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1996 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner Lamar Hunt
Head Coach Marty Schottenheimer
General Manager Carl Peterson
Home Field Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record 9–7
Place 2nd AFC West
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1996 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 9–7 record and second place finish in the AFC West. Following the Chiefs' painful loss in the playoffs the year before, the Chiefs could not match their might from 1995. Despite having the team being predicted as eventual winners of Super Bowl XXXI by Sports Illustrated,[1] the team barely missed the playoffs.

Personnel[]

Staff / Coaches[]

1996 Kansas City Chiefs final staff
Front Office
  • Founder – Lamar Hunt
  • President/General Manager/Chief Executive Officer – Carl Peterson
  • Chairman of the Board – Jack Steadman
  • Executive Vice President/Assistant General Manager – Dennis Thum

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Paul Hackett
  • Quarterbacks – Mike McCarthy
  • Running Backs – Jimmy Raye
  • Tight Ends/Offensive Assistant – Jim Erkenbeck
  • Offensive Line – Art Shell
  Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Gunther Cunningham
  • Defensive Line – Carl Hairston
  • Linebackers – John Bunting
  • Defensive Backs – Kurt Schottenheimer
  • Defensive Assistant/Assistant Special Teams – Woodrow Lowe
  • Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Darvin Wallis

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Stock

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Russ Ball

Roster[]

1996 Kansas City Chiefs final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 32 Marcus Allen
  • 38 Kimble Anders
  • 30 Donnell Bennett
  • 29 Greg Hill
  • 48 Todd McNair

Wide receivers

  • 84 Joe Horn
  • 83 Danan Hughes
  • 18 Sean LaChapelle
  • 81 Chris Penn PR
  • 87 Tamarick Vanover KR/PR

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 76 John Alt T
  • 69 Jeff Criswell T
  • 61 Tim Grunhard C
  • 74 Trezelle Jenkins T
  • 68 Will Shields G
  • 66 Ricky Siglar T
  • 65 Jeff Smith C
  • 79 Dave Szott G
  • 72 Danny Villa G/LS

Defensive linemen

  • 71 Tom Barndt DT
  • 99 Vaughn Booker DE
  • 93 John Browning DE
  • 77 Pellom McDaniels DE
  • 75 Joe Phillips DT
  • 97 Dan Saleaumua DT
  • 95 Tom Sims DT
  • 90 Neil Smith DE
  • 94 Keith Traylor NT
Linebackers
  • 50 Anthony Davis OLB
  • 55 Troy Dumas OLB
  • 59 Donnie Edwards MLB
  • 58 Derrick Thomas OLB
  • 57 George Jamison OLB
  • 51 Greg Manusky OLB
  • 54 Tracy Simien MLB

Defensive backs

  • 44 Darren Anderson CB
  • 21 Martin Bayless FS/SS
  • 34 Dale Carter CB
  • 25 Mark Collins FS
  • 40 James Hasty CB
  • 45 Tony Stargell CB
  • 41 Reggie Tongue SS
  • 29 Brian Washington SS
  • 35 William White FS
  • 31 Jerome Woods FS/KR

Special teams

  •  5 Louie Aguiar P
  • 10 Pete Stoyanovich K
Reserve lists
  • 88 Victor Bailey WR (IR)
  • 80 Lake Dawson WR (IR)
  • -- Kerry Hicks DE (NF-Ill.)
  • 67 Bryan Proby DE (NF-Inj.)
  • 49 Tony Richardson FB (IR)
  • 52 Tracy Rogers LB (IR)
  • 22 J.J. Smith RB (IR)


Practice squad

  • 62 David Barnard DT
  • 14 Terence Davis WR
  •  2 Michael Dritlein WR
  • -- Luther Morris TE
  • 47 Mike Senters CB/WR
  •  4 Eric Smith WR (NF-Inj.)

53 active, 8 inactive, 5 practice squad


Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 1, 1996 at Houston Oilers W 20–19
27,725
2 September 8, 1996 Oakland Raiders W 19–3
79,281
3 September 15, 1996 at Seattle Seahawks W 35–17
39,790
4 September 22, 1996 Denver Broncos W 17–14
79,439
5 September 29, 1996 at San Diego Chargers L 22–19
59,384
6 October 7, 1996 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–7
79,189
7 Bye
8 October 17, 1996 Seattle Seahawks W 34–16
76,057
9 October 27, 1996 at Denver Broncos L 34–7
75,652
10 November 3, 1996 at Minnesota Vikings W 21–6
59,552
11 November 10, 1996 Green Bay Packers W 27–20
79,281
12 November 17, 1996 Chicago Bears W 14–10
76,762
13 November 24, 1996 San Diego Chargers L 28–14
69,472
14 November 28, 1996 at Detroit Lions W 28–24
75,079
15 December 9, 1996 at Oakland Raiders L 26–7
57,082
16 December 15, 1996 Indianapolis Colts L 24–19
71,136
17 December 22, 1996 at Buffalo Bills L 20–9
68,671

Standings[]

Template:1996 AFC West standings

References[]

  1. Sports Illustrated, September 1996

External links[]