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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 Kansas City ChiefsW2002 Kansas City Chiefs↗

NFL · AFC West · 8–8 (.500) · 4th in division · PF 467 · PA 399 · Coach Dick Vermeil

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3690Trent Green
2. 73Todd Collins

Rushing (yds)

1. 1615Priest Holmes
2. 225Trent Green
3. 124Johnnie Morton

Receiving (yds)

1. 906Eddie Kennison
2. 773Tony Gonzalez
3. 672Priest Holmes

Sacks

1. 9Eric Hicks
2. 7John Browning
3. 4Eddie Freeman

Interceptions

1. 6Greg Wesley
2. 4Eric Warfield
3. 3Mike Maslowski

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	968	1081
EPA per play	+0.16	+0.10
Pass EPA per play	+0.19	+0.10
Rush EPA per play	+0.13	+0.09
Success rate	47.2%	48.6%
Pass rate	52.1%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Cleveland Browns	W 40–39	1–0	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2002-09-15	2	vs Jacksonville Jaguars	L 16–23	1–1	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-09-22	3	@ New England Patriots	L 38–41 OT	1–2	Gillette Stadium
2002-09-29	4	vs Miami Dolphins	W 48–30	2–2	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-10-06	5	@ New York Jets	W 29–25	3–2	Giants Stadium
2002-10-13	6	@ San Diego Chargers	L 34–35	3–3	Qualcomm Stadium
2002-10-20	7	vs Denver Broncos	L 34–37 OT	3–4	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-10-27	8	vs Oakland Raiders	W 20–10	4–4	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-11-10	10	@ San Francisco 49ers	L 13–17	4–5	3Com Park
2002-11-17	11	vs Buffalo Bills	W 17–16	5–5	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-11-24	12	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 32–39	5–6	Seahawks Stadium
2002-12-01	13	vs Arizona Cardinals	W 49–0	6–6	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-12-08	14	vs St. Louis Rams	W 49–10	7–6	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-12-15	15	@ Denver Broncos	L 24–31	7–7	Invesco Field at Mile High
2002-12-22	16	vs San Diego Chargers	W 24–22	8–7	Arrowhead Stadium
2002-12-28	17	@ Oakland Raiders	L 0–24	8–8	Network Associates Coliseum

