50 Fun Facts About Kansas City Chiefs

Before moving to Kansas City in 1963, the Chiefs franchise played its first three seasons in which city?

Lamar Hunt founded the Dallas Texans in the new AFL after the NFL turned him down for an expansion team.

The 'Chiefs' name honours the nickname of which Kansas City figure?

Bartle picked up 'Chief' as a Boy Scout executive; Hunt and Stram had wanted to keep the Texans name until a fan contest settled it.

Lamar Hunt said his name for the AFL–NFL title game came from a toy his children played with. Which toy?

Owners had officially chosen 'AFL-NFL Championship Game', but the media ran with Hunt's name and it became official in 1969.

Which team beat the Chiefs 35–10 in the very first Super Bowl?

Vince Lombardi's Packers made it look easy in the second half, feeding the belief that the AFL was inferior.

The Chiefs won Super Bowl IV in January 1970 by beating which heavily favoured NFL champion?

Minnesota came in as 13½-point favourites and lost 23–7 in the last game before the AFL–NFL merger.

Who was named MVP of Super Bowl IV?

He was the fourth straight winning quarterback to take the award, going 12 of 17 for 142 yards.

Chiefs coach Hank Stram made Super Bowl history in that game by being the first head coach to do what?

NFL Films caught him gleefully predicting '65 toss power trap' before it went for a touchdown.

Hank Stram got the Texans job in 1960 only after which two coaching legends turned Lamar Hunt down?

Stram was a little-known assistant at the University of Miami at the time and went on to win three AFL titles.

In what year did the Chiefs move into Arrowhead Stadium?

The stadium sits at the Truman Sports Complex alongside the Royals' ballpark.

In 2013 the Arrowhead crowd set a Guinness World Record for the loudest stadium at what level?

The mark came in October 2013, and Seattle fans have traded the record back and forth with them since.

Which company gained naming rights to Arrowhead Stadium in a 2021 deal?

The insurer's 2021 deal produced the official name GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

From 1963 to 1988 the Chiefs' game-day mascot Warpaint was what kind of animal?

Warpaint circled the field before games and after touchdowns with a rider in a full headdress.

Which quarterback did the Chiefs trade a first-round pick to acquire from San Francisco in April 1993?

The trade prompted Marcus Allen to sign weeks later, and the pair took the Chiefs to their first AFC Championship Game.

Running back Marcus Allen joined the Chiefs in 1993 after 11 seasons with which rival?

He led the AFC with 12 touchdowns that first season despite rushing for only 764 yards.

Chiefs linebacker Derrick Thomas set the NFL single-game sack record in 1990 against which team?

He had seven sacks and missed a clear shot at an eighth on the final play as Seattle scored to win.

Which jersey number did the Chiefs retire in honour of Derrick Thomas?

After his death in 2000, the club simply never reissued the number before formally retiring it.

Before starring for the Chiefs, Derrick Thomas won the 1988 Butkus Award playing for which college?

He set Crimson Tide records for sacks in a season alongside Cornelius Bennett.

Tony Gonzalez, the NFL's all-time leader in receptions by a tight end, played which second sport at Cal?

He averaged 26 points a game in high school and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2019 in his first year of eligibility.

Tony Gonzalez finished his career with five seasons at which team after leaving Kansas City?

He was traded there in 2009 and kept producing 1,000-yard-calibre seasons into his mid-thirties.

Christian Okoye, the 1989 NFL rushing champion, was nicknamed what?

Born in Enugu, he did not play American football until age 23 at Azusa Pacific University.

Priest Holmes joined Kansas City in 2001 as a free agent from which team, where he had won a Super Bowl ring?

He was 2002 Offensive Player of the Year and remains the franchise leader in rushing touchdowns.

Return specialist Dante Hall earned which nickname for his darting style?

His six career kickoff-return touchdowns tied Gale Sayers and Ollie Matson for the most in NFL history at the time.

Trent Green tied an NFL record in 2002 with a pass play of how many yards to Marc Boerigter?

It came against San Diego, and Green went on to lead the 2003 Chiefs to a 13–3 record.

Jamaal Charles is the NFL's all-time leader in what statistic among players with at least 1,000 carries?

He averaged over five yards a carry through a Chiefs career that started in 2008.

