2011_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season

2011 Kansas City Chiefs season
2011 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	The Hunt family
General manager	Scott Pioli
Head coach	Todd Haley (fired Dec. 12, 5–8 record); Romeo Crennel (interim, 2–1 record)
Home field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	2 LB Tamba Hali; LB Derrick Johnson;
AP All-Pros	2 LB Tamba Hali (2nd team); LB Derrick Johnson (1st team);
Team MVP	Derrick Johnson
Team ROY	Justin Houston
Uniform
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2011 Kansas City Chiefs season

NFL team season

The 2011 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 42nd in the National Football League (NFL), their 52nd overall and their third under the head coach/general manager tandem of Todd Haley and Scott Pioli. A 10–6 record in their 2010 season lent high expectations to their 2011 season, but the Chiefs suffered reversed fortunes. A season-ending hand injury to their starting quarterback Matt Cassel in their eighth game of the season proved especially significant. After a 4–4 record with Cassel at the helm, the Chiefs staggered to a 7–9 win–loss record by season end and failed to make the playoffs.

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The Chiefs training camp began on July 29 in St. Joseph, Missouri. The Chiefs played their first preseason game on August 12 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On September 11, the Chiefs opened their regular season against the Buffalo Bills. They did not earn their first win until Week 4 against the Minnesota Vikings. After starting the season 5–8, head coach Todd Haley was fired after a 37–10 loss to the New York Jets. Haley was replaced by defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.^[1] Haley became the second Chiefs coach to be fired during a season; the first was Paul Wiggin in 1977.

One bright spot of the season is the first game after Crennel took over as interim head coach. The Chiefs achieved an upset win against the then 13–0 Green Bay Packers to ruin their perfect season hopes; that loss would prove to be the only one the 2011 Packers suffered in their 15–1 regular season record.

Preseason

Game summaries

Regular season

Game summaries

Standings

Conference

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#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division winners
1	New England Patriots	East	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	.449	.423	W8
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Baltimore Ravens	North	12	4	0	.750	6–0	9–3	.477	.484	W2
3	Houston Texans	South	10	6	0	.625	4–2	8–4	.453	.413	L3
4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Denver Broncos	West	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	.520	.445	L3
Wild cards
5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	.492	.411	W2
6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Cincinnati Bengals	North	9	7	0	.563	2–4	6–6	.492	.326	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tennessee Titans	South	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.461	.396	W2
8^{[lower-alpha 4]}	New York Jets	East	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	.500	.395	L3
9^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	San Diego Chargers	West	8	8	0	.500	3–3	7–5	.516	.430	W1
10^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Oakland Raiders	West	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	.504	.438	L1
11	Kansas City Chiefs	West	7	9	0	.438	3–3	4–8	.512	.464	W1
12^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Miami Dolphins	East	6	10	0	.375	3–3	5–7	.504	.417	W1
13^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Buffalo Bills	East	6	10	0	.375	1–5	4–8	.520	.510	L1
14	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	5	11	0	.313	3–3	4–8	.500	.363	W1
15	Cleveland Browns	North	4	12	0	.250	0–6	3–9	.531	.313	L6
16	Indianapolis Colts	South	2	14	0	.125	2–4	2–10	.539	.594	L1
Tiebreakers^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Baltimore clinched the AFC North title based on a head-to-head sweep over Pittsburgh. Denver clinched the AFC West title instead of San Diego or Oakland based on record versus common opponents (5–5 to San Diego's and Oakland's 4–6). Cincinnati clinched the AFC 6 seed instead of Tennessee based on a head-to-head victory. New York Jets finished ahead of San Diego based on head-to-head victory. San Diego finished ahead of Oakland in the AFC West based on better conference record (7–5 to 6–6). Miami finished in third place in the AFC East based on a head-to-head sweep over Buffalo. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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[1-2-7] Baltimore clinched the AFC North title based on a head-to-head sweep over Pittsburgh.

[1-4-8] Denver clinched the AFC West title instead of San Diego or Oakland based on record versus common opponents (5–5 to San Diego's and Oakland's 4–6).

