Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs
Kansas City Chiefs
Current season
Logo	Wordmark
	Uniforms
Basic info
Established	August 14, 1959
Stadium	Arrowhead Stadium; Kansas City, Missouri
Headquartered	University of Kansas Health System Training Facility; Kansas City, Missouri
Colors	Red, gold, white;
Fight song	"Tomahawk chop chant"; "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"
Mascot	Warpaint (1963–1988, 2009–2020); K. C. Wolf (1989–present)
Website	chiefs.com
Personnel
Owner(s)	Hunt family
Chairman	Clark Hunt
CEO	Clark Hunt
President	Mark Donovan
General manager	Brett Veach
Head coach	Andy Reid
Nicknames
	The Redwood Forest (defense, 1966–1971); The Legion of Zoom (offense, 2018–2021);
Team history
	Dallas Texans (1960–1962); Kansas City Chiefs (1963–present);
Home fields
	Cotton Bowl (1960–1962); Municipal Stadium (1963–1971); Arrowhead Stadium (1972–present);
League / conference affiliations
	American Football League (1960–1969) Western Division (1960–1969); ; National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference (1970–present) AFC West (1970–present); ;
Championships
	League championships: 5†; AFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (3) 1962, 1966, 1969; Super Bowl championships: 4; 1969 (IV), 2019 (LIV), 2022 (LVII), 2023 (LVIII); † – Does not include 1966 and 1969 AFL championships won during the same season that the Super Bowl was contested
	Conference championships: 5 AFC: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024;
	Division championships: 17 AFL Western: 1962, 1966; AFC West: 1971, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024;
Playoff appearances (27)
	AFL: 1962, 1966, 1968, 1969; NFL: 1971, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024;
Owner(s)
	Lamar Hunt (principal) (1959–2006); Clark Hunt (chairman) (2006–present);

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division.

Established in 1959 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL), the Chiefs started playing in 1960 as the Dallas Texans, owned by league founder Lamar Hunt. In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City, and adopted its current name. The Chiefs joined the NFL in 1970 as a result of the AFL–NFL merger; entering the 2024 season, the team is valued at over US$4.85 billion. After Hunt's death in 2006, his wife, Norma, and children became legal owners of the team. After Norma's death in 2023, the Hunt children inherited her stake in the franchise. Clark Hunt, one of the Hunts' children, has served as chairman and CEO since 2006 and is the ultimate authority over personnel decisions. He is also the team representative at league owner meetings.

The Chiefs were victorious and won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969, and were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL team in a Super Bowl when they won Super Bowl IV, which was the final game before the league merger went into full effect. The Chiefs were also the second team, after the Green Bay Packers (whom they played in Super Bowl I), to appear in more than one Super Bowl (and the first AFL team to do so) and the first to appear in the championship game in two different decades. Despite this post-season success, the team failed to find success in the playoffs for decades, including losing ten of twelve playoff games from 1993 to 2017, which included an eight-game losing streak.

Since then, the Chiefs have risen to dynastic success under head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, and defensive tackle Chris Jones, appearing in five Super Bowls since 2019 and being victorious in three: LIV, LVII, and LVIII.