NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF CINCINNATI 17 KANSAS CITY 27 KAN BALL ON KAN 48 YD LINE 4TH AND 8</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL CINCINNATI 17 KANSAS CITY 27 1:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR CIN BALL ON CIN 14 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL CINCINNATI 20 KANSAS CITY 27 0:18 LEFT, 4TH QTR KAN BALL ON KAN 38 YD LINE 0TH AND 0</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 0 13 20 KANSAS CITY 10 10 0 7 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 32 YD, 5:21. Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Drummond 22-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Bengals' M Williams to Kansas City 37; L Johnson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Kansas City 49; Huard 7-yard pass to Bennett plus 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Bengals' J Smith to Cincinnati 35; Huard 14-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 17. KANSAS CITY 3-0 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 42 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK), 7:21. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Watson 19-yard run to Kansas City 42. CINCINNATI 7-3 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 3 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK), 14:07. Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Drummond 17-yard punt return to Cincinnati 44; L Johnson 20-yard run to Cincinnati 20; Huard 10-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 9. KANSAS CITY 10-7 2ND QUARTER: KAN - TD, LARRY JOHNSON 8 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK), 8:33. Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Surtain 2-yard interception return to Cincinnati 44; Huard 17-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 22; Huard 10-yard pass to Bowe to Cincinnati 12. KANSAS CITY 17-7 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 20 YD, 15:00. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Huard 6-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 47; Huard 20-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 27; Huard 16-yard pass to Webb to Cincinnati 11. KANSAS CITY 20-7 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 33 YD, 1:06. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Rucker recovery of Webb fumble at Cincinnati 48; Palmer 11-yard pass to C Johnson to Kan 22. KANSAS CITY 20-10 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 26 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK), 6:57. Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Drummond 7-yard punt return to Kansas City 44; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Bengals' M Williams on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 44; Huard 15-yard pass to Johnson to Cincinnati 26. KANSAS CITY 27-10 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 30 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK), 9:57. Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:00. Key plays: Palmer 13-yard pass to Chatman to Cincinnati 23; Palmer 19-yard pass Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 42. KANSAS CITY 27-17 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 36 YD, 14:42. KANSAS CITY 27-20 ATT: 76,846</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL CINCINNATI 20 KANSAS CITY 27 FINAL</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 0 13 20 KANSAS CITY 10 10 0 7 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:21 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 32 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Drummond 22-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Bengals' M Williams to Kansas City 37; L Johnson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Kansas City 49; Huard 7-yard pass to Bennett plus 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Bengals' J Smith to Cincinnati 35; Huard 14-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 17. KANSAS CITY 3-0. 7:21 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 42 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Watson 19-yard run to Kansas City 42. CINCINNATI 7-3. 14:07 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 3 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Drummond 17-yard punt return to Cincinnati 44; L Johnson 20-yard run to Cincinnati 20; Huard 10-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 9. KANSAS CITY 10-7. 2ND QUARTER: 8:33 KAN - TD, LARRY JOHNSON 8 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Surtain 2-yard interception return to Cincinnati 44; Huard 17-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 22; Huard 10-yard pass to Bowe to Cincinnati 12. KANSAS CITY 17-7. 