GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: MINNESOTA (1-1) at KANSAS CITY (0-2)

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL
MINNESOTA 10
KANSAS CITY 13 7:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR

KAN BALL ON KAN 14 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL
MINNESOTA 10
KANSAS CITY 13 3:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR

MIN BALL ON MIN 35 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

MINNESOTA 10
KANSAS CITY 13

KAN BALL ON KAN 43 YD LINE
2ND AND 7</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 7 3 0 0 10
KANSAS CITY 0 3 3 7 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 11 YD RUN (RYAN
LONGWELL KICK), 4:58. Drive: 6
plays, 50 yards in 3:18. Key plays:
Holcomb 18-yard pass to Rice on
3rd-and-8 to Kansas City 38;
Holcomb 11-yard pass to Wade to
Kansas City 27; Peterson 16-yard
run to Kansas City 11. MINNESOTA
7-0
2ND QUARTER: MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 22 YD, 5:42. Drive: 5
plays, 25 yards in 1:21. Key plays:
Greenway recovery of Huard fumble
at Kansas City 33; Holcomb 25-yard
pass to Shiancoe to Kansas City 8.
MINNESOTA 10-0
KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 39 YD, 11:20. Drive: 7
plays, 8 yards in 2:40. Key plays:
Surtain recovery of Peterson fumble
at Minnesota 26; Huard 14-yard pass
to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-11 to
Minnesota 15. MINNESOTA 10-3
3RD QUARTER: KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 49 YD, 11:51. Drive: 13
plays, 63 yards in 6:21. Key plays:
Huard 17-yard pass to Bowe to
Kansas City 22; Huard 15-yard pass
to Gonzalez to Kansas City 35;
Huard 16-yard pass to Gonzalez to
midfield; Huard 22-yard pass to
Parker on 3rd-and-15 to Minnesota
33;. MINNESOTA 10-6
4TH QUARTER: KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 16 YD PASS FROM DAMON
HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK), 5:37.
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 5:47.
Key plays: Huard 15-yard pass to
Bowe to Kansas City 31; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez on
3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 48; Huard
17-yard pass to Bowe to Minnesota
31; Huard 6-yard pass to Bowe on
3rd-and-2 to to Minnesota 17.
KANSAS CITY 13-10

ATT:</div>

 

By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Kansas City Chiefs finallyshowed some signs of life on offense Sunday in a 13-10 victoryover the Minnesota Vikings.


Entering the game tied for last in the NFL in points scored, theChiefs continued to struggle on offense, managing just 56 netyards and four first downs in the first half.


Kansas City (1-2) went three-and-out on their first threepossessions and didn't get a first down until the final play ofthe first quarter.


After the Vikings shut down Pro Bowl running back Larry Johnson,holding him to 42 yards on 24 carries, quarterback Damon Huardbegan to connect on passes to tight end Tony Gonzalez and rookieDwayne Bowe.


Huard completed 20-of-29 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown.

Following Kansas City's longest sustained drive of the game,Huard hit Bowe with a 16-yard scoring strike in the left cornerof the end zone, giving the Chiefs a 13-10 lead with 9:27 leftin the game.


Minnesota (1-2) played with substitutes for their entireoffensive backfield.


Adrian Peterson, who replaced an injured Chester Taylor as theVikings' featured running back in Week One, rushed for 102 yardsand caught three passes for 48 yards.


Peterson carried four times for 29 yards in Minnesota's firstdrive, which he capped with an 11-yard touchdown run that putthe Vikings ahead, 7-0, with 10:02 left in the first quarter.

After much secrecy from the Minnesota staff during the week,Kelly Holcomb was named quarterback, starting in place ofTarvaris Jackson, who was sidelined with a groin injury.

Holcomb completed 13-of-26 passes for 160 yards.


Peterson's second-quarter fumble led to the Chiefs' firstpoints. One play after his fumble was overturned on a coach'schallenge, Peterson was stripped of the ball by Jared Allen,which was recovered by Patrick Surtain at the Vikings 29.

