1996 Kansas City Chiefs season

1996 Kansas City Chiefs season
1996 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	Lamar Hunt
General manager	Carl Peterson
Head coach	Marty Schottenheimer
Home field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	4 FB Kimble Anders; G Will Shields; LB Derrick Thomas; CB Dale Carter;
AP All-Pros	2 LB Derrick Thomas (2nd team); CB Dale Carter (2nd team);
	← 1995; Chiefs seasons; 1997 →;

The 1996 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 27th in the National Football League (NFL) and their 37th overall. Following their loss to the Colts in the playoffs the year before, the Chiefs failed to improve their 13–3 record from 1995 and finishing 9–7 record and second-place finish in the AFC West. Despite being predicted as one of the eventual winners of Super Bowl XXXI by Sports Illustrated,^[1] the team missed the playoffs for the first time since 1989.