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2012 Kansas City Chiefs season
2012 Kansas City Chiefs season
Owner	The Hunt family
General manager	Scott Pioli
Head coach	Romeo Crennel
Home field	Arrowhead Stadium
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	6 RB Jamaal Charles; LB Tamba Hali; LB Justin Houston; LB Derrick Johnson; S Eric Berry; P Dustin Colquitt;
AP All-Pros	1 RB Jamaal Charles (2nd team);
Team MVP	Jamaal Charles
Team ROY	Dontari Poe
Uniform
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2012 Kansas City Chiefs season

NFL team season

The 2012 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 43rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 53rd overall and their first and only full season under head coach Romeo Crennel, who had served as the interim head coach for the final three games of the 2011 season following Todd Haley's termination. The Chiefs failed to rebound from their 7–9 record in 2011, and were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12. Although they shared the same 2–14 record as the Jacksonville Jaguars for the worst record of the season, the Chiefs had a lower strength of schedule, so they were awarded the first pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. The Chiefs went 0–12 against AFC opponents in 2012; their only wins of the season were from NFC teams, against the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. In 2017, ESPN.com named the 2012 season the Chiefs’ worst in franchise history.^[1] The season remains, as of 2023, the most recent season that the Chiefs finished at or below .500.

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On December 1, 2012, the day before the Chiefs' week 13 game against the Carolina Panthers, linebacker Jovan Belcher murdered his girlfriend then drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he killed himself in front of Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli. The Chiefs held a moment of silence for domestic violence victims and the teams met for a prayer on the field prior to the game.

Season summary

The 2012 team tied the 1977 (2–12) and 2008 (2–14) teams for the franchise worst seasons in terms of fewest wins. The 2008 and 2012 seasons were the worst in terms of win percentage (.125) in franchise history.

They tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the NFL's worst record. The Chiefs had the number 1 pick in the 2013 National Football League Draft based on strength of schedule.^[2] It was the second time in franchise history the Chiefs have had the #1 pick.^[3]

Kansas City suffered from quarterback controversy all season. The Chiefs were tied with the Arizona Cardinals for most interceptions (20) with Matt Cassel throwing 12 and his late season replacement Brady Quinn throwing 8.^[4]

The Chiefs started the season tying the 1929 record of Buffalo Bisons for most games without ever leading in regulation (8 games). The Chiefs did defeat the Saints in week 3, but didn't lead until their game winning field goal in overtime. The Chiefs broke the streak in Week 10 against the Pittsburgh Steelers when they led 10–0 in the second quarter before losing the game 16–13 in overtime.^[5] In Week 4, the Chiefs had six turnovers in a loss to San Diego.^[6] Chiefs tackle Eric Winston claimed Kansas City hometown fans cheered the injury of quarterback Matt Cassel in a Week 5 loss to the Baltimore Ravens calling it "Sick", however fans claim it was because Brady Quinn was seen coming onto the field and were cheering for him.^[7]^[8] Fans formed the "Save Our Chiefs" organization. They wore black to games to protest and hired an airplane to fly over Arrowhead Stadium on game days towing a banner that read, "Restore Hope: Fire Pioli."^[9] When asked why running back Jamaal Charles carried the ball only 5 times in a week 8 loss to the Oakland Raiders, Romeo Crennel responded "Now, that I'm not exactly sure, either."^[10] In Week 15, the Chiefs didn't have a first down until the third quarter in a loss against Oakland.^[11] In Week 16, the team rushed for a franchise record of 352 yards against the Colts and still lost the game.^[12] In Week 17, the Chiefs matched the 1981 Baltimore Colts season record of losing 9 games by 14 points or more in one season as the Chiefs lost to Denver.^[3]

The Chiefs finished near the bottom of the league in most major statistical categories. They were 23rd in total offense, 32nd in points scored,^[13] and 37 giveaways, tied for worst in the NFL.^[14] The Chiefs were 20th in total defense and 25th in points allowed. The Chiefs tied for the fewest takeaways with the Eagles. Their low forced turnovers and giveaways led the Chiefs to finish tied for the worst turnover differential in the NFL with a −24.^[15]