Seven plays later, Dave Rayner connected on a 39-yard field goalwith 3:32 left in the first half.


Rayner added a 49-yard field goal with 2:58 left in the thirdquarter, cutting Minnesota's lead to 10-6.


Following the Chiefs' first sustained drive of the game, whichcovered 61 yards on 13 plays and was highlighted by passes byHuard to Gonzalez for 15 and 16 yards, Rayner added a 49-yardfield goal with 2:58 left in the third quarter, cutting theMinnesota lead to 10-6.

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
MINNESOTA 10
KANSAS CITY 13 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 7 3 0 0 10
KANSAS CITY 0 3 3 7 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:58 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 11 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Holcomb 18-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City
38; Holcomb 11-yard pass to Wade to Kansas City 27; Peterson 16-yard run
to Kansas City 11. MINNESOTA 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

5:42 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 22 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards in 1:21.
Key plays: Greenway recovery of Huard fumble at Kansas City 33;
Holcomb 25-yard pass to Shiancoe to Kansas City 8. MINNESOTA 10-0.
11:20 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 39 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 8 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Surtain recovery of Peterson fumble at Minnesota 26;
Huard 14-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 15. MINNESOTA
10-3.

3RD QUARTER:

11:51 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 49 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards in 6:21.
Key plays: Huard 17-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 22; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez to Kansas City 35; Huard 16-yard pass to
Gonzalez to midfield; Huard 22-yard pass to Parker on 3rd-and-15 to
Minnesota 33;. MINNESOTA 10-6.

4TH QUARTER:

5:37 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 16 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 5:47.
Key plays: Huard 15-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 31; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 48; Huard 17-yard pass
to Bowe to Minnesota 31; Huard 6-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-2 to to
Minnesota 17. KANSAS CITY 13-10.

MINNESOTA - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

FIRST DOWNS 18 14
Rushing 8 2
Passing 8 12
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-15-27% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 252 251
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 4.0 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 123 50
Rushing attempts 29 31
Average gain per rush 4.2 1.6
Tackles for loss-yards 5-13 9-23
NET YARDS PASSING 129 201
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-36 1-5
Gross passing yards 165 206
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-0 29-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.8 6.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-1 4-4-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-48.0 6-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.5 45.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-60 2-55
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-45 10-61
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:23 31:37


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 25 102 4.1 16 1 L JOHNSON 24 42 1.8 10 0
M MOORE 4 21 5.3 11 0 M BENNETT 4 7 1.8 7 0
D HUARD 2 4 2.0 2 0
E DRUMMOND 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K HOLCOMB 14-28-165 0 0 35 D HUARD 20-29-206 0 1 25
M MOORE 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: K HOLCOMB 5-36. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 4 35 8.8 11 0 T GONZALEZ 7 96 13.7 25 0
V SHIANCOE 3 51 17.0 25 0 D BOWE 5 71 14.2 17 1
A PETERSON 3 48 16.0 35 0 K WILSON 3 13 4.3 6 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 11 0 M BENNETT 3 9 3.0 6 0
M MOORE 2 10 5.0 6 0 S PARKER 1 22 22.0 22 0
L JOHNSON 1 -5 -5.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 6 288 48.0 1 3 70 D COLQUITT 6 293 48.8 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 3 27 9.0 13 0 E DRUMMOND 2 18 9.0 12 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ALLISON 3 60 20.0 23 0 E DRUMMOND 2 55 27.5 36 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 1/1 1/1 D RAYNER 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 22 Dist.: 39 49

