subject: Kansas City Chiefs Tickets : The Chiefs Are The Second Team To Appear In More Than One Super Bowl [print this page] The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member (and current champion) of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).
Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). In 1963, the team relocated to Kansas City and assumed their current name. They joined the NFL during the AFL/NFL merger of 1970.
The team is legally and corporately registered as Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Incorporated and according to Forbes is valued at just under USD $1 billion.
From 1960 to 1969, the Chiefs were a successful franchise in the AFL, winning three league championships (1962, 1966, 1969) and having an all-time AFL record of 92/50/5.The Chiefs were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL franchise 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 remains the club's last championship game victory and appearance to date. The Chiefs were the second team, after the Green Bay Packers, to appear in more than one Super Bowl; and, they were the first team to appear in the championship game in two different decades.
The 2008 season ended with a franchise worst 2/14 record.
The team lost two games by 24 point margins against the Falcons and Titans, a 34/0 shut-out to the Carolina Panthers, and allowed a franchise-high 54 points against the Buffalo Bills.The team's general manager, chief executive officer, and team president Carl Peterson resigned at the end of the season, and former New England Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli was hired as his replacement for 2009.
On January 23, 2009 Herman Edwards was fired as head coach, and two weeks later Todd Haley signed a four-year contract to become Edwards' successor.In April, Tony Gonzalez was traded to the Atlanta Falcons after failed trade attempts over the previous two seasons.The Chiefs also fired Offensive Coordinator Chan Gailey 2 weeks before the start of the season.
Throughout 2009 the Chiefs acquired veterans to supplement the Chiefs young talent including Matt Cassel, Mike Vrabel, Bobby Engram, Mike Brown, Chris Chambers, and Andy Alleman.
On December 26, 2010 The Kansas City Chiefs won their first AFC West title since 2003, by beating the Tennesee Titans at The New Arrowhead. Stadium. On January 9, 2010, The Chiefs lost their Wild Card Playoff game to the Baltimore Ravens.
W hen the franchise was based in Dallas, the team conducted their inaugural training camp at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico. They moved camp to Southern Methodist University, owner Lamar Hunt's alma mater, for 1961 and continued to practice there until 1965.
From 1966 to 1971, the Chiefs practiced in Swope Park in Kansas City, and from 1972 to 1991 held camp at William Jewell College in Clay County, Missouri where Lamar Hunt had extensive business dealings including Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun and SubTropolis.
From 1991 to 2009 the Chiefs conducted summer training camp at the University of Wisconsin/River Falls in River Falls, Wisconsin. The Chiefs' 2007 training camp was documented in the HBO/NFL Films documentary reality television series, Hard Knocks.
Following the passage of a 25 million state tax credit proposal, the Chiefs will move their training camp to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri in 2010.The bulk of the tax credits will go for improvements to Arrowhead Stadium with $10 million applied to the move to Missouri Western.
