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| Established August 14, 1959 First season: 1960 |
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American Football League (1960–1969)
National Football League (1970–present)
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Current uniform
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| Team colors | Red, gold, white |
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| Mascot | Warpaint (1963–1988, 2009–present) K. C. Wolf (1989–present) |
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| Owner(s) | Hunt family | ||||
| Chairman | Clark Hunt | ||||
| CEO | Clark Hunt | ||||
| President | Mark Donovan | ||||
| General manager | Brett Veach | ||||
| Head coach | Andy Reid | ||||
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League championships (5)
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Conference championships (1)
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Division championships (12)
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| Playoff appearances (22) | |||||
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team was founded in 1960 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt and was a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). (It is not associated with the NFL Dallas Texans.) In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City and assumed its current name. The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the merger in 1970. The team is valued at over $2 billion. Hunt's son, Clark, serves as chairman and CEO. While Hunt's ownership stakes passed collectively to his widow and children after his death in 2006, Clark is the operating head of the franchise; he represents the Chiefs at all league meetings and has ultimate authority on personnel changes.
The Chiefs have won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969. They became the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL team in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game, when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. The team's victory on January 11, 1970, was the final such competition before the leagues' merger went into full effect. The Chiefs were also the second team, after the Green Bay Packers, to appear in more than one Super Bowl (and the first AFL team to do so) and the first to appear in the championship game in two different decades. Despite post-season success early in the franchise's history, winning five of their first six postseason games, the team struggled to find success in the playoffs for many years, including losing 10 of 11 playoff games from 1993 to 2017, which included an 8-game losing streak. Since then, the Chiefs have won 4 of their last 5 playoff games, including Super Bowl LIV in 2020, which earned the franchise their first championship in 50 years.
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Len Dawson led the Chiefs to victory in Super Bowl IV and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987
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The Chiefs and the Packers in the first AFL–NFL Championship Game (Super Bowl I)
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Tony Gonzalez at the 2005 Pro Bowl
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Priest Holmes became one of the league's top backs in the early 2000s
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Damon Huard (left) and Brodie Croyle (right) both served as the Chiefs' starting quarterback after Trent Green's departure
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By defeating the Jaguars on December 31, 2006, the Chiefs clinched a playoff berth after multiple other teams lost throughout the day
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Larry Johnson in 2006
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The Chiefs hosting the Buffalo Bills in 2009; Quarterback Matt Cassel, wearing #7
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Dwayne Bowe
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Arrowhead Stadium upon completion of renovations, July 2010
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Summer camp at Spratt Stadium at Missouri Western
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Chiefs Practice Facility near Arrowhead Stadium
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K. C. Wolf, the Chiefs' mascot since 1989
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Andy Reid (pictured in 2010), began his first season as the Chiefs' head coach in 2013
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Chairman of the Board Clark Hunt
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Map of radio affiliates.
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Arrowhead Stadium