Opponents FG% at KC when Lowery was the Chiefs kicker

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Sonny9
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Opponents FG% at KC when Lowery was the Chiefs kicker

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I've heard 2 things about Nick Lowery. One that he was much better than the league average compared to the best kickers today are above the league average. And that Arrowhead is a tough stadium for field goal kickers

From the box scores at pro football reference. Here is a list of opponents FG% in Arrowhead when Lowery was kicking. I went through the box scores each year. The 71% for total League average I equaled the attempts.
Maybe I made a mistake in some seasons with the totals?? Someone might be able find a database and do a sort with the numbers.

Opposing kickers had 7 seasons where their FG% at Arrowhead was above the league average, 7 below. 4 of the below were below by ~1.5-5% points while all 7 above were higher by at least 7.5% points
Usually the Chiefs opponents were in the top 10 as far as least FG attempts, which is interesting

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Year	Atts	Made	Pct	Leag %
1980	13	8	61.5%	63.6%
1981	13	8	61.5%	65.9%
1982	9	7	77.8%	68.2%
1983	10	8	80.0%	71.5%
1984	13	11	84.6%	71.7%
1985	17	12	70.6%	72.2%
1986	12	7	58.3%	68.6%
1987	15	10	66.7%	70.3%
1988	9	8	88.9%	71.7%
1989	10	8	80.0%	72.5%
1990	6	5	83.3%	74.4%
1991	11	8	72.7%	73.5%
1992	12	8	66.7%	72.6%
1993	13	12	92.3%	76.6%
	163	120	73.6%	71.0%
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