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 D HUARD 1 1 0 0-0
S JOHNSON 0 0 1 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0
C GREENWAY 0 0 0 0-1 P SURTAIN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B LEBER 8 8 0 0-0 D JOHNSON 10 8 2 0-0
C GREENWAY 8 8 0 0-0 J ALLEN 8 8 0 2-21
K UDEZE 8 7 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 5 2 0-0
C GRIFFIN 6 6 0 0-0 T LAW 4 4 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 6 5 1 0-0 N HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0
D SHARPER 4 4 0 0-0 B POLLARD 3 3 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 3 3 0 0-0 T HALI 2 2 0 2-15
R EDWARDS 3 2 1 0-0 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 0-0
S JOHNSON 2 2 0 1-5 J PAGE 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 2 2 0 0-0
P WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 C MCBRIDE 1 1 0 1-0
D SCOTT 1 1 0 0-0 A BOONE 1 1 0 0-0
J MITCHELL 1 1 0 0-0 G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0
D TYLER 1 1 0 0-0
J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0
K BELL 1 1 0 0-0</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 7 3 0 0 10
KANSAS CITY 0 3 3 7 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:58 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 11 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Holcomb 18-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City
38; Holcomb 11-yard pass to Wade to Kansas City 27; Peterson 16-yard run
to Kansas City 11. MINNESOTA 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

5:42 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 22 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards in 1:21.
Key plays: Greenway recovery of Huard fumble at Kansas City 33;
Holcomb 25-yard pass to Shiancoe to Kansas City 8. MINNESOTA 10-0.
11:28 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 39 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 8 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Surtain recovery of Peterson fumble at Minnesota 26;
Huard 14-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 15. MINNESOTA
10-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:02 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 49 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards in 6:21.
Key plays: Huard 17-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 22; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez to Kansas City 35; Huard 16-yard pass to
Gonzalez to midfield; Huard 22-yard pass to Parker on 3rd-and-15 to
Minnesota 33;. MINNESOTA 10-6.

4TH QUARTER:

5:37 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 16 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 5:47.
Key plays: Huard 15-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 31; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 48; Huard 17-yard pass
to Bowe to Minnesota 31; Huard 6-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-2 to to
Minnesota 17. KANSAS CITY 13-10.

MINNESOTA - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

FIRST DOWNS 18 14
Rushing 8 2
Passing 8 12
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-15-27% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 252 251
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 4.0 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 123 50
Rushing attempts 29 31
Average gain per rush 4.2 1.6
Tackles for loss-yards 5-13 9-23
NET YARDS PASSING 129 201
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-36 1-5
Gross passing yards 165 206
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-0 29-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.8 6.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-1 4-4-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-48.0 6-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.5 45.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-60 2-55
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-45 10-61
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:23 31:37


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 25 102 4.1 16 1 L JOHNSON 24 42 1.8 10 0
M MOORE 4 21 5.3 11 0 M BENNETT 4 7 1.8 7 0
D HUARD 2 4 2.0 2 0
E DRUMMOND 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K HOLCOMB 14-28-165 0 0 35 D HUARD 20-29-206 0 1 25
M MOORE 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: K HOLCOMB 5-36. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 4 35 8.8 11 0 T GONZALEZ 7 96 13.7 25 0
V SHIANCOE 3 51 17.0 25 0 D BOWE 5 71 14.2 17 1
A PETERSON 3 48 16.0 35 0 K WILSON 3 13 4.3 6 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 11 0 M BENNETT 3 9 3.0 6 0
M MOORE 2 10 5.0 6 0 S PARKER 1 22 22.0 22 0
L JOHNSON 1 -5 -5.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 6 288 48.0 1 3 70 D COLQUITT 6 293 48.8 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 3 27 9.0 13 0 E DRUMMOND 2 18 9.0 12 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ALLISON 3 60 20.0 23 0 E DRUMMOND 2 55 27.5 36 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 1/1 1/1 D RAYNER 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 22 Dist.: 39 49