15:00 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 20 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Huard 6-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 47; Huard 20-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 27; Huard 16-yard pass to Webb to Cincinnati 11. KANSAS CITY 20-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 1:06 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 33 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Rucker recovery of Webb fumble at Cincinnati 48; Palmer 11-yard pass to C Johnson to Kan 22. KANSAS CITY 20-10. 6:57 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 26 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Drummond 7-yard punt return to Kansas City 44; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Bengals' M Williams on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 44; Huard 15-yard pass to Johnson to Cincinnati 26. KANSAS CITY 27-10. 9:57 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 30 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:00. Key plays: Palmer 13-yard pass to Chatman to Cincinnati 23; Palmer 19-yard pass Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 42. KANSAS CITY 27-17. 14:42 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 36 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:35. Key plays: Palmer 23-yard pass to Kelly to Cincinnati 37; Palmer 12-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 49; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 31; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 18. KANSAS CITY 27-20. CINCINNATI - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWNS 22 20 Rushing 2 4 Passing 16 14 Penalty 4 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-11-9% 7-16-44% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 373 354 Total offensive plays 65 74 Average gain per play 5.7 4.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 78 121 Rushing attempts 18 34 Average gain per rush 4.3 3.6 Tackles for loss-yards 2-5 10-23 NET YARDS PASSING 295 233 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-25 5-31 Gross passing yards 320 264 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 43-26-2 35-25-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.3 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 5-2-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-45.2 7-46.6 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.8 41.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 14 60 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-14 4-37 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-75 2-45 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-23 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-59 9-55 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 24:50 35:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K WATSON 13 68 5.2 19 0 L JOHNSON 31 119 3.8 34 1 R JOHNSON 4 8 2.0 6 0 M BENNETT 2 3 1.5 2 0 C PALMER 1 2 2.0 2 0 D HUARD 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 26-43-320 2 2 42 D HUARD 25-35-264 0 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 4-25. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 5-31. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOUSHMAN 8 145 18.1 42 2 T GONZALEZ 9 102 11.3 26 2 C JOHNSON 8 83 10.4 20 0 J WEBB 7 78 11.1 20 0 R KELLY 3 45 15.0 23 0 D BOWE 4 46 11.5 14 0 K WATSON 3 14 4.7 5 0 L JOHNSON 2 24 12.0 15 0 A CHATMAN 2 19 9.5 13 0 M BENNETT 2 6 3.0 7 0 S GREEN 1 7 7.0 7 0 S PARKER 1 8 8.0 8 0 G HOLT 1 7 7.0 7 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B POLLARD 1 21 21.0 21 0 P SURTAIN 1 2 2.0 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 6 271 45.2 0 2 48 D COLQUITT 7 326 46.6 0 4 56 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S GREEN 4 14 3.5 6 0 E DRUMMOND 4 37 9.3 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 4 75 18.8 28 0 E DRUMMOND 2 45 22.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 2/2 2/2 D RAYNER 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 33 36 Dist.: 32 20 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C PALMER 1 1 0 0-0 J WEBB 1 1 0 0-0 D JONES 0 0 1 0-0 L JOHNSON 1 0 0 0-0 D O'NEAL 0 0 1 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0 F RUCKER 0 0 0 0-1 R EDWARDS 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOHNSON 9 9 0 .5-4 D EDWARDS 9 8 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 7 7 0 1-3 P SURTAIN 6 6 0 0-0 A SCHLEGEL 6 5 1 0-0 B POLLARD 5 5 0 0-0 D PEKO 5 5 0 0-0 A BOONE 4 4 0 0-0 J SMITH 5 4 11.5-10 G WESLEY 4 3 1 0-0 R GEATHERS 5 2 3 0-0 J ALLEN 3 2 12.5-19 B ADAMS 4 4 0 1-7 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 1-2 D O'NEAL 4 4 0 0-0 B SAPP 2 2 0 0-0 L HALL 4 4 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 2 2 0 0-0 C NDUKWE 3 3 0 1-7 D JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 D JONES 3 3 0 0-0 T LAW 1 1 0 0-0 M MYERS 3 2 1 0-0 J PAGE 1 1 0 0-0 D JACKSON 3 2 1 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0 H JONES 2 2 0 0-0 N HARRIS 1 1 0 0-0 J THORNTON 1 1 0 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0 B ROBINSON 1 0 1 0-0 T HALI 1 0 1 .5-4 Att: 76,846</div>
