The Kansas City Chiefs is a professional American soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the Western Division's American Football Conference (AFC) division. The team was founded in 1960 as Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and is a member of the American Football League (AFL) charter (they are not associated with the previous Dallas Texans NFL team who only played for a season in 1952). In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City and took their current name. The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in 1970. The team is worth more than $ 2 billion. Son Hunt, Clark, served as chairman and CEO. While Hunt's ownership of ownership was passed collectively to the widow and his children after his death in 2006, Clark represents the Chief in all league meetings and has the highest authority on personnel changes.
The Chiefs have won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969 and became the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat the NFL team at the AFL-NFL World Championship Game when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. The team's victory on January 11, 1970, remains the final win and last appearance of the club's championship, and takes place in the final competition as before the league's merger takes full effect. The Chiefs are also the second team, after the Green Bay Packers, appearing in more than one Super Bowl (and the first AFL team to do so) and the first to appear in a championship game in two different decades.
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1960s
In 1959, Lamar Hunt started discussions with other businessmen to form a professional football league that would rival the National Football League. Hunt's desire to secure the football team improved after watching the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the New York Giants and the Baltimore Colts. After a failed attempt to buy and relocate the NFL Chicago Cardinals to his hometown in Dallas, Texas, Hunt went to the NFL and asked to create an expansion franchise in Dallas. The NFL rejected it, so Hunt later founded the American Football League and started his own team, Dallas Texans, to start playing in 1960. Hunt hired a less-known assistant coach from the University of Miami soccer team, Hank Stram, to head team coach after an offer jobs rejected by Bud Wilkinson and Tom Landry.
After Stram was employed, Don Klosterman was employed as a head scout, credited by many people for bringing many talents to the Texans after luring him from the NFL, often hiding players and using creative ways to get them.
The Texans share a Cotton Bowl with the NFL Dallas Cowboys cross-city competition for three seasons. The Texas army has exclusive access to the stadium until the NFL puts its expansion team, the Dallas Cowboys, right there. While the average team of 24,500 best leagues in Cotton Bowl, Texas gets less attention because the AFL profile is relatively lower than that of the NFL. In the first two seasons of the franchise, the team only managed to score 8-6 and 6-8. In their third season, the Texas army runs to a 11-3 record and place on the American Football League Championship the team's first Game, against Houston Oilers. The game is broadcast nationally on ABC and Texas forces defeat Oilers 20-17 in double overtime. The match lasts 77 minutes and 54 seconds, which still stands as the longest championship game in professional football history.
It turns out this is the last game the team will play as Dallas Texans. Despite competing with the Cowboys team who only managed to record 9-28-3 in their first three seasons, Hunt decided that the Dallas-Fort Worth media market could not maintain two professional football franchises. He considered moving the Texans to Atlanta or Miami for the 1963 season. However, he was finally affected by an offer from Kansas City Mayor Harold Roe Bartle. Bartle promises to double the season ticket sales of the franchise and expand the seat capacity of the City Stadium to accommodate the team.
Hunt agreed to relocate the franchise to Kansas City on May 22, 1963, and on May 26 the team was renamed Kansas City Chief. Hunt and head coach Hank Stram originally planned to defend the Texas name, but the fan contest sets the new "Chiefs" name in honor of Walton Bartle's nickname he earned in his professional role as Scout Executive of the St. Joseph and Kansas City Boy Scout Councils and founder of Scouting Society, Mic-O-Say Tribe. A total of 4,866 entries were received with 1,020 different proposed names, including a total of 42 entrants who voted "Chiefs." The two names that received the most popular votes were "Mules" and "Royals" (which, 6 years later, would be the name of the Major League Baseball expansion franchise in 1969, after Athletics left Kansas City for Oakland after 1967 season).
The franchise became one of the strongest teams in the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances for the AFL team (tied with Oakland Raiders), and the highest AFL Championship (3). Team dominance helped Lamar Hunt become a central figure in negotiations with NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle to approve the AFL-NFL merger. In a meeting between two leagues, the combined league championship game was agreed to be played in January 1967 after the end of the 1966 season of each league. Hunt insisted on calling the game "Super Bowl" after seeing his children play with the popular toy of the time, Super Ball. While the first few games are designated as "AFL-NFL World Championship Game", the name Super Bowl becomes the official license title in the coming years.
The Chief advanced to a 11-2-1 record in 1966, and defeated the AFL Buffalo Champion champions who survived the AFL Championship Game. The Chiefs are invited to play the NFL league champions, Green Bay Packers in the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game. Kansas City and Green Bay played close matches for the first half, but Green Bay took control in the final two quarters, winning the match with a score of 35-10. The Chiefs lost the game but earned the respect of some of the Packers' opponents after the game. Interleague Chiefs with Packer is not the last time they will face an NFL opponent, especially at the championship stage. The following August, Kansas City hosted the NFL Chicago Bears in praetim 1967 and won the match 66-24.
