Kansas City Chiefs

7-9-0 • 5th in AFC West •
Logo for the 1979 Kansas City Chiefs

PPG

14.9

26th

OPP PPG

16.4

5th

RUSH YDS/G

144.8

13th

PASS YDS/G

122.1

28th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Kansas City Chiefs were 7-9 in 1979. They finished 5th in the AFC West and 11th in the AFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/16
 		@
TB logo TB
L
0-3
Sun
12/9
 		@
BAL logo BAL
W
10-7
Sun
12/2
 		vs
SEA logo SEA
W
37-21
Sun
11/25
 		@
SD logo SD
L
7-28
Sun
11/18
 		@
OAK logo OAK
W
24-21

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,484

Fuller

Fuller

RUSH YDS

755

McKnight

McKnight

REC YDS

444

Smith

Smith

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Chargers logo Chargers
12 4 0 .750
Broncos logo Broncos
10 6 0 .625
Raiders logo Raiders
9 7 0 .563
Seahawks logo Seahawks
9 7 0 .563
Chiefs logo Chiefs
7 9 0 .438

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 238 3,976 972 4.1 2,316 569 4.1 1,953 361 5.4 42 293 241 122 91 28 108 971
Team Rank 26th 27th 26th 27th 13th 9th 12th 28th 28th 28th 18th 12th 26th 15th 28th 6th 18th 23rd
Opponent 16 262 4,971 1,088 4.6 1,847 522 3.5 3,404 528 6.4 38 280 297 102 169 26 118 1,013
Opponent Rank 5th 12th 25th 8th 6th 11th 6th 22nd 27th 7th 14th 13th 13th 5th 24th 15th 3rd 6th
Net -24 -995 -116 -0.5 +469 +47 +0.5 -1,451 -167 -1.0 +4 +13 -56 +20 -78 +2 -10 -42
Net Rank 18th 25th 25th 23rd 7th 11th 4th 28th 27th 25th 16th 13th 26th 7th 28th 10th 8th 10th

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