<P> The Chiefs have had 33 starting quarterbacks in their franchise's history . Cotton Davidson was the team's first starting quarterback; he played all 14 games for the Texans in their inaugural 1960 season . Davidson played with the franchise from 1960 to 1962, and was traded in 1963 to the Oakland Raiders . Len Dawson signed with on July 2, 1962 and played for the franchise for 14 seasons . With Dawson as the team's starter, the Texans / Chiefs won three American Football League championships and appeared in two Super Bowl championship games . Dawson was named Most Valuable Player after the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl IV and retired in 1975 with several franchise records . Three future Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees played for Kansas City: Dawson, Joe Montana, and Warren Moon . In the 2008 season, the Chiefs started three quarterbacks: Brodie Croyle, Damon Huard, and Tyler Thigpen . After Croyle and Huard were sidelined by injuries, Thigpen played in eleven games, winning one and losing ten . In 2009 and 2010, Matt Cassel started 15 of 16 games each season, while Croyle started the other 2 games . </P> <P> The number of games started in the season by each player is listed in small parentheses . Statistics do not include postseason starts . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Quarterback (s) </Th> <Th> Reference (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Dallas Texans 1960--1962 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Cotton Davidson (13) / Hunter Enis (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> Cotton Davidson (12) / Randy Duncan (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (14) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="7"> Kansas City Chiefs 1963--present </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (13) / Eddie Wilson (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (14) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1965 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (12) / Pete Beathard (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (14) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (14) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (13) / Jacky Lee (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (7) / Jacky Lee (1) / Mike Livingston (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (12) / Mike Livingston (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (13) / Mike Livingston (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (12) / Mike Livingston (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> Mike Livingston (8) / Len Dawson (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Len Dawson (8) / Mike Livingston (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike Livingston (7) / Len Dawson (5) / Tony Adams (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Mike Livingston (14) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Mike Livingston (11) / Tony Adams (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Mike Livingston (14) / Tony Adams (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Steve Fuller (12) / Mike Livingston (4) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> Steve Fuller (13) / Bill Kenney (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Bill Kenney (13) / Steve Fuller (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Bill Kenney (6) / Steve Fuller (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bill Kenney (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Todd Blackledge (8) / Bill Kenney (8) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Todd Blackledge (6) / Bill Kenney (10) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Bill Kenney (8) / Todd Blackledge (8) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bill Kenney (8) / Todd Blackledge (2) / Matt Stevens (2) Frank Seurer (2) / Doug Hudson (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1988 </Td> <Td> Steve DeBerg (11) / Bill Kenney (5) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1989 </Td> <Td> Steve DeBerg (10) / Ron Jaworski (3) / Steve Pelluer (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Steve DeBerg (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Steve DeBerg (15) / Mark Vlasic (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1992 </Td> <Td> Dave Krieg (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1993 </Td> <Td> Joe Montana (11) / Dave Krieg (5) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> Joe Montana (14) / Steve Bono (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Steve Bono (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Steve Bono (13) / Rich Gannon (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> Elvis Grbac (10) / Rich Gannon (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Rich Gannon (10) / Elvis Grbac (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> Elvis Grbac (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Elvis Grbac (15) / Warren Moon (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Trent Green (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Trent Green (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> Trent Green (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Trent Green (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> Trent Green (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Trent Green (8) / Damon Huard (8) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Brodie Croyle (10) / Damon Huard (6) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Brodie Croyle (3) / Tyler Thigpen (11) / Damon Huard (2) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Matt Cassel (15) / Brodie Croyle (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Matt Cassel (15) / Brodie Croyle (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Matt Cassel (9) / Tyler Palko (4) / Kyle Orton (3) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Matt Cassel (8) / Brady Quinn (8) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Alex Smith (15) / Chase Daniel (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Alex Smith (15) / Chase Daniel (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Alex Smith (16) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Alex Smith (15) / Nick Foles (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Alex Smith (15) / Patrick Mahomes II (1) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Season </Th> <Th> Quarterback (s) </Th> <Th> Reference (s) </Th> </Tr>

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