1997 Kansas City Chiefs season

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

1997 Kansas City Chiefs season
Head coachMarty Schottenheimer
Home fieldArrowhead Stadium
Results
Record13–3
Division place1st AFC West
Playoff finishLost Divisional Playoffs Broncos) 14–10
Pro BowlersWR Andre Rison
FB Kimble Anders
G Will Shields
LB Derrick Thomas
CB Dale Carter
CB James Hasty

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

  • Offensive Coordinator – Paul Hackett
  • Quarterbacks – Mike McCarthy
  • Running Backs – Jimmy Raye
  • Tight Ends/Offensive Assistant – Jim Erkenbeck
  • Offensive Line – Mike Solari
 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


Practice squad

  • 24 Vann Washington S
  • 73 Pete Swanson T
  • 14 Kotto Cotton WR


Rookies in italics

Schedule
WeekOpponentResultGame siteTVTime (CT)TV AnnouncersAttendanceRecord
1at Denver BroncosL 3–19Mile High StadiumNBC3:00pmDick Enberg, Paul Maguire & Phil Simms
75,600
0-1
2at Oakland RaidersW 28–27Network Associates ColiseumABC8:00pmAl Michaels, Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf
61,523
1-1
3Buffalo BillsW 22–16Arrowhead StadiumNBC12:00pmMike Breen & James Lofton
78,169
2-1
4at Carolina PanthersW 35–14Bank of America StadiumNBC12:00pmDan Hicks & Jim Mora
67,402
3-1
5Seattle SeahawksW 20–17 OTArrowhead StadiumNBC3:00pmDon Criqui & Jim Mora
77,877
4-1
6at Miami DolphinsL 14–17Pro Player StadiumNBC12:00pmCharlie Jones, Randy Cross & Bob Trumpy
71,794
4-2
7Bye
8San Diego ChargersW 31–3Arrowhead StadiumTNT7:00pmVerne Lundquist, Pat Haden & Mark May
77,195
5-2
9at St. Louis RamsW 28–20Edward Jones DomeNBC12:00pmJoel Meyers & Beasley Reece
64,864
6-2
10Pittsburgh SteelersW 13–10Arrowhead StadiumABC8:00pmAl Michaels, Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf
78,301
7-2
11at Jacksonville JaguarsL 14–24Alltel StadiumNBC12:00pmDan Hicks & Jim Kelly
70,444
7-3
12Denver BroncosW 24–22Arrowhead StadiumNBC12:00pmDick Enberg, Paul Maguire & Phil Simms
77,963
8-3
13at Seattle SeahawksW 19–14KingdomeNBC3:00pmMike Breen & James Lofton
66,264
9-3
14San Francisco 49ersW 44–9Arrowhead StadiumFOX12:00pmPat Summerall & John Madden
77,535
10-3
15Oakland RaidersW 30–0Arrowhead StadiumNBC12:00pmCharlie Jones & Bob Trumpy
76,379
11-3
16at San Diego ChargersW 29–7Qualcomm StadiumNBC3:00pmTom Hammond & Randy Cross
54,594
12-3
17New Orleans SaintsW 25–13Arrowhead StadiumFOX12:00pmJoe Buck & Bill Maas
66,772
13-3

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
1997 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: NBC
  • Boxscore
Game information
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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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