- For complete team history, see History of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Arrowhead Stadium has served as the Chiefs' home stadium since 1972.
The Kansas City Chiefs have completed 49 seasons in professional American football, 39 with the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Kansas City Chiefs franchise from 1960 to the conclusion of their most recent season in 2010, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
The team began play as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) in 1960 as the Dallas Texans. Following the 1962 AFL season, the team relocated to Kansas City, Missouri and was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs. The team has played in 745 total games in a total of 47 seasons, and a winning percentage of .538. The team's three 13-win seasons in 1995, 1997, and 2003 remain their winningest seasons to date and their 2–14 record in 2008 remains the team's worst in their 49-year history.
The Texans/Chiefs were the winningest team in the history of the AFL, compiling an 87–48 record from 1960 to 1969. The team won three league championships and served as the AFL's representative in the Super Bowl in 1966 and 1969. Since the franchise's alignment to the NFL, the team has won five division championships and six wild card playoff berths.
The team has had 30 seasons in which they finished with a .500 winning percentage or better and appeared in the post-season in 15 of those seasons. Despite the franchise's early success, the team has not won a post-season game since the 1994 playoffs and their victory on January 11, 1970 remains the franchise's only Super Bowl title to date.
- Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
| AFL Champions (1960–1969) | Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | One-Game Playoff Berth |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular season | Postseason Results | Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | |||||||
| Dallas Texans | ||||||||||
| 1960 | 1960 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Abner Haynes (UPI/AP AFL MVP) | ||
| 1961 | 1961 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | 1962 | AFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won AFL Championship (Oilers) 20–17 (2 OT) | Len Dawson (TSN AFL MVP) | |
| Kansas City Chiefs | ||||||||||
| 1963 | 1963 | AFL | Western | 3rd | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 1964 | 1964 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | 1965 | AFL | Western | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | Western | 1st | 11 | 2 | 1 | Won AFL Championship (Bills) 31–7 Lost Super Bowl I (Packers) 35–10 |
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| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 9 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | Western | 2nd[1] | 12 | 2 | 0 | Lost Western Division playoff (Raiders) 41–6 | Hank Stram (UPI/PFW AFL COY) | |
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | Western | 2nd | 11 | 3 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Jets) 13–6 Won AFL Championship (Raiders) 17–7 Won Super Bowl IV (Vikings) 23–7 |
Len Dawson (Super Bowl IV MVP) | |
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) 27–24 (2 OT) | Otis Taylor (AFC POY) Willie Lanier (Pro Bowl Co–MVP)[2] Jan Stenerud (Pro Bowl Co–MVP)[2] |
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | Willie Lanier (NFL MOY) | |
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 2 | Len Dawson (NFL MOY) | |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | 1982 | NFL | AFC | West | 11th[3] | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Bill Maas (DROY) | |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 35–15 | |
| 1987[4] | 1987 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | West | 5th | 4 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 8 | 7 | 1 | Derrick Thomas (DROY) Christian Okoye (OPOY) | |
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 17–16 | Barry Word (CPOY) |
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) 10–6 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 37–14 |
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| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chargers) 17–0 | Dale Carter (DROY) |
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 27–24 Won Divisional Playoffs (Oilers) 28–20 Lost AFC Championship (Bills) 30–13 |
Marcus Allen (CPOY) Derrick Thomas (MOY) |
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dolphins) 27–17 | |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 10–7 | Marty Schottenheimer (UPI COY) |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 14–10 | |
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Priest Holmes (OPOY) | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 38–31 | Will Shields (MOY) Dick Vermeil (MFC COY) |
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–8 | |
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | West | 3rd | 4 | 12 | 0 | Dwayne Bowe (ROTW x2) | |
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 30–7 | |
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 7 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 2012 | NFL | AFC | West | 4th | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 2013 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Colts) 45–44 | |
| 2014 | 2014 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 2015 | NFL | AFC | West | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 30–0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Patriots) 27–20 |
Marcus Peters (DROY) Eric Berry (CPOY) |
| 2016 | 2016 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 18–16 | |
| 2017 | 2017 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Titans) 22–21 | |
| 2018 | 2018 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 31–13 Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 37–31 (OT) |
Patrick Mahomes (MVP, OPOY) |
| 2019 | 2019 | NFL | AFC | West | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Texans) 51–31 Won AFC Championship (Titans) 35–24 Won Super Bowl LIV (vs. 49ers) 31–20 |
Patrick Mahomes (Super Bowl LIV MVP) |
| Total | 395 | 365 | 12 | (1960–2010, includes only regular season) | ||||||
| 8 | 13 | 0 | (1960–2010, includes only playoffs) | |||||||
| 403 | 378 | 12 | (1960–2010, includes both regular season and playoffs; 3 AFL Championships, 1 Super Bowl Championship) | |||||||
Footnotes[]
- ↑ The Chiefs and Oakland Raiders both finished the 1968 American Football League season with a 12–2 record, but the Raiders were declared AFL Western Division champions. Both teams qualified for a one game playoff.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lanier and Stenerud were named Defensive MVP and Offensive MVP of the 1972 Pro Bowl
- ↑ Due to the 1982 NFL Players Association strike, teams were ranked by conference instead of divisional standings.
- ↑ Due to the 1987 NFL Players Association strike, the season was shortened to 15 games.
References[]
- "Kansas City Chiefs History". CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/teams/history/KC. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- "NFL Football History". CBS Sportsline. http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/history. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- "Kansas City Chiefs Franchise History". Kansas City Chiefs History Website. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/kan/. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- "NFL.com - History - Yearly Standings". NFL official website. http://www.nfl.com/standings. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
- "Pro Football Hall of Fame - Kansas City Chiefs". Pro Football Hall of Fame Website. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/team.jsp?franchise_id=16. Retrieved June 7, 2008.