Despite losing to the Oakland Raiders division rivals twice in the regular season in 1969, the two teams met for the third time in the AFL Championship Game where Kansas City won 17-7. Quarterback reserve Mike Livingston led the team in six straight wins after Len Dawson suffered a leg injury that kept him out of most games this season. While getting a lot of help from the club's defense, Dawson returned from injury and led the Chiefs to Super Bowl IV. Against NFL champion Minnesota Vikings, who was favored by 12½, the Chiefs dominated the 23-7 game to claim the team's first Super Bowl championship. Dawson was named the Most Valuable Player of the match after completing 12 of 17 passes for 142 yards and one goal, with 1 interception. The following season, the Chiefs and the rest of the American Football League joined the National Football League after the AFL-NFL merger became official. The Chiefs are stationed in the Western Division of the American Football Conference.
From 1960 to 1969, the Chiefs/Texans won 87 matches, the most in 10 years of AFL history.
1970s
In 1970, the Chiefs won only seven games in their first season in the NFL and missed the playoffs. The following season, the Principals counted a 10-3-1 record and won the AFC West Division. Head coach Hank Stram regarded the 1971 Chiefs team as the best but they failed to capture their championship dominance from 1969. Most parts of the team that won the Super Bowl IV two years earlier were still there for the 1971 season. The Chiefs tied with the Miami Dolphins for a record the best in the AFC, and both teams meet in a Christmas playoff game that the Chiefs lost 27-24 in overtime extension. The Dolphins beat the Chiefs with a 37-yard field goal. This game surpassed the 1962 AFL Championship as the longest ever in the 82nd and 40th minute. This match is also the last football match at Kansas City City Stadium.
In 1972, the Chiefs moved to the newly built Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex outside Downtown Kansas City. The team's first match at Arrowhead against St. Louis Cardinals, a preseason game won by Chiefs 24-14. Linebacker Willie Lanier and quarterback Len Dawson won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1972 and 1973, respectively. The Chiefs will not return to the post-season for the rest of the 1970s, and the 1973 season is the last attempt of a team victory for seven years. Hank Stram was fired after the 5-9 season in 1974, and many future Hall of Fame Hall players will depart in the middle of the decade. From 1975 to 1988, the Chiefs had been the laughing stock of the NFL and provided the Chiefs fans with no avail. Five head coaches struggled to achieve the same success as Stram, setting a 81-121-1 record.
1980-1988
In 1980, Coach Marv Levy cut the future of Jan Stenerud's Kicker Hall of Fame to little known Nick Lowery, who will be the most accurate kicker in NFL History for the next 14 years. In 1981, running back Joe Delaney rushed for 1,121 yards and was named AFC Rookie of the Year. The Chiefs finished the season with a 9-7 record and entered the 1982 season with optimism. However, the NFL Players Association strike bans the Chief's chance to return to the postseason for the first time in more than a decade. The leaders counted 3-6 and off-season, Joe Delaney died while trying to save some children from drowning in a pond near his home in Louisiana.
The Chiefs made a mistake in composing quarterback Todd Blackledge over future great players like Jim Kelly and Dan Marino in the 1983 NFL Draft. Blackledge never started full season for Kansas City while Kelly and Marino played the Hall of Fame career. While the leaders fought a violation in the 1980s, the Chiefs had a strong defense unit consisting of Pro Bowlers like Bill Maas, Albert Lewis, Art Still, and Deron Cherry.
John Mackovic took over the head coaching job for the 1983 season after Marv Levy was fired. Over the next four seasons Mackovic coached the Heads to a 30-34 record, but took the team to his first post-season appearance in 15 years in the 1986 NFL playoffs. They lost to the New York Jets in a wildcard round. Despite leading the Chiefs only for their third winning season and second playoff appearance since the merger, Mackovic was fired for what Hunt described as lack of chemistry. Frank Gansz served as head coach for the next two seasons, but only won eight of 31 matches.
1989-2008
On December 19, 1988, owner Lamar Hunt hired Carl Peterson as president, general manager, and chief executive officer of the new team. Peterson sacked head coach Frank Gansz two weeks after taking over and hiring Marty Schottenheimer as the club's seventh head coach. In the 1988 and 1989 NFL Drafts, the Chiefs chose both defensive end Neil Smith and linebacker Derrick Thomas. The defense that Thomas and Smith anchored in seven seasons together is a big reason why the Chiefs reached the postseason in six consecutive years.
