Facts and information about the Kansas City Chiefs

• Former owner Lamar Hunt was the person who came up with the name Super Bowl for the NFL’s championship game.

• For winning the AFC Championship game a team is awarded the Lamar Hunt Trophy, named for the founder and original owner of the Kansas City Chiefs.

• The Kansas City Chiefs organization won three AFL Championship games, the most of any team in the AFL; the first one while they were still known as the Dallas Texans.

• Shortly after becoming Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, Dick Vermeil traded with the St. Louis Rams for Quarterback Trent Green. When he had previously been Head Coach of St. Louis, Vermeil had traded with the Washington Redskins to get Trent Green.

• The Chiefs were founded in 1960 in Dallas and originally called the Dallas Texans.

• The Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963 and became the Chiefs; the move came the very next year after winning the AFL Championship.

• One of the alternate names to Chiefs that were offered was the Kansas City Mules.

• During the Chiefs entire stay in the American Football League (AFL), lasting 1960-1969, they only had one coach: Hank Stram.

• The Chiefs lost the first-ever Super Bowl to the Green Bay Packers, but they came back and won Super Bowl IV versus the Minnesota Vikings.

• The Chiefs won their first game in Arrowhead Stadium against the St. Louis Cardinals.

• The Chiefs lost their final game in old Municipal Stadium, a 27-24 playoff loss to the Dolphins. They would then go on to not make the playoffs for the next fifteen years.

• In 1993, the Chiefs roster was bolstered by the additions of two future Hall-of-Famers; Joe Montana and Marcus Allen.

• The original Dallas Texans logo was a white outline of the State of Texas with a yellow star where the city of Dallas is located.

• In a December 1971 double overtime playoff game against the Miami Dolphins, Running Back Ed Podolak gathered 350 all-purpose yards.

• In 1990, his second year in the league, Linebacker Derrick Thomas set the single season record for sacks in a game with 7.

• In 1995 Steve Bono set the record for longest run by a Quarterback with a 76 yard scramble against the Arizona Cardinals.

• During the 2003 season Dante Hall returned four kicks for touchdowns.

• Due to the rescheduling of a game because of Hurricane Wilma, the Chiefs became the only team ever to travel and play in a road game on the same day, beating the Miami Dolphins.

• Oakland Raider great Marcus Allen scored the 100^th rushing touchdown of his career as a member of the Chiefs.

• Longtime Chiefs Kicker Jan Stenerud was the first, and so far only, pure Kicker elected to the Hall-of-Fame.

• Hall-of-Famer Mike Webster played Center for the Chiefs while also holding the position of Offensive Line Coach.

• Though not officially retired, the number 37 has not been worn by a member of the Kansas City Chiefs since the death of former Running Back Joe Delaney.

• Linebacker Derrick Thomas died in an automobile accident following the 1999 season. His jersey was retired and he was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall-of-Fame in 2001.

• Between 1970 and 2006, 1983 was the only year that the Chiefs did not induct anyone into their own Hall-of-Fame.

• Gunther Cunningham filled the role of Kansas City’s Defensive Coordinator both before and after his two year stint as Head Coach of the Chiefs.