[1-3-9] Cincinnati clinched the AFC 6 seed instead of Tennessee based on a head-to-head victory.

[1-6-10] New York Jets finished ahead of San Diego based on head-to-head victory.

[1-5-11] San Diego finished ahead of Oakland in the AFC West based on better conference record (7–5 to 6–6).

[1-1-12] Miami finished in third place in the AFC East based on a head-to-head sweep over Buffalo.

[13] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

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"Jets Run Over Chiefs, 37-10". December 11, 2011.

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"Chiefs fire coach Todd Haley". ESPN.com. December 12, 2011.

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"2011 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

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Position	Coach	2010 position	2011 position
OC	Bill Muir	Kansas City Chiefs OLC	Kansas City Chiefs OC/OLC
OC	Charlie Weis	Kansas City Chiefs OC	Florida Gators OC
QBC	Jim Zorn	Baltimore Ravens QBC	Kansas City Chiefs QBC

Position	Player	Status*	2010 team	2011 team
LB	Charlie Anderson	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
RB	Jackie Battle	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
WR	Steve Breaston	UFA	Arizona Cardinals	Kansas City Chiefs
CB	Brandon Carr	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
FB	Tim Castille	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
WR	Keary Colbert	UFA	None	Kansas City Chiefs
WR	Terrance Copper	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
TE	Brad Cottam	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
FB	Mike Cox	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
QB	Brodie Croyle	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Arizona Cardinals
WR	Kevin Curtis	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Tennessee Titans
CB	Travis Daniels	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
DT	Ron Edwards	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Carolina Panthers
OT	Jared Gaither	UFA	Baltimore Ravens	Kansas City Chiefs
DE	Wallace Gilberry	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
DT	Kelly Gregg	UFA	Baltimore Ravens	Kansas City Chiefs
LB	Cory Greenwood	EFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
LB	Tamba Hali	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
S	Reshard Langford	EFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
CB	Maurice Leggett	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
FB	Le'Ron McClain	UFA	Baltimore Ravens	Kansas City Chiefs
S	Jon McGraw	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
OT	Steve Maneri	RFA	New England Patriots	Kansas City Chiefs
LB	Corey Mays	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
C	Rudy Niswanger	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Detroit Lions
OT	Ryan O'Callaghan	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
S	Sabby Piscitelli	UFA	Tampa Bay Buccaneers & Cleveland Browns	Kansas City Chiefs
TE	Leonard Pope	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
OT	Barry Richardson	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
LB	Brandon Siler	UFA	San Diego Chargers	Kansas City Chiefs
DE	Shaun Smith	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Tennessee Titans
LB	Mike Vrabel	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Retired
C	Casey Wiegmann	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
*RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, Franchise: Franchise tag

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1 ^[a]	26 ^[b]	Jon Baldwin	Wide receiver	Pittsburgh
2	55	Rodney Hudson	Center	Florida State
3	70 ^[a]	Justin Houston	Linebacker	Georgia
3	86	Allen Bailey	Defensive end	Miami (FL)
4	118	Jalil Brown	Cornerback	Colorado
5	135 ^[c]	Ricky Stanzi	Quarterback	Iowa
5	140 ^[d]	Gabe Miller	Linebacker	Oregon State
6 ^[c]	199 ^[e]	Jerrell Powe	Nose tackle	Mississippi
7	223	Shane Bannon	Fullback	Yale


