1997 Kansas City Chiefs season

1997 Kansas City Chiefs season
Head coach Marty Schottenheimer
Home field Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record 13–3
Division place 1st AFC West
Playoff finish Lost AFC Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 14–10
Pro Bowlers WR Andre Rison
FB Kimble Anders
G Will Shields
LB Derrick Thomas
CB Dale Carter
CB James Hasty

The 1997 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League, and the 38th overall.

The Chiefs finished with a 13–3 record and as AFC West division champions. The season is best remembered for the Rich Gannon–Elvis Grbac quarterback controversy [1] which brewed throughout the entire season and arguably cost the Chiefs a victory in the playoffs. The Chiefs were beaten by division rival and eventual Super Bowl champions, the Denver Broncos, in the 1998 playoffs. 1997 was the final season that the Chiefs would appear in the playoffs during the 1990s and for the next several seasons, they fell out of contention. They would return to the playoffs in 2003.

This was the last season that Marty Schottenheimer would coach the team into the playoffs, with the loss to Denver in the Divisional round 14-10 capping off many years of disappointing playoff losses. This was also the final season for future Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen.

Offseason

NFL draft

1997 Kansas City Chiefs draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Tony Gonzalez *  Tight end California
2 47 Kevin Lockett  Wide receiver Kansas State
4 110 Pat Barnes  Quarterback California
6 163 June Henley  Running back Kansas
6 195 Isaac Byrd  Wide receiver Kansas
7 214 Nathan Parks  Offensive tackle Stanford
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Personnel

Staff

1997 Kansas City Chiefs staff
Front office
  • Founder – Lamar Hunt
  • Chairman of the Board – Jack Steadman
  • President/General Manager/Chief Executive Officer – Carl Peterson
  • Executive Vice President/Assistant General Manager – Dennis Thum
  • Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach – Russ Ball

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Dave Redding
  • Strength and Conditioning – Matt Schiotz
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Roberto Parker

Roster

1997 Kansas City Chiefs roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

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Rookies in italics

Schedule

WeekOpponentResultGame siteTVTimeAttendance
1at Denver BroncosL 3–19Mile High StadiumNBC4:15pm
75,600
2at Oakland RaidersW 28–27Network Associates ColiseumABC9:00pm
61,523
3Buffalo BillsW 22–16Arrowhead StadiumNBC1:00pm
78,169
4at Carolina PanthersW 35–14Bank of America StadiumNBC1:00pm
67,402
5Seattle SeahawksW 20–17 OTArrowhead StadiumNBC4:15pm
77,877
6at Miami DolphinsL 14–17Pro Player StadiumNBC1:00pm
71,794
7Bye
8San Diego ChargersW 31–3Arrowhead StadiumTNT8:00pm
77,195
9at St. Louis RamsW 28–20Edward Jones DomeNBC1:00pm
64,864
10Pittsburgh SteelersW 13–10Arrowhead StadiumABC9:00pm
78,301
11at Jacksonville JaguarsL 14–24Alltel StadiumNBC1:00pm
70,444
12Denver BroncosW 24–22Arrowhead StadiumNBC1:00pm
77,963
13at Seattle SeahawksW 19–14KingdomeNBC4:15pm
66,264
14San Francisco 49ersW 44–9Arrowhead StadiumFOX1:00pm
77,535
15Oakland RaidersW 30–0Arrowhead StadiumNBC1:00pm
76,379
16at San Diego ChargersW 29–7Qualcomm StadiumNBC4:15pm
54,594
17New Orleans SaintsW 25–13Arrowhead StadiumFOX1:00pm
66,772

Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Kansas City Chiefs 1330.813375232W6
(4) Denver Broncos 1240.750472287W1
Seattle Seahawks 880.500365362W2
Oakland Raiders 4120.250324419L5
San Diego Chargers 4120.250266425L8

Playoffs

1998 playoffs
Divisional
Playoff		Denver BroncosL 10–14Arrowhead StadiumNBC4:15pm
76,965

Game summary

AFC Divisional Playoff: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Broncos 0 7 0714
Chiefs 0 0 10010

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: January 4, 1998
  • Game time: 2:00 p.m. PDT
  • Game weather: 30°F, relative humidity 91°F, round (wind) 11 MPH
  • TV: ABC
  • Boxscore
Game information

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gretz, Bob. Quarterbacks and controversy Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. KCChiefs.com, November 1, 2006
  2. ↑ "1997 Kansas City Chiefs draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
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