Marc Bowman PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Larry Johnson and thestruggling Kansas City Chiefs' offense found traction Sunday ina 27-20 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. With 63 points through their first five games, the Chiefs weretied with the San Francisco 49ers and the Jacksonville Jaguarsfor last in the NFL. Johnson, who had been held to 275 yards rushing over the firstfive games, broke out against the Bengals, rushing 22 times for116 yards and his first score of the season. Johnson's 8-yard run gave Kansas City (3-3) a 17-7 lead with3:30 left in the second quarter. It would have been Johnson's second touchdown run, but he wasstripped by Deltha O'Neal at the 1-yard line following a 34-yardrun during the previous drive. The play resulted in atouchback. Returning from a shoulder injury, Kansas City quarterback DamonHuard completed 25-of-35 passes for 264 yards, including a3-yard touchdown strike to Tony Gonzalez that gave the Chiefs a10-7 lead with 53 seconds left in the first quarter. It was Gonzalez's 63rd career touchdown, setting an NFL recordfor tight ends. He finished with nine receptions for 102 yards. Gonzalez later caught a 26-yard TD pass from Huard to increaseKansas City's lead to 27-10. Dave Rayner gave Kansas City an early 3-0 lead on a 32-yard<div class="pre">field goal on their first drive of the game - the first points</div>scored by the Chiefs in the first quarter this year. The Bengals wasted no time responding, marching 73 yards on fourplays. Carson Palmer capped the drive with a 42-yard touchdownpass to T.J. Houshmandzedah. Palmer completed 15-of-26 passes for 154 yards with a touchdownand interception. Palmer connected with Houshmandzadeh for a second touchdown -this one for 30 yards - to cut the Chiefs' lead to 27-17 with5:03 left in the game. But that not enough to prevent a fourth straight loss forCincinnati (1-4), matching its longest losing streak since latein 2002 season.
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 0 13 20 KANSAS CITY 10 10 0 7 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:21 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 32 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Drummond 22-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Bengals' M Williams to Kansas City 37; L Johnson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Kansas City 49; Huard 7-yard pass to Bennett plus 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Bengals' J Smith to Cincinnati 35; Huard 14-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 17. KANSAS CITY 3-0. 7:21 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 42 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Watson 19-yard run to Kansas City 42. CINCINNATI 7-3. 14:07 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 3 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Drummond 17-yard punt return to Cincinnati 44; L Johnson 20-yard run to Cincinnati 20; Huard 10-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 9. KANSAS CITY 10-7. 2ND QUARTER: 8:33 KAN - TD, LARRY JOHNSON 8 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Surtain 2-yard interception return to Cincinnati 44; Huard 17-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 22; Huard 10-yard pass to Bowe to Cincinnati 12. KANSAS CITY 17-7. 15:00 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 20 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Huard 6-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 47; Huard 20-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 27; Huard 16-yard pass to Webb to Cincinnati 11. KANSAS CITY 20-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 1:06 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 33 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Rucker recovery of Webb fumble at Cincinnati 48; Palmer 11-yard pass to C Johnson to Kan 22. KANSAS CITY 20-10. 