1987 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Frank Gansz (4-11)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1987 Kansas City Chiefs Roster
1987 Kansas City Chiefs Results

The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.

Kansas City scored 273 points, while the porous defense conceded 388. Bill Kenney threw for 2,107 yards. Carlos Carson topped the receiving corps, grabbing 55 passes for 1,044 yards. Stephone Paige was targeted regularly also.

Christian Okoye carried the ball for a team-leading 660 yards for the Chiefs.

Deron Cherry and Kevin Ross each snatched 3 opponent throws. Mike Bell dropped opposing passers 6.5 times.

Frank Gansz coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Bill Kenney	273	154	56.4	2107	7.7	15	5.5	9	3.3	81	22	161	85.8
Frank Seurer	55	26	47.3	340	6.2	0	0.0	4	7.3	33	10	82	36.9
Matt Stevens	57	32	56.1	315	5.5	1	1.8	1	1.8	23	6	53	70.4
Todd Blackledge	31	15	48.4	154	5.0	1	3.2	1	3.2	19	7	43	60.4
Alex Espinoza	14	9	64.3	69	4.9	0	0.0	2	14.3	16	2	17	36.6
Doug Hudson	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	10	39.6
Paul Palmer	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	432	236	54.6	2985	6.9	17	3.9	17	3.9	81	48	366

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Christian Okoye	157	660	4.2	43	3
Herman Heard	82	466	5.7	64	3
Paul Palmer	24	155	6.5	35	0
Robert Parker	47	150	3.2	10	1
Chris Smith	26	114	4.4	11	0
Larry Moriarty	30	107	3.6	11	0
Ken Lacy	14	49	3.5	17	0
Frank Seurer	9	33	3.7	11	0
Todd Blackledge	5	21	4.2	11	0
Kelly Goodburn	1	16	16.0	16	0
Woodie Pippens	3	16	5.3	11	0
Michael Clemons	2	7	3.5	7	0
Matt Stevens	3	7	2.3	6	0
Alex Espinoza	1	5	5.0	5	0
Ralph Stockemer	1	2	2.0	2	0
Doug Hudson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bill Kenney	12	-2	-0.2	6	0
Carlos Carson	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Totals	419	1799	4.3	64	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carlos Carson	55	1044	19.0	81	7
Stephone Paige	43	707	16.4	51	4
Christian Okoye	24	169	7.0	22	0
Jonathan Hayes	21	272	13.0	33	2
Herman Heard	14	118	8.4	15	0
Henry Marshall	10	126	12.6	19	0
Larry Moriarty	10	37	3.7	8	1
Rod Jones	8	76	9.5	16	1
Robert Parker	7	44	6.3	14	0
Eric Brown	5	69	13.8	23	0
Dave Montagne	5	47	9.4	16	0
Paul Coffman	5	42	8.4	13	1
John Trahan	4	40	10.0	14	0
Paul Palmer	4	27	6.8	10	0
Walt Arnold	3	26	8.7	10	0
Richard Estell	3	24	8.0	11	0
Darrell Colbert	3	21	7.0	9	0
Stein Koss	2	25	12.5	14	0
Kenny Nash	2	22	11.0	14	0
Chris Smith	2	21	10.5	16	0
Woodie Pippens	2	12	6.0	7	0
Mark Keel	2	9	4.5	7	0
Ralph Stockemer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mark Adickes	1	3	3.0	3	1
Totals	236	2985	12.6	81	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Nick Lowery	26	26	100.0	23	19	82.6	83
James Hamrick	4	4	100.0	2	2	100.0	10
Totals	30	30	100.0	25	21	84.0	93

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kelly Goodburn	59	2412	40.9	55
Lewis Colbert	10	377	37.7	47
Totals	69	2789	40.4	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Michael Clemons	19	162	8.5	44	0
Jitter Fields	8	161	20.1	85	1
Darrell Colbert	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dave Montagne	1	8	8.0	8	0
Kevin Wyatt	2	4	2.0	4	0
Sherman Cocroft	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	32	346	10.8	85	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Paul Palmer	38	923	24.3	95	2
Kevin Wyatt	5	121	24.2	29	0
Larry Moriarty	6	102	17.0	24	0
Mark Robinson	5	97	19.4	25	0
Robert Parker	3	49	16.3	25	0
Ken Lacy	4	44	11.0	20	0
Garcia Lane	2	37	18.5	21	0
Darrell Colbert	1	18	18.0	18	0
Stephen Griffin	1	16	16.0	16	0
Jitter Fields	1	13	13.0	13	0
Eric Smith	1	10	10.0	10	0
Aaron Pearson	2	4	2.0	4	0
Michael Clemons	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	70	1437	20.5	95	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deron Cherry	3	58	19.3	30
Kevin Ross	3	40	13.3	40
Mark Robinson	2	42	21.0	25
Louis Cooper	1	0	0.0	0
Albert Lewis	1	0	0.0	0
Trent Bryant	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	11	140	12.7	40

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Mike Bell	6.5
Bill Maas	6.0
Art Still	5.5
Jack Del Rio	3.0
Dino Hackett	2.0
Kevin Ross	1.0
Angelo Snipes	1.0
Eric Holle	0.5
Pete Koch	0.5
Totals	26.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Kevin Ross	58	58	0	0
Jack Del Rio	44	44	0		0	0	0	0	1
Albert Lewis	43	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Faulkner	3	3	0
Bill Kenney					8	2	-8	0	0
Mark Robinson				0	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Baugh					1	2	0	0	0
Herman Heard					5	2	0		0
Mike Bell					0	2	0	0	0
James Harrell					0	2	0	0	0
Paul Coffman					0	2	0		0
Bob Harris					0	1	0		0
Frank Seurer					2	1	0	0	0
Rich Baldinger					0	1	0	0	0
Michael Clemons					3	1	0	0	0
Doug Hudson					1	1	-3	0	0
Todd Howard					0	1	0	0	0
Jonathan Hayes					0	1	0		0
Bill Maas					0	1	6	1	0
Mark Adickes					0	1	0		0
Teddy Nelson					0	1	0	0	0
Matt Stevens					0	1	-9	0	0
Carlton Thomas					0	1	0	0	0
Tim Cofield					0	1	0	0	0
Eric Smith					1	1	0	0	0
Deron Cherry				0	0	1	0	0	0
Glenn Hyde					1	1	0	0	0
Rod Jones					1	0	0		0
Kevin Wyatt					1	0	0	0	0
Carlos Carson					1	0	0		0
Christian Okoye					5	0	0		0
Todd Blackledge					2	0	-6	0	0
Paul Palmer					2	0	0		0
Aaron Pearson					2	0	0	0	0
Chris Smith					2	0	0	0	0
Robert Parker					1	0	0		0
Ken Lacy					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	148	148	0	0	41	31	-20	1	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Nick Lowery									19	26	0			83
Carlos Carson	0	7							0	0	0			42
Stephone Paige		4							0	0	0			24
Herman Heard	3	0							0	0	0			18
Christian Okoye	3	0							0	0	0			18
Jonathan Hayes		2							0	0	0			12
Paul Palmer	0	0		2					0	0	0			12
James Hamrick									2	4	0			10
Bob Harris								1	0	0	0			6
Rod Jones		1							0	0	0			6
Jitter Fields			1	0					0	0	0			6
Kevin Ross						0		1	0	0	0			6
Bill Maas							1		0	0	0			6
Mark Adickes		1							0	0	0			6
Larry Moriarty	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Robert Parker	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Paul Coffman		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	7	17	1	2	0	0	1	2	21	30	0	0	0	273