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
Timeline
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< 1996 1998 >

The 1997 Chiefs finished with a 13–3 record and 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. This was the last season that Marty Schottenheimer would coach the team into the playoffs, and capped off many years of disappointing playoff losses the team should have won by losing to Denver in the Divisional playoffs round 14-10.

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1997 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

colspan="7" style="background: #C60C30; color:white; border: 2px solid #FFB612" text-align: center;" | 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

  • Special Teams – Mike Stock
  • Assistant Special Teams – Woodrow Lowe

Strength and conditioning

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

Schedule

Week Opponent Result Game site TV Time Attendance
1 at Denver Broncos L 3–19 Mile High Stadium NBC 4:15pm
75,600
2 at Oakland Raiders W 28–27 Network Associates Coliseum ABC 9:00pm
61,523
3 Buffalo Bills W 22–16 Arrowhead Stadium NBC 1:00pm
78,169
4 at Carolina Panthers W 35–14 Bank of America Stadium NBC 1:00pm
67,402
5 Seattle Seahawks W 20–17 OT Arrowhead Stadium NBC 4:15pm
77,877
6 at Miami Dolphins L 14–17 Pro Player Stadium NBC 1:00pm
71,794
7 Bye
8 San Diego Chargers W 31–3 Arrowhead Stadium TNT 8:00pm
77,195
9 at St. Louis Rams W 28–20 Edward Jones Dome NBC 1:00pm
64,864
10 Pittsburgh Steelers W 13–10 Arrowhead Stadium ABC 9:00pm
78,301
11 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 14–24 ALLTEL Stadium NBC 1:00pm
70,444
12 Denver Broncos W 24–22 Arrowhead Stadium NBC 1:00pm
77,963
13 at Seattle Seahawks W 19–14 Kingdome NBC 4:15pm
66,264
14 San Francisco 49ers W 44–9 Arrowhead Stadium FOX 1:00pm
77,535
15 Oakland Raiders W 30–0 Arrowhead Stadium NBC 1:00pm
76,379
16 at San Diego Chargers W 29–7 Qualcomm Stadium NBC 4:15pm
54,594
17 New Orleans Saints W 25–13 Arrowhead Stadium FOX 1:00pm
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 Broncos L 10–14 Arrowhead Stadium NBC 4:15pm
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, MO

  • 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
First Quarter
  • no scoring
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter
Broncos
  • John Elway. 10-19, 170 yards, 0 TD, 0 Int
  • Terrell Davis. 25 att, 101 yards, 2 TD
Chiefs
  • Elvis Grbac. 24-37, 260 yards, 1 TD, 0 Int
  • Andre Rison. 8 rec, 110 yards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gretz, Bob. Quarterbacks and controversy KCChiefs.com, November 1, 2006
  2. ↑ "1997 Kansas City Chiefs draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 5, 2014.