1987 Kansas City Chiefs Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Frank Gansz (4-11)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1987 Kansas City Chiefs StatisticsTeam Record: 4-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Frank Gansz (4-11)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1987 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Chiefs scored 273 points, but the porous defense conceded 388. Bill Kenney threw for 2,107 yards. Carlos Carson topped the receiving corps, grabbing 55 passes for 1,044 yards. Stephone Paige provided receiving help also.
Christian Okoye carried the ball for a team-leading 660 yards for Kansas City.
Deron Cherry and Kevin Ross each snatched 3 opponent throws. Mike Bell dropped opposing passers 6.5 times.
Frank Gansz coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Bill Acker | NT | November 7, 1956 | 6'3" | 255 | Texas | Freer, TX USA | 2 | 2 |
| 61 | Mark Adickes | RG | April 22, 1961 | 6'4" | 278 | Baylor | Badconstadt, Germany | 12 | 12 |
| 65 | Kevin Adkins | DB | August 27, 1965 | 6'1" | 250 | Oklahoma | Midwest City, OK USA | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | John Alt | LT | May 30, 1962 | 6'8" | 298 | Iowa | Stuttgart, Germany | 9 | 9 |
| 87 | Walt Arnold | TE | August 31, 1958 | 6'3" | 228 | New Mexico | Galveston, TX USA | 5 | 4 |
| 91 | Gary Baldinger | DE-NT | October 4, 1963 | 6'3" | 264 | Wake Forest | Philadelphia, PA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | Rich Baldinger | LG | December 31, 1959 | 6'4" | 285 | Wake Forest | Camp Lejeune, NC USA | 12 | 11 |
| 58 | Tom Baugh | C | December 1, 1963 | 6'3" | 274 | Southern Illinois | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 6 |
| 99 | Mike Bell | RDE | August 30, 1957 | 6'4" | 255 | Colorado St. | Wichita, KS USA | 12 | 12 |
| 67 | James Black | DE | November 4, 1956 | 6'4" | 280 | South Carolina St. | Xenia, OH USA | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Todd Blackledge | QB | February 25, 1961 | 6'3" | 225 | Penn St. | Canton, OH USA | 3 | 2 |
| 86 | Eric Brown | WR | September 7, 1964 | 6'2" | 180 | Tulsa | 2 | 1 | |
| 45 | Trent Bryant | DB | August 14, 1959 | 5'10" | 180 | Arkansas | Arkadelphia, AR USA | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Lloyd Burruss | SS | October 31, 1957 | 6'0" | 204 | Maryland | Charlottesville, VA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 88 | Carlos Carson | WR | December 28, 1958 | 5'11" | 180 | LSU | Lake Worth, FL USA | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Deron Cherry | FS | September 12, 1959 | 5'11" | 197 | Rutgers | Riverside, NJ USA | 8 | 8 |
| 46 | Michael Clemons | PR | January 15, 1965 | 5'5" | 166 | William & Mary | Clearwater, FL USA | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Sherman Cocroft | DB | August 29, 1961 | 6'1" | 195 | San Jose St. | Watsonville, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 84 | Paul Coffman | TE | March 29, 1956 | 6'3" | 222 | Kansas St. | St. Louis, MO USA | 12 | 1 |
| 54 | Tim Cofield | ROLB | May 18, 1963 | 6'2" | 243 | Elizabeth City St. | Murfreesboro, NC USA | 12 | 5 |
| 81 | Darrell Colbert | WR | November 16, 1964 | 5'10" | 174 | Texas Southern | Beaumont, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | Lewis Colbert | P | August 23, 1963 | 5'11" | 182 | Auburn | Phenix City, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | Jeff Colter | DB | April 23, 1961 | 5'10" | 171 | Kansas | Tucson, AZ USA | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Louis Cooper | LOLB | August 5, 1963 | 6'2" | 240 | West. Carolina | Marion, SC USA | 12 | 6 |
| 50 | Jack Del Rio | ROLB | April 4, 1963 | 6'4" | 246 | USC | Castro Valley, CA USA | 10 | 7 |
| 51 | Rick Donnalley | C | December 11, 1958 | 6'2" | 261 | North Carolina | Wilmington, DE USA | 6 | 6 |
| 66 | Dan Doubiago | T | September 25, 1960 | 6'5" | 283 | Utah | Escondido, CA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Cornelius Dozier | DB | February 5, 1964 | 6'2" | 190 | SMU | Ennis, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Irv Eatman | RT | January 1, 1961 | 6'7" | 293 | UCLA | Birmingham, AL USA | 12 | 8 |
