1. In 1967, Len Dawson passed for 2 touchdowns in the first half, and Mike Garrett ran for 2 scores in the second half as the Chiefs beat the Bills 31-7 in AFL Championship Game.
2. The Chiefs finished 9-7 and in second place in the AFC's Western Division in 2014, just one game out of the playoffs.
3. The Chiefs ranked second in the NFL scoring defense in 2014 when opposing teams managed only 17.6 points per game against them.
4. The Chiefs entered 2015 with an all-time record of 432-415-12 including postseason.
5. Jamaal Charles posted his fifth career 1,000-yard rushing season when he gained 1,033 yards on the ground for the Chiefs in 2014.
6. The Chiefs (including their time as the Dallas Texans) won three of the 10 championships in AFL history before joining the NFL in 1970 via the merger between the two leagues.
7. With 3,265 yards in 2014 Alex Smith passed for more than 3,000 yards for the second time in his two seasons.
8. The Chiefs have played two postseason overtime games in their history (up to 2016) with both games ending 27-24: a loss to Miami in 1971 and a win over Pittsburgh in 1993.
9. Long-time Chiefs guard Will Shields (1992-2006) was put into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
10. The Chiefs' average time of possession for each game's 60 minutes in 2014 was exactly 30 minutes.
11. During their team's win over New England (week 4 of 2014) Chiefs fans set an official Guinness World Record for "Loudest Crowd Roar" at a Sports Stadium (142.2 decibels).
12. At 119.9 yards per game, the Chiefs ranked 10th in the NFL in rushing offense in 2014.
13. In their first regular-season game as the Chiefs, Kansas City beat the Broncos 59-7 in Denver. That set a franchise record for points in a game that still stands (entering 2015).
14. The Chiefs suffered 17 turnovers (11 fumbles and 6 interceptions) in 2014. Only three NFL teams turned the ball over fewer times that season.
15. The most lopsided shutout victory in Chiefs' history (entering 2015) was a 49-0 romp over Arizona at Arrowhead Stadium in 2002.
16. At just 330. yards per game allowed, the Chiefs ranked No. 7 in the NFL in total defense in 2014.
17. Over the 2013 and 2014 Andy Reid guided the Chiefs to more regular-season victories (20) than any other head coach in his first 2 seasons with the club.
18. At 87-48-5 the Chiefs compiled the best regular-season record of any franchise in the American Football League (1960-1969).
19. Linebacker Justin Houston made the Pro Bowl for the 3rd consecutive season in 2014.
20. Tony Gonzalez ranks No. 1 on the Chiefs' all-time pass-catching list (916 receptions from 1997 to 2008) and No. 1 among all tight ends in NFL history (1,325 receptions from 1997 to 2013).
21. The Chiefs ranked No. 8 among the NFL's top 10 red zone teams in 2014. They scored 58.3 percent of their trips inside the opponents' 20-yard line.
22. With 532 catches from 2007 to 2014, Dwayne Bowe ranks No. 2 on the Chiefs' all-time receiving list.
23. Opposing teams averaged only 5.16 yards per play -- the fifth-lowest total in the league -- against the Chiefs' defense in 2014.
24. When Knile Davis returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown against St. Louis in 2014, he became only the fifth player in NFL history to post a return of 99-plus yards in each of his first 2 seasons in the league (Davis had a 108-yarder in 2013).
25. The Chiefs featured the second-best pass defense in the NFL in 2014. Opposing teams managed only 203.3 yards per game through the air against Kansas City that season.
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