Bill Kenney
Bill Kenney | |||||||
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Commissioner of the Missouri Public Service Commission | |||||||
In office January 24, 2013 – May 6, 2021 | |||||||
Succeeded by | Glen Kolkmeyer | ||||||
Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate | |||||||
In office January 2001 – January 2003 | |||||||
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 8th district | |||||||
In office January 1995 – January 2003 | |||||||
Succeeded by | Matt Bartle | ||||||
Personal details | |||||||
Born | San Francisco, California | January 20, 1955||||||
Political party | Republican | ||||||
Education | Saddleback College (AA) University of Northern Colorado (BA) | ||||||
American football career |
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No. 9 | |||||||
Position: | San Clemente (San Clemente, California) | ||||||
College: | Northern Colorado | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1978 / Round: 12 / Pick: 333 (By the Miami Dolphins) | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||
William Patrick Kenney (born January 20, 1955) is an American former
High school/college
Kenney was born in San Francisco and graduated from
College statistics
Northern Colorado Bears | |||||||||||
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Season | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
Comp | Att | Yards | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | ||||
1976 | 18 | 40 | 232 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 58 | 0 | |||
1977 | 97 | 226 | 1264 | 7 | 10 | 79 | -59 | ||||
Career | 115 | 266 | 1496 | 9 | 12 | 110 | -1 |
NFL
Kenney was selected by the
After an average
He did not come close to matching his 4,000-yard output over the next four seasons, but he did enough to prevent Blackledge from starting when he was healthy (in 1984, he missed 7 weeks due to a thumb injury). He eventually gave up his starting job in 1988 when the Chiefs traded for Steve DeBerg. Kenney was released after failing to throw a touchdown pass in 114 attempts that season. He left the Chiefs as the second most prolific passer in team history behind Hall of Famer Len Dawson. He has been passed in most passing categories since then by Trent Green; Green also broke Kenney's single season record for passing yards in 2004.
In 1989, he signed with the
Politics
Kenney took up residency in Lee's Summit, Missouri after his retirement. He turned his attention to politics at this time, and in 1994, he successfully ran as a Republican to represent a portion of Kansas City and parts of suburban Jackson County in the Missouri State Senate. In 1996, Kenney ran an unsuccessful campaign to become Lieutenant Governor of Missouri.
In 2001, Bill Kenney became the
Kenney was appointed to the Missouri Public Service Commission by Governor Jay Nixon on January 9, 2013. On January 24, 2013, he was confirmed by the Missouri Senate to a six-year term.[1]
NFL career statistics
Legend | |
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Led the league | |
Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Passing | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lng | Rtg | ||
1980 | KC | 3 | 3 | 2−1 | 37 | 69 | 53.6 | 542 | 7.9 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 91.6 |
1981 | KC | 13 | 13 | 8−5 | 147 | 274 | 53.6 | 1,983 | 7.2 | 9 | 16 | 64 | 63.6 |
1982 | KC | 7 | 6 | 3−3 | 95 | 169 | 56.2 | 1,192 | 7.1 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 77.3 |
1983 | KC | 16 | 16 | 6−10 | 346 | 603 | 57.4 | 4,348 | 7.2 | 24 | 18 | 53 | 80.8 |
1984 | KC | 9 | 8 | 4−4 | 151 | 282 | 53.5 | 2,098 | 7.4 | 15 | 10 | 65 | 80.7 |
1985 | KC | 16 | 10 | 3−7 | 181 | 338 | 53.6 | 2,536 | 7.5 | 17 | 9 | 84 | 83.6 |
1986 | KC | 15 | 8 | 5−3 | 161 | 308 | 52.3 | 1,922 | 6.2 | 13 | 11 | 53 | 70.8 |
1987 | KC | 11 | 8 | 3−5 | 154 | 273 | 56.4 | 2,107 | 7.7 | 15 | 9 | 81 | 85.8 |
1988 | KC | 16 | 5 | 0−5 | 58 | 114 | 50.9 | 549 | 4.8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 46.3 |
Career | 106 | 77 | 34−43 | 1,330 | 2,430 | 54.7 | 17,277 | 7.1 | 105 | 86 | 84 | 77.0 |
References
- ^ "William P Kenney | Missouri Public Service Commission". psc.mo.gov. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
External links
- Database Football - career statistics