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the team s regular season finale 47 48 The team clinched the second seed in the 2004 NFL playoffs and hosted the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Divisional Playoffs 47 In a game where neither team punted the Chiefs lost the shoot out 38 31 47 It was the third time in nine seasons that the Chiefs went 8 0 at home in the regular season only to lose their post season opener at Arrowhead 10x All Pro Tony Gonzalez has the most receptions and receiving yards in NFL history for a tight end After a disappointing 7 9 record in 2004 the 2005 Chiefs finished with a 10 6 record but no playoff berth 47 They were the fourth team since 1990 to miss the playoffs with a 10 6 record 47 Running back Larry Johnson started in place of the injured Priest Holmes and rushed for 1 750 yards in only nine starts 47 Prior to the Chiefs final game of the season head coach Dick Vermeil announced his retirement 47 The Chiefs won the game 37 3 over the playoff bound Cincinnati Bengals 47 Within two weeks of Vermeil s resignation the Chiefs returned to their defensive roots with the selection of its next head coach 47 The team introduced Herm Edwards a former Chiefs scout and head coach of the New York Jets as the team s tenth head coach after trading a fourth round selection in the 2006 NFL Draft to the Jets 47 Quarterback Trent Green suffered a severe concussion in the team s season opener to the Cincinnati Bengals which left him out of play for eight weeks 47 Backup quarterback Damon Huard took over in Green s absence and led the Chiefs to a 5 3 record 47 Kansas City was awarded a Thanksgiving Day game against the Denver Broncos in response to owner Lamar Hunt s lobbying for a third Thanksgiving Day game 47 The Chiefs defeated the Broncos 19 10 in the first Thanksgiving Day game in Kansas City since 1969 47 Hunt was hospitalized at the time of the game and died weeks later on December 13 due to complications with prostate cancer 29 47 The Chiefs honored their owner for the remainder of the season as did the rest of the league 47 By defeating the Jaguars on December 31 2006 the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth after multiple other teams lost throughout the day Trent Green returned in the middle of the season but struggled in the final stretch 47 and running back Larry Johnson set an NFL record with 416 carries in a season 47 Kansas City managed to clinch their first playoff berth in three seasons with a 9 7 record and a bizarre sequence of six losses from other AFC teams on New Year s Eve culminating with a Broncos loss to the 49ers 47 The Indianapolis Colts hosted the Chiefs in the Wild Card playoffs and defeated Kansas City 23 8 In 2007 Trent Green was traded to the Miami Dolphins 49 leaving the door open for either Damon Huard or Brodie Croyle to become the new starting quarterback 47 After starting the season with a 4 3 record the Chiefs lost the remaining nine games when running back Larry Johnson suffered a season ending foot injury and the quarterback position lacked stability with Huard and Croyle 47 Despite the team s 4 12 record tight end Tony Gonzalez broke Shannon Sharpe s NFL record for touchdowns at the position 63 and defensive end Jared Allen led the NFL in quarterback sacks with 15 5 23 Jamaal Charles averaged 5 4 yards per carry during his career which is an NFL record for a running back The Chiefs began their 2008 season with the youngest team in the NFL 50 The starting lineup had an average of 25 5 years of age 50 By releasing several veteran players such as cornerback Ty Law and wide receiver Eddie Kennison and trading defensive end Jared Allen 51 the Chiefs began a youth movement 50 52 The Chiefs had a league high thirteen selections in the 2008 NFL Draft and chose defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and offensive lineman Branden Albert in the first round Analysts quickly called Kansas City s selections as the best of the entire draft 51 53 54 55 Entering the season the Chiefs were unsure if injury prone quarterback Brodie Croyle who was the incumbent starter could be their quarterback in the long term 55 Croyle was injured in the team s first game of the season and Damon Huard started in Croyle s absence 56 Tyler Thigpen become the third Chiefs starting quarterback in as many games for a start against the Atlanta Falcons 57 58 After a poor performance by Thigpen in which he threw three interceptions against the Falcons defense 58 Huard was retained as the starting quarterback 59 The Chiefs struggled off the field as much as on as tight end Tony Gonzalez demanded a trade and running back Larry Johnson was involved in legal trouble 60 61 62 63 Croyle returned for the Chiefs game against the Tennessee Titans but both he and Damon Huard suffered season ending injuries in the game 64 The Chiefs reorganized their offense to a new spread offense game plan focused around Tyler Thigpen 52 56 65 66 The Chiefs new offense was implemented to help Thigpen play to the best of his abilities and also following the absence of Larry Johnson who was suspended for his off field conduct 61 65 66 67 The Chiefs made a huge gamble by using the spread offense as most in the NFL believe that it cannot work in professional football and also head coach Herm Edwards was traditionally in favor of more conservative run oriented game plans 66 The Chiefs hosting the Buffalo Bills in 2009 Quarterback Matt Cassel wearing 7 The 2008 season ended with a franchise worst 2 14 record where the team suffered historic blowout defeats nearly week in and week out 23 58 68 a 34 0 shut out to the Carolina Panthers 69 and allowed a franchise high 54 points against the Buffalo Bills 70 The team s general manager chief executive officer and team president Carl Peterson resigned at the end of the season 71 and former New England Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli was hired as his replacement for 2009 72 On January 23 2009 Herm Edwards was fired as head coach 73 74 and two weeks later Todd Haley signed a four year contract to become Edwards successor 75 76 Haley had a background with Pioli which made him an attractive hire for Pioli s first coach in Kansas City In April 2009 Tony Gonzalez was traded to the Atlanta Falcons after failed trade attempts over the previous two seasons 77 Notably head coach Todd Haley fired offensive coordinator Chan Gailey