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Record: 10 - 3 - 1 (pythagorean: 10 - 4, .743) Coaching: Hank Stram 10 - 3 - 1  (playoffs:0 - 1) 1971 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Len Dawson WR - Otis Taylor OT - Jim Tyrer G - Ed Budde DT - Buck Buchanan NT - Curley Culp LB - Bobby Bell LB - Willie Lanier CB - Emmitt Thomas K - Jan Stenerud P - Jerrel Wilson 1971 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-16 (16) - Elmo Wright, Houston, WR   2-13 (39) - Wilber Young, Wm. Penn (Iowa), DT   2-16 (42) - Scott Lewis, Grambling, DE   4-16 (94) - David Robinson, Jacksonville State, TE   5-16 (120) - Mike Adamle, Northwestern, RB   6-16 (146) - Kerry Reardon, Iowa, DB   8-9 (191) - Mike Sensibaugh, Ohio State, DB   8-16 (198) - Rick Telander, Northwestern, DB   9-16 (224) - Alvin Hawes, Minnesota, T   10-16 (250) - Bruce Jankowski, Ohio State, WR   11-16 (276) - Nate Allen, Texas Southern, DB   12-16 (302) - Tony Esposito, Pittsburgh, RB   13-16 (328) - Chuck Hixson, Southern Methodist, QB   14-16 (354) - Bruce Bergey, UCLA, DE   15-16 (380) - Mike Montgomery, Southwest Texas State, DB   16-16 (406) - Darrell Jansonius, Iowa State, G   17-15 (431) - Travis Hill, Prairie View A&M, DB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 KAN 14 at SDG 21 Week 2 KAN 20 at HOO 16 Week 3 KAN 16 at DEN 3 Week 4 SDG 10 at KAN 31 Week 5 PIT 16 at KAN 38 Week 6 WAS 20 at KAN 27 Week 7 KAN 20 at OAK 20 Week 8 KAN 10 at NYJ 13 Week 9 CLE 7 at KAN 13 Week 10 DEN 10 at KAN 28 Week 11 KAN 21 at DET 32 Week 12 KAN 26 at SFO 17 Week 13 OAK 14 at KAN 16 Week 14 BUF 9 at KAN 22 AFC Divisional Playoff MIA 27 2OT at KAN 24
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 302 4190 32 108 119 13 240   337 183 2694 15 13 35 347   487 1843 14   72 734 23 13 -- DEFENSE 208 3768 21 73 125 25 223   418 209 2703 11 27 28 235   367 1300 9   71 751 16 -- 6     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 33 150 0   OPP: 40 286 0   OWN: 47 1031 0   OPP: 47 1071 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 64 2864 0 1 0   OPP: 67 2727   OWN: 32 32 26 45   OPP: 20 21 20 32
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Len Dawson 14 301 167 55.5 2504 8.32 15 13 30 303 81.6   12 24 2.0 0 8   0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Livingston 3 28 12 42.9 130 4.64 0 0 4 39 57.1   5 11 2.2 0 5   0 0 0.0 0 0 John Huarte 1 6 2 33.3 18 3.00 0 0 1 5 42.4   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ed Podolak 13 2 2 100.0 42 21.00 0 0 0 0 118.8   184 708 3.8 9 25   36 252 7.0 0 23 Wendell Hayes 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   132 537 4.1 1 27   16 150 9.4 1 26t Warren Mcvea 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   68 288 4.2 3 19   5 -3 -0.6 0 10 Jim Otis 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   49 184 3.8 0 14   13 81 6.2 2 26 Robert Holmes 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   21 35 1.7 0 6   2 16 8.0 0 12 Mike Adamle 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   13 43 3.3 0 15   1 6 6.0 1 6t Otis Taylor 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 25 25.0 1 25t   57 1110 19.5 7 82 Elmo Wright 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -10 -10.0 0 -10   26 528 20.3 3 69t Willie Frazier 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -2 -2.0 0 -2   2 41 20.5 0 23 Morris Stroud 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   22 454 20.6 1 54 Dennis Homan 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 47 23.5 0 29 Sid Smith 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 12 12.0 0 12   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Ed Podolak 13 14 84 6.0 9 23 0   3 65 21.7 25 0 Dennis Homan 8 10 61 6.1 5 18 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Mike Sensibaugh 7 5 -2 -0.4 1 3 0   4 71 17.8 25 0 Kerry Reardon 6 3 5 1.7 5 4 0   12 308 25.7 41 0 Ceasar Belser 14 1 2 2.0 0 2 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Warren Mcvea 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   9 177 19.7 37 0 Mike Adamle 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 149 21.3 34 0 Robert Holmes 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   7 171 24.4 41 0 Wendell Hayes 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 75 18.8 34 0 Bruce Bergey 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 15 15.0 15 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Jan Stenerud 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   12/13 5/9 4/8 4/9 1/5 54 26 44 32 32 Bob Stein 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 0 0 Jerrel Wilson 14 64 2864 68 1 0 0 0.0 44.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Bobby Bell 14 0.0 0   1 26 26t 1 Buck Buchanan 14 0.0 0   1 9 9 0 Dave Hadley 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Jim Kearney 14 0.0 0   3 46 29 0 Willie Lanier 14 0.0 0   2 38 21 0 Jim Lynch 14 0.0 0   1 10 10 0 Jim Marsalis 14 0.0 0   3 0 0 0 Johnny Robinson 14 0.0 0   4 53 29 0 Bob Stein 14 0.0 0   1 5 5 0 Emmitt Thomas 14 0.0 0   8 145 36 1 Aaron Brown 13 0.0 0   1 68 68t 1 Wilbur Young 13 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Mike Adamle 8 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Allen 4 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Bell 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ceasar Belser 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bruce Bergey 6 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Brown 13 0 0 0 0 0 Buck Buchanan 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Budde 14 0 0 0 0 0 Curley Culp 14 0 0 0 0 0 George Daney 14 0 0 0 0 0 Len Dawson 14 8 3 0 -14 0 Willie Frazier 8 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Hadley 14 0 0 0 0 0 Wendell Hayes 14 1 1 0 0 0 Dave Hill 14 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Holmes 6 1 0 0 0 0 Dennis Homan 8 1 1 0 0 0 John Huarte 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bruce Jankowski 5 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Kearney 14 0 0 1 20 0 Willie Lanier 14 0 0 3 3 0 Mike Livingston 3 1 0 0 -1 0 Ed Lothamer 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Lynch 14 0 0 1 4 0 Jim Marsalis 14 0 0 1 0 0 Warren Mcvea 12 1 0 0 0 0 Mo Moorman 9 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Oriard 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Otis 13 1 0 0 0 0 Ed Podolak 13 5 0 0 0 0 Kerry Reardon 6 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Robinson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Rudnay 13 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Sensibaugh 7 2 0 0 0 0 Sid Smith 14 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Stein 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jan Stenerud 14 0 0 0 0 0 Morris Stroud 14 0 0 0 0 0 Otis Taylor 14 0 1 0 0 0 Emmitt Thomas 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Tyrer 14 0 1 0 0 0 Marv Upshaw 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jerrel Wilson 14 1 1 0 -11 0 Elmo Wright 14 1 0 0 0 0 Wilbur Young 13 0 0 0 0 0

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