In Schottenheimer's tenure as head coach, (1989-1998), the Chiefs became a timeless playoff contender, featuring offensive players including Steve DeBerg, Christian Okoye, Stephone Paige and Barry Word, strong defense, anchored by Thomas, Smith, Albert Lewis and Deron Cherry, and a special team, Nick Lowery, the most accurate kicker in NFL History. The team recorded a record 101-58-1, and won seven playoff spots. The Chiefs' 1993 season is the most successful franchise in 22 years. With new quarterbacks obtained by Joe Montana and running back Marcus Allen, two former Super Bowl and MVP champions, the Chiefs further strengthened their position in the NFL. The 11-5 Chiefs beat Pittsburgh Steelers and Houston Oilers on their way to the first franchise and only featured AFC Championship Game appearances against Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs were overrun by Bills and lost in a game with a score of 30-13. The Chiefs' victory on January 16, 1994, against the Oilers remained the last post-season victory of the franchise for 21 years until their 30-0 victory over Houston Texans on January 9, 2016.
In the NFL playoffs of 1995, 13-3 Chiefs hosted the Indianapolis Colts in a cold and humid afternoon game at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City lost the game 10-7 against the unseeded Colts, after kicker Lin Elliot missed three goal trials and quarterback Steve Bono threw three interceptions. The Chiefs chose Tony Gonzalez's tight end with a 13th overall selection in the 1997 NFL Draft, a move that is considered to be a gamble that Gonzales is a basketball player in California. During the 1997 season full of injuries to start quarterback Elvis Grbac, quarterback reserve Rich Gannon took control of the Chiefs attack as the team headed into another 13-3 season. Head coach Marty Schottenheimer chose Grbac to start a playoff game against the Denver Broncos despite Gannon's success in the previous weeks. Production of Grbac in less game, and Head lost to Broncos 14-10. Denver went on to capture their fifth AFC Championship by beating Pittsburgh, and then defeating the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII.
Coach Schottenheimer announced his retirement from the Chiefs after the 1998 season, and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham took over the training duties for the next two seasons, setting a 16-16 record. At the end of the decade of Chiefs' regular season domination, Gannon has signed a contract with Oakland Raiders, Neil Smith signed a contract with Denver Broncos, and Derrick Thomas was paralyzed in a car accident on January 23, 2000. Thomas died of complications later in the injury week. After allegedly reading online that he would be released from duty, head coach Gunther Cunningham was fired.
Looking to change Chiefs' game plan that relies on a formidable defensive strategy for the last decade, Carl Peterson contacted Dick Vermeil about the leadership vacuum of chief staff for the 2001 season. Vermeil previously led St. Louis Rams to victory in Super Bowl XXXIV. Vermeil was employed on 12 January. The Chiefs then traded the first round draft pick in the 2001 NFL Draft to St. Louis for quarterback Trent Green and signed a free agent who runs back Priest Holmes to become the team's pillar for the offense.
In 2003, Kansas City started the season with nine consecutive wins, a franchise record. They finished the season with a 13-3 record and the NFL team's lead offense in several categories under the direction of offensive coach of the USA USA Today, Al Saunders. Running back Priest Holmes surpassed Marshall Faulk's single-season touchdown record by scoring his 27th goal rushing against the Chicago Bears at the end of the regular season of the team. The team won second seed in the 2004 NFL playoffs and hosted the Indianapolis Colts at AFC Divisional Playoffs. In a match in which the two teams did not bolt, the Chiefs lost the 38-31 shoot-out. This is the third time in nine seasons that the Chiefs are 8-0 at home in the regular season, only to lose their post-season opener at Arrowhead.
After a disappointing 7-9 record in 2004, 2005 leaders finished with a 10-6 record but no playoffs. They are the fourth team since 1990 to miss the playoffs with a 10-6 record. Running back Larry Johnson started in the wounded Priest Holmes and raced for 1750 yards just nine starts. Before the final game of the Chiefs this season, head coach Dick Vermeil announced his resignation. The Chiefs won the 37-3 match over the Cincinnati Bengals who played in the playoffs.
Within two weeks of Vermeil's resignation, the Chiefs returned to their defensive roots with the next head coach election. The team introduced Herman Edwards, a former Chief Scout and head coach of the New York Jets, as the team's tenth head coach after trading the fourth round of selection in the 2006 NFL Draft to the Jets. Quarterback Trent Green suffered a severe concussion in the team's season-opening to the Cincinnati Bengals which kept him out for eight weeks. Backup quarterback Damon Huard takes over in Green's absence and leads the Chief to a 5-3 record.
Kansas City was awarded a Thanksgiving Day game against the Denver Broncos in response to Lamar Hunt's owner's lobby for the third Thanksgiving game. The Chiefs defeated the Broncos 19-10 in the first Thanksgiving Day game in Kansas City since 1969. Hunt was hospitalized at the time of the match and died a few weeks later on 13 December due to complications with prostate cancer. The Chiefs respect their owners for the rest of the season, as does the rest of the league.
Trent Green returned in the middle of the season but struggled in the final stretch, and ran back Larry Johnson set a NFL record with 416 carrying in a single season. Kansas City managed to clinch their first playoff spot in three seasons with a 9-7 record and a strange sequence of six defeats from other AFC teams on New Year's Eve, culminating with the Broncos defeat to the 49ers. The Indianapolis Colts hosted the Chiefs in the Wild Card playoffs and beat Kansas City 23-8.
