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Kansas City Chiefs: Ten Worst Seasons in Team History

By Leigh Oleszczak

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Worst seasons in Kansas City Chiefs history: No. 7, 1978 (4-12)

Following an absolute atrocious season in 1977, the 1978 Kansas City Chiefs season was one that didn’t hold a lot of anticipation for the fans. The team went 2-12 the year prior, and with the NFL expanding the season to 16 games in ’78, Chiefs fans were almost ready for the season to be over with before it even began.

The organization hired Marv Levy to be their head coach. Levy had spent time in the Canadian Football League and also installed a new type of offense in Kansas City.

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    • With the Chiefs having a dreadful defense the season prior, Levy wanted to run the ball as much as humanly possible. While that helped them win their first game of the season, the Chiefs then went on to lose their next six games, putting them at 1-6 on the season.

    Kansas City only won three more games for the rest of the season and ended up 4-12 and in last in the AFC West. It was not a good season for Chiefs fans, but it wasn’t shocking.

    Mike Livingston was the starting quarterback (and he was a career backup before then) and the starting running back was Arnold Morgado. Who? Exactly.

    The Chiefs did have some great talent on defense in Art Still and Gary Spani, though neither made the Pro Bowl (no one on the team did).

    Despite the 1978 season being pretty terrible, the Chiefs had hit a rough patch around that time and weren’t victorious for awhile.

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