| 25 | Jack Epps | DB | March 20, 1963 | 6'0" | 197 | Kansas St. | Tulsa, OK USA | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Alex Espinoza | QB | May 31, 1964 | 6'1" | 193 | Cal State-Fullerton | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Richard Estell | WR | October 12, 1963 | 6'2" | 210 | Kansas | Kansas City, KS USA | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | James Evans | RB | August 17, 1963 | 6'0" | 220 | Southern | Prichard, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | Jeff Faulkner | DE | April 4, 1964 | 6'4" | 305 | Southern | St. Thomas, Virgin Islands | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Jitter Fields | DB | August 16, 1962 | 5'8" | 185 | Texas | Dallas, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 95 | Randy Frazier | LB | June 18, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Morehead St. | Letcher County, KY USA | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Lee Getz | G | April 2, 1964 | 6'3" | 250 | Rutgers | Hunterton County, NJ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Kelly Goodburn | P | April 14, 1962 | 6'2" | 195 | Emporia St. | Cherokee, IA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 98 | Leonard Griffin | DE | September 22, 1962 | 6'4" | 268 | Grambling St. | Lake Providence, LA USA | 12 | 2 |
| 39 | Stephen Griffin | RB | August 14, 1964 | 5'10" | 205 | Tennessee St. | 1 | 0 | |
| 56 | Dino Hackett | RILB | June 28, 1964 | 6'3" | 228 | Appalachian St. | Greensboro, NC USA | 11 | 11 |
| 4 | James Hamrick | K | August 31, 1963 | 5'11" | 177 | Rice | Jacksonville, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | James Harrell | LB | July 19, 1957 | 6'1" | 224 | Florida | Tampa, FL USA | 11 | 4 |
| 92 | Bob Harris | LB | November 11, 1960 | 6'2" | 219 | Auburn | Everett, WA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | James Harvey | G | November 27, 1965 | 6'3" | 265 | Jackson St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Jonathan Hayes | TE | August 11, 1962 | 6'5" | 248 | Iowa | South Fayette, PA USA | 12 | 8 |
| 44 | Herman Heard | RB | November 24, 1961 | 5'10" | 184 | Fort Lewis | Denver, CO USA | 12 | 6 |
| 23 | Greg Hill | DB | February 12, 1961 | 6'1" | 194 | Oklahoma St. | Orange, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 89 | Eric Hodges | WR | June 3, 1964 | 6'0" | 190 | Florida | Philadelphia, PA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | Eric Holle | NT | September 5, 1960 | 6'5" | 260 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 8 | 1 |
| 97 | Tony Holloway | DE | April 21, 1964 | 6'2" | 222 | Nebraska | , Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Bruce Holmes | LB | October 24, 1964 | 6'2" | 235 | Minnesota | El Paso, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 79 | Doug Hoppock | T | January 30, 1960 | 6'4" | 280 | Kansas St. | Wichita, KS USA | 3 | 3 |
| 53 | Todd Howard | LB | February 18, 1965 | 6'2" | 235 | Texas A&M | Bryan, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Doug Hudson | QB | September 11, 1964 | 6'2" | 201 | Nicholls St. | Memphis, TX USA | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | Glenn Hyde | T | March 14, 1951 | 6'3" | 253 | Pittsburgh | Boston, MA USA | 8 | 1 |
| 60 | Byron Ingram | G | November 17, 1964 | 6'2" | 295 | East. Kentucky | Lexington, KY USA | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | Ken Johnson | DE | March 25, 1955 | 6'5" | 253 | Knoxville | Nashville, TN USA | 2 | 1 |
| 96 | Fred Jones | LB | September 2, 1965 | 6'3" | 240 | Florida St. | Miami, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Rod Jones | TE | March 3, 1964 | 6'4" | 240 | Washington | Richmond, CA USA | 3 | 1 |
| 73 | Brian Jozwiak | G | June 20, 1963 | 6'5" | 304 | West Virginia | Baltimore, MD USA | 10 | 1 |
| 80 | Mark Keel | TE | October 1, 1961 | 6'4" | 228 | Arizona | Fort Worth, TX USA | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | Bill Kenney | QB | January 20, 1955 | 6'4" | 211 | Arizona St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 11 | 8 |
| 74 | Pete Koch | NT | January 23, 1962 | 6'6" | 270 | Maryland | Nassau County, NY USA | 6 | 6 |
| 80 | Stein Koss | TE | August 21, 1963 | 6'2" | 225 | Arizona St. | Durango, CO USA | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Ken Lacy | RB | November 1, 1960 | 6'0" | 222 | Tulsa | Waco, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | Garcia Lane | DB | December 31, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | Ohio St. | Youngstown, OH USA | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Albert Lewis | LCB | October 6, 1960 | 6'2" | 196 | Grambling St. | Mansfield, LA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 60 | Chris Lindstrom | DE | August 3, 1960 | 6'7" | 260 | Boston Univ. | Weymouth, MA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Nick Lowery | K | May 27, 1956 | 6'4" | 215 | Dartmouth | Munich, Germany | 12 | 0 |
