Table of Content
- Photos: Game Action from Week 15 | Chiefs vs. Texans
- Titans try to snap skid, protect AFC South lead vs. Texans
- ‘Pretty Woman’ star angers rich neighbors for OK’ing cell tower at his hotel
- Gasparilla Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Missouri odds, picks and predictions
- GEHA FIELD AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM JOBS
- Mike Budenzholzer offers high praise for Jacque Vaughn amid Nets’ league-best winning streak
In 2007, the Kansas City Chiefs honored Lamar Hunt and the AFL with a special patch. It features the AFL's logo from the 1960s with Hunt's "LH" initials inside the football. In 2008, the patch became permanently affixed to the left chest of both Kansas City's home and away jerseys. The Chiefs' uniform design has essentially remained the same throughout the club's history. It consists of a red helmet, and either red or white jerseys with the opposite color numbers and names. Beginning in 2009, during the Pioli/Haley era, the team has alternated between white and red pants for road games during the season.

The Chiefs' inter-league match-up with the Packers was not the last time that they would face an NFL opponent, especially on the championship stage. The following August, Kansas City hosted the NFL's Chicago Bears in the 1967 preseason and won the game 66–24. Hunt hired a little-known assistant coach from the University of Miami football team, Hank Stram, to be the team's head coach after the job offer was declined by Bud Wilkinson and Tom Landry. After Stram was hired, Don Klosterman was hired as head scout, and was credited by many for bringing a wealth of talent to the Texans after luring it away from the NFL, often hiding players and using creative means to land them.
Photos: Game Action from Week 15 | Chiefs vs. Texans
The Chiefs punter has been Butker's holder for three years and during his first season on the job back in 2020, Butker finished the season with a career-low extra point percentage (88.9%). Colquitt served as Butker's holder for three years and during those three seasons, Butker hit 89.7% of his field goals on average. This year, Butker is hitting just 76.2% of his kicks , which ranks 30th in the NFL for any kicker who has attempted 15 or more field goals. Butker is also hitting just 90.3% of his extra points, which ranks 27th in the NFL for any kicker who has 15 or more attempts.