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 D HUARD 1 1 0 0-0
S JOHNSON 0 0 1 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0
C GREENWAY 0 0 0 0-1 P SURTAIN 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B LEBER 8 8 0 0-0 D JOHNSON 10 8 2 0-0
C GREENWAY 8 8 0 0-0 J ALLEN 8 8 0 2-21
K UDEZE 8 7 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 5 2 0-0
C GRIFFIN 6 6 0 0-0 T LAW 4 4 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 6 5 1 0-0 N HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0
D SHARPER 4 4 0 0-0 B POLLARD 3 3 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 3 3 0 0-0 T HALI 2 2 0 2-15
R EDWARDS 3 2 1 0-0 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 0-0
S JOHNSON 2 2 0 1-5 J PAGE 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 2 2 0 0-0
P WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 1-0
D SCOTT 1 1 0 0-0 A BOONE 1 1 0 0-0
J MITCHELL 1 1 0 0-0 G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0
D TYLER 1 1 0 0-0
J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0
K BELL 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-W Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-George Mckinley, Line Judge-B. Boston, Field Judge-Craig
Wrolstad, Side Judge-R Patterson, Back Judge-B Smith.

Time of Game: 2:59</div>

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
MINNESOTA 10
KANSAS CITY 13 FINAL</div>

 

By Marc Bowman
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Kansas City Chiefs finallyshowed some signs of life on offense Sunday in a 13-10 victoryover the Minnesota Vikings.


Entering the game tied for last in the NFL in points scored, theChiefs continued to struggle on offense, managing just 56 netyards and four first downs in the first half.


Kansas City (1-2) went three-and-out on their first threepossessions and didn't get a first down until the final play ofthe first quarter.


"We were very frustrated in all phases," Chiefs coach HermEdwards said. "You could tell at times. Players wereemotionally in the game and got mad. They got mad at the calls,got mad at what we were asking them to do, they got mad at thecoaches and the coaches got mad at players. I sensed that andit was because guys wanted to win so badly."


After the Vikings shut down Pro Bowl running back Larry Johnson,holding him to 42 yards on 24 carries, quarterback Damon Huardbegan to connect on passes to tight end Tony Gonzalez and rookieDwayne Bowe.


"We wanted to get the ball to three guys in our offense and ithas to rotate among those three guys," Edwards said. "It's 27(Johnson), it's 88 (Gonzalez), and it's 82 (Bowe). Those guyshave to touch the ball."


Huard completed 20-of-29 passes for 206 yards and a touchdown.

"If teams are going to stack eight guys in there to stop the runwe'll throw to the outside," Huard said. "This is what we needto do.


"If teams are going to stack eight guys in there to stop the runwe'll throw to the outside. This is what we need to do."

Following Kansas City's longest sustained drive of the game,Huard hit Bowe with a 16-yard scoring strike in the left cornerof the end zone, giving the Chiefs a 13-10 lead with 9:27 leftin the game.


"I told Coach, 'I need the ball'," Bowe said. "He told me, 'I'mgoing to give it to you, 82.' I love it. I told him (Huard)to put the ball up there and that's what he did. He put it in agreat place."


"You can just see his confidence," Huard said of Bowe. "It's inhis eyes. He believes now. He's not thinking, he's justplaying. It's great to see him come out of his shell the lasttwo weeks."


Minnesota (1-2) played with substitutes for their entireoffensive backfield.


Adrian Peterson, who replaced an injured Chester Taylor as theVikings' featured running back in Week One, rushed for 102 yardsand caught three passes for 48 yards.


"I thought he did a good job today," Minnesota coach BradChildress said. "He's going to be sore tomorrow, but that'sbeing a running back in the NFL."


Peterson carried four times for 29 yards in Minnesota's firstdrive, which he capped with an 11-yard touchdown run that putthe Vikings ahead, 7-0, with 10:02 left in the first quarter.

"Even though I got 102 yards, it doesn't really matter if wedidn't get the victory," Peterson said. "We had chances to makeplays. When you've got chances, you've got to make plays. Itis very frustrating (to lose). There are things we need tosharpen up and be able to finish."


