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The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are currently members of the Western Division of the AFC in the NFL. Originally called the Dallas Texans, the club was founded in 1960 as a charter member of the AFL. The team moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs in 1963 after then-Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle guaranteed to the team that they would have increased ticket sales. The Chiefs then joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. The Chiefs hold the distinction of being the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV. The Chiefs are owned by Lamar Hunt, who founded the team in 1960. The Texans/Chiefs franchise was the flagship team of the American Football League, with the most playoff appearances as an AFL team, the most AFL Championships (3), and the most Super Bowl appearances, playing in the first Super Bowl, and in the last to be played between League champions. The Chiefs dropped the first Super Bowl to the Packers, then pulverized the Vikings 23-7 in the final "true" AFL-NFL World Championship game after the AFL's last season in 1969. The Kansas City Chiefs' (under Dallas Texans name) first stadium was at 22nd and Brooklyn, called "Municipal Stadium". Municipal Stadium opened in 1923 and had 49,002 seats. In 1972, the Chiefs moved into the new Arrowhead Stadium. As the Chiefs, under coach Hank Stram, the team played in the first Super Bowl, losing 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers. The Chiefs earned revenge three years later, upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 23-7. In 1971 The Chiefs made it back to the Playoffs as they won the AFC West Title, but on December 25 of that year, they lost a double overtime heartbreaker to the Miami Dolphins 27-24. The Chiefs had only two winning seasons between 1974 and 1986. In 1989, Carl Peterson became the team's new President and General Manager. Peterson hired Marty Schottenheimer as the team's coach. Schottenheimer helped establish six straight playoff appearances, three AFC West championships, nine winning seasons, and 76 consecutive soldout games at Arrowhead. Since 1992, no NFL team has a better regular season home winning percentage than Kansas City. In 1993, Joe Montana was traded to Kansas City from the San Francisco 49ers. In 1995, the Chiefs went 13-3 and were a sure thing to win the Super Bowl. However, the Chiefs lost 10-7 against the Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs. For the 2005 season, the Chiefs brought several new players to boost a defense that has finished among the worst units the past three years but the effort fell short. Head coach Dick Vermeil retired once the Chiefs' 2005 campaign ended. On Monday, January 9, 2006, the Chiefs hired Herman Edwards from the New York Jets as their new head coach. Also, during the 2006 NFL Draft, the Chiefs used their first pick on Penn St. DE Tamba Hali.
 
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1959 - The Dallas Texans became a charter member of the American Football League.
1961 - Abner Haynes scored five touchdowns on November 26.
1962 -The Texans beat the Houston Oilers 20-17 in double overtime to win the AFL Championship on December 23.
1963 - The Texans moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs.
1964 - Quarterback Len Dawson passed for 435 yards and six touchdowns against the Denver Broncos on November 1.
1967 -The Green Bay Packers beat the Chiefs 35-10 in the first Super Bowl on January 15. Chiefs Schedule will show all the games for the team.
1970 - The Chiefs, playing their last game as a representative of the AFL, beat Minnesota 23-7 in the Super Bowl.
1973 - Running back Ed Podolak caught a team-record 12 passes on October 7.
1993 - Quarterback Joe Montana signed with the Chiefs after winning three Super Bowl Most Valuable Player awards with San Francisco.
2000 - Elvis Grbac passed for 504 yards on November 5.
2001 - Dick Vermiel came out of retirement on January 12 and became the ninth head coach in franchise history.