The Chiefs have employed a cheerleading squad since the team's inception in 1960. In the team's early days, the all-female squad was referred to as the Chiefettes. In addition to the Cheerleaders, in the early 1970s, there was also a dance/drill team that performed for pre-game and halftime. From 1993 to 2019, the all-female squad has been known as the Chiefs Cheerleaders, and in 2020, one male joined the team. The Chiefs share intense rivalries with their three AFC West opponents, namely the Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, and Los Angeles Chargers, with the Raiders rivalry considered one of the most bitter in the NFL. In terms of NFC teams, the Chiefs formerly shared a cross-state rivalry with teams located across the state of Missouri in St. Louis, namely the Cardinals and Rams.
Titans try to snap skid, protect AFC South lead vs. Texans
Thirteen head coaches have served the Texans/Chiefs franchise since their first season in 1960. Hank Stram, the team's first head coach, led the Chiefs to three AFL championship victories and two appearances in the Super Bowl. Stram was the team's longest-tenured head coach, holding the position from 1960 to 1974.
After allegedly reading online that he would be relieved of duties, head coach Gunther Cunningham was fired. Hunt agreed to relocate the franchise to Kansas City on May 22, 1963, and on May 26, the team was renamed the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite the historical use of Native American features, it has been acknowledged that the team's naming was not a direct reference to Native Americans but only to Bartle's nickname "Chief". Along with overseeing special teams, Toub is also the assistant head coach, a rare designation for an NFL special teams coordinator. We’ve got to play really sharp football across the board,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. "We have to take advantage of all the opportunities that we get. We’ve got to catch the interceptions, we’ve got to stay onside and not give them things. We have to make them have to work and play a championship-style game.
‘Pretty Woman’ star angers rich neighbors for OK’ing cell tower at his hotel
"I think a lot of times kickers maybe give too much credit to balls where the laces are off -- or the lean or whatever it may be," Butker. "I just take the approach of, 'I can do better. I can fix that.' I should be able to hit any ball through the uprights." "James and Tommy do a great job, and I've got to finish it and get the ball through the uprights," Butker said, via Arrowhead Pride. "I've been happy with all the effort and all the work those guys have been putting in. At the end of the day? If the ball's on the ground, it's got to go through." Even worse for Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City, they are one of the teams hit with the most offensive holding calls and false starts .
Don Rossi served as the team's general manager for half of the 1960 season, resigning in November 1960. Jack Steadman assumed duties from Rossi and served in the position until 1976. Steadman was promoted to team president in 1976 and despite being relieved of those duties in 1988, he remained with the franchise until 2006 in various positions. Jim Schaaf took over for Steadman as general manager until being fired in December 1988. Carl Peterson was hired in 1988 to serve as the team's general manager, chief executive officer and team president. Peterson remained in the position for nineteen years until he announced his resignation from the team in 2008.
He became the only quarterback in history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season in both college and in the NFL. The star quarterback has also thrown for 4,496 yards this season, keeping him on track to snap Peyton Manning's single-season record of 5,477 yards with the Broncos in 2013. The band was previously known as The Zing Band while the Chiefs played at Municipal Stadium. DiPardo, nicknamed "Mr. Music", was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 15, 1912. DiPardo has written songs about the team such as "The Chiefs are on the Warpath" and "The Hank Stram Polka".
On April 4, 2006, Jackson County voters approved a tax increase to finance municipal bonds to pay for $850 million in renovations to Arrowhead Stadium and nearby Kauffman Stadium. Before the bond election, the NFL awarded the 49th Super Bowl in 2015 to Kansas City provided it would have a climate-controlled stadium. With the passing of the stadium bill, the Chiefs signed a new lease which ensures that the team will remain at Arrowhead until at least 2031.
It was the third time in nine seasons that the Chiefs went 8–0 at home in the regular season, only to lose their post-season opener at Arrowhead. The Chiefs would not return to the post-season for the remainder of the 1970s, and the 1973 season was the team's last winning season for seven years. Hank Stram was fired following a 5–9 season in 1974, and many of the Chiefs' future Hall of Fame players would depart by the middle of the decade. From 1975 to 1988, the Chiefs had become a team that rarely won which provided Chiefs fans with nothing but futility. Five head coaches struggled to achieve the same success as Stram, compiling an 81–121–1 record.

The first Warpaint was ridden bareback by rider Bob Johnson who wore a full Native American headdress. Warpaint circled the field at the beginning of each Chiefs home game and performed victory laps following each Chiefs touchdown. On September 20, 2009, a new Warpaint horse was unveiled at the Chiefs' home opener. The Chiefs again retired Warpaint in 2021 as a part of their commitment to stop the use of Native American imagery. A few weeks after, Seattle re-gained the record by reaching a noise level of 137.6 decibels.
Unfortunately for Mahomes and co., the first time Blakeman worked on a Kansas City match–against the Tennessee Titans in Week 9-0–they ended up with having 10 penalties. Wideout Tyler Lockett is out with an injury and running back Kenneth Walker III has been nursing an ankle, but should play on Saturday. Kansas City and the Buffalo Bills are tied for the AFC's best record at 11-3, but the Bills hold the tiebreaker.
Clark Hunt made note of "bright spots at different points this season," but felt that overall the Chiefs were not progressing. The highest point of the 2011 season was an upset win against the Packers, who at that time, were undefeated with a 13–0 record. Defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel would be named the team's interim head coach for the remaining three games of the season, including the aforementioned Packers game. On January 9, 2012, Crennel was named the 11th full-time head coach in Chiefs history. In the 1995 NFL playoffs, the 13–3 Chiefs hosted the Indianapolis Colts in a cold, damp late afternoon game at Arrowhead Stadium.
The band was known as The Zing Band when the team was located at Municipal Stadium. DiPardo was honored by head coach Hank Stram in 1969 with a Super Bowl ring for the team's victory in Super Bowl IV. When his health was declining, DiPardo took a leave of absence from the band from 1983 to 1988. DiPardo's daughter took over as bandleader in 1989, by which time DiPardo returned to the band by popular demand. For the 2009 season, due to renovations at Arrowhead Stadium, the band did not return to perform at the stadium. The streak achieved by the Chiefs broke a franchise record for nine straight and second nine plus game win streak under Reid.