In 2007, Trent Green sold to the Miami Dolphins leaving the door open either to Damon Huard or Brodie Croyle to become the new quarterback early. After starting the season with a 4-3 record, the Chiefs lost nine games remaining as Larry Johnson ran back with a season-ending foot injury and the quarterback position lacked stability with Huard and Croyle. Despite the team's 4-12 record, tight end Tony Gonzalez broke Nancy Shannon Sharpe's record for touchdown in position (63) and defensive end Jared Allen led the NFL in quarterback sack with 15.5.
The Heads started their 2008 season with the youngest team in the NFL. The initial formation has an average of 25.5 years. With the release of several veteran players such as Cornerback Ty Law and wide receiver Eddie Kennison and defensive end-trade Jared Allen, the Chiefs started a youth movement. The Chiefs had thirteen league selections in the 2008 NFL Draft and chose defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and offensive midfielder Branden Albert in the first half. Analysts quickly named Kansas City's selection as the best of the entire draft. Entering the season, the Chiefs are unsure if Brodie Croyle's injury-prone quarterback, which is an incumbent starter, could be their quarterback in the long run. Croyle was injured in the team's first game of the season and Damon Huard started in Crouch's absence. Tyler Thigpen became the third Chief to start quarterback in many games to start against the Atlanta Falcons. After a poor performance by Thigpen, where he threw three interceptions against the Falcons defense, Huard maintained as an early quarterback. The Chiefs fought off the field and at a tight moment Tony Gonzalez demanded trading and ran back Larry Johnson engaged in legal matters.
Croyle returns for the Chiefs game against the Tennessee Titans, but both he and Damon Huard suffered a season-ending injury in the game. The Chairs reorganized their attacks into a new violation game plan focused around Tyler Thigpen. The new Chiefs offense was implemented to help Thigpen play with his best abilities and also follow the absence of Larry Johnson, who was suspended for off-field behavior. The Chiefs made huge speculations using scattered violations, as most in the NFL believe that it can not work in professional football, and also head coach Herman Edwards has traditionally supported a more conservative and game-oriented game plan.
2009-2012
The 2008 season ended with the worst record of 2-14 franchises, in which the team suffered a historic defeat that exploded almost in weeks and weeks. 34-0 closes to the Carolina Panthers, and leaves the franchise's highest point of 54 points against Buffalo Bills. The team's general manager, chief executive officer, and team president Carl Peterson resigned at the end of the season, and former vice president of New England Patriots player player Scott Pioli was hired as his successor for 2009. On his arrival, Pioli made an effort to bring in coaches and administrators from his past success with the New England Patriots, where he won three Super Bowl titles.
On January 23, 2009, Herman Edwards was dismissed as head coach, and two weeks later Todd Haley signed a four-year contract to become Edwards' successor. Haley has a background with Pioli, which makes it an attractive fee for Pioli's first coach in Kansas City.
In April 2009 Tony Gonzalez traded to the Atlanta Falcons after a failed trading effort during the previous two seasons. In particular, head coach Todd Haley fired off Chan Gailey's offensive coordinator just weeks before the start of the 2009 season and chose to take on his own coordinating duties. Throughout 2009, the Chiefs acquired veterans to complement the young talents of Chiefs including Matt Cassel, Mike Vrabel, Bobby Engram, Mike Brown, Chris Chambers, and Andy Alleman. The team finished with a 4-12 record, just a two game improvement over their record of the 2008 season.
For the 2010 season, the Chiefs create significant employees for their coaching staff, bringing former Patriots assistant coach Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel to train offense and defense, respectively. The addition of training proved very successful, as the Chiefs will continue to secure their first AFC West title since 2003. Their ten wins in the 2010 season combined for as much as the team won in the previous three seasons.
On January 9, 2011, the Chiefs lost the Wild Card playoff game at their home to the Baltimore Ravens 30-7. Six players selected for Pro Bowl: Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Brian Waters, Tamba Hali, Matt Cassel, and Eric Berry's rookie safety. Jamaal Charles won the FEDEX ground player of the year award and Dwayne Bowe led the NFL in Touchdown Reception.
For their first pick in the 2011 NFL draft, and 26 overall, the team chose Jonathan Baldwin, Wide Receiver from Pitt. After a bad start, Haley was released from duty as Head Coach on 12 December. Clark Hunt made notes about "bright spots at different points this season", but felt that overall the Chairman was not advanced. The highest point of the 2011 season was a disappointing win against the Packers, who at the time, were unbeaten with a 13-0 record.
The Chiefs became the first team since Buffalo Bisons's 1929 to not take the lead in regulation through one of their first nine games. The Chiefs linked their franchise with the worst record of 2-14 and grabbed the number 1 choice overall in the NFL Draft 2013. This is the first time since their first overall pick merger.
2013-2014
After 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 scout of the Green Bay Packers.
