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2000 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner Lamar Hunt
Head Coach Gunther Cunningham
General Manager Carl Peterson
Home Field Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record 7–9
Place 3rd AFC West
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers 3
Timeline
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1999 2001

The 2000 Kansas City Chiefs season was the second and final season led by head coach Gunther Cunningham. Cunningham was fired following a 7–9 record and third place finish in the AFC West. Cunningham was replaced by Dick Vermeil, and Quarterback Elvis Grbac was released at the end of the season. The team played the season without 9 time Pro Bowl Linebacker and team captain Derrick Thomas because of his untimely death on February 9 of the same year.

Offseason[]

Free agency[]

NFL Draft[]

Kansas City Chiefs 2000 NFL Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position Height Weight College
Round Choice Overall
1 21 21 Sylvester Morris WR 6 ft 3 in 212 lb. Jackson State
2 ?? 54 William Bartee CB 6 ft 1 in 200 lb. Oklahoma
3 ?? 85 Greg Wesley SS 6 ft 2 in 206 lb. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
4 ?? 115 Frank Moreau RB 6 ft 0 in 223 lb. Louisville
5 ?? 153 Dante Hall RB 5 ft 8 in 187 lb. Texas A&M
5 ?? 162 Pat Dennis CB 6 ft 0 in 203 lb. Louisiana-Monroe
6 ?? 188 Darnell Alford T 6 ft 4 in 325 lb. Boston College
7 ?? 208 Desmond Kitchings WR 5 ft 9 in 179 lb. Furman

Personnel[]

Staff / Coaches[]

2000 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
  • Director of Pro Personnel – Bill Kuharich

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Jimmy Raye
  • Quarterbacks – Tom Clements
  • Running Backs – Al Lavan
  • Wide Receivers – Richard Mann
  • Tight Ends – Keith Rowen
  • Offensive Line – Mike Solari
  • Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Jim Hostler
  Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Kurt Schottenheimer
  • Defensive Line – Bob Karmelowicz
  • Assistant Defensive Line – Tom Pratt
  • Linebackers – Joe Vitt
  • Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Darvin Wallis

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Stock

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Jeff Hurd
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Jeff Fish

Roster[]

2000 Kansas City Chiefs final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 38 Kimble Anders
  • 30 Donnell Bennett FB
  • 34 Mike Cloud
  • 20 Dante Hall
  • 46 Frank Moreau
  • 49 Tony Richardson FB

Wide receivers

  • 82 Derrick Alexander
  • 81 Kevin Lockett
  • 84 Sylvester Morris
  • 80 Larry Parker

Tight ends

  • 87 Troy Drayton
  • 89 Jason Dunn
  • 88 Tony Gonzalez
  • 85 Mikhael Ricks
Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 93 John Browning DE/DT
  • 99 Duane Clemons DE
  • 98 Eric Hicks DE
  • 90 Steve Martin DT
  • 71 Norris McCleary DT
  • 75 Chester McGlockton DT
  • 95 Derrick Ransom DT
  • 92 Dan Williams DT
  • 96 Tyrone Williams DE/DT
Linebackers
  • 51 Lewis Bush OLB
  • 59 Donnie Edwards OLB
  • 55 Ron George OLB
  • 57 Mike Maslowski OLB
  • 53 Marvcus Patton MLB
  • 56 Gary Stills OLB

Defensive backs

  • 35 Larry Atkins FS
  • 24 William Bartee CB
  • 41 Pat Dennis CB
  • 23 Carlton Gray CB
  • 40 James Hasty CB
  • 27 Bracy Walker SS
  • 44 Eric Warfield CB
  • 25 Greg Wesley SS
  • 21 Jerome Woods FS

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 67 Brad Kubik G (IR)
  • 52 Andre O'Neal LB (IR)
  • 97 Ty Parten DE/DT (IR)
  • 12 Joe Perez WR (IR)
  • 70 Marcus Spears T (IR)
  • 79 Dave Szott G (IR)
  • 64 Thomas Washington DT (IR)


Practice squad

  • 65 John Blick T
  •  6 Arland Bruce III WR
  • 94 Kendrick Gholston DE
  • 17 Ricky Hall WR
  • 50 Casey Tisdale LB


Rookies in italics
53 Active, 7 Inactive, 5 Practice squad

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Preseason[]

Week Date Opponent Results Game site NFL.com
recap
Attendance
Final
score
Team
record
1 August 5 at Tennessee L 10–14 0–1 Adelphia Coliseum 68,016
2 August 13 San Francisco L 10–33 0–2 Arrowhead Stadium 76,682
3 August 19 Jacksonville L 22–26 0–3 Arrowhead Stadium 75,120
4 August 25 at Tampa Bay L 14–37 0–4 Raymond James Stadium 64,267

Regular season[]

In 2000, the Chiefs' regular-season, non-conference opponents were from the NFC West.

Week Date Opponent Results Game site NFL.com
recap
Attendance
Final
score
Team
record
1 September 3 Indianapolis L 14–27 0–1 Arrowhead Stadium 78,357
2 September 10 at Tennessee L 14–17 (OT) 0–2 Adelphia Coliseum 68,203
3 September 17 San Diego W 42–10 1–2 Arrowhead Stadium 77,604
4 September 24 at Denver W 23–22 2–2 Mile High Stadium 74,596
5 October 2 Seattle W 24–17 3–2 Arrowhead Stadium 78,502
6 Bye
7 October 15 Oakland L 17–20 3–3 Arrowhead Stadium 79,025
8 October 22 St. Louis W 54–34 4–3 Arrowhead Stadium 79,142
9 October 29 at Seattle W 24–19 5–3 Husky Stadium 62,141
10 November 5 at Oakland L 31–49 5–4 Network Associates Coliseum 62,428
11 November 12 at San Francisco L 7–21 5–5 3Com Park 68,002
12 November 19 Buffalo L 17–21 5–6 Arrowhead Stadium 78,457
13 November 26 at San Diego L 16–17 5–7 Qualcomm Stadium 47,228
14 December 4 at New England L 24–30 5–8 Foxboro Stadium 60,292
15 December 10 Carolina W 15–14 6–8 Arrowhead Stadium 77,481
16 December 17 Denver W 20–7 7–8 Arrowhead Stadium 78,406
17 December 24 at Atlanta L 13–29 7–9 Georgia Dome 41,017

Standings[]

AFC West
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Oakland Raiders 12 4 0 .750 479 299
Denver Broncos 11 5 0 .688 485 369
Kansas City Chiefs 7 9 0 .438 355 354
Seattle Seahawks 6 10 0 .375 320 405
San Diego Chargers 1 15 0 .063 269 440

Awards and records[]

  • Tony Gonzalez, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,[1]
  • Elvis Grbac, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,[1]
  • Will Shields, AFC Pro Bowl Selection,[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362

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