just weeks before the start of the 2009 season and chose to take on the coordinator duties himself Throughout 2009 the Chiefs acquired veterans to supplement the Chiefs young talent including Matt Cassel Mike Vrabel Bobby Engram Mike Brown Chris Chambers and Andy Alleman 78 79 80 The team finished with a 4 12 record just a two game improvement upon their record from the 2008 season For the 2010 season the Chiefs made significant hires for their coaching staff bringing on former Patriots assistant coaches Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel to coach the offense and defense respectively The coaching additions proved to be very successful as the Chiefs would go on to secure their first AFC West title since 2003 Their ten victories in the 2010 season combined for as many as the team had won in their previous three seasons combined On January 9 2011 the Chiefs lost their home Wild Card playoff game to the Baltimore Ravens 30 7 Six players were chosen for the Pro Bowl Dwayne Bowe Jamaal Charles Brian Waters Tamba Hali Matt Cassel and rookie safety Eric Berry Jamaal Charles won the FEDEX ground player of the year award and Dwayne Bowe led the NFL in Touchdown Receptions For their first pick in the 2011 NFL draft the team selected Jon Baldwin After a poor start Haley was relieved of duties as head coach on December 12 Clark Hunt made note of bright spots at different points this season but felt that overall the Chiefs were not progressing 81 The highest point of the 2011 season was an upset win against the Packers who at that time were undefeated with a 13 0 record Defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel would be named the team s interim head coach for the remaining three games of the season including the aforementioned Packers game 82 On January 9 2012 Crennel was named the 11th full time head coach in Chiefs history 83 The 2012 Chiefs became the first team since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons to not lead in regulation through any of their first nine games 84 The Chiefs tied their franchise worst record of 2 14 and clinched the No 1 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft It is the first time since the merger they have held the first overall pick 85 Andy Reid years 2013 present Following the 2012 season the Chiefs fired head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid was brought in as head coach to work with new general manager John Dorsey a former Green Bay Packers head scout Coach Andy Reid Big Red in 2016 The Chiefs acquired quarterback Alex Smith from the San Francisco 49ers for the Chiefs second round pick 34th overall in the 2013 draft and a conditional pick in 2014 draft 86 Matt Cassel was released shortly after The Chiefs selected Eric Fisher with the first overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft In 2013 the Chiefs started 9 0 for the second time in team history 87 They led in their wildcard game against the Indianapolis Colts 38 10 shortly after halftime but collapsed late and lost 45 44 87 In 2014 the Chiefs attempted to make the playoffs for the second straight season for the first time since 1995 however they finished 9 7 and were eliminated in Week 17 After a promising win for the Chiefs against Houston in Week 1 Kansas City went on a five game losing streak culminating in a 16 10 loss to Minnesota and the loss of Jamaal Charles to a torn ACL However they managed one of the most improbable season comebacks in the NFL and won ten straight to improve their record from 1 5 to 11 5 The team clinched a playoff berth after a 17 13 win over Cleveland in Week 16 to become only the second post merger NFL team to make the playoffs following a 1 5 start Travis Kelce holds the NFL records for most consecutive 1 000 yards seasons 7 and most receiving yards in a season 1 416 for a tight end The streak achieved by the Chiefs broke a franchise record for nine straight 2003 2013 and second nine plus game win streak under Reid After a Week 17 win over Oakland 23 17 the Chiefs achieved their longest winning streak in franchise history at ten games They qualified for the playoffs playing in the 2015 AFC Wild Card playoff game held at NRG Stadium in Houston Texas on January 9 2016 The Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 30 0 to earn their first NFL playoff win in 23 seasons dating back to the 1993 94 NFL playoffs a win that also came in Houston The Chiefs Wild Card playoff victory ended what was at the time the third longest drought in the NFL and it also ended a then NFL record eight game playoff losing streak 88 Riddled with injuries they were defeated by the New England Patriots 27 20 in the AFC Divisional Round Tyreek Hill made the Pro Bowl in all six seasons with the Chiefs as a return specialist wide receiver After facing a 24 3 deficit with six minutes left in the 3rd quarter the Chiefs engineered a 33 27 comeback win against the San Diego Chargers ending with a two yard touchdown run by Alex Smith in overtime to give the Chiefs their largest regular season comeback to start the season at 1 0 On Christmas Day the Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos 33 10 to give Kansas City their tenth straight win against divisional opponents On January 1 2017 the Chiefs clinched the AFC West and the second seed going into the playoffs that year However they fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers 18 16 in the divisional round as Chris Boswell hit 6 field goals The Chiefs finished the 2017 18 season with a 10 6 record and won the AFC West This was the first time in Chiefs history that they won the AFC West in back to back years 89 In the Wild Card round the Chiefs lost a tight game to the Tennessee Titans 22 21 allowing Derrick Henry to rush for 156 yards The loss extended their NFL record for most consecutive home playoff losses to six 90 The game marked the end of Alex Smith s five year tenure with the Chiefs as he was traded to the Washington Redskins a few weeks later Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is a 2x NFL MVP and holds the record for the most offensive all purpose yards 5 614 by a player in a season Patrick Mahomes made his NFL debut and first career start in the December 31 2017 game against the Denver Broncos The Chiefs won the game 27 24 with Mahomes going 22 for 35 with 284 yards and one interception The Chiefs began the 2018 season with first year starter