Kansas City Chiefs: Ten Worst Seasons in Team History

Worst seasons in Kansas City Chiefs history: No. 4, 1977 (2-12)

Ooh boy. Now we’re getting into some just flat out horrendous seasons, and one of those was in 1977, where the KC Chiefs finished the year with only two wins and 12 losses.

The team started the year off with an 0-5 record and head coach Paul Wiggins was fired after they were 1-6 after seven weeks of play. The game that decided Wiggins’ fate was a 44-7 shellacking by the Cleveland Browns in week seven.

Tom Bettis was named interim head coach and only led the team to one more victory. Needless to say, Bettis did not win the head coach job for the following year come season’s end. In fact, he was actually let go all together at the end of the abysmal 2-12 season that resulted in the team yet again missing the playoffs.

The perks of the team sucking so badly in the 1977 season, however, was that they “earned” the second overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft and selected Art Still.

Still went on to become a Hall of Fame linebacker, which was needed in Kansas City since the 1977 season was the last for Willie Lanier and Jim Lynch, two of the team’s best defensive players ever.

As bad as the 1977 season was for the Kansas City Chiefs, we still have three more terrible seasons to cover.

Next: Number 3