Buck Buchanan made history in the 1963 AFL draft as the earliest African American to be what?

The Texans took the Grambling star first overall on 1 December 1962, months before the move to Kansas City.

Hall of Fame Chiefs kicker Jan Stenerud was the first NFL player from which country?

He came to Montana State on a ski-jumping scholarship before switching to football.

Where did Hall of Fame linebacker Bobby Bell play college football?

He was recruited by Murray Warmath and later made both the NFL's 100th Anniversary team and Super Bowl IV roster.

Guard Will Shields, a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee, won the Outland Trophy at which school?

He also won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2003 while with the Chiefs.

Andy Reid coached which team for 14 seasons before taking over the Chiefs in 2013?

He made the Eagles perennial contenders and reached one Super Bowl there before Kansas City.

How many cheeseburgers does Andy Reid claim he ate filming a State Farm ad with Mahomes?

His burger fandom is a running joke; he says he learned to love them growing up in Los Angeles.

At age 13, a very large Andy Reid appeared on Monday Night Football in 1971 taking part in what?

He was already so big he wore the jersey of Rams player Les Josephson.

The Chiefs traded up from 27th to which pick to draft Patrick Mahomes in 2017?

They swapped with the Buffalo Bills to get him, then let him sit a year behind Alex Smith.

Patrick Mahomes played his college football for which programme?

He won the Sammy Baugh Trophy as a junior after leading the FBS in passing yards.

Patrick Mahomes' father Pat played which professional sport?

Pat Mahomes pitched in the majors, and Patrick's godfather is fellow pitcher LaTroy Hawkins.

In his first season as starter in 2018, Mahomes threw for how many touchdowns?

He joined Peyton Manning as the only players with 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in a season.

Mahomes proposed to Brittany Matthews in September 2020 in which setting?

It was the same day he received his Super Bowl LIV championship ring.

Which quarterback did the Chiefs get from the 49ers in 2013 for a second-round pick, starting the Reid era?

Smith started five seasons before being traded to Washington to clear the way for Mahomes.

Travis Kelce was drafted by the Chiefs in 2013 in which round?

He was the 63rd overall pick out of Cincinnati, taken in Andy Reid's first draft with the club.

Where did Travis Kelce play his college football?

He grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and chose the Bearcats over Akron, Eastern Michigan and Miami (OH).

Travis Kelce co-hosts which podcast with his brother Jason?

The show launched in September 2022 with Wave Sports + Entertainment.

What was the 2016 E! dating show fronted by the Chiefs' star tight end called?

He chose Maya Benberry as the winner; years later his relationship with Taylor Swift made rather bigger headlines.

Super Bowl LIV, the Chiefs' first title in 50 years, ended with what score against the 49ers?

Damien Williams' 38-yard touchdown run sealed it and Mahomes was MVP despite two interceptions.

Super Bowl LVII between the Chiefs and Eagles was the first Super Bowl to feature what?

Travis's Chiefs beat Jason's Eagles 38–35 on a late Harrison Butker field goal.

Who kicked the game-winning field goal for the Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII?

Butker had been plucked off the Panthers' practice squad in 2017 after playing college soccer at Georgia Tech.

Super Bowl LVIII, which the Chiefs won 25–22, was the first Super Bowl played in which US state?

It went to overtime at Allegiant Stadium and became the longest Super Bowl ever at nearly 75 minutes of playing time.

Which receiver caught the walk-off overtime touchdown from Mahomes to win Super Bowl LVIII?

The play was nicknamed 'Tom and Jerry' and came three seconds from an unprecedented second overtime.

Which team ended the Chiefs' three-peat bid with a 40–22 win in Super Bowl LIX?

It was a rematch of two years earlier, and Kendrick Lamar's halftime show drew a record audience.

Wide receiver Tyreek Hill, nicknamed 'Cheetah', was traded by the Chiefs in 2022 to which team?

Kansas City got a first- and second-round pick plus three more selections in return.

The Super Bowl IV MVP quarterback served as the Chiefs' radio colour analyst from 1985 until what year?

He also hosted HBO's Inside the NFL and won the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012.

Who became Chiefs chairman and CEO in 2006?

He is one of Lamar Hunt's children and took over the club after his father's death, with final say over personnel decisions.