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Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs
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Established August 14, 1959 (August 14, 1959)[1][2]
First season: 1960
Play in Arrowhead Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri
Headquartered in University of Kansas Health System Training Facility
Kansas City, Missouri[3]
League / conference affiliations
American Football League (1960–1969)
  • Western Division (1960–1969)

National Football League (1970–present)

Uniforms
Team colorsRed, gold, white[4][5][6]
     
MascotWarpaint (1963–1988, 2009–2020)
K. C. Wolf (1989–present)
Websitechiefs.com
Personnel
Owner(s)Hunt family[7][8]
ChairmanClark Hunt
CEOClark Hunt
General managerBrett Veach
PresidentMark Donovan
Head coachAndy Reid
Team history
  • Dallas Texans (1960–1962)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (1963–present)
Team nicknames
  • The Redwood Forest[9] (defense, 1966–1971)
  • The Legion of Zoom[10][11] (offense, 2018–2021)
Championships
League championships (5†)
† – Does not include 1966 and 1969 AFL championships won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
Conference championships (4)
Division championships (16)
Playoff appearances (26)
Home fields
Team owner(s)

The Kansas City Chiefs are an American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division.

The team started playing in 1959 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL).[12] In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City,[13][14] and kept its current name.[15][16] The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the 1970 AFL–NFL merger; entering the 2024 season, the team is valued at over US$4.85 billion. After Hunt's death in 2006, his wife, Norma, and children became legal owners of the team. After Norma's death in 2023, the Hunt children inherited her stake in the franchise. Clark Hunt, one of the Hunts' children, has served as chairman and CEO since 2006 and is the ultimate authority over personnel decisions. He is also the team representative at league owner meetings.

The Chiefs were victorious and won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969,[17][18] and were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL team in a Super Bowl when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, which was the final game before the league merger went into full effect. The Chiefs were also the second team, after the Green Bay Packers (whom they played in Super Bowl I), to appear in more than one Super Bowl (and the first AFL team to do so) and the first to appear in the championship game in two different decades. Despite this post-season success, the team failed to find success in the playoffs for decades, including losing ten of eleven playoff games from 1993 to 2018, which included an eight-game losing streak.

Since then, the Chiefs have risen to dynastic performance under head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, and defensive tackle Chris Jones, appearing in four Super Bowls since 2019 and being victorious in three: LIV, LVII, and LVIII.[19][20][21]

  1. ^ "Chiefs History" (PDF). 2023 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs Team Facts". ProFootballHOF.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ^ "Fan Experience". Chiefs.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs Team History–NFL Football Operations". Operations.NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "Chiefs Uniform History" (PDF). 2023 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide (PDF). NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023. At one of the initial organizational meetings of the American Football League in late '59 – before the teams even had any players or coaches – the AFL owners choose their team colors. Lamar Hunt desires Columbia Blue and Orange for his Dallas Texans franchise. But before Hunt or any other owner can make a selection, Houston's Bud Adams claims Columbia Blue for his Oilers franchise. Hunt reverts to Red and Gold for the Texans, which remains the primary color scheme for the Chiefs to this day.
  6. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs Team Capsule" (PDF). 2022 Official National Football League Record and Fact Book (PDF). July 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  7. ^ "Front Office Staff". Chiefs.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Edholm, Eric (February 12, 2024). "Chiefs owner/CEO Clark Hunt expects HC Andy Reid to return next season for chance at 'three-peat'". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises, LLC. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Allen, Scott (January 28, 2020). "The Chiefs' last Super Bowl appearance featured gambling accusations and a monumental upset". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 13, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  10. ^ Gregory, Sean (February 3, 2020). "Patrick Mahomes Led the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl Comeback. He Also Affirmed His Greatness". Time. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  11. ^ Wagoner, Nick (January 29, 2020). "Chiefs, 49ers fill the need for speed in Super Bowl LIV". ESPN Internet Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  12. ^ Judge, Clark (May 30, 2020). "Guest column: The best Chiefs NOT in Canton and why they deserve to be there". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  13. ^ "Everything is set for Texans' change". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. May 23, 1963. p. 10. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Google News.
  14. ^ "AFL team moves to Kansas City". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI reports. May 23, 1963. p. 4D. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Google News.
  15. ^ "K.C. pro eleven has 'Chiefs' tag". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). May 27, 1963. p. 17. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021 – via Google News.
  16. ^ "Text Page - American Indian Heritage Chiefs Name". Chiefs.com. January 1, 2020. Archived from the original on February 14, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference PFHOF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ Shuck, Barry (May 27, 2013). "The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs: Two Championships in One Season". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  19. ^ Brewer, Jerry (February 10, 2023). "Perspective | The Patrick Mahomes era is only beginning. The end could be astonishing". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  20. ^ Maske, Mark (February 2, 2020). "Chiefs rally to defeat 49ers, 31-20, claim first Super Bowl title in 50 years". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  21. ^ "Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII". KMBC. February 13, 2023. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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