1996 Kansas City Chiefs

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
Previous Season	Next Season
1995	1997

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, 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 Head Coach – Marty Schottenheimer Assistant Head Coach/Receivers – Al Saunders 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 13 Steve Bono 12 Rich Gannon 15 Steve Matthews 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 89 Keith Cash 85 Reggie Johnson 82 Derrick Walker		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

External links

• 1996 Kansas City Chiefs season article at Wikipedia