A franchise that has lived through professional football's greatest extremes is bound to have a few stories worth telling. The Kansas City Chiefs have more than a few.
Lamar Hunt founded the Dallas Texans in 1960 and won an AFL championship in the franchise's third season. After relocating to Kansas City in '63, the newly named Chiefs won two more titles before stunning the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in the last game ever played by an AFL franchise. That was January 1970. The Chiefs would not win another championship for 50 years.
The next five decades were a mix of hope and haplessness. Chiefs Kingdom spent much of that time watching forgettable football in a flyover state the rest of the NFL largely ignored. The Schottenheimer years generated real excitement and playoff losses that fans still haven't fully processed. By the time the franchise bottomed out with 2-14 seasons in 2008 and 2012, fans were funding "Save Our Chiefs" banners flying over Arrowhead on game days.
Then Andy Reid arrived, followed by Patrick Mahomes, elevating the Chiefs to unimaginable heights. Five Super Bowl appearances in six seasons. Three more championships. A run of dominance that turned a mid-market franchise into a global draw.
All of that history—the dynasty and the drought, the heroes and the heartbreak— is represented by the numbers on those Kansas City Chiefs jerseys. From 1 to 99, they all have a story to tell.
The complete history of Chiefs jerseys, No. 1 to 99
- No. 1 - Worthy, McKinnon, and a Super Gnat
- No. 2 - A legend and a lasting scar
- No. 3 - The Norwegian ski jumper and a kicker without toes
This list is updated daily as the series continues. Check back for new entries.
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