6:57 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 26 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Drummond 7-yard punt return to Kansas City 44; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Bengals' M Williams on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 44; Huard 15-yard pass to Johnson to Cincinnati 26. KANSAS CITY 27-10. 9:57 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 30 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:00. Key plays: Palmer 13-yard pass to Chatman to Cincinnati 23; Palmer 19-yard pass Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 42. KANSAS CITY 27-17. 14:42 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 36 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:35. Key plays: Palmer 23-yard pass to Kelly to Cincinnati 37; Palmer 12-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 49; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 31; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 18. KANSAS CITY 27-20. CINCINNATI - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWNS 22 20 Rushing 2 4 Passing 16 14 Penalty 4 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-11-9% 7-16-44% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 373 354 Total offensive plays 65 74 Average gain per play 5.7 4.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 78 121 Rushing attempts 18 34 Average gain per rush 4.3 3.6 Tackles for loss-yards 2-5 10-23 NET YARDS PASSING 295 233 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-25 5-31 Gross passing yards 320 264 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 43-26-2 35-25-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.3 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 5-2-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-45.2 7-46.6 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.8 41.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 14 60 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-14 4-37 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-75 2-45 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-23 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-59 9-55 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 24:50 35:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K WATSON 13 68 5.2 19 0 L JOHNSON 31 119 3.8 34 1 R JOHNSON 4 8 2.0 6 0 M BENNETT 2 3 1.5 2 0 C PALMER 1 2 2.0 2 0 D HUARD 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 26-43-320 2 2 42 D HUARD 25-35-264 0 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 4-25. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 5-31. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOUSHMAN 8 145 18.1 42 2 T GONZALEZ 9 102 11.3 26 2 C JOHNSON 8 83 10.4 20 0 J WEBB 7 78 11.1 20 0 R KELLY 3 45 15.0 23 0 D BOWE 4 46 11.5 14 0 K WATSON 3 14 4.7 5 0 L JOHNSON 2 24 12.0 15 0 A CHATMAN 2 19 9.5 13 0 M BENNETT 2 6 3.0 7 0 S GREEN 1 7 7.0 7 0 S PARKER 1 8 8.0 8 0 G HOLT 1 7 7.0 7 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B POLLARD 1 21 21.0 21 0 P SURTAIN 1 2 2.0 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 6 271 45.2 0 2 48 D COLQUITT 7 326 46.6 0 4 56 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S GREEN 4 14 3.5 6 0 E DRUMMOND 4 37 9.3 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 4 75 18.8 28 0 E DRUMMOND 2 45 22.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 2/2 2/2 D RAYNER 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 33 36 Dist.: 32 20 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C PALMER 1 1 0 0-0 L JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 D JONES 0 0 1 0-0 J WEBB 1 1 0 0-0 D O'NEAL 0 0 1 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0 F RUCKER 0 0 0 0-1 R EDWARDS 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOHNSON 9 9 0 .5-4 D EDWARDS 9 8 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 7 7 0 1-3 P SURTAIN 6 6 0 0-0 A SCHLEGEL 6 5 1 0-0 B POLLARD 5 5 0 0-0 D PEKO 5 5 0 0-0 A BOONE 4 4 0 0-0 J SMITH 5 4 11.5-10 G WESLEY 4 3 1 0-0 R GEATHERS 5 2 3 0-0 J ALLEN 3 2 12.5-19 B ADAMS 4 4 0 1-7 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 1-2 D O'NEAL 4 4 0 0-0 B SAPP 2 2 0 0-0 L HALL 4 4 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 2 2 0 0-0 C NDUKWE 3 3 0 1-7 D JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 D JONES 3 3 0 0-0 T LAW 1 1 0 0-0 M MYERS 3 2 1 0-0 J PAGE 1 1 0 0-0 D JACKSON 3 2 1 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0 H JONES 2 2 0 0-0 N HARRIS 1 1 0 0-0 J THORNTON 1 1 0 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0 B ROBINSON 1 0 1 0-0 T HALI 1 0 1 .5-4 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 76,846 Time of Game: 3:22</div>