	Quarterbacks 8 Kyle Orton 4 Tyler Palko 13 Ricky Stanzi Running backs 32 Shaun Draughn 20 Thomas Jones 44 Le'Ron McClain FB 22 Dexter McCluster Wide receivers 89 Jon Baldwin 82 Dwayne Bowe 15 Steve Breaston 10 Terrance Copper 11 Jeremy Horne 83 Jerheme Urban Tight ends 88 Anthony Becht 85 Jake O'Connell 45 Leonard Pope		Offensive linemen 76 Branden Albert T 73 Jon Asamoah G 61 Rodney Hudson C 65 Ryan Lilja G 68 Steve Maneri T 70 David Mims T 67 Barry Richardson T 62 Casey Wiegmann C Defensive linemen 97 Allen Bailey DE 90 Brandon Bair DE 72 Glenn Dorsey DE 92 Wallace Gilberry DE 99 Amon Gordon NT 77 Kelly Gregg NT 94 Tyson Jackson DE 95 Jerrell Powe NT		Linebackers 59 Jovan Belcher ILB 93 Cory Greenwood ILB 91 Tamba Hali OLB 50 Justin Houston OLB 56 Derrick Johnson ILB 55 Cameron Sheffield OLB 96 Andy Studebaker OLB 53 Demorrio Williams ILB Defensive backs 21 Javier Arenas CB 30 Jalil Brown CB 39 Brandon Carr CB 34 Travis Daniels CB 24 Brandon Flowers CB 48 Reshard Langford SS 23 Kendrick Lewis FS 47 Jon McGraw SS 42 Sabby Piscitelli FS 27 Donald Washington SS Special teams 2 Dustin Colquitt P 43 Thomas Gafford LS 6 Ryan Succop K		Reserve lists 26 Jackie Battle RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 29 Eric Berry SS (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 7 Matt Cassel QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 25 Jamaal Charles RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 51 Gabe Miller OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 81 Tony Moeaki TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 75 Ryan O'Callaghan T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 52 Brandon Siler ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 40 Shane Bannon FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 60 Rob Bruggeman C 57 Caleb Campbell LB 66 Darryl Harris G 14 Quinten Lawrence WR 84 Jamar Newsome WR 74 Luke Patterson DE 98 Anthony Toribio NT Rookies in italics 53 active, 9 inactive, 7 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 0–25	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	August 19	at Baltimore Ravens	L 13–31	0–2	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
3	August 26	St. Louis Rams	L 10–14	0–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
4	September 1	at Green Bay Packers	L 19–20	0–4	Lambeau Field	Recap

2011_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season

2011 Kansas City Chiefs season

Offseason

Coaching changes

Free agency

Draft

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens

Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams

Week 4: at Green Bay Packers

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 2: at Detroit Lions

Week 3: at San Diego Chargers

Week 4: vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts

Week 7: at Oakland Raiders

Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 9: vs. Miami Dolphins

Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 11: at New England Patriots

Week 12: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 13: at Chicago Bears

Week 14: at New York Jets

Week 15: vs. Green Bay Packers

Week 16: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 17: at Denver Broncos

Standings

Division

Conference

Notes and references

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 11	Buffalo Bills	L 7–41	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	September 18	at Detroit Lions	L 3–48	0–2	Ford Field	Recap
3	September 25	at San Diego Chargers	L 17–20	0–3	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
4	October 2	Minnesota Vikings	W 22–17	1–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
5	October 9	at Indianapolis Colts	W 28–24	2–3	Lucas Oil Stadium	Recap
6	Bye
7	October 23	at Oakland Raiders	W 28–0	3–3	O.co Coliseum	Recap
8	October 31	San Diego Chargers	W 23–20 (OT)	4–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	November 6	Miami Dolphins	L 3–31	4–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
10	November 13	Denver Broncos	L 10–17	4–5	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
11	November 21	at New England Patriots	L 3–34	4–6	Gillette Stadium	Recap
12	November 27	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–13	4–7	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	December 4	at Chicago Bears	W 10–3	5–7	Soldier Field	Recap
14	December 11	at New York Jets	L 10–37	5–8	MetLife Stadium	Recap
15	December 18	Green Bay Packers	W 19–14	6–8	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
16	December 24	Oakland Raiders	L 13–16 (OT)	6–9	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
17	January 1	at Denver Broncos	W 7–3	7–9	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Recap

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽⁴⁾ Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	309	390	L3
San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	3–3	7–5	406	377	W1
Oakland Raiders	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	359	433	L1
Kansas City Chiefs	7	9	0	.438	3–3	4–8	212	338	W1

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	10	5	7	3	25
Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	3	7	3	0	13
Ravens	3	7	0	21	31

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	0	0	0	14
Chiefs	0	3	7	0	10

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	2	14	0	3	19
Packers	7	0	13	0	20