Kansas City Chiefs seasons
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For complete team history, see History of the Kansas City Chiefs.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Kansas City Chiefs American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Kansas City Chiefs franchise from 1960 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
The Chiefs were the winningest team in the history of the American Football League, winning three league championships and appearing twice as the AFL's representative in the Super Bowl in 1966 and 1969. Since the franchise's alignment to the National Football League, the team has won five division championships and six wild card playoff berths.
- Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Italicized numbers mean that the records are subject to change each week due to regular season or postseason games being played.
| AFL Champions (1960–1969) | Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | One-Game Playoff Berth |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular Season | Post Season Results | Awards | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
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| 1960 | 1960 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Abner Haynes (UPI/AP AFL MVP) | ||
| 1961 | 1961 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | AFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 20–17 (2 OT) | Len Dawson (TSN AFL MVP) | |
| Kansas City Chiefs (AFL) | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 1963 | AFL | Western | 3rd | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | AFL | Western | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 2 | 1 | Won AFL Championship (Bills) 31–7 Lost Super Bowl I (Packers) 35-10 |
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| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | Western | 2nd[1] | 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost Western Division playoff (Raiders) 41–6 | Hank Stram (UPI/PFW AFL COY) | |
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 13–6 Won AFL Championship (Raiders) 17–7 Won Super Bowl IV (Vikings) 23–7 |
Len Dawson (Super Bowl IV MVP) | |
| Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 27–24 (2 OT) | Otis Taylor (AFC POY) Willie Lanier (Pro Bowl Co-MVP)[2] Jan Stenerud (Pro Bowl Co-MVP)[2] |
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Willie Lanier (NFL MOY) | |
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | Len Dawson (NFL MOY) | |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | NFL | AFC | West | 11th[3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Bill Maas (DROY) | |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 35-15 | |
| 1987[4] | 1987 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 7 | 1 | Derrick Thomas (DROY) Christian Okoye (OPOY) |
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| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 17-16 | Barry Word (CPOY) |
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) 10-6 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 37-14 |
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| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chargers) 17-0 | Dale Carter (DROY) |
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 27-24 Won Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) 28-20 Lost AFC Championship (Bills) 30-13 |
Marcus Allen (CPOY) Derrick Thomas (MOY) |
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 27-17 | |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 10-7 | Marty Schottenheimer (UPI COY) |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 14-10 | |
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Priest Holmes (OPOY) | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 38-31 | Will Shields (MOY) Dick Vermeil (MFC COY) |
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23-8 | |
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 4 | 12 | 0 | Dwayne Bowe (ROTW x2) | |
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | West | ||||||
| Total | 379 | 333 | 12 | (1960–2007, includes only regular season) | ||||||
| 8 | 13 | 0 | (1960–2007, includes only playoffs) | |||||||
| 387 | 346 | 12 | (1960–2007, includes both regular season and playoffs; 3 AFL Championships, 1 AFL-NFL Championship) | |||||||
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ The Chiefs and Oakland Raiders both finished the 1968 American Football League season with a 12-2 record, but the Raiders were declared AFL Western Division champions. Both teams qualified for a one game playoff.
- ^ a b Lanier and Stenerud were named Defensive MVP and Offensive MVP of the 1972 Pro Bowl
- ^ Due to the 1982 National FootbalL League Players Association strike, teams were ranked by conference instead of divisional standings.
- ^ Due to the 1987 National FootbalL League Players Association strike, the season was shortened to 15 games.
[edit] References
- Kansas City Chiefs History. CBS Sportsline. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- NFL Football History. CBS Sportsline. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- Kansas City Chiefs Franchise History. Kansas City Chiefs History Website. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- NFL.com - History - Yearly Standings. National Football League official website. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
- Pro Football Hall of Fame - Kansas City Chiefs. Pro Football Hall of Fame Website. Retrieved on June 7, 2008.
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