Chiefs acquired quarterback Alex Smith from the San Francisco 49ers to choose a second round of Chiefs, 34 overall, in the 2013 draft and a conditional pick in 2014 draft. Matt Cassel was released shortly after. The Chiefs chose Eric Fisher by selecting the first overall of the 2013 NFL Draft.
The Chief started 9-0 for the second time in team history. They will lead their wildcard game against Indianapolis Colts 38-10 just after halftime, but they will collapse and lose, 45-44.
By 2014, the Chiefs are trying to make the playoffs for the second season in a row for the first time since 1995, but they finished 9-7 and were eliminated on Sunday 17.
2015
After a promising victory for the Head against Houston on Sunday 1, Kansas City went on a five-game losing streak culminating in a 16-10 loss to Minnesota and the loss of the Charles Congregation to the torn ACL. However, they manage one of the most impossible season comebacks in the NFL and win ten straight to improve their record from 1-5 to 11-5. The team grabbed the playoff spot after a 17-13 win over Cleveland on Sunday 16 to become only the second NFL team to do so after the merger.
The lead achieved by the Chiefs broke the franchise record for 9 straight (2003, 2013) and 9 seconds plus a winning streak under Reid. After a 17-week victory over Oakland 23-17, the Chiefs earned their longest winning streak in franchise history in ten games. They qualify for the playoffs, playing in the 2015 AFC Wild-Card playoffs, held at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on January 9, 2016. The Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 30-0 to clinch their first NFL playoff win in 23 seasons, returned to the 1993-94 NFL playoffs, a victory that also came in Houston. The Wild-Card Chiefs playoff victory put an end to what happened during the third longest NFL dry season, and it also ended the NFL record of eight consecutive losing playoff games. Ripped with injuries, they were defeated by the New England Patriots 27-20 in the AFC division.
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After facing a 24-3 deficit with 6 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter, Chiefs engineered a 33-27 comeback win against the San Diego Chargers ending with a 2-yard touchdown run by Alex Smith in extra time to give Chiefs their biggest regular comeback season to start the season with a score of 1-0.
On Christmas Day, the Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos 33-10 to give Kansas City their tenth successive victory against divisional opponents.
On January 1, 2017, the Chairs won AFC West and the second seed will enter the playoffs that year. They clinched the 2nd seed in the AFC but fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers 18-16 when Chris Boswell hit six.
2017
The Heads completed the year with a record of 10-6, and ended up in the first place at the AFC West. In the Wild Card, Chiefs lost a tight game at Tennessee Titans 22-21, allowing Derrick Henry to hurry up to 156 yards. Losses extended their NFL records for the most consecutive home playoff losses for six.
2018
The Chief is expected to start the 2017 first-round pick of Patrick Mahomes II after deciding to trade Alex Smith to Washington Redskins for Kendall Fuller and pick the 3rd round in 2018.
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Logo and uniform
When the Texans began playing in 1960, the team logo consisted of a white Texas state with a yellow star that marked the location of Dallas. Originally, Hunt chose Columbia blue and orange for Texas uniforms, but Bud Adams chose Columbia blue and red for the Houston Oilers franchise. The hunt back to red and gold for the Texas troop uniform, which even after the team moved to Kansas City, remains as the franchise color to this day.
The state of Texas on the team helmet was replaced by an arrow design originally sketched by Lamar Hunt on a napkin. Hunt's inspiration for the interlinked "KC" design is "SF" inside the oval on the San Francisco 49ers helmet. Unlike the 49ers logo, Kansas City's overlapping initials appear in a white arrow instead of an oval and surrounded by a thin black line. From 1960 to 1973, the Chiefs had a gray handkerchief bar on their helmets, but turned into a white bar in 1974, making them one of the first teams in the NFL to use a non-gray face mask.
Chiefs uniform designs remain essentially the same throughout the club's history. It consists of a red helmet, and a red or white shirt with the opposite number and color names. White pants were used with both shirts from 1960-1967 and 1989 to 1999. Beginning in 2009, during the Pioli/Haley era, teams have alternated between white and red pants for road games during the season. Before September 15, 2013, the Chiefs always wore white pants with their red shirts. The Chiefs never wore an alternative jersey in a game, although the special costume was sold in retail.
The Chiefs wore their white shirts with white pants at home for the 2006 season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals. The logic behind the uniform selection of the day was that Bengal would be forced to wear their black uniform on an expected day for steamy temperatures. The only other time the leaders wore white clothing at home was during the 1980 season under Marv Levy.
In 2007, the Kansas City Chief honored Lamar Hunt and AFL with special patches. It features the AFL logo from 1960 with "LH" initials Hunt in football. In 2008, the patch was permanently affixed to the left chest of Kansas City home and coop shirt.
In the game of choice 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.
For the first time in the team's history, the Chiefs wore red jersey with red pants forming an all-red combo at their home opener against the Dallas Cowboys on September 15, 2013.
