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The Kansas City Chiefs, a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They were originally called the Dallas Texans. The club founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs in 1963. The Chiefs then joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL Merger and hold the distinction of being the second AFL team to defeat an NFL club in an AFL-NFL World Championship Game when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.

The team is owned by Lamar Hunt, who founded the team along with their original league, the American Football League, in 1960. The name, "Chiefs" was selected by a fan contest, and is derived from Mayor Bartle, who 35 years prior, founded the Native American-based honor society known as The Tribe of Mic-O-Say within the Boy Scouts of America organization, which earned him the nickname, "The Chief." It is said that Hunt actually considered keeping the team name as it was, and playing as the "Kansas City Texans". The Chiefs moved into the new Arrowhead Stadium in 1972. Arrowhead Stadium is half of the Truman Sports Complex, along with Kauffman Stadium. With the demolition in 2005 of St. Louis' Busch Stadium, the Truman Sports Complex has now out-lived all of the multi-use stadiums built in the same era. As the Chiefs, under coach Hank Stram, the team played in the first Super Bowl, losing 35-10 to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers.

The Chiefs brought several new players to boost a defense that has finished among the worst units the past three years for the 2005 campaign. The Chiefs made their first step throughout the 2006 Offseason, as they hired Herman Edwards from the New York Jets as their new head coach. During the 2006 NFL Draft, the Chiefs used their first pick on Penn St. DE Tamba Hali.When the team suffered through losing seasons, devoted Chiefs fans were known for being the loudest in the NFL. These fans often reach sound levels of over 120 decibels . Because of this, Sports Illustrated has given the Chiefs' home field, Arrowhead Stadium, the title of being the "Toughest Place to Play"

At the end of the National Anthem fans are known to yell "and the home of the CHIEFS!" where traditionally "the brave" is supposed to be said. Kickoff begins with in-stadium music from Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train", "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones and Ram Jam's "Black Betty". In 2004 Gunther Cunningham was brought back as the defensive coach. The defense showed little improvement and the offense, unable to record the same high scores as the previous year, was unable to bring in the wins as they had the previous year.