After Spencer Johnson sacked Huard, forcing a fumble which wasrecovered by Chad Greenway, Minnesota extended the lead to 10-0on Ryan Longwell's 22-yard field goal with 9:18 left in thefirst half.


"It was a kind of a tale of two halves out there," Childresssaid. "Obviously our defense was stingy in the first half.Offensively, we need to do more to contribute. We've got to beable to hit those throws that you have."


After much secrecy from the Minnesota staff during the week,Kelly Holcomb was named quarterback, starting in place ofTarvaris Jackson, who was sidelined with a groin injury.

"I thought he made some decent throws," Childress said. "Ithought he was under a little bit of duress there during thecourse of the day, but I thought he got some out on time and weneed a little more help. I don't know if he might need to getrid of the ball a little quicker. I do know that nothing goodhappens when you hold onto the ball."


Holcomb completed 13-of-26 passes for 160 yards.


"We had it rolling the first quarter, the first half," Holcombsaid. "We did what we wanted to do in the first half. We drovethe ball up and down the field, but when you get opportunitiesto stick it in you've got to finish it.


"Finish - that's the big buzz word in the NFL. We've got to getthat killer mentality. That's what we've got to get better at.We've got to finish drives and finish games."


Peterson's second-quarter fumble led to the Chiefs' firstpoints. One play after his fumble was overturned on a coach'schallenge, Peterson was stripped of the ball by Jared Allen,which was recovered by Patrick Surtain at the Vikings 29.

Seven plays later, Dave Rayner connected on a 39-yard field goalwith 3:32 left in the first half.


Rayner added a 49-yard field goal with 2:58 left in the thirdquarter, cutting Minnesota's lead to 10-6.


Following the Chiefs' first sustained drive of the game, whichcovered 61 yards on 13 plays and was highlighted by passes byHuard to Gonzalez for 15 and 16 yards, Rayner added a 49-yardfield goal with 2:58 left in the third quarter, cutting theMinnesota lead to 10-6.


"We ran into a pack of dogs in the Minnesota Vikings," Huardsaid. "They're a great defense. They got after us and stuffedthe run and put us in third-and- long situations. We werepressing too much. We wanted to come out and score right awayand when we didn't, we got frustrated."

 

NFL: MINNESOTA at KANSAS CITY

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MINNESOTA 7 3 0 0 10
KANSAS CITY 0 3 3 7 13 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

4:58 MIN - TD, ADRIAN PETERSON 11 YD RUN (RYAN LONGWELL KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 50 yards in 3:18.
Key plays: Holcomb 18-yard pass to Rice on 3rd-and-8 to Kansas City
38; Holcomb 11-yard pass to Wade to Kansas City 27; Peterson 16-yard run
to Kansas City 11. MINNESOTA 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

5:42 MIN - FG, RYAN LONGWELL 22 YD.
Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards in 1:21.
Key plays: Greenway recovery of Huard fumble at Kansas City 33;
Holcomb 25-yard pass to Shiancoe to Kansas City 8. MINNESOTA 10-0.
11:28 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 39 YD.
Drive: 7 plays, 8 yards in 2:40.
Key plays: Surtain recovery of Peterson fumble at Minnesota 26;
Huard 14-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 15. MINNESOTA
10-3.

3RD QUARTER:

12:02 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 49 YD.
Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards in 6:21.
Key plays: Huard 17-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 22; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez to Kansas City 35; Huard 16-yard pass to
Gonzalez to midfield; Huard 22-yard pass to Parker on 3rd-and-15 to
Minnesota 33;. MINNESOTA 10-6.

4TH QUARTER:

5:37 KAN - TD, DWAYNE BOWE 16 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK).
Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 5:47.
Key plays: Huard 15-yard pass to Bowe to Kansas City 31; Huard
15-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-4 to Minnesota 48; Huard 17-yard pass
to Bowe to Minnesota 31; Huard 6-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-2 to to
Minnesota 17. KANSAS CITY 13-10.

