Kansas City Chiefs

Neal — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:09:07 +0000

The Kansas Chiefs and formally known as the Dallas Texans, were one of the original teams of the AFL and the AFL team to represent the league in the Super Bowl. Lamar Hunt who wanted a team in the NFL couldn’t get his wish so he decided to take the next best course, the American Football Conference. The Dallas Cowboys who came into the NFL in 1960 and had a large fan base, Hunt knew that the best thing for the good of his franchise is to move the Dallas Texans to Kansas City. The success of the Texans was quickly obtained when they won the AFL Championship defeating the Houston Oilers in overtime in the longest game in football history up until that point 20-17. In 1963 the Dallas Texans became the Kansas City Chiefs. In ten seasons the Texans/Chiefs had a 92-50-5 which was the best record of any AFL team.With a new city and a name change the Chiefs maintained their success winning a second AFL Championship in 1966 defeating the Buffalo Bills 31-7. In 1969, the Chiefs returned to the AFL Championship winning their third defeating the Oakland Raiders 17-7. The Chiefs have seven Hall of Fame players which include Hank Stram, Jan Stenerud, Len Dawson, Lamar Hunt, Junious “Buck” Buchanan, Willie Lanier, and Bobby Bell. Buck Buchanan was one of the greatest lineman of all-time. He was a very durable playing in 166 straight games and a eight time Pro Bowl selection. Len Dawson lead the Chiefs as their quarterback to a victory in Super Bowl IV and was named the Most Valuable Player. Dawson was a seven time Pro Bowl Selection and ended his career with 239 touchdown passes.

Trent Green who was the quarterback of the Chiefs between 2001-2006 was the most successful quarterback in recent memory for the Chiefs, not including Joe Montana who played with the Chiefs in 1993&1994. During the 6 season stretch for Green he became one of the more productive quarterbacks in the league leading the team to a 13-3 record in 2003. Green is one of seven quarterbacks to throw for 4,000 in three or more season in a career.

The Kansas City Chiefs play in the AFC West with the Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, and San Diego Chargers. Winning the division will be extremely difficult for the Chiefs with Chargers and Broncos well ahead in the division as of now. It may be a very long time before the Chiefs return to their AFL days and recreate all their former success. There will be a long road back to the glory days of the AFL.

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Kansas City Chiefs