Mahomes as their quarterback and finished the regular season with a record of 12 4 clinching the AFC West for the third year in a row and the AFC s top seed This included victories over division rivals Los Angeles Chargers Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos twice along with important conference victories over the Pittsburgh Steelers Cincinnati Bengals and Jacksonville Jaguars Their first loss of the season came at the hands of the New England Patriots with a last second field goal Their second loss of the season came against the Los Angeles Rams with a final score of 51 54 in which the Kansas City Chiefs made history by becoming the first NFL team to lose a game after scoring more than 50 points Mahomes finished the season with 5 097 yards and 50 touchdowns both team records He became the 11th quarterback to throw for 5 000 yards and the 3rd to throw for 50 touchdowns He joined Peyton Manning as only the 2nd player in NFL history to throw for 5 000 yards and 50 touchdowns For his performance during the season he was named AP NFL MVP the first Chief to ever win the award In the AFC Divisional round on January 12 2019 the Chiefs defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31 13 to move on to the AFC Championship Game This marked the Chiefs first playoff win in Arrowhead Stadium in 25 years This also enabled the Chiefs to host the AFC Championship Game for the first time ever However the following week Kansas City s bid for its first Super Bowl berth in 49 years ended with a 37 31 overtime loss to the New England Patriots The Chiefs finished the 2019 regular season with a 12 4 record winning the AFC West division title for the fourth straight year and clinched the AFC s second seed behind the Baltimore Ravens The Chiefs defeated the Houston Texans 51 31 in the AFC Divisional Game after falling behind 24 0 at the start of the second quarter with Mahomes throwing for five touchdowns 91 The Chiefs hosted their second AFC Championship game in consecutive years facing the sixth seed Tennessee Titans The Chiefs then defeated the Titans 35 24 and advanced to Super Bowl LIV 92 This marked their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years since Super Bowl IV Lombardi Trophy presentation at Super Bowl LIV On February 2 2020 in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens Florida the Chiefs played against the NFC s top seed the San Francisco 49ers Following halftime when both teams were tied at ten points Mahomes threw 2 interceptions in back to back drives in the 3rd and 4th quarters resulting in the 49ers having a 20 10 lead with under 12 minutes remaining in the game However the Chiefs would score touchdowns on their next 2 possessions with Mahomes throwing touchdowns to Travis Kelce and Damien Williams With a 24 20 lead with under two minutes remaining Williams had a 38 yard touchdown run to effectively seal the game for the Chiefs This marked the first time in NFL postseason history that a team faced ten point deficits in three straight games and won all three by double digit margins Mahomes won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award ending the Chiefs Super Bowl drought dating back to the AFL NFL Merger 93 Patrick Mahomes leading the Chiefs offense against the Browns 2021 On July 6 2020 Mahomes signed a record ten year 503 million contract extension keeping him under contract until the conclusion of the 2031 season The contract is the largest ever signed in North American sports more than tripling the value of the previous largest contract signed although said contract was for a shorter 5 years signed by Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons 94 With their week 14 victory over the Miami Dolphins the Chiefs clinched their fifth consecutive division title The victory also gave the Chiefs their first 12 1 record in franchise history They would later win 14 games for the first time in franchise history In the playoffs they defeated the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills to win the AFC Championship for the second consecutive year The Chiefs would face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa ultimately losing 9 31 failing to score a touchdown in the game On December 26 2021 the Chiefs beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36 10 earning the team s sixth straight AFC West title 95 The Chiefs began their playoff slate with a win against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card round and advanced to play the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round Their 42 36 victory over Buffalo came in a game sports commentators and analysts dubbed as one of the greatest modern day NFL playoff games 96 97 98 99 100 101 Despite being the first team to host the AFC Championship game for four consecutive seasons the team finished the season losing 24 27 in overtime to the Cincinnati Bengals Championships Trophies from Super Bowl IV and Super Bowl LIV on display at Arrowhead Stadium The Chiefs have won a total of three combined Super Bowl Championships and pre Super Bowl AFL Championships two were won as the Kansas City Chiefs the other was under their original name the Dallas Texans 102 103 Super Bowl Championships Year Coach Super Bowl Location Opponent Score MVP Record1969 Hank Stram IV Tulane Stadium New Orleans Minnesota Vikings 23 7 QB Len Dawson 11 32019 Andy Reid LIV Hard Rock Stadium Miami Gardens San Francisco 49ers 31 20 QB Patrick Mahomes 12 4Total Super Bowl championships won 2American Football League Championships Year Coach Game Location Opponent Score Record1962 Hank Stram 1962 AFL Championship Game Jeppesen Stadium Houston Houston Oilers 20 17 12 31966 1966 AFL Championship Game War Memorial Stadium Buffalo Buffalo Bills 31 7 12 2 11969 1969 AFL Championship Game Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Oakland Oakland Raiders 17 7 12 3Total AFL championships won 3American Football Conference Championships Year Coach Location Opponent Score Record2019 Andy Reid Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City Tennessee Titans 35 24 15 42020 Buffalo Bills 38 24 16 22022 Cincinnati Bengals 23 20 16 3Total AFC championships won 3Logos and uniformsMain article Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs When the Texans began playing in 1960 the team s logo consisted of the state of Texas in white with a yellow star marking the location of the