Fewest offensive yards in a win.
 

The question came up in the first half of the excellent game on Sunday, so I did a little research. Here are the 10 Chiefs wins with the fewest offensive yards. The figure on the right is the Chiefs' offensive yards.

1971 @ DEN W 16-3 159
1985 SEA W 28-7 165
1990 RAI W 9-7 169
1986 DEN W 37-10 169
1986 @ PIT W 24-19 171
1974 @ HOU W 17-7 172
1997 NOR W 25-13 176
1995 HOU W 20-13 181
1991 @ SDG W 14-13 182
1992 @ SDG W 24-10 188

It's an interesting mix of the mid-80s teams with Art Still and the great defensive backs, and Marty's teams in generally his best years. What's interesting is that they scored 20+ points in half of these games, which implies that defense and special teams probably came through.

The Chiefs had 273 yards in Sunday night's game (albeit in 5 quarters). If it was a four-quarter game it would be the equivalent of 218 yards, though that's irrelevant. This is the 85th-lowest offensive yardage total in a Chiefs win, but only the third lowest this year in a Chiefs win. They had fewer in the wins against Jacksonville and Carolina.

If you want a positive thing to take away, here are the ten Chiefs wins with the most offensive yards. You see a lot of Priest Holmes and gang here. If you're curious about the 2009 game, that was Matt Cassel going off for 207 yards passing, aided by Jamaal Charles adding another 259 yards on the ground.

1966 @ DEN W 56-10 614
2004 IND W 45-35 590
1990 DET W 43-24 566
1962 BUF W 41-21 551
2001 @ WAS W 45-13 546
2004 ATL W 56-10 540
2005 CIN W 37-3 537
1961 HOU W 26-21 528
2009 @ DEN W 44-24 524
2003 DET W 45-17 521

The interesting thing here is that they scored 40+ points 8 times in 10. It's almost like there's a big correlation between getting lots of yards and scoring lots of points.

More evidence why Foles should start this week. Pathetic. How could he be worse?

Perhaps my thread title is inadvertently misleading.

LMAO

ROFL you set him up for that one

You should Google how many yards other quarterbacks have put up against the defense (without talib). That'll answer your question, bud

The Chiefs only TD in that game was a defensive TD by Aaron Brown after a Bobby Bell sack.




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What are the Chiefs highest yardage games in which they lost?

The Vermeil years would probably have the majority.

Hang on. Let me put my green eyeshade back on.

Most yards in a loss. And #5 can go to heck.

The Greg Robinson years are prominent, but there are some odd losses in 2012 and 2013 to the Colts. Screw the Colts.

In the 2012 game, Brady Quinn was our quarterback and had 162 yards passing. Jamaal had 226 on the ground and Peyton Hillis had 101.

2002 @ SEA L 32-39 552
1965 @ HOU L 36-38 542
1983 @ SDG L 38-41 537
2000 @ OAK L 31-49 513
2013 @ IND L 44-45 513
2012 IND L 13-20 507
1976 @ BUF L 17-50 502
2004 @ NOR L 20-27 497
2002 @ DEN L 24-31 494
2005 @ DAL L 28-31 493

This should make the list:


ELVIS GRBAC
504 yards, Nov. 5, 2000
Grbac completed 39 of 53 passes for 504 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions but was outdueled by his former backup Rich Gannon (20-31, 242 yards, four TDs, no INTs) as the Kansas City Chiefs fell to Gannon's Raiders, 49-31.

Fewest offensive yards in a loss. A lot of road games here, and they tend to run in pairs.

1963 OAK L 7-22 61
2010 @ SDG L 0-31 67
1979 @ TAM L 0-3 80
1973 @ BUF L 14-23 105
1973 @ OAK L 7-37 106
2012 @ OAK L 0-15 119
2012 @ DEN L 3-38 119
1970 @ DEN L 13-26 121
1970 @ OAK L 6-20 121
2006 @ IND L 8-23 126

I don't see Andy Reid or Smith in there. You are spreading lies

It might not be remembering right, but I vaguely remember the chief winning their first 6 games with absolutely no offensive points. I think it was when Dave Kreig was QB.