| 72 | Dave Lutz | RT | December 20, 1959 | 6'6" | 305 | Georgia Tech | Monroe, NC USA | 12 | 7 |
| 63 | Bill Maas | NT | March 2, 1962 | 6'5" | 271 | Pittsburgh | Newtown Square, PA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 89 | Henry Marshall | WR | August 9, 1954 | 6'2" | 214 | Missouri | Broxton, GA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 94 | Ken McAlister | LB-DB | April 15, 1960 | 6'5" | 220 | San Francisco | Oakland, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Dave Montagne | WR | April 18, 1964 | 6'2" | 184 | Oregon St. | Berkeley, CA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Larry Moriarty | RB | April 24, 1958 | 6'1" | 240 | Notre Dame | Santa Barbara, CA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 53 | Gary Moten | LB | April 3, 1961 | 6'1" | 210 | SMU | Galveston, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | Lloyd Mumphrey | DE | February 14, 1961 | 6'3" | 260 | Miss. Valley St. | Memphis, TN USA | 3 | 2 |
| 85 | Kenny Nash | WR | October 28, 1962 | 6'2" | 193 | San Jose St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Mark Nelson | T | June 22, 1964 | 6'4" | 270 | Iowa St. | Grand Forks, ND USA | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Teddy Nelson | DB | January 1, 1965 | 5'10" | 203 | UNLV | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | Christian Okoye | FB | August 16, 1961 | 6'1" | 253 | Azusa Pacific | Enugu, Nigeria | 12 | 12 |
| 83 | Stephone Paige | WR | October 15, 1961 | 6'2" | 184 | Fresno St. | Long Beach, CA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 26 | Paul Palmer | KR | October 14, 1964 | 5'9" | 184 | Temple | Bethesda, MD USA | 12 | 1 |
| 43 | Robert Parker | RB | January 7, 1963 | 6'1" | 201 | BYU | Alexander City, AL USA | 3 | 2 |
| 96 | Aaron Pearson | LILB | August 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 239 | Mississippi St. | Gadsden, AL USA | 12 | 9 |
| 24 | J.C. Pearson | DB | August 17, 1963 | 5'11" | 187 | Cal Poly-Pomona | , Japan | 12 | 2 |
| 62 | Jim Pietrzak | C | February 21, 1953 | 6'5" | 260 | East. Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | Woodie Pippens | RB | February 7, 1963 | 5'11" | 225 | Thiel | Cleveland, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Mark Robinson | DB | September 13, 1962 | 5'11" | 206 | Penn St. | Washington, DC USA | 12 | 4 |
| 77 | Steve Rogers | T | January 9, 1959 | 6'4" | 260 | Oregon St. | Escondido, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Kevin Ross | RCB | January 16, 1962 | 5'9" | 185 | Temple | Camden, NJ USA | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | Frank Seurer | QB | August 16, 1962 | 6'1" | 195 | Kansas | Huntington Beach, CA USA | 8 | 2 |
| 27 | Eric Smith | DB | December 22, 1959 | 5'10" | 190 | SMU | Houston, TX USA | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | Chris Smith | RB | June 1, 1963 | 6'1" | 232 | Notre Dame | Cincinnati, OH USA | 3 | 3 |
| 52 | Angelo Snipes | LB | January 11, 1963 | 6'0" | 222 | West Georgia | Atlanta, GA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 94 | Gary Spann | LB | February 3, 1963 | 6'1" | 218 | TCU | Dallas, TX USA | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Matt Stevens | QB | July 30, 1964 | 6'0" | 190 | UCLA | Sulphur, LA USA | 3 | 2 |
| 67 | Art Still | LDE | December 5, 1955 | 6'7" | 253 | Kentucky | Camden, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 21 | Ralph Stockemer | RB | December 20, 1962 | 6'1" | 212 | Baylor | Shreveport, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Carlton Thomas | DB | November 25, 1963 | 6'0" | 200 | Elizabeth City St. | Portsmouth, VA USA | 4 | 2 |
| 58 | Arland Thompson | G | September 19, 1957 | 6'4" | 265 | Baylor | Lockney, TX USA | 3 | 3 |
| 83 | John Trahan | WR | April 19, 1961 | 5'9" | 160 | Southern Colorado | Grand Forks, ND USA | 3 | 3 |
| 98 | John Walker | NT | September 12, 1961 | 6'6" | 270 | Nebraska-Omaha | Omaha, NE USA | 3 | 2 |
| 88 | Riley Walton | TE | August 6, 1962 | 6'4" | 245 | Tennessee St. | Nashville, TN USA | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Ray Woodard | DE | August 20, 1961 | 6'6" | 290 | Texas | Corrigan, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | Kevin Wyatt | DB | March 14, 1964 | 5'10" | 199 | Arkansas | Norfolk, VA USA | 2 | 0 |
