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Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Curley Culp (61) wraps up Miami Dolphins running back Jim Kiick (21) during the 1971 AFC divisional playoff game, the longest game ever played in the NFL.
The Chiefs' final game at Municipal Stadium was played on Christmas Day 1971 and was historic. Despite a brilliant game by the Chiefs' Ed Podolak , who had 350 total yards from scrimmage, an NFL playoff record that still stands, the Chiefs were beaten by the Dolphins 27–24, when Garo Yepremian kicked a walk-off field goal with 7:20 left in ...
In a Divisional Round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Christmas Day 1971, he kicked a 37-yard field goal 7 minutes and 40 seconds into double overtime, ending the longest game in NFL history and sending the Dolphins to the AFC Championship against the Baltimore Colts (which the Dolphins won to go on to Super Bowl VI). [2] [24]
The 1971 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's second season in the National Football League (NFL), ninth as the Kansas City Chiefs, and twelfth overall.They improved from a 7–5–2 campaign in 1970 to record a 10–3–1 mark and win the AFC West division championship, the Chiefs' first division title since 1966 and last until 1993.
The Buffalo Bills beat the Kansas City Chiefs 30-21 on Sunday to knock the two-time defending Super Bowl champions from the unbeaten ranks. For yet another season, the 1972 Dolphins (17-0) will ...
The first NFL games actually played on December 25 came after the merger, during the 1971–72 NFL playoffs.The first two games of the Divisional Playoff Round were held on Christmas Day; the first of these was between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings, while the second of the two contests played that afternoon, the Miami Dolphins versus the Kansas City Chiefs, wound up being the ...
The Chiefs meet the Miami Dolphins at 8:30 a.m. (Central) on Sunday, Nov. 5, at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany. The Chiefs are 6-2 after Sunday’s 24-9 loss to the Denver Broncos .
Shortly before halftime, the Dolphins defense recovered a fumble from Podolak deep in Chiefs territory, enabling Garo Yepremian to kick a 14-yard field goal to tie the game, 10–10. Kansas City retook the lead in the third quarter, on a 15-play, 75-yard drive that took 10 minutes off the clock and ended with Jim Otis ' 1-yard score.