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	Denver Broncos	West	13	3	0	.813	6–0	10–2	.457	.385	W11
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New England Patriots	East	12	4	0	.750	6–0	11–1	.496	.466	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Houston Texans	South	12	4	0	.750	5–1	10–2	.496	.432	L2
4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Baltimore Ravens	North	10	6	0	.625	4–2	8–4	.496	.438	L1
Wild cards
5	Indianapolis Colts	South	11	5	0	.688	4–2	8–4	.441	.403	W2
6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Cincinnati Bengals	North	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	.438	.381	W3
Did not qualify for the postseason
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	8	8	0	.500	3–3	5–7	.465	.438	W1
8^{[lower-alpha 3]}	San Diego Chargers	West	7	9	0	.438	4–2	7–5	.457	.286	W2
9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Miami Dolphins	East	7	9	0	.438	2–4	5–7	.500	.415	L1
10^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Tennessee Titans	South	6	10	0	.375	1–5	5–7	.512	.344	W1
11^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	New York Jets	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	.512	.401	L3
12^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Buffalo Bills	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.480	.281	W1
13	Cleveland Browns	North	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	.508	.388	L3
14	Oakland Raiders	West	4	12	0	.250	2–4	4–8	.469	.219	L2
15^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	2	14	0	.125	2–4	2–10	.539	.531	L5
16^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Kansas City Chiefs	West	2	14	0	.125	0–6	0–12	.516	.438	L4
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New England clinched the AFC's No. 2 seed over Houston based on a head-to-head victory. Baltimore clinched the AFC North title over Cincinnati based on a better divisional record (4–2 to 3–3). San Diego finished with a better conference record than Miami (7–5 to 5–7). Tennessee finished ahead of New York Jets based on head-to-head victory. New York Jets finished ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East based on record versus common opponents (5–7 to 3–9). Jacksonville finished with a better conference record than Kansas City (2–10 to 0–12). 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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[1-1-19] New England clinched the AFC's No. 2 seed over Houston based on a head-to-head victory.

[1-3-20] Baltimore clinched the AFC North title over Cincinnati based on a better divisional record (4–2 to 3–3).

[1-4-21] San Diego finished with a better conference record than Miami (7–5 to 5–7).

[1-5-22] Tennessee finished ahead of New York Jets based on head-to-head victory.

[1-2-23] New York Jets finished ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East based on record versus common opponents (5–7 to 3–9).

[1-6-24] Jacksonville finished with a better conference record than Kansas City (2–10 to 0–12).

[25] 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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Position	Player	Status*	2011 team	2012 team
CB	Mikail Baker	UFA	St. Louis Rams	Kansas City Chiefs
RB	Jackie Battle	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	San Diego Chargers
TE	Anthony Becht	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
LB	Jovan Belcher	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
TE	Kevin Boss	UFA	Oakland Raiders	Kansas City Chiefs
WR	Dwayne Bowe	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
CB	Brandon Carr	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Dallas Cowboys
CB	Travis Daniels	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
DE	Wallace Gilberry	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NT	Amon Gordon	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
NT	Kelly Gregg	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
LB	Cory Greenwood	ERFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
RB	Peyton Hillis	UFA	Cleveland Browns	Kansas City Chiefs
RB	Thomas Jones	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
S	Reshard Langford	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Detroit Lions
FB	LeRon McClain	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	San Diego Chargers
S	Jon McGraw	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
OT	Ryan O'Callaghan	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
TE	Jake O'Connell	RFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Kansas City Chiefs
QB	Kyle Orton	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Dallas Cowboys
QB	Tyler Palko	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
S	Sabby Piscitelli	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
DE	Ropati Pitoitua	UFA	New York Jets	Kansas City Chiefs
TE	Leonard Pope	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	Pittsburgh Steelers
QB	Brady Quinn	UFA	Denver Broncos	Kansas City Chiefs
CB	Jacques Reeves	UFA	Free Agent	Kansas City Chiefs
OT	Barry Richardson	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	St. Louis Rams
CB	Stanford Routt	UFA	Oakland Raiders	Kansas City Chiefs
WR	Jerheme Urban	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
C	Casey Wiegmann	UFA	Kansas City Chiefs	None
OT	Eric Winston	UFA	Houston Texans	Kansas City Chiefs
*RFA: Restricted free agent, UFA: Unrestricted free agent, ERFA: Exclusive rights free agent, Franchise: Franchise tag

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
2012 Kansas City Chiefs draft
1	11	Dontari Poe *	DT	Memphis
2	44	Jeff Allen	OT	Illinois
3	74	Donald Stephenson	OT	Oklahoma
4	107	Devon Wylie	WR	Fresno St
5	146	DeQuan Menzie	CB	Alabama
6	182	Cyrus Gray	RB	Texas A&M
7	218	Jerome Long	DT	San Diego St
7	238	Junior Hemingway	WR	Michigan	Pick from NE^[a]
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career


