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Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently, the team is the member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL).University of Wisconsin-River Falls has been hosting summer training camp of the Chiefs since 1991.Prior to 1991, William Jewell College in Clay County, Missouri held the camp of the Chiefs Lamar Hunt founded the club as a charter member of the American Football League in 1960. The club was originally called the Dallas Texans.

The team moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs in 1963 .The team was given the guarantee of increased ticket sales by then-Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle.The Chiefs then joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger.After defeating the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV, the Chiefs became the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game.

Franchise history
AFL:
The team along with their original league, the American Football League, or AFL was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960. He was also the owner of the team. The Dallas Texans as they were known then, shared the Cotton Bowl with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.In one of the Texans' biggest games, they were successful in defeating the Houston Oilers in a dramatic 1962 AFL Championship. The game went into double overtime and was the longest ever played at over 77 minutes until the December 25, 1971 playoff game between the Chiefs and Dolphins.

The Glory Years: 1963-1970, Stram's "Wild West Variety Show"
The team played in the first Super Bowl under coach Hank Stram with quarterback Len Dawson at the helm. However, they lost 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers. Three years later, they took revenge by upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 23-7. The team's victory proved that the AFC was "no fluke".The Chiefs were successful in cementing a future merger for the AFL and NFL. In Super Bowl IV, dominating on both defense and offense, the Chiefs dominated on all sides of the ball.

Hank Stram's innovative play-calling would revolutionize the game with a high powered offense and blistering defense. Stram confused the opponents on the field by utilizing audibles and line changes 43 games were won by the Chief between 1966 and 1969. In the era, Five Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees played for the Chiefs. They included quarterback Len Dawson, linebackers Bobby Bell and Willie Lanier, defensive tackle Buck Buchanan and placekicker Jan Stenerud. Wide receiver Otis Taylor, linebacker Jim Lynch, back-up quarterback Mike Livingston and running back Mike Garrett are other notable players.

1990s: "Martyball":
Carl Peterson became the team's new President and General Manager in 1989. Marty Schottenheimer as the team's coach by Peterson. The achievements of the team were immense under Schottenheimer who successfully led the team to six straight playoff appearances, three AFC West championships, nine winning seasons, and 76 consecutive soldout games at Arrowhead in the 1990s.

The Chiefs became the winningest team of the 1990s with Schottenheimer's impressive 101-58-1 regular season record (.634). A strong fanbase was re-established for the chiefs. Every home game at Arrowhead Stadium quickly began to sell-out.

With their "college football game atmosphere" and noisy fans reaching over 120 decibels, the Chiefs' popularity rose in the 1990s . The traditions are still alive today. The popularity of Big 12 College Football games, often held at Arrowhead Stadium and also the Chiefs' additions of players from Big 12 schools throughout the nineties are largely responsible for creating much of the "college atmosphere". The Chiefs have been successful in winning only three playoff games even though they have got opportunities of appearing in the playoffs in seven out of eight seasons.

2000s
Dick Vermeil took over as head coach of the Chiefs in 2001. Previously, he had coached the St. Louis Rams to the Super Bowl . Many elements of "The Greatest Show on Turf" from St. Louis to Kansas City's own offense were brought by Vermeil.

The Chiefs finished the 2004 season with a 7-9 record. For their 2005 campaign, Several new players were brought by the Chiefs to boost a defense that had finished among the worst units the past three years. Despite winning ten games, the Chiefs became just the fourth team in NFL history to go 10-6 and not reach the playoffs.