Arrowhead Stadium
Arrowhead Stadium has been hosting since 1972 and has a capacity of 76,416, making it the sixth largest stadium in the NFL. The stadium underwent a $ 375 million renovation, completed in mid-2010, which included a new luxury box, larger meeting rooms and improved facilities. The renovation of the stadium was paid with $ 250 million in taxpayers' money and $ 125 million from the Hunt Family. The stadium cost $ 53 million to build in 1972, and the average ticket in 2009 cost $ 81. Centerplate serves as a stadium and Sprint concession provider, Anheuser-Busch and Coca-Cola are the big corporate sponsors.
Dating back to Chiefs' home opener from 1991 to mid-2009, the Chiefs had 155 consecutive sellout games. The streak ended with the final home game of the 2009 season against Cleveland Browns, producing the first local TV outage in over 19 years. Arrowhead has been named as one of the best stadiums in the world and has long had a reputation as one of the loudest and loudest outdoor stadiums for opposing players to play. All the noise is directly linked to his fans and was once measured at 116 decibels by Acoustical, Kansas, Mission Design Group. In comparison, aircraft takeoff can cause a sound level of 106 decibels on the ground. Sports Illustrated named Arrowhead Stadium "the toughest place to play" for the opposing team in 2005. The tailgate party environment outside the stadium in gameday has been compared to the "football campus" atmosphere. Arrowhead Stadium features a fly-over from the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from nearby Whiteman Air Force Base. Since the 1994 NFL season, the stadium has a natural grass playing surface. From 1972 to 1993, the stadium has an artificial AstroTurf surface.
During the match against the Oakland Raiders on October 13, 2013, Arrowhead Stadium once again became the loudest stadium in the world when fans set the Guinness Book of World Records record for the loudest crowd in the outdoor stadium (137.5 dB), breaking the record set by Seattle Seahawks just four weeks earlier. A few weeks later, Seattle again achieved a record with a noise level of 137.6 decibels. Head fans have reclaimed the recording once more; on September 29, 2014, on Monday Night Football against the New England Patriots, the fans recorded a sound reading of 142.2 decibels.
Campsite training and training facilities
When the Dallas-based franchise, the team conducted their inaugural training camp at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico. They moved to Southern Methodist University, owner of the Lamar Hunt alma mater, for 1961 and continued practicing there until 1965. From 1966 to 1971, Chiefs trained at Swope Park in Kansas City, and from 1972 to 1991 held a camp at William Jewell College. in Clay County, Missouri - where Lamar Hunt has many business affairs including Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun, and SubTropolis.
From 1992 to 2009 the Principals held a summer training camp at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in River Falls, Wisconsin. 2007 Chiefs' training camp documented in the reality television series HBO/NFL Films documentary film, Hard Knocks . Following the submission of a $ 25 million state tax credit proposal, the Presidents transferred their training camp to Missouri Western State University in St. Louis. Joseph, Missouri, in 2010. Most of the tax credits went for repairs to Arrowhead Stadium with $ 10 million applied to the move to Missouri Western. A climate-controlled indoor lawn, 120-yard, and office space for the Chiefs built in Missouri Western adjacent to the Spratt Stadium in school before the 2010 season.
Outside the training camp and during the regular season, the Chiefs do the exercises at their own training facility near Arrowhead Stadium. The facility is located near the entrance of Raytown Road to the Truman Sports Complex on the east of Interstate 435 and features three open fields (two lawns and one artificial turf) as well as indoor facilities of its own size field.
Mascots and cheerleaders
The first mascot of Chiefs is Warpaint, a nickname given to several different pink horse races. Warpaint served as a team mascot from 1963 to 1988. The first Warpaint (born in 1955, died in 1992) was driven by Bob Johnson racer who wore a native American headdress. Warpaint rounded the pitch at the start of every Chiefs home game and did a winning lap after each Chiefs touchdown. On September 20, 2009, the new Warpaint horse was unveiled at the Chiefs' house opener won by Oakland Raiders. Warpaint is now driven by a cheerleader, Susie.
In the mid-1980s, the Chiefs displayed an unnamed "nameless" nameless mascot which was later removed in 1988. Since 1989, cartoon-like KC Wolf, depicted by Dan Meers in a wolf costume, has served as a mascot team.. The mascot was named after the head of "Wolfpack", a group of fanatical fans of the team days at the City Stadium. K. C. Wolf is one of the most popular NFL mascots and is the first mascot of the league to be sworn in to the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2006.
The Chiefs have hired cheerleading teams since the start of the team in 1960. In the early days of the team, the all-female squad was named as Chiefettes. In addition to Cheerleaders, in the early 1970s, there were also dance/training teams performed for pre-match and halftime. From 1986 to 1992, the cheerleading squad featured a mixture of men and women. Since 1993, the all-female squad has been known as Chiefs Cheerleaders.
