1963 Kansas City Chiefs season 1963 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1963 Kansas City Chiefs season was the inaugural season of Kansas City's new football franchise. Despite winning the AFL championship game the previous year, the Chiefs were 5–7–2 in 1963, third in the four-team Western division. The Chiefs were winless for two months in the middle of the season and were eliminated from the postseason in mid-November after ten games; they finished the season with three consecutive wins at home, with diminished attendance. For the previous three seasons, the team was known as the Dallas Texans. Owner and founder Lamar Hunt moved the team
1968 Kansas City Chiefs season off five straight victories to close the regular season at 12–2, sharing the division crown with the Raiders and setting up their playoff on December 22, in which the Raiders advanced to the AFL Championship Game against the New York Jets. The loss to Oakland was a major event in the Chiefs' rivalry with the Raiders, one of the NFL's most storied feuds. Oakland Raiders 41, Kansas City Chiefs 6 Scoring 1968 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1968 Kansas City Chiefs season ended with a 12–2 record, resulting in a tie for first place in the AFL Western Division with