Kansas City Chiefts - AFC West
Overall 2011 NFL Rankings (Average per game)
| Passing Yards | Rushing Yards | Points For | Points Against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 186.1 | 118.0 | 13.7 | 22.8 |
| 26th | 14th | 31st | 22nd |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
Kansas City Chiefs 2011/12 Schedule - *All Times ET
| Regular Season Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME/SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Sun, Sep 11 | vs Buffalo | L 7-41 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 2 | Sun, Sep 18 | @ Detroit | L 3-48 | Ford Field |
| 3 | Sun, Sep 25 | @ San Diego | L 17-20 | Qualcomm Stadium |
| 4 | Sun, Oct 2 | vs Minnesota | W 22-17 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 5 | Sun, Oct 9 | @ Indianapolis | W 28-24 | Lucas Oil Stadium |
| 6 | BYE WEEK | |||
| 7 | Sun, Oct 23 | @ Oakland | W 28-0 | O.co Coliseum |
| 8 | Mon, Oct 31 | vs San Diego | W 23-20 (OT) | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 9 | Sun, Nov 6 | vs Miami | L 3-31 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 13 | vs Denver | L 10-17 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 11 | Mon, Nov 21 | @ New England | L 3-34 | Gillette Stadium |
| 12 | Sun, Nov 27 | vs Pittsburgh | L 9-13 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 13 | Sun, Dec 4 | @ Chicago | W 10-3 | Soldier Field |
| 14 | Sun, Dec 11 | @ NY Jets | L 10-37 | MetLife Stadium |
| 15 | Sun, Dec 18 | vs Green Bay | W 19-14 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 16 | Sat, Dec 24 | vs Oakland | 1:00 PM | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 17 | Sun, Jan 1 | @ Denver | 4:15 PM | Sports Authority Field |
| Preseason Schedule | ||||
| WK | DATE | OPPONENT | TIME/SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Fri, Aug 12 | vs Tampa Bay | L 25-0 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 2 | Fri, Aug 19 | @ Baltimore | L 31-13 | M&T Bank Stadium |
| 3 | Fri, Aug 26 | vs St. Louis | L 14-10 | Arrowhead Stadium |
| 4 | Thu, Sep 1 | @ Green Bay | L 20-19 | Lambeau Field |
| Team's name: Kansas City Chiefs Conference: AFC Division: West  Location: Kansas City, MO Nickname: Chiefs Mascot: K.C. Wolf Team Colours: Red, white and gold Joined the League: 1970 General Manager: Carl Peterson Football Head Coach: Herman Edwards Football Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium Current Capacity: 79,451 First Year of Football: 1960 Team Titles: AFL Championships: 1962, '66, '69 AFL-NFL Super Bowl: 1969 AFC Champs: none Division Championships: AFL West: 1962, 1966 AFC West: 1971, '93, '95, '97, 2003 |
Kansas City Chiefs
Based in Kansas City, Missouri, the Kansas City Chiefs are members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League. Originally members of the NFL’s rival league, the American Football League, the Kansas City Chiefs were first established in 1960 in Texas as the Dallas Texans.
The term later moved and Missouri and adopted its current moniker. It joined the NFL during the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
The franchise found its most success as part of the AFL. During that ten-year period, the Chiefs won three AFL titles and the 1969 Super Bowl against the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. The win remains the Chiefs’ last Super Bowl title to date.
The 1970s and 1980s were, in large part, uneventful decades for the Chiefs. Between 1971 and 1986, the Chiefs did not make any playoffs appearances, nor did the Chiefs earn a division championship between 1971 and 1993.
In the 1990s, under head coach Marty Schottenheimer, the Chiefs returned to respectability; the Missouri team featured both a strong offense and defense that pushed it into the playoffs time and time again. The Chiefs, however, were unsuccessful in the postseason; in fact, their last victory in the postseason during the 1990s took place in 1994.
After Schottenheimer’s retirement in 1998, the Chiefs underwent a series of coaching changes until 2001, when Dick Vermeil of the St. Louis Rams was hired. In 2005, after the Chiefs posted a 10-6 record but missing the playoffs, Vermeil retired and was replaced by Herman Edwards of the New York Jets.
In 2006, with the injury of quarterback Trent Green, the Chiefs dropped to a 9-7 season but managed to make a playoff berth nonetheless. The team lost, however, to the Indianapolis Colts in the wild card playoffs.
2007 proved little better. Trent Green was traded away and the replacement quarterbacks could not offer the position stability. The Chiefs dropped to a dismal 4-12 regular season record. The next season, the Chiefs released numerous veterans and began the season with the NFL’s youngest team. The Chiefs attempted to reorganize their offense, but to no avail; the team finished with an even worse 2-14 regular season record. Coach Edwards was fired and replaced by Todd Haley, while the team, in a desperate attempt to revamp their roster, traded their second round draft pick for New England Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vabrel.
The Kansas City Chiefs last winning season was in 2006 (9-7), and there was nothing they could do about in 2009 to prevent their third consecutive losing season, which ended 4-12. In Week 17 against Denver, Running back Jamaal Charles set a franchise-record with 259 rushing yards, and linebacker Derrick Johnson’s two INT-TDs tied an NFL record. And for the rookie quarterback Matt Cassel’s 16 touchdowns tied for third in franchise-history for a rookie and kicker Ryan Succop’s 25 field goals for 104 points tied for second-most for a Chiefs rookie.