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Pro Football Hall of Fame mengabadikan
Twenty Pro Football Hall of Fame members spend at least part of their career with the Chiefs. Eleven spent most of his career with the Chiefs. Nine of the Heads in the Hall of Fame were involved with the Chiefs during their Super Bowl Championship season in 1969. The Chiefs had 3 contributors, 2 coaches, and 15 players in the Hall of Fame. In addition, Ronnie Lott's Safety Hall of Fame had a contract with the Chiefs during the 1995 season but only played for the Chiefs in preseason and spent the regular season injured and not recognized by the Hall of Fame for playing Chiefs.
Kepala Hall of Fame
The Chiefs are one of 16 organizations that honor the players, coaches and their contributors with the Hall of Fame or Ring of Honor team. Founded in 1970, the Chiefs Hall of Fame has installed new members in annual ceremonies with the exception of the 1983 season. Several names are featured on Arrowhead Stadium in stadium architecture before being renovated in 2009. The requirement for induction is that a player, coach, or contributor must be along with the Chiefs for four seasons and have been out of the NFL for four seasons. at the time of induction. There are some exceptions, such as Joe Delaney and Derrick Thomas, Delaney with the team just two seasons before his death, Thomas was sworn in 1 year after his death in January 2000 (2 years after his last season). The Chiefs have the second best record of the NFL team in their Hall of Fame team behind the Green Bay Packers, which has captured over 100 players and team contributors over the years at the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Nineteen players and coach of the Super Bowl IV championship team have been inducted into honorary rings.
Head coach
Thirteen head coaches have been serving Texans/Chiefs franchises since their first season in 1960. Hank Stram, the first team head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship wins and two appearances at the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974. Marty Schottenheimer was hired in 1989 and lead Kansas City to seven playoff appearances in 10 seasons as head coach. Schottenheimer has the best winning percentage (0.634) of all Chiefs coaches. Gunther Cunningham was a Chiefs coaching staff in various positions from 1995 to 2008, serving as head coach of the team in between serving as the team's defense co-ordinator. Dick Vermeil coached the team to start the best 9-0 franchise in the 2003 season. Of the ten Chiefs coaches, Hank Stram and Marv Levy have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Herman Edwards served as head coach of the team from 2006 to 2008, composing a record of 15-33 and the worst record of 6-26 franchises over a span of two years. Todd Haley set a 19-26 record with the team from 2009-2011, including the title of the AFC West division in 2010. Haley was fired with three matches left in the 2011 season. Romeo Crennel was named interim coach, and was promoted to full-time coach in January 2012. Crennel fired on Monday, December 31, 2012, after finishing the 2012 season with a 2-14 record. On January 5, 2013, Chiefs hired Andy Reid to become their next head coach. In Reid's reign, the Chiefs have been consistent competitors, making the playoffs in 4 of the first 5 seasons.
Ownership and administration
The franchise was founded in 1959 by Lamar Hunt after a failed attempt by Hunt to buy an NFL franchise and move it to Texas. remains the team owner until his death in 2006. The Hunt family continues to possess the following team of deaths Lamar and Clark Hunt, Lamar's son, representing family interests. While Hunt's official title is CEO and Chairman of the Board, he represents the team at all meetings of the owner. In 2010, Hunt took on the role of CEO along with his role as Chairman of the Board. According to Forbes, the team is worth $ 2.4 billion and ranked 24th among the NFL team in 2017.
Owner Lamar Hunt served as team president from 1960 to 1976. Due to Lamar Hunt's contribution to the NFL, the AFC Championship trophy is named after him. He promoted general manager Jack Steadman to become team president in 1977. Steadman held the job until Carl Peterson was hired by Hunt in 1988 to replace him. Peterson resigned as team president in 2008. Denny Thum became the team's temporary chairman after Peterson's departure and was formally given full positions in May 2009. Thum resigned from his position on 14 September 2010.
Don Rossi served as general manager of the team for half of the 1960 season, resigned in November 1960. Jack Steadman took over from Rossi and served in position until 1976. Steadman was promoted to team leader in 1976 and although released from these duties in 1988, he remained with the franchise until 2006 in various positions. Jim Schaaf took over Steadman's position as general manager until he was dismissed in December 1988. Carl Peterson was hired in 1988 to serve as general manager of the team, chief executive and team leader. Peterson remained in a position for 19 years until he announced his resignation from the team in 2008. Denny Thum served as a temporary general manager until January 13, 2009, when New England Patriots Chief Executive Scott Pioli as the team's new general manager. Pioli was released in early January after hiring Andy Reid, and was replaced by John Dorsey. Pioli's record as Chief's general manager is 23-41.
On June 22, 2017, it was announced that the Chiefs had fired Dorsey. They hired Brett Veach on July 10, 2017.
