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The Kansas City Chiefs are a National Football League team based in Kansas City, Missouri.- Franchise Founded: 1959
- First Season: 1960 (charter American Football League member; joined NFL in 1970 league merger)
- Formerly known as: Dallas Texans, 1960-62, then moved to Kansas City (1963-).
- Uniform colors: Red, White, and Gold
- Helmet design: Red helmet with white arrowhead bearing initials K.C.
- League championships won: AFL 1962, 1966, 1969
- AFC West Championships: 1971, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003
- AFC Championships: None
- Super Bowl appearances: ISuper Bowl 001 Super Bowl I Quarter1234Final Chiefs 01000 10 Packers 77147 35 Date January 15, 1967 Location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Attendance61,946 MVP Bart Starr, QB, Green Bay Super Bowl I was the first Super Bowl, the champions (lost), IVSuper Bowl 004 Super Bowl IV Quarter1234Final Vikings 0070 7 Chiefs 31370 23 Date January 11, 1970 Location Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA Attendance80,562 MVP Len Dawson, QB, Kansas City Super Bowl IV was the fourth Super Bowl, the championship of Ameri (won)
- Home stadium: Arrowhead StadiumArrowhead Stadium The Home of the CHIEFS Facility Statistics Location1 Arrowhead Drive Kansas City, Missouri 64129 Broke Ground July 11, 1968 Opened August 12, 1972 SurfaceGrass OwnerJackson County Sports Complex Authority ManagerKansas City Chiefs Constr
- Stadiums Played In:
- Cotton BowlFor the Cotton Bowl game, please see Cotton Bowl (game). The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1932. It is located in Fair Park, the State Fair Grounds in Dallas, Texas. Former tenants include: SMU Mustangs (NCAA), Dallas Cowboys ( NFL; 1960- 1970) (1960-1962)
- Municipal StadiumMunicipal Stadium can refer to Municipal Stadium (Baltimore) not be confused with Memorial Stadium (Baltimore) Bartlesville Municipal Stadium in Oklahoma Cleveland Stadium also known as Municipal Stadium Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri John F. (1963-1971)
- Arrowhead Stadium (1972-Present)
- Current President: Carl Peterson (he is also the General Manager and CEO) [2003]
- Current coach: Dick Vermeil [2003]
1 Franchise history
The team is owned by Lamar HuntLamar Hunt born August 2, 1932 in El Dorado, Arkansas, is one of the most influential sportsmen in the United States. The son of oil tycoon H. Hunt, Lamar Hunt is a 1956 graduate of Southern Methodist University with a B. degree in geology. A college foot, who founded the team along with their original league, the American Football League, in 1960. The Dallas Texans, as they were known then, defeated the Houston Oilers in a dramatic 1962 AFL championship which went into double overtime. The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963. The name, "Chiefs" was selected by a fan contest, and is derived from the then Mayor of Kansas City, H. Roe "Chief" Bartle, who was highly involved in persuading Hunt to move from Dallas to K.C. It is rumoured - though unconfirmed - that Hunt actually considered keeping the team name as it was, and playing as the "Kansas City Texans."
The Texans/Chiefs franchise was the flagship team of the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, six (tied with Oakland), the most American Football League Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions. The Texans won the classic 1962 double-overtime AFL championship game against the Houston Oilers, 20 - 17, at the time the longest, and still one of the best professional football championship games ever played. The Chiefs dropped the first Super Bowl to the Packers, then pulverized the Vikings 23 - 7 in the final "true" AFL-NFL World Championsip game after the AFL's last season in 1969. They have the largest presence in the American Football League Hall of Fame, with 24 representatives, and they had just one coach throughout their AFL history, Hall-of-Famer Hank Stram.
The Kansas City Chiefs' (under Dallas Texans name) first stadium was at 22nd and Brooklyn, called "Municipal Stadium". Municipal Stadium opened in 1923 and had 49,002 seats. In 1971, Municipal Stadium was abandoned in favor of the new Arrowhead Stadium. Municipal Stadium was demolished in 1976; it is now a community garden. The Chiefs' first game at Arrowhead Stadium was against the St. Louis Cardinals (Chiefs 24, St. Louis Cardinals 14).
As the Chiefs, under coach Hank Stram, the team played in the first Super Bowl, losing 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers. They earned revenge three years later, upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 23-7. The team won 43 games between 1966 and 1969. The Chiefs had only two winning seasons between 1974 and 1986. They did not get to the playoffs for 15 straight years.
In 1989, Carl Peterson became the team's new President and General Manager. Peterson hired Marty Schottenheimer as the team's coach. Marty Schottenheimer helped establish six straight playoff appearances, three AFC West championships, nine winning seasons, and 76 consecutive soldout games at Arrowhead. Since 1992, no NFL team has a better regular season home winning percentage than Kansas City (27-5 (.844) record).