	Quarterbacks 7 Matt Cassel 9 Brady Quinn 12 Ricky Stanzi Running backs 25 Jamaal Charles 49 Patrick DiMarco FB 20 Shaun Draughn 45 Nate Eachus FB 32 Cyrus Gray 40 Peyton Hillis Wide receivers 89 Jon Baldwin 11 Josh Bellamy 15 Steve Breaston 88 Junior Hemingway 22 Dexter McCluster 84 Jamar Newsome 19 Devon Wylie Tight ends 87 Steve Maneri 81 Tony Moeaki		Offensive linemen 76 Branden Albert T 71 Jeff Allen G 73 Jon Asamoah G 66 Russ Hochstein G 65 Ryan Lilja C 64 Bryan Mattison C 67 Rich Ranglin G 79 Donald Stephenson T 74 Eric Winston T Defensive linemen 94 Tyson Jackson DE 75 Ropati Pitoitua DE 92 Dontari Poe NT 95 Jerrell Powe NT 90 Shaun Smith DE 98 Anthony Toribio NT		Linebackers 93 Cory Greenwood ILB 91 Tamba Hali OLB 50 Justin Houston OLB 56 Derrick Johnson ILB 99 Edgar Jones OLB 52 Brandon Siler ILB 96 Andy Studebaker OLB 57 Leon Williams ILB Defensive backs 21 Javier Arenas CB 29 Eric Berry SS 30 Jalil Brown CB 34 Travis Daniels CB 27 Abram Elam FS 24 Brandon Flowers CB 31 Tysyn Hartman FS 23 Kendrick Lewis FS 38 Neiko Thorpe CB Special teams 2 Dustin Colquitt P 43 Thomas Gafford LS 6 Ryan Succop K		Reserve lists 97 Allen Bailey DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 80 Kevin Boss TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 82 Dwayne Bowe WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 10 Terrance Copper WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 72 Glenn Dorsey DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 61 Rodney Hudson C (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 41 Kyle McCarthy SS (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 49 DeQuan Menzie CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 85 Jake O'Connell TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 83 Martin Rucker TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 4 Alex Tanney QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 48 DeMarco Cosby TE 26 Jose Gumbs S 70 David Mims T 77 Luke Patterson T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Quan Sturdivant ILB 14 Matt Szymanski P 68 Dustin Waldron G Rookies in italics 53 active, 12 inactive, 6 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 10	Arizona Cardinals	W 27–17	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	August 18	at St. Louis Rams	L 17–31	1–1	Edward Jones Dome	Recap
3	August 24	Seattle Seahawks	L 14–44	1–2	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
4	August 30	at Green Bay Packers	L 3–24	1–3	Lambeau Field	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 9	Atlanta Falcons	L 24–40	0–1	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
2	September 16	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–35	0–2	Ralph Wilson Stadium	Recap
3	September 23	at New Orleans Saints	W 27–24 (OT)	1–2	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
4	September 30	San Diego Chargers	L 20–37	1–3	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
5	October 7	Baltimore Ravens	L 6–9	1–4	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
6	October 14	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–38	1–5	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 28	Oakland Raiders	L 16–26	1–6	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
9	November 1	at San Diego Chargers	L 13–31	1–7	Qualcomm Stadium	Recap
10	November 12	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 13–16 (OT)	1–8	Heinz Field	Recap
11	November 18	Cincinnati Bengals	L 6–28	1–9	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
12	November 25	Denver Broncos	L 9–17	1–10	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	December 2	Carolina Panthers	W 27–21	2–10	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
14	December 9	at Cleveland Browns	L 7–30	2–11	Cleveland Browns Stadium	Recap
15	December 16	at Oakland Raiders	L 0–15	2–12	O.co Coliseum	Recap
16	December 23	Indianapolis Colts	L 13–20	2–13	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
17	December 30	at Denver Broncos	L 3–38	2–14	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Recap

2012_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season

2012 Kansas City Chiefs season

Season summary

Roster changes

Free agency

Draft

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals

Week 2: at St. Louis Rams

Week 3: vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 4: at Green Bay Packers

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 2: at Buffalo Bills

Week 3: at New Orleans Saints

Week 4: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 5: vs. Baltimore Ravens

Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 9: at San Diego Chargers

Week 10: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 11: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 12: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 13: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 14: at Cleveland Browns

Week 15: at Oakland Raiders

Week 16: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 17: at Denver Broncos

Standings

Division

Conference

References

External links

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AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ Denver Broncos	13	3	0	.813	6–0	10–2	481	289	W11
San Diego Chargers	7	9	0	.438	4–2	7–5	350	350	W2
Oakland Raiders	4	12	0	.250	2–4	4–8	290	443	L2
Kansas City Chiefs	2	14	0	.125	0–6	0–12	211	425	L4

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	3	7	7	17
Chiefs	14	3	3	7	27

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	0	10	0	7	17
Rams	14	3	7	7	31

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	6	17	21	0	44
Chiefs	0	7	0	7	14

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	3	0	0	0	3
Packers	0	14	7	3	24