Staff
Media
Radio and television
Since 1989, KCFX, a.k.a. "101 The Fox", has been broadcasting all Chiefs games on FM radio under the Chief Fox Football Network Radio moniker. Since 1994, Mitch Holthus has served as a play-by-play broadcaster and former quarterback Chiefs Len Dawson serves as a color commentator. Former Head of Longsnapper Kendall Gammon serves as a field reporter. Former Broadcast Chiefs Bob Gretz also contributed to the broadcast. Beginning in 2016, Dawson will only serve as a color commentator during home games, and Gammon will be a color commentator during road games, with Dani Welniak assuming Gammon's side reporting role for away games. The Chiefs and KCFX hold the difference as the longest FM radio broadcasts that partner in the NFL. The Chiefs Radio Network covers the entire six states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, with 61 affiliate stations.
KCTV Channel 5 (CBS) broadcasts most regular season games of Chiefs, with the exception of the following. KCTV also broadcasts all pre-season Chiefs games. WDAF Channel 4 (Fox) broadcasts a game where the hosts host NFC opponents. KSHB Channel 41 (NBC) broadcasts all the games where Chiefs play at NBC Sunday Night Football or NBC playoffs NBC. KMBC Channel 9 (ABC) has played Monday Night Football game locally since 1970.
Prior to the 1994 season, the WDAF was the main station for the Chiefs as an NBC affiliate (they aired on KMBC when ABC had an AFL package until 1964), because NBC had the AFC package. The inter-conference game aired on KCTV starting in 1973 (when the NFL allowed local live of the home game). After one week of the 1994 season, the WDAF switched to Fox (which got the NFC package), and has been running the Chiefs inter-conference game since. Most of the team's games were moved to KSHB until the end of the 1997 season. Since then, they have been aired on KCTV, except for the Week 17 vs. 2015 matches. Oakland Raiders, which aired on WDAF when the NFL cross-crossed the game from CBS to FOX.
In pre-season 2015, Chiefs preseason broadcaster was Paul Burmeister who served as a play-by-play announcer, former Chiefs quarterback Trent Green serves as a color commentator, and insider KCChiefs.com B.J. Kissel is a side reporter.
Radio affiliation
The main games are broadcast in Missouri and Kansas as well as parts of Iowa, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arkansas, and South Dakota. Stations in major cities are listed below.
Pramusim game affiliation
Culture
Fan base
The Chiefs boast one of the most loyal fan base in the NFL. Kansas City is the sixth smallest media market with the NFL team, but they have the second highest average attendance over the past decade. The study by Bizjournals in 2006 gave the Chiefs a high score to consistently attract crowds of capacity in both good and bad seasons. Chiefs averaged 77,300 fans per game from 1996 to 2006, second in the NFL behind Washington Redskins. Franchising has an official fan club called Head of Kingdom which gives members the opportunity to benefit VIP ticket and treatment priorities.
At the end of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the home game, many Chiefs fans deliberately chanted "CHIEFS!" rather than singing "brave" as the final word. In 1996, general manager Carl Peterson said, "We're all looking forward, not just at Arrowhead, but on the road, too, when we get to the National Anthem stanza... Our players love it." After the September 11, 2001, supporters of the Chairman refrained from honoring those who lost their lives in the tragedy and continued to do so for the remainder of the 2001 season. On September 23, 2001 Chiefs, home game against the New York Giants, fans gave loud applause to the Giants.
After each Chiefs landed in a home game, fans sang while pointing towards the visitors and fans, "We'll beat you from hell... you... you, you, you, you!" on top of the song "Rock and Roll Part 2." The song begins after the third word "hey!" in the song. The original version of Gary Glitter's previous song was used until the NFL banned his music from the facility in 2006 following the British rocker's conviction over sexual harassment charges in Vietnam. The cover version of the song played by Tube Tops 2000 has been played since 2006 in every home game.
Chiefs fans also continue the tradition that began at Florida State University in the mid-1980s using Seminole WarChant as a rallying call during important moments in their football matches. Before every home game, a former Chiefs player, called honorary drummer, bangs on a drum with a big drumstick to start Tomahawk pieces.
Chiefs fan base has grown worldwide as 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 Chief and is their official English fan page. They have many dedicated fans who write articles and interview players from teams like Tamba Hali.
Arrowhead Stadium is also recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's loudest outdoor stadium. This was achieved on September 29, 2014 in Monday Night Football matches against the New England Patriots when the crowd reached a 142.2 decibel roar which is comparable to standing 100 feet from a jet engine, which even with short-term exposure, can cause permanent damage. damage.
Tony DiPardo
From various periods between 1963 and 2008 season, trumpeter Tony DiPardo and The T.D. Pack Band plays live music in every home game of Chiefs. The band is known as The Zing Band when the team is at Municipal Stadium. DiPardo was honored by head coach Hank Stram in 1969 with a Super Bowl ring for team win at Super Bowl IV. When his health declined, DiPardo took leave from the band from 1983-188. DiPardo's daughter took over as leader in 1989, when DiPardo's time returned to the band with popular demand. For the 2009 season, due to renovations at Arrowhead Stadium, the band did not re-perform in the stadium.
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