University Daily Kansan, August 22, 1984
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Chief's place-kicker looks to season Healthy Lowery's kicking high in KC
United Press International
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Even his numbers couldn't soothe Nick Lowery's pain last season.
The Kansas City place-kicker had his best season in four with the Chiefs, scoring a career-high 116 points and ranking eighth in the National Football League and second in the NFC West. Now Lowery is anxious to see how well he can do this season with two good feet instead of just one.
Lowy endured the 1983 season with a pain in his left foot, the foot he plants for leverage on his approach
to the football. The pain would surface in the second half of games after a number of kicks and it intensified during the second half of the season.
Doctors discovered bone chips in the foot during the off-season, and Lowry underwent surgery in late January. But the Dartmouth graduate was slow to heal and remained on critical pain medication until it could be treated until late June, and he didn't kick the football at all until he reported to training camp in July.
The Chiefs were concerned enough with Lowery's slow recovery to sign Stu Crum, a former Tulsa star who also had kicked professionally for the
Oklahoma Outlaws of the United States Football League. But Crum had failed to clear USFL waivers and was plucked from the Kansas City training camp by the Chicago Blitz.
The alarm sounded by the Chiefs proved to be unwarranted, as evidenced by Lowery's 50-yard field goal last week in a 31-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns. That kick also eased Lowery's concern.
"It was a very frustrating time," said Lowery of *his off-season on cruchies. "But I kept telling myself if I'm ready by the season, it'll all be worth it. I still have stiffness but I'm
not getting the twinges that I had last season."
Aside from Lowery, the Kansas City special teams collectively were a disappointment under their first-year coach John Mackovic. The Chiefs ranked last in the AFC in kickoff returns with an average of 17.2 yards per runback and 21st in punt returns with an average of only 7.3 yards.
"The kicking teams that stand out in this league are the ones that are able to make the big plays," Mackovic said.
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