MINNESOTA - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

FIRST DOWNS 18 14
Rushing 8 2
Passing 8 12
Penalty 2 0
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-15-27% 6-15-40%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 0-0-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 256 251
Total offensive plays 63 61
Average gain per play 4.1 4.1
NET YARDS RUSHING 123 50
Rushing attempts 29 31
Average gain per rush 4.2 1.6
Tackles for loss-yards 5-13 9-23
NET YARDS PASSING 133 201
Times sacked: Number-Yards 5-36 1-5
Gross passing yards 169 206
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-0 29-20-0
Avg gain per pass play 3.9 6.7
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-2-1 4-4-1
PUNTS: Number and Average 6-48.0 6-48.8
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.5 45.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 27 18
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-27 2-18
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-60 2-55
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-45 10-61
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-1 1-1
TOUCHDOWNS 1 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:23 31:37


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

MINNESOTA KANSAS CITY

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A PETERSON 25 102 4.1 16 1 L JOHNSON 24 42 1.8 10 0
M MOORE 4 21 5.3 11 0 M BENNETT 4 7 1.8 7 0
D HUARD 2 4 2.0 2 0
E DRUMMOND 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K HOLCOMB 14-28-169 0 0 35 D HUARD 20-29-206 0 1 25
M MOORE 0- 1- 0 0 0 0

Sacked-Yards Lost: K HOLCOMB 5-36. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 1-5.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 4 28 7.0 11 0 T GONZALEZ 7 96 13.7 25 0
V SHIANCOE 3 51 17.0 25 0 D BOWE 5 71 14.2 17 1
A PETERSON 3 48 16.0 35 0 K WILSON 3 13 4.3 6 0
S RICE 2 21 10.5 11 0 M BENNETT 3 9 3.0 6 0
M MOORE 2 12 6.0 8 0 S PARKER 1 22 22.0 22 0
L JOHNSON 1 -5 -5.0 0 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
C KLUWE 6 288 48.0 1 3 70 D COLQUITT 6 293 48.8 2 0 65

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WADE 3 27 9.0 13 0 E DRUMMOND 2 18 9.0 12 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A ALLISON 3 60 20.0 23 0 E DRUMMOND 2 55 27.5 36 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
R LONGWELL 1/1 1/1 D RAYNER 1/1 2/2
Dist.: 22 Dist.: 39 49

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A PETERSON 1 1 0 0-0 D HUARD 1 1 0 0-0
B WADE 1 0 0 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0
S JOHNSON 0 0 1 0-0 P SURTAIN 0 0 0 0-1
C GREENWAY 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
B LEBER 8 8 0 0-0 D JOHNSON 10 8 2 0-0
C GREENWAY 8 8 0 0-0 J ALLEN 8 8 0 2-21
K UDEZE 8 7 1 0-0 D EDWARDS 7 5 2 0-0
C GRIFFIN 6 6 0 0-0 T LAW 4 4 0 0-0
E HENDERSON 6 5 1 0-0 N HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0
D SHARPER 4 4 0 0-0 B POLLARD 3 3 0 0-0
A WINFIELD 3 3 0 0-0 T HALI 2 2 0 2-15
R EDWARDS 3 2 1 0-0 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 0-0
S JOHNSON 2 2 0 1-5 J PAGE 2 2 0 0-0
D SMITH 2 2 0 0-0 P SURTAIN 2 2 0 0-0
P WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 1 1 0 1-0
D SCOTT 1 1 0 0-0 A BOONE 1 1 0 0-0
J MITCHELL 1 1 0 0-0 G WESLEY 1 1 0 0-0
T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0
D TYLER 1 1 0 0-0
J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0
K BELL 1 1 0 0-0

Officials: Referee-W Anderson, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head
Linesman-George Mckinley, Line Judge-B. Boston, Field Judge-Craig
Wrolstad, Side Judge-R Patterson, Back Judge-B Smith.

Time of Game: 2:59</div>

 

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