Roster (64)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
10	Trent Green	QB	6-3	208	Indiana	9	ACT
12	Jonathan Quinn	QB	6-6	240	Middle Tennessee State; Tulane	4	ACT
15	Todd Collins	QB	6-4	223	Michigan	7	ACT
43	Omar Easy	FB	6-2	245	Penn State	0	ACT
49	Tony Richardson	FB	6-1	240	Auburn	8	RES
23	Derrick Blaylock	RB	5-9	210	Stephen F. Austin State	1	ACT
27	Jarmar Julien	RB	5-10	240	San Jose State	0	ACT
31	Priest Holmes	RB	5-9	213	Texas	5	ACT
34	Mike Cloud	RB	5-10	205	Boston College	3	ACT
14	Curtis Jackson	WR	5-10	194	Texas	2	CUT
17	Yo Murphy	WR	5-10	187	Idaho	5	CUT
80	Johnnie Morton	WR	6-0	193	USC	8	ACT
81	Snoop Minnis	WR	6-1	172	Florida State	1	ACT
82	Dante Hall	WR	5-8	187	Texas A&M	2	ACT
85	Marc Boerigter	WR	6-3	220	Hastings	0	ACT
87	Eddie Kennison	WR	6-1	201	LSU	6	ACT
45	Billy Baber	TE	6-4	260	Virginia	1	ACT
83	Kendall Gammon	TE	6-4	250	Pittsburg State (KS)	10	ACT
88	Tony Gonzalez	TE	6-5	247	California	5	ACT
89	Jason Dunn	TE	6-6	274	Eastern Kentucky	6	ACT
62	Casey Wiegmann	C	6-2	285	Iowa	6	ACT
67	Jason Andersen	C	6-6	315	BYU	4	ACT
24	William Bartee	CB	6-1	200	Oklahoma; Butler University	2	ACT
26	Taje Allen	CB	5-11	184	Texas	5	ACT
39	Ray Crockett	CB	5-10	185	Baylor	13	ACT
40	Corey Harris	CB	5-10	187	North Alabama; The Citadel	3	ACT
44	Eric Warfield	CB	6-0	200	Nebraska	4	ACT
38	Clint Finley	DB	6-0	210	Nebraska	0	ACT
55	Gary Stills	DE	6-2	250	West Virginia	3	ACT
91	R-Kal Truluck	DE	6-4	260	Cortland State Of New York	5	ACT
97	Rich Owens	DE	6-6	287	Lehigh University	7	ACT
98	Eric Hicks	DE	6-6	280	Maryland	4	ACT
99	Duane Clemons	DE	6-5	275	California	6	ACT
71	Eddie Freeman	DT	6-5	315	UAB	0	ACT
90	Ryan Sims	DT	6-4	315	North Carolina	0	RES
93	John Browning	DT	6-5	297	West Virginia	6	ACT
94	Nate Hobgood-Chittick	DT	6-3	290	North Carolina	4	ACT
29	Jason Belser	FS	5-10	197	Oklahoma	10	ACT
42	Shaunard Harts	FS	6-0	210	Boise State	1	ACT
54	Brian Waters	G	6-3	320	North Texas	3	ACT
60	Donald Willis	G	6-3	325	North Carolina A&T; Washington	7	ACT
68	Will Shields	G	6-3	320	Nebraska	9	ACT
69	Victor Allotey	G	6-3	325	Indiana	4	RES
7	Michael Husted	K	6-0	190	Virginia	9	ACT
8	Morten Andersen	K	6-2	225	Michigan State	20	RES
97	Tony Newson	LB	6-0	247	Utah State	0	ACT
53	Marvcus Patton	MLB	6-2	241	UCLA	12	ACT
96	Monty Beisel	MLB	6-3	244	Kansas State	1	ACT
92	Eric Downing	NT	6-4	315	Syracuse; Coffeyville CC	1	ACT
95	Derrick Ransom	NT	6-3	306	Cincinnati	4	ACT
50	Larry Atkins	OLB	6-3	250	UCLA	3	RES
51	Scott Fujita	OLB	6-5	250	California	0	ACT
52	Quinton Caver	OLB	6-4	241	Arkansas	1	RES
56	Lewis Bush	OLB	6-2	250	Washington State	9	ACT
57	Mike Maslowski	OLB	6-2	243	Wisconsin La Crosse	5	ACT
59	Glenn Cadrez	OLB	6-2	247	Houston; Chaffey College	10	RES
4	Dan Stryzinski	P	6-0	205	Indiana	14	ACT
25	Greg Wesley	SS	6-2	206	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	2	ACT
30	Lyle West	SS	6-0	210	San Jose State; Chabot College	3	ACT
70	Marcus Spears	T	6-4	320	Northwestern State (LA)	8	ACT
72	Darnell Alford	T	6-4	325	Boston College	2	ACT
75	Willie Jones	T	6-6	355	Grambling State; Morgan State; UCF	3	RES
76	John Tait	T	6-6	312	BYU	3	ACT
77	Willie Roaf	T	6-5	320	Louisiana Tech	9	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Casey Wiegmann	Brian Waters
FB	Tony Richardson	Omar Easy
LG	Brian Waters	Donald Willis
LT	Willie Roaf	Marcus Spears
QB	Trent Green	Todd Collins
RB	Priest Holmes	Mike Cloud
RG	Will Shields	Donald Willis
RT	John Tait	Willie Jones
TE	Tony Gonzalez	Jason Dunn
WR	Eddie Kennison	Johnnie Morton	Dante Hall

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Shaunard Harts	Jason Belser
LCB	Eric Warfield	Ray Crockett
LDE	Eric Hicks	Eddie Freeman
LDT	John Browning	Eric Downing
LLB	Scott Fujita	Glenn Cadrez
MLB	Marvcus Patton	Monty Beisel
NT	Eric Downing	Nate Hobgood-Chittick
RCB	William Bartee	Ray Crockett
RDE	Duane Clemons
RLB	Mike Maslowski	Larry Atkins
SS	Greg Wesley	Shaunard Harts

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Dan Stryzinski	Todd Collins
K	Morten Andersen
KR	Dante Hall	Mike Cloud
LS	Kendall Gammon	Glenn Cadrez
P	Dan Stryzinski	Morten Andersen
PR	Dante Hall	Derrick Blaylock

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Tony Gonzalez	TE	2002	5	$21.5M	$4.3M	$10.0M	6.0%
Tony Gonzalez	TE	2002	1	$3.0M	$3.0M	$3.0M	4.3%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2002 (2)

Date	Trade
2002-03-27	KC → NOR: 2003 round 3 pick 78 NOR → KC: Willie Roaf
2002-04-20	DAL → KC: 2002 round 1 pick 6 KC → DAL: 2002 round 1 pick 8, 2002 round 3 pick 75, 2003 round 6 pick 186