By Marc Bowman PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Larry Johnson and thestruggling Kansas City Chiefs' offense found traction Sunday ina 27-20 victory against the Cincinnati Bengals. Johnson, who had been held to 275 yards rushing over the firstfive games, broke out against the Bengals, rushing 31 times for119 yards and his first score of the season. "Getting Larry going was important, especially early in thegame," Chiefs quarterback Damon Huard said. "It's a great dayfor him, getting all those yards and finally getting that firstrushing TD." With 63 points through their first five games, the Chiefs (3-3)were tied with the San Francisco 49ers and the JacksonvilleJaguars for last in the NFL. Kansas City also scored in the first quarter for the first timethis season. "Offensively, that was probably our best output, especially tofinally score in the first quarter," Chiefs coach Herman Edwardssaid. "We felt that we'd have to have 27 points against theseguys because they have a potent offense. "We were able to run the ball and throw the ball, and that's agood sign for us." Johnson's 8-yard run gave Kansas City a 17-7 lead with 3:30 leftin the second quarter. It would have been Johnson's second touchdown run, but he wasstripped by cornerback Deltha O'Neal at the 1-yard linefollowing a 34-yard run during the previous drive. The playresulted in a touchback. "I told him we would get it right back here," Huard said."Deltha made a great play. It was just a fluke. Those thingshappen. We'll get it back, and we did." Edwards said the Chiefs' game plan was simple - get the ballinto Johnson's hands as much as possible - even after thefumble. "Our mindset was, 'Give him the ball,'" Edwards said. "It's nodifferent than when a receiver drops the ball. You've got tothrow it right back to him and don't hide from him. "It shows you've got confidence in him. He came back and he wasdetermined to score, and he did." Returning from a shoulder injury, Huard completed 25-of-35passes for 264 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown strike totight end Tony Gonzalez to give the Chiefs a 10-7 lead with 53seconds left in the first quarter. It was Gonzalez's 63rd career touchdown, setting an NFL recordfor tight ends and topping the mark set by Shannon Sharpe. "I'm glad it's over with," Gonzalez said. "It's been a longtime from when my brother gave me that first football anddragged me by my shirt out on the playing field. The TD ball isdefinitely going to my brother." Gonzalez later caught a 26-yard TD pass from Huard to increaseKansas City's lead to 27-10. He finished with nine receptionsfor 102 yards. "It's a great honor for him," Huard said. "He truly is the besttight end to ever play the game. It was obvious he was goingto get it at some point this year and I'm glad it was today." Gonzalez was happier that the Chiefs reached the .500 mark.Despite the offensive problems, Kansas City has won three of itslast four games. "I'll take the win," Gonzalez said. "That's the most importantthing. Now, it's important that we build on it and get two in arow. We know what we're capable of doing and we know how goodwe are." Dave Rayner gave the Chiefs an early 3-0 lead on a 32-yard field<div class="pre">goal on their first drive of the game - the first points</div>scored by Kansas City in the first quarter this year. The Bengals wasted no time responding, marching 73 yards on fourplays. Carson Palmer capped the drive with a 42-yard TD passto T.J. Houshmandzadeh. Palmer completed 26-of-43 passes for 320 yards with two TDs andtwo interceptions. But the Bengals (1-4) were only 1-of-11 onthird-down conversions. "We're not doing what we need to do on third down," Palmer said."If you're 1-of-11 on third down, obviously your quarterbackisn't playing well. I had plenty of time to throw. We justdidn't execute when we needed to." Palmer connected with Houshmandzadeh for a second touchdown -this one for 30 yards - to cut the Chiefs' lead to 27-17 with5:03 left in the game. But that not enough to prevent a fourth straight loss forCincinnati, matching its longest losing streak since late in2002 season. "We're not doing things consistently or completely,"Houshmandzadeh said. "Teams that are winning, when they aredown, they think 'we're going to win.' I don't know if thedoubt is creeping in, but we're not giving ourselves a chancebecause we're not executing."