city of Dallas Originally Hunt chose Columbia blue and orange for the Texans uniforms but Bud Adams chose Columbia blue and scarlet for his Houston Oilers franchise 3 Hunt reverted to red and gold for the Texans uniforms which even after the team relocated to Kansas City remain as the franchise s colors to this day 3 The state of Texas on the team s helmet was replaced by an arrowhead design originally sketched by Lamar Hunt on a napkin 3 Hunt s inspiration for the interlocking KC design was the SF inside of an oval on the San Francisco 49ers helmets 3 Unlike the 49ers logo Kansas City s overlapping initials appear inside a white arrowhead instead of an oval and are surrounded by a thin black outline 3 From 1960 to 1973 the Chiefs had grey facemask bars on their helmets but changed to white facemasks in 1974 making them one of the first teams alongside the San Diego Chargers who introduced a yellow facemask that same year in the NFL to use a non gray facemask 3 The Chiefs uniform design has essentially remained the same throughout the club s history 3 It consists of a red helmet and either red or white jerseys with the opposite color numbers and names 3 White pants were used with both jerseys from 1960 to 1967 and 1989 to 1999 3 Beginning in 2009 during the Pioli Haley era the team has alternated between white and red pants for road games during the season Prior to September 15 2013 the Chiefs always wore white pants with their red jerseys The Chiefs do not have an official alternate jersey although unofficial alternate jerseys are sold for retail citation needed The Chiefs wore their white jerseys with white pants at home for the 2006 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals The logic behind the uniform selection that day was that the Bengals would have to wear their black uniform on a day when hot temperatures were forecast 104 The only other time the Chiefs wore white at home was throughout the 1980 season under Marv Levy citation needed In 2007 the Kansas City Chiefs honored Lamar Hunt and the AFL with a special patch 105 It features the AFL s logo from the 1960s with Hunt s LH initials inside the football 105 In 2008 the patch became permanently affixed to the left chest of both Kansas City s home and away jerseys 105 In select games for the 2009 season the Chiefs as well as the other founding teams of the American Football League wore a throwback uniform to celebrate the AFL s 50th anniversary 106 For the first time in team history the Chiefs wore red jerseys with red pants forming an all red combo in their home opener against the Dallas Cowboys on September 15 2013 The all red uniform is now an official uniform combination and has been used multiple times since It is commonly used for prime time games at home The all red look also served as the basis for the Chiefs Color Rush design citation needed Arrowhead StadiumFurther information Arrowhead Stadium Exterior of Arrowhead Stadium in 2010 Arrowhead Stadium has been the Chiefs home field since 1972 and has a capacity of 76 416 107 which makes it the fifth largest stadium in the NFL The stadium underwent a 375 million renovation completed in mid 2010 which included new luxury boxes wider concourses and enhanced amenities 108 72 The stadium renovation was paid for by 250 million in taxpayer money and 125 million from the Hunt Family 76 The stadium cost 53 million to build in 1972 and an average ticket in 2009 costs 81 108 Aramark serves as the stadium s concession provider and T Mobile Anheuser Busch and Coca Cola are major corporate sponsors 108 Dating back to the Chiefs home opener in 1991 to mid 2009 the Chiefs had 155 consecutive sellout games 108 The streak ended with the final home game of the 2009 season against the Cleveland Browns resulting in the first local TV blackout in over 19 years 109 Arrowhead has been called one of the world s finest stadiums 15 and has long held a reputation for being one of the toughest and loudest outdoor stadiums for opposing players to play in 72 110 111 112 All noise is directly attributed to its fans 113 and was once measured at 116 decibels by the Acoustical Design Group of Mission Kansas 114 By way of comparison take off of aircraft may lead to a sound level of 106 decibels at the ground 114 Sports Illustrated named Arrowhead Stadium the toughest place to play for opposing teams in 2005 115 The tailgate party environment outside the stadium on gameday has been compared to a college football atmosphere 116 Arrowhead Stadium features frequent fly overs from a B 2 Spirit stealth bomber from nearby Whiteman Air Force Base Since the 1994 NFL season the stadium has had a natural grass playing surface 117 From 1972 to 1993 the stadium had an artificial AstroTurf surface 117 During the game against the Oakland Raiders on October 13 2013 Arrowhead Stadium once again became the loudest stadium in the world when the fans set the Guinness Book of World Records record for loudest crowd in an outdoor stadium 137 5 dB breaking the record set by the Seattle Seahawks just four weeks prior A few weeks after Seattle re gained the record by reaching a noise level of 137 6 decibels 118 119 Chiefs fans have reclaimed the record once again on September 29 2014 on ESPN s Monday Night Football against the New England Patriots the fans recorded a sound reading of 142 2 decibels 120 The stadium has been officially named GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium pronounced G E H A since 2021 The stadium was renamed after GEHA signed a naming rights deal with the Chiefs 121 Training camp and practice facility Summer camp at Spratt Stadium at Missouri Western When the franchise was based in Dallas the team conducted their inaugural training camp at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell New Mexico 22 They moved camp to Southern Methodist University owner Lamar Hunt s alma mater for 1961 and continued to practice there until 1965 22 From 1966 to 1971 the Chiefs practiced in Swope Park in Kansas City 122 and from 1972 to 1991 held camp at William Jewell College in Clay County Missouri where Lamar Hunt had extensive business dealings including Worlds of Fun Oceans of Fun and SubTropolis 43 Chiefs Practice Facility near Arrowhead Stadium From 1992 to 2009 the Chiefs conducted summer training camp at the University of Wisconsin River Falls in River Falls Wisconsin 123 The Chiefs 2007 training camp was documented in the HBO NFL Films documentary reality television series Hard Knocks 124 Following the passage of a 25 million state tax credit proposal the Chiefs moved their training camp to Missouri Western State University in St Joseph Missouri in 2010 125 The bulk of the tax credits went for improvements to Arrowhead Stadium with 10 million applied to the move to Missouri Western 126 A climate controlled 120 yard NFL regulation grass indoor field and office space for the Chiefs was constructed at Missouri Western adjacent to the school s Spratt Stadium before the 2010 season 127 Outside of training camp and during the regular season the Chiefs conduct practices at their own training facility nearby Arrowhead Stadium The facility is located near the Raytown Road entrance to the Truman Sports Complex just east of Interstate 435 and features three outdoor fields two grass and one artificial turf as well as an indoor facility with its own full size field RivalriesSee also Chiefs Raiders rivalry Broncos Chiefs rivalry Chargers Chiefs rivalry and Governor s Cup Missouri The Chiefs share intense rivalries with their three AFC West opponents namely the Denver Broncos Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers with the Raiders rivalry considered one of the most bitter in the NFL 128 In terms of NFC teams the Chiefs formerly shared a cross state rivalry with teams located across the state of Missouri in St Louis namely the Cardinals and Rams 129 An individual rivalry between quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has developed in recent years with many comparing it to the former rivalry between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning 130 The Mahomes led Chiefs also developed a rivalry with the Joe Burrow led Cincinnati Bengals with Burrow being the only AFC quarterback to date to hold a winning record against Mahomes 131 Mascots and cheerleaders K C Wolf the Chiefs mascot since 1989 The Chiefs first mascot was Warpaint a nickname given to several breeds of pinto horse Warpaint served as the team s mascot from 1963 to 1988 21 132 133 The first Warpaint born in 1955 died in 1992 was ridden bareback by rider Bob Johnson who wore a full Native American headdress 21 132 Warpaint circled the field at the beginning of each Chiefs home game and performed victory laps following each Chiefs touchdown 21 132 On September 20 2009 a new Warpaint horse was unveiled at the Chiefs home opener 134 Warpaint was ridden by a cheerleader in its return 135 The Chiefs again retired Warpaint in 2021 as a part of their commitment to stop the use of Native American imagery 136 In the mid 1980s the Chiefs featured a short lived unnamed Indian man mascot which was later scrapped in 1988 132 Since 1989 the cartoon like K C Wolf portrayed by Dan Meers in a wolf costume has served as the team s mascot 21 137 The mascot was named after the Chiefs Wolfpack a group of rabid fans from the team s days at Municipal Stadium 132 K C Wolf is one of the most popular NFL mascots and was the league s first mascot inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2006 138 The Chiefs have employed a cheerleading squad since the team s inception in 1960 139 In the team s early days the all female squad was referred to as the Chiefettes 140 In addition to the Cheerleaders in the early 1970s there was also a dance drill team that performed for pre game and halftime From 1986 to 1992 the cheerleader squad featured a mix of men and women 139 From 1993 to 2019 the all female squad has been known as the Chiefs Cheerleaders and in 2020 one male joined the team 132 139 140 Notable playersFurther information List of Kansas City Chiefs players Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks and List of Kansas City Chiefs first round draft picks Current roster Kansas City Chiefs rosterviewtalkedit Quarterbacks 12 Shane Buechele 4 Chad Henne 15 Patrick MahomesRunning backs 45 Michael Burton FB 25 Clyde Edwards Helaire 2 Ronald Jones II 1 Jerick McKinnon 10 Isiah PachecoWide receivers 24 Skyy Moore 9 JuJu Smith Schuster 19 Kadarius Toney 11 Marquez Valdes Scantling 84 Justin WatsonTight ends 81 Blake Bell 88 Jody Fortson 83 Noah Gray 87 Travis Kelce Offensive linemen 73 Nick Allegretti G 57 Orlando Brown Jr T 52 Creed Humphrey C 75 Darian Kinnard T 67 Lucas Niang T 65 Trey Smith G 70 Prince Tega Wanogho T 62 Joe Thuney G 77 Andrew Wylie TDefensive linemen 55 Frank Clark DE 8 Carlos Dunlap DE OLB 51 Mike Danna DE 94 Malik Herring DE 95 Chris Jones DT 59 Joshua Kaindoh DE 56 George Karlaftis DE 91 Derrick Nnadi DT 99 Khalen Saunders DT 66 Brandon Williams DT Linebackers 32 Nick Bolton OLB 54 Leo Chenal MLB 43 Jack Cochrane OLB 50 Willie Gay OLB 47 Darius Harris OLBDefensive backs 26 Deon Bush SS 6 Bryan Cook SS 13 Nazeeh Johnson FS 21 Trent McDuffie CB 20 Justin Reid FS 38 L Jarius Sneed CB 22 Juan Thornhill FS 35 Jaylen Watson CB 23 Joshua Williams CBSpecial teams 7 Harrison Butker K 5 Tommy Townsend P 41 James Winchester LS Reserve lists Ty Fryfogle WR Futures 17 Mecole Hardman WR IR John Ross WR Futures Justyn Ross WR IR 98 Tershawn Wharton DT IR Daniel Wise DT Futures Practice squad 27 Ugo Amadi CB 39 Zayne Anderson FS 80 Kendall Blanton TE 30 Dicaprio Bootle CB 49 Matt Bushman TE Mike Caliendo G 48 Cole Christiansen OLB 89 Jerrion Ealy WR RB 46 Jordan Franks TE Injured 34 Melvin Gordon RB 92 Phil Hoskins DT 85 Marcus Kemp WR Chris Oladokun QB La Mical Perine RB 14 Cornell Powell WR Injured 61 Austin Reiter C 71 Danny Shelton DT 82 Ihmir Smith Marsette WR Rookies in italicsRoster updated February 6 2023 Depth chartTransactions 53 active 6 inactive 16 practice squad 2 exempt AFC rosters NFC rostersRetired numbers Kansas City Chiefs retired numbersNo Player Position Tenure3 Jan Stenerud K 1967 197916 Len Dawson QB 1962 197518 Emmitt Thomas CB 1966 197824 Brandon Flowers CB 2008 201328 Abner Haynes RB 1960 196433 Stone Johnson 1 2 RB 196336 Mack Lee Hill 2 RB 1964 196558 Derrick Thomas 2 LB 1989 199963 Willie Lanier LB 1967 197778 Bobby Bell LB 1963 197486 Buck Buchanan DT 1963 19751 Never on a Chiefs regular season roster His number was retired after his death after an injury in a preseason game in 1963 2 Number was posthumously retired Names in bold spent entire playing career with the Dallas Texans Kansas City Chiefs The number 37 has not been worn since the death of Joe Delaney Number 58 was not issued after the death of Derrick Thomas until it was officially retired in 2009 The numbers 16 and 28 are the only numbers to have been worn by a single player both Dawson and Haynes respectively Pro Football Hall of Famers Twenty four members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame spent at least some portion of their career with the Chiefs Thirteen spent the majority of the career with the Chiefs Ten of the Chiefs in the Hall of Fame were involved with the Chiefs during their Super Bowl Championship season of 1969 The Chiefs have 3 contributors 3 coaches and 18 players in the Hall of Fame Derrick Thomas is the only Chief in the Hall of Fame that was inducted posthumously Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame enshrineesPlayersNo Name Position Tenure Inducted78 Bobby Bell 1 2 LB 1963 1974 198363 Willie Lanier 1 2 LB 1967 1977 198616 Len Dawson 2 3 QB 1963 1975 198786 Buck Buchanan 1 2 DT 1963 1975 19903 Jan Stenerud 1 2 3 K 1967 1979 199153 Mike Webster C 1989 1990 199719 Joe Montana QB 1993 1994 200032 Marcus Allen RB 1993 1997 20031 Warren Moon QB 1999 2000 200618 Emmitt Thomas 1 2 CB 1966 1978 200858 Derrick Thomas LB 1989 1999 200977 Willie Roaf T 2002 2005 201261 Curley Culp 1 2 3 DT 1968 1974 201368 Will Shields G 1993 2006 20158 Morten Andersen K 2002 2003 201788 Tony Gonzalez 3 TE 1997 2008 201924 Ty Law CB 2006 2007 201942 Johnny Robinson1 2 S 1960 1971 2019Coaches and ContributorsName Position Tenure InductedLamar Hunt Founder of franchise and American Football League 1960 2006 1972Marv Levy Head coach 1978 1982 2001Hank Stram 1 2 3 Head coach 1960 1974 2003Bill Polian Contributor 1978 1982 2015Bobby Beathard Contributor 1963 1966 1967 2018Dick Vermeil Head coach 2001 2005 20221 Began career in the American Football League 2 Member of 1969 Super Bowl championship team3 Spent majority of their career with the Chiefs names in bold Chiefs Hall of Fame Established in 1970 the Chiefs Hall of Fame has inducted a new member with the exception of the 1983 and 2020 seasons every year to honor their players coaches and contributors in an annual ceremony 141 142 Several of the names were featured at Arrowhead Stadium in the stadium s architecture prior to renovations in 2009 The requirements for induction are that a player coach or contributor must have been with the Chiefs for four seasons and been out of the NFL for four seasons at the time of induction 141 There are some exceptions such as Joe Delaney and Derrick Thomas Delaney was with the team for only two seasons before his death Thomas was inducted 1 year after his death in January 2000 2 years after his final season The Chiefs have the second most enshrinees of any NFL team in their team Hall of Fame behind the Green Bay Packers who have enshrined over 100 players and team contributors over the years in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame 141 Nineteen players and the coach of the Super Bowl IV championship team have been inducted into the ring of honor Three players were posthumously inducted Derrick Thomas Joe Delaney and Mack Lee Hill Chiefs Hall of FameInducted No Player Position Tenure1970 Lamar Hunt Team founder Owner 1960 20061971 36 Mack Lee Hill RB 1964 19651972 75 Jerry Mays DT 1961 19701973 84 Fred Arbanas TE 1962 19701974 42 Johnny Robinson S 1960 19711975 88 Chris Burford WR 1960 19671976 55 E J Holub C LB 1961 19701977 77 Jim Tyrer T 1961 19731978 21 Mike Garrett RB 1966 19701979 16 Len Dawson QB 1963 19751980 78 Bobby Bell LB 1963 19741981 86 Buck Buchanan DT 1963 19751982 89 Otis Taylor WR 1965 19751983 No induction1984 71 Ed Budde G 1963 19761985 63 Willie Lanier LB 1967 19771986 18 Emmitt Thomas CB 1966 19781987 Hank Stram Coach 1960 19741988 44 Jerrel Wilson P 1963 19771989 14 Ed Podolak RB 1969 19771990 51 Jim Lynch LB 1967 19771991 28 Abner Haynes RB 1960 19641992 3 Jan Stenerud K 1967 19791993 69 Sherrill Headrick LB 1960 19671994 58 Jack Rudnay C 1969 19821995 32 Curtis McClinton RB 1962 19691996 20 Deron Cherry S 1981 19911997 73 Dave Hill T 1963 19741998 67 Art Still DE 1978 19871999 34 Lloyd Burruss S 1981 19912000 35 Christian Okoye RB 1987 19922001 58 Derrick Thomas LB 1989 19992002 76 John Alt T 1984 19962003 59 Gary Spani LB 1978 19862004 37 Joe Delaney RB 1981 19822005 Jack Steadman President GM 1960 19892006 90 Neil Smith DE 1988 19962007 29 Albert Lewis CB 1983 19932008 61 Curley Culp DT 1968 19742009 8 Nick Lowery K 1980 19932010 Marty Schottenheimer Coach 1989 19982011 31 Kevin Ross CB 1984 1993 19972012 68 Will Shields G 1993 20062013 26 Gary Barbaro S 1976 19822014 31 Priest Holmes RB 2001 20072015 24 Gary Green CB 1977 19832016 49 Tony Richardson FB 1995 20052017 88 Carlos Carson WR 1980 19892018 88 Tony Gonzalez TE 1997 20082019 54 Brian Waters G 2000 20102020 No induction2021 61 Tim Grunhard C 1990 20002022 38 Kimble Anders FB 1991 2000 Posthumous inductionHead coachesMain article List of Kansas City Chiefs head coaches Thirteen head coaches have served the Texans Chiefs franchise since their first season in 1960 Hank Stram the team s first head coach led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl Stram was the team s longest tenured head coach holding the position from 1960 to 1974 35 Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and led Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in his ten seasons as head coach 38 43 Schottenheimer had the best winning percentage 634 of all Chiefs coaches 45 Gunther Cunningham was on the Chiefs coaching staff in various positions from 1995 to 2008 serving as the team s head coach in between stints as the team s defensive coordinator 46 47 Dick Vermeil coached the team to a franchise best 9 0 start in the 2003 season 143 Of the ten Chiefs coaches Hank Stram Marv Levy and Dick Vermeil have been elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Levy however is more well known for his time with the Buffalo Bills 144 Herm Edwards served as the team s head coach from 2006 to 2008 compiling a 15 33 record and a franchise worst 6 26 record over a two year span 73 74 145 146 Todd Haley compiled a 19 26 record with the team from 2009 to 2011 including an AFC West division title in 2010 75 Haley was fired with three games left in the 2011 season Romeo Crennel was named interim coach and was promoted to full time coach in January 2012 Crennel was fired on Monday December 31 2012 after finishing the 2012 season with a 2 14 record On January 5 2013 the Chiefs hired Andy Reid to be their next head coach In Reid s tenure the Chiefs have never had a sub 500 season making the playoffs in 8 of his 9 seasons as head coach winning the division six times and two consecutive Super Bowl appearances Ownership and administration Chairman of the Board and co owner Clark Hunt The franchise was founded in 1959 by Lamar Hunt after a failed attempt by Hunt to purchase an NFL franchise and relocate them to Texas 147 Hunt remained the team s owner until his death in 2006 147 The Hunt family kept ownership of the team following Lamar s death and Clark Hunt Lamar s son represents the family s interests 108 While Hunt s official title is CEO and Chairman of the Board he represents the team at all owner meetings 148 149 In 2010 Hunt assumed role as CEO alongside his role as chairman of the board 150 According to Forbes the team entered the 2022 season valued at 3 7 billion ranking them 23rd among the 32 NFL teams 5 Owner Lamar Hunt served as the team s president from 1960 to 1976 Because of Lamar Hunt s contributions to the NFL the AFC Championship trophy is named after him 151 He promoted general manager Jack Steadman to become the team s president in 1977 151 Steadman held the job until Carl Peterson was hired by Hunt in 1988 to replace him 151 Peterson resigned the title as team president in 2008 152 Denny Thum became the team s interim president following Peterson s departure and was officially given the full position in May 2009 152 153 Thum resigned from his position on September 14 2010 150 Don Rossi served as the team s general manager for half of the 1960 season resigning in November 1960 22 Jack Steadman assumed duties from Rossi and served in the position until 1976 22 35 151 Steadman was promoted to team president in 1976 and despite being relieved of those duties in 1988 151 he remained with the franchise until 2006 in various positions 35 38 Jim Schaaf took over for Steadman as general manager until being fired in December 1988 38 Carl Peterson was hired in 1988 to serve as the team s general manager chief executive officer and team president 38 151 Peterson remained in the position for nineteen years until he announced his resignation from the team in 2008 152 154 Denny Thum served as interim general manager 152 until January 13 2009 when the Chiefs named New England Patriots executive Scott Pioli the team s new general manager 72 155 Pioli was released in early January after the hiring of Andy Reid and was replaced by John Dorsey Pioli s record as the Chief s general manager was 23 41 On June 22 2017 the Chiefs fired Dorsey 156 They hired Brett Veach as the new general manager on July 10 2017 157 Staff Kansas City Chiefs staffvte Front officeChairman CEO Clark Hunt President Mark Donovan General manager Brett Veach Assistant general manager Mike Borgonzi Vice president of football operations Brandt Tilis Vice president of football operations team counsel Chris Shea Senior director of player personnel Mike Bradway Senior director of pro personnel Tim Terry Senior director of college scouting Ryne Nutt Senior personnel executive Willie Davis College scouting coordinator Greg CastilloHead coachesHead coach Andy Reid Assistant head coach special teams coordinator Dave Toub Assistant to the head coach Dan WilliamsOffensive coachesOffensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy Senior assistant quarterbacks Matt Nagy Pass game analyst assistant quarterbacks David Girardi Running backs Greg Lewis Wide receivers Joe Bleymaier Tight ends Tom Melvin Offensive line Andy Heck Assistant offensive line Corey Matthaei Offensive quality control Connor Embree Offensive quality control Porter Ellett Defensive coachesDefensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo Defensive line Joe Cullen Assistant defensive line Terry Bradden Linebackers run game coordinator Brendan Daly Outside linebackers Ken Flajole Defensive backs Dave Merritt Safeties Donald D Alesio Defensive quality control Alex WhittinghamSpecial teams coachesAssistant special teams Andy HillCoaching support staffStatistical analysis coordinator Mike Frazier Director of video operations Pat Brazil Assistant director of video operations Ken Radino Video assistant Colin Clark Video assistant Josh SchmidtStrength and conditioningStrength and conditioning Barry Rubin Assistant strength and conditioning Greg Carbin Assistant strength and conditioning Tyler Judkins Assistant strength and conditioning director of sports science Ryan Reynolds Coaching staff Management More NFL staffsMediaMain article List of Kansas City Chiefs broadcasters Audacy Inc s WDAF FM 106 5 is the flagship station for The Chiefs Football Radio Network The network has affiliates across Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Texas and national reach through desktop and mobile devices On television as is with other American Football Conference AFC teams CBS and thus KCTV channel 5 broadcasts most of the team s games If they are hosting a National Football Conference NFC team the games air on Fox WDAF TV channel 4 Currently NBC affiliate KSHB TV channel 41 serves as the team s official station for broadcasting surrounding team programming CultureFan base Arrowhead Stadium during the Broncos Chiefs game held on Thanksgiving night 2006 Fans gather at Kansas City Power amp Light District for a watch party for Super Bowl LIV The Chiefs boast one of the most loyal fan bases in the NFL 109 158 Kansas City is the sixth smallest media market with an NFL team but they have had the second highest attendance average over the last decade 113 Studies by Bizjournals in 2006 gave the Chiefs high marks for consistently drawing capacity crowds in both good seasons and bad 159 The Chiefs averaged 77 300 fans per game from 1996 to 2006 second in the NFL behind the Washington Redskins 159 The franchise has an official fan club called Chiefs Kingdom which gives members opportunities to ticket priority benefits and VIP treatment 160 161 At the end of The Star Spangled Banner before home games many Chiefs fans intentionally yell out CHIEFS rather than singing brave as the final word 162 This can also occasionally be heard in road games 163 and even at sporting events for the nearby University of Kansas 164 In 1996 general manager Carl Peterson said We all look forward not only at Arrowhead but on the road too to when we get to that stanza of the National Anthem Our players love it 162 After the September 11 2001 attacks Chiefs fans refrained from doing so in honor of those who lost their lives in the tragedy and continued to do so for the remainder of the 2001 season 165 At the Chiefs September 23 2001 home game against the New York Giants fans gave the opposing Giants a standing ovation 112 After every Chiefs touchdown at home games fans chaned while pointing in the direction of the visiting team and fans We re gonna beat the hell outta you you you you you you over the song Rock and Roll Part 2 166 The chant starts after the third hey in the song 166 The original version of the song by Gary Glitter was previously used until the NFL banned his music from its facilities in 2006 following the British rocker s conviction on sexual abuse charges in Vietnam 166 A cover version of the song played by Tube Tops 2000 166 was used from 2006 until the 2015 season 167 The practice was later completely discontinued prior to the 2015 season after Glitter was arrested again 168 The Chiefs fan base has expanded across the world like many other NFL teams However there is a Twitter account dedicated to Chiefs fans in the UK and has been recognized by the Kansas City Chiefs and is their official UK fan page They have many dedicated fans writing articles and interviewing players of the team such as Tamba Hali 169 Notable fans include Brad Pitt Paul Rudd Jason Sudeikis Henry Cavill David Koechner Rob Riggle Heidi Gardner John Amos Melissa Etheridge and Eric Stonestreet 170 Arrowhead Stadium is also recognized by Guinness World Records as having the loudest outdoor stadium in the world This was achieved on September 29 2014 in a Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots when the crowd achieved a roar of 142 2 decibels 171 which is comparable to standing 100 feet 30 m from a jet engine which even with short term exposure can cause permanent damage 172 International outreach Further information NFL International Series The NFL introduced the league s international home marketing area program in 2021 173 which sees teams secure international marketing rights in countries beyond the United States The Chiefs were designated as a home team to Germany alongside the Carolina Panthers New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Chiefs will host a game in Germany during their 2023 season 174 The Chiefs had previously played international regular season games against Detroit in 2015 in London and against the LA Chargers in 2019 in Mexico City The team previously participated in preseason exhibition games dubbed the American Bowl in Berlin 1990 Tokyo 1994 and 1998 and Monterrey Mexico 1996 174 Tony DiPardo From various periods between 1963 and the 2008 season trumpeter Tony DiPardo and The T D Pack Band played live music at every Chiefs home game 175 176 The band was known as The Zing Band when the team was located at Municipal Stadium DiPardo was honored by head coach Hank Stram in 1969 with a Super Bowl ring for the team s victory in Super Bowl IV 175 When his health was declining DiPardo took a leave of absence from the band from 1983 to 1988 176 DiPardo s daughter took over as bandleader in 1989 by which time DiPardo returned to the band by popular demand 176 177 For the 2009 season due to renovations at Arrowhead Stadium the band did not return to perform at the stadium DiPardo died on January 27 2011 at age 98 He had been hospitalized since December 2010 after suffering a brain aneurysm 178 Name controversyMain article Kansas City Chiefs name controversy For various reasons the team has faced charges of racism and anti Indigenous cultural appropriation and misuse of names symbols and practices 179 180 The name comes from the nickname of former Kansas City mayor Harold Roe Bartle who nicknamed himself Chief as part of creating the Tribe of Mic O Say a group affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America that uses fake Native American imagery stories and made up ceremonies where its participants play Indian 181 Over the life of the franchise the following have also been displayed an arrowhead logo fans tomahawk chop gestures during games a horse named Warpaint the use of a large drum and the wearing of face paint headdresses and other Native American symbols 182 183 Chiefs fans also carry on a tradition that began at Florida State University in the mid 1980s by using the Seminole WarChant as a rallying cry during key moments in their football games 184 185 Prior to each home game a former Chiefs player 186 or a famous Chiefs fan such as NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer 187 or rapper Tech N9ne 188 called the honorary drum leader bangs on a drum with a large drum stick to start the Tomahawk chop The Chiefs and their fans use of American Indian imagery and stereotypes has been the source of controversy as some decry usage of symbols like the war drum songs and spectacles like the Tomahawk Chop and stereotypical dress of fans in faux war paint and headdresses In 2016 Native American groups asked the Kansas City Chiefs to stop doing the tomahawk chop 189 In the same year a similar request was made of Exeter Chiefs 190 The editorial board of the Kansas City Star newspaper called for the cessation of the Tomahawk Chop in late 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Further readingAlthaus Bill 2007 The Good The Bad and The Ugly Kansas City Chiefs Heart Pounding Jaw Dropping and Gut Wrenching Moments in Kansas City Chiefs History Triumph Books ISBN 978 1 57243 928 3 Gruver Ed 1997 The American Football League A Year by year History 1960 1969 McFarland Publishing ISBN 0 7864 0399 3 Herb Patrick Kuhbander Brad Looney Josh et al eds 2008 2008 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide Kansas City Chiefs Football Club Inc Hoskins Alan 1999 Warpaths The Illustrated History of the Kansas City Chiefs Taylor Publishing Company ISBN 0 87833 156 5 Maske Mark 2007 War Without Death A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football s NFC East Penguin Group ISBN 978 1 59420 141 7 McKenzie Michael 1997 Arrowhead Home of the Chiefs Addax Publishing Group ISBN 1 886110 11 5 Peterson John E 2003 The Kansas City Athletics A Baseball History 1954 1967 McFarland ISBN 0 7864 1610 6 Stallard Mark 2004 Kansas City Chiefs Encyclopedia 2nd ed Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1 58261 834 8 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