1978 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (4-12)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1978 Kansas City Chiefs RosterTeam Record: 4-12
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Marv Levy (4-12)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1978 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
Kansas City scored 243 points, while the defense conceded 327. Tony Reed carried the ball for a team-leading 1,053 yards for the Chiefs.
Mike Livingston passed for 1,573 yards. Tony Reed topped the receiving corps, grabbing 48 passes for 483 yards. Henry Marshall, MacArthur Lane and Walter White each were targeted regularly also.
Tim Gray seized 6 opponent throws.
Marv Levy coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Mike Livingston | 290 | 159 | 54.8 | 1573 | 5.4 | 5 | 1.7 | 13 | 4.5 | 44 | 18 | 171 | 57.4 | Tony Adams | 79 | 44 | 55.7 | 415 | 5.3 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 3.8 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 63.0 | Walter White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 370 | 204 | 55.1 | 2032 | 5.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 16 | 4.3 | 44 | 21 | 198 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Reed | 206 | 1053 | 5.1 | 62 | 5 | Ted McKnight | 104 | 627 | 6.0 | 41 | 6 | Arnold Morgado | 160 | 593 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 | Mark Bailey | 83 | 298 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 | MacArthur Lane | 52 | 277 | 5.3 | 30 | 0 | Horace Belton | 24 | 79 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | Mike Livingston | 23 | 49 | 2.1 | 18 | 1 | Tony Adams | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Henry Marshall | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 663 | 2986 | 4.5 | 62 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tony Reed | 48 | 483 | 10.1 | 44 | 1 | Walter White | 42 | 340 | 8.1 | 24 | 1 | MacArthur Lane | 36 | 279 | 7.8 | 44 | 0 | Henry Marshall | 26 | 433 | 16.7 | 40 | 2 | Ted McKnight | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 19 | 1 | Horace Belton | 11 | 88 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 | Larry Dorsey | 9 | 169 | 18.8 | 33 | 2 | Arnold Morgado | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 | Tony Samuels | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 38 | 0 | Mark Bailey | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 204 | 2032 | 10.0 | 44 | 7 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 79 | 3247 | 41.1 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 79 | 3247 | 41.1 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Payton | 32 | 364 | 11.4 | 39 | 0 | Ted Burgmeier | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 55 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 | Gary Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Clarence Sanders | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Larry Dorsey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 45 | 488 | 10.8 | 55 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eddie Payton | 30 | 775 | 25.8 | 66 | 0 | Horace Belton | 9 | 227 | 25.2 | 41 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 7 | 173 | 24.7 | 40 | 0 | Arnold Morgado | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | Ed Beckman | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 34 | 0 | Ted McKnight | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 | Gary Green | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Clarence Sanders | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | Whitney Paul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 61 | 1456 | 23.9 | 66 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tim Gray | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 61 | 0 | Gary Barbaro | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 35 | 0 | Tim Collier | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 | Whitney Paul | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | Dave Rozumek | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Emmitt Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Howard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 274 | 13.0 | 61 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Mike Livingston | 8 | 4 | -25 | 0 | 0 | Eddie Payton | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ted Burgmeier | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Gary Green | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Rudnay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Gary Barbaro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Howard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Spani | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Tony Reed | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Still | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Rozumek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Whitney Paul | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | Don Parrish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sylvester Hicks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clarence Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Horace Belton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ted McKnight | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Lloyd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ane | 1 | 0 | -32 | 0 | 0 | Larry Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arnold Morgado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MacArthur Lane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 27 | -26 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jan Stenerud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 85 | Ted McKnight | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Arnold Morgado | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Tony Reed | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Henry Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Larry Dorsey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mike Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Walter White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Beckman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 243 |