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CINCINNATI 7 0 0 13 20 KANSAS CITY 10 10 0 7 27 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:21 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 32 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards in 5:21. Key plays: Drummond 22-yard kickoff return plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Bengals' M Williams to Kansas City 37; L Johnson 4-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Kansas City 49; Huard 7-yard pass to Bennett plus 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Bengals' J Smith to Cincinnati 35; Huard 14-yard pass to Bowe on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 17. KANSAS CITY 3-0. 7:21 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 42 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Watson 19-yard run to Kansas City 42. CINCINNATI 7-3. 14:07 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 3 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Drummond 17-yard punt return to Cincinnati 44; L Johnson 20-yard run to Cincinnati 20; Huard 10-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 9. KANSAS CITY 10-7. 2ND QUARTER: 8:33 KAN - TD, LARRY JOHNSON 8 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 44 yards in 3:20. Key plays: Surtain 2-yard interception return to Cincinnati 44; Huard 17-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-6 to Cincinnati 22; Huard 10-yard pass to Bowe to Cincinnati 12. KANSAS CITY 17-7. 15:00 KAN - FG, DAVE RAYNER 20 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards in 1:27. Key plays: Huard 6-yard pass to Gonzalez on 3rd-and-3 to Cincinnati 47; Huard 20-yard pass to Gonzalez to Cincinnati 27; Huard 16-yard pass to Webb to Cincinnati 11. KANSAS CITY 20-7. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 1:06 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 33 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 2:54. Key plays: Rucker recovery of Webb fumble at Cincinnati 48; Palmer 11-yard pass to C Johnson to Kan 22. KANSAS CITY 20-10. 6:57 KAN - TD, TONY GONZALEZ 26 YD PASS FROM DAMON HUARD (DAVE RAYNER KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 56 yards in 3:10. Key plays: Drummond 7-yard punt return to Kansas City 44; 4-yard pass interference penalty on Bengals' M Williams on 3rd-and-2 to Cincinnati 44; Huard 15-yard pass to Johnson to Cincinnati 26. KANSAS CITY 27-10. 9:57 CIN - TD, T.J. HOUSHMANDZADEH 30 YD PASS FROM CARSON PALMER (SHAYNE GRAHAM KICK). Drive: 8 plays, 90 yards in 3:00. Key plays: Palmer 13-yard pass to Chatman to Cincinnati 23; Palmer 19-yard pass Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 42. KANSAS CITY 27-17. 14:42 CIN - FG, SHAYNE GRAHAM 36 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 68 yards in 1:35. Key plays: Palmer 23-yard pass to Kelly to Cincinnati 37; Palmer 12-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Cincinnati 49; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 31; Palmer 13-yard pass to Houshmandzadeh to Kansas City 18. KANSAS CITY 27-20. CINCINNATI - KANSAS CITY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY FIRST DOWNS 22 20 Rushing 2 4 Passing 16 14 Penalty 4 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-11-9% 7-16-44% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 373 354 Total offensive plays 65 74 Average gain per play 5.7 4.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 78 121 Rushing attempts 18 34 Average gain per rush 4.3 3.6 Tackles for loss-yards 2-5 10-23 NET YARDS PASSING 295 233 Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-25 5-31 Gross passing yards 320 264 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 43-26-2 35-25-0 Avg gain per pass play 6.3 5.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-4-2 5-2-1 PUNTS: Number and Average 6-45.2 7-46.6 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.8 41.3 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 14 60 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-14 4-37 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-75 2-45 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-23 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-59 9-55 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 2 3 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 0-2-0% 2-4-50% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 24:50 35:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CINCINNATI KANSAS CITY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K WATSON 13 68 5.2 19 0 L JOHNSON 31 119 3.8 34 1 R JOHNSON 4 8 2.0 6 0 M BENNETT 2 3 1.5 2 0 C PALMER 1 2 2.0 2 0 D HUARD 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- C PALMER 26-43-320 2 2 42 D HUARD 25-35-264 0 2 26 Sacked-Yards Lost: C PALMER 4-25. Sacked-Yards Lost: D HUARD 5-31. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOUSHMANDZADEH 8 145 18.1 42 2 T GONZALEZ 9 102 11.3 26 2 C JOHNSON 8 83 10.4 20 0 J WEBB 7 78 11.1 20 0 R KELLY 3 45 15.0 23 0 D BOWE 4 46 11.5 14 0 K WATSON 3 14 4.7 5 0 L JOHNSON 2 24 12.0 15 0 A CHATMAN 2 19 9.5 13 0 M BENNETT