Tags: National Football League Season.
The 1978 Kansas City Chiefs season began with the hiring of new head coach Marv Levy formerly of the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes. With the NFL expanding its schedule to 16 games the Chiefs finished with a 4–12 record and fifth place in the AFC West.Coach Levy’s systematic restocking of a relatively barren defensive roster began with a 1978 draft class that included a pair of future Chiefs franchise hall of famers in defensive end Art Still and linebacker Gary Spani.