1. The Chiefs ranked 2nd among all NFL teams in 2014 when they averaged 28 yards on their 51 kickoff returns.
2. In the all-time series with division-rival Denver, the Chiefs entered 2015 with 56 wins and 54 losses (including one postseason game).
3. Running back Priest Holmes holds the Chiefs' record for touchdowns scored in a season (27 in 2003) and a career (83 from 2001 to 2007).
4. Andy Reid entered his 17th season as an NFL head coach in 2015 (his 3rd in Kansas City) having led his teams to playoffs 10 times.
5. The Chiefs were penalized only 88 times in their 16 regular-season games in 2014. Just four of the NFL's other 31 teams were flagged fewer times.
6. With 84 points scored in 2014 (on 14 touchdowns), Jamaal Charles ranked 4th in the NFL among all non-kickers.
7. The Chiefs defeated both Super Bowl participants in the 2014 season: New England (41-14 in Week 4) and Seattle (24-20 in Week 11).
8. In 1964 defensive tackle Buck Buchanan began a string of 8 consecutive AFL All-Star Game or AFC-NFC Pro Bowl selections.
9. Undrafted fullback Kimble Anders earned 3 consecutive Pro Bowl selections for the Chiefs from 1995 through 1997 seasons.
10. Emmitt Thomas, cornerback for the Chiefs for 13 seasons, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
11. Joe Montana (Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback) guided the Chiefs to playoff appearances in each of his 2 seasons in Kansas city (1993-1994).
12. The Chiefs won 11 of 16 regular-season games at Arrowhead Stadium in Andy Reid's first 2 years (2013-2014) as head coach.
13. Jan Stenerud was a 3rd round draft pick of the Chiefs as a future selection in 1966. In 1967, his rookie season, he led the AFL in field goals (36) and made (21).
14. Guard Guard Brad Budde (1980-1986) was a 1st round pick of the Chiefs in 1980, 17 seasons after his father, guard Ed Bubbe (1963-1976), was selected by the club in the 1st round.
15. Len Dawson quarterbacked the Chiefs from 1962 to 1975. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
16. Linebacker Tamba Hall entered his 10th season in 2015 ranked No. 3 on the Chiefs' all-time list with 79.5 career sacks.
17. Defensive end Art Still (1978-1987) ranks 7th on the Chiefs' all-time list with 42.5 sacks even though sacks were not officially tracked individually until his 5th NFL season in 1982.
18. The Chiefs split their 4 interconference games (against teams from the NFC West) in 2014. They beat the Rams and Seahawks at home, but lost to the 49ers and Cardinals on the road.
19. In 1983 linebacker Bobby Bell (1963-1974) became the first Chiefs player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
20. Jan Sternerud (1967-1979) became the first -- and, entering 2016, still only -- pure kicker to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
21. Defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez-Roches, a Chiefs rookie in 2015, was a 1st team All-Conference USA selection in 2014 after posting 58 tackles and 3 sacks in his 11 starts for Southern Mississippi.
22. The Chiefs entered 2015 leading the all-time series against division-rival Oakland 58-52-2. That includes a 2-1 mark in postseason play.
23. At 5.5 yards, Jamaal Charles entered 2015 with the highest average per carry among running backs (minimum 750 carries) in NFL history.
24. The Chiefs entered 2015 with an all-time record of 14-20-2 in regular-season overtime games.
25. Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles scored more touchdowns over the 2013 and 2014 seasons (33) than any other player in the NFL.
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