 The team's first game at Arrowhead was against the St. Louis Cardinals, a preseason game which the Chiefs won 24–14.Linebacker Willie Lanier and quarterback Len Dawson won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1972 and 1973, respectively.The Chiefs would not return to the post-season for the remainder of the 1970s, and the 1973 season was the team's last winning effort for seven years.