1967 Kansas City Chiefs season

1967 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	Lamar Hunt
General manager	Jack Steadman
Head coach	Hank Stram
Home stadium	Municipal Stadium
Results
Record	9–5
Division place	2nd AFL Western
Playoffs	Did not qualify
AFL All-Stars	QB Len Dawson RB Mike Garrett FB Curtis McClinton TE Fred Arbanas G Ed Budde DT Buck Buchanan DE Jerry Mays LB Sherrill Headrick S Johnny Robinson
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The 1967 Kansas City Chiefs season was the eighth season for the Kansas City Chiefs as a professional AFL franchise, and fifth in Kansas City. Despite their AFL championship win and an appearance in the inaugural AFL-NFL championship game (Super Bowl I) the previous year, the Chiefs did not advance to the postseason (AFL championship game).

The club’s special teams got a boost with the addition of kicker Jan Stenerud from Montana State and kick returner Noland “Super Gnat” Smith from Tennessee State. The seating capacity at Municipal Stadium was increased from 40,000 to 47,000 due to demand. In June, Jackson County voters approved a $43 million bond issue for construction of a sports complex to be completed by 1972. ^[1]

The Chiefs' first non-playoff game against an NFL team resulted in a commanding 66–24 preseason victory over the Chicago Bears at Municipal Stadium on August 23. ^{[2] [3]} Injuries again hit the club hard during the regular season as the Chiefs clawed their way to a 9–5 record, ^[1] four games behind the division-winning Oakland Raiders (13–1).

Roster

1967 Kansas City Chiefs roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 16 Len Dawson 11 Jacky Lee Running backs (RB) 23 Bert Coan 21 Mike Garrett 32 Curtis McClinton 45 Gene Thomas Wide receivers (WR) 88 Chris Burford 25 Frank Pitts 30 Gloster Richardson  1 Noland Smith 89 Otis Taylor Tight ends (TE) 84 Fred Arbanas 80 Reggie Carolan

Offensive linemen (OL) 61 Dennis Biodrowski G 71 Ed Budde G 72 Tony DiMidio T 66 Wayne Frazier C 73 Dave Hill T 54 Mike Hudock C 70 Bob Kelly T 64 Curt Merz G 60 Al Reynolds G 77 Jim Tyrer T Defensive linemen (DL) 86 Buck Buchanan DT 85 Chuck Hurston DE 99 Ernie Ladd DT 82 Ed Lothamer DT 75 Jerry Mays DE 74 Gene Trosch DE

Linebackers (LB) 52 Bud Abell OLB 78 Bobby Bell OLB 69 Sherrill Headrick OLB 51 Jim Lynch MLB Defensive backs (DB) 20 Bobby Hunt SS 46 Jim Kearney CB 48 Sam Longmire CB/S 22 Willie Mitchell CB 42 Johnny Robinson FS 17 Fletcher Smith CB 18 Emmitt Thomas CB 24 Fred Williamson CB Special teams (ST)  3 Jan Stenerud K 44 Jerrel Wilson P

Practice squad 24 Caesar Belser S 79 Al Dotson DT 62 Ray Kubala T 68 Wayne Walker P Reserve 87 Aaron Brown DE (IR) 65 Jon Gilliam C (IR) 55 E. J. Holub LB (IR) 63 Willie Lanier LB (IR) Rookies in italics

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	August 5	at Houston Oilers	W 24–9	1–0	Rice Stadium	36,632	Recap
2	August 12	vs. New York Jets	W 30–17	2–0	Legion Field (Birmingham, AL)	53,109	Recap
3	August 19	vs. Oakland Raiders	W 48–0	3–0	Civic Stadium (Portland, OR)	13,352	Recap
4	August 23	Chicago Bears	W 66–24	4–0	Municipal Stadium	33,041	Recap
5	September 1	at Los Angeles Rams	L 24–44	4–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	73,990	Recap

Regular season

Schedule

Main article: 1967 American Football League season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	Bye
2	September 9	at Houston Oilers	W 25–20	1–0	Rice Stadium	28,003	Recap
3	Bye
4	September 24	at Miami Dolphins	W 24–0	2–0	Miami Orange Bowl	36,272	Recap
5	October 1	at Oakland Raiders	L 21–23	2–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,268	Recap
6	October 8	Miami Dolphins	W 41–0	3–1	Municipal Stadium	45,291	Recap
7	October 15	at San Diego Chargers	L 31–45	3–2	San Diego Stadium	43,355	Recap
8	October 22	Houston Oilers	L 19–24	3–3	Municipal Stadium	46,365	Recap
9	October 29	Denver Broncos	W 52–9	4–3	Municipal Stadium	44,002	Recap
10	November 5	New York Jets	W 42–18	5–3	Municipal Stadium	46,642	Recap
11	November 12	at Boston Patriots	W 33–10	6–3	Fenway Park	23,010	Recap
12	November 19	San Diego Chargers	L 16–17	6–4	Municipal Stadium	46,738	Recap
13	November 23	Oakland Raiders	L 22–44	6–5	Municipal Stadium	44,020	Recap
14	December 3	Buffalo Bills	W 23–13	7–5	Municipal Stadium	41,948	Recap
15	December 10	at New York Jets	W 21–7	8–5	Shea Stadium	62,891	Recap
16	December 17	at Denver Broncos	W 38–24	9–5	Bears Stadium	31,660	Recap
17	Bye
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 14

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Chiefs	14	14	7	3	38
Broncos	0	7	10	7	24

• Date: December 17
• Location: Bears Stadium

Standings

AFL Western Division
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	13	1	0	.929	6–0	468	233	W10
Kansas City Chiefs	9	5	0	.643	2–4	408	254	W3
San Diego Chargers	8	5	1	.615	4–2	360	352	L4
Denver Broncos	3	11	0	.214	0–6	256	409	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.

References

1. "Kansas City Chiefs History 1960's". Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
2. Engel, Lou (August 24, 1967). "Chiefs bombard once-proud Bears, 66-24". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 16.
3. "Chiefs rip Bears 66-24, with 32 point 2nd period". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. August 24, 1967. p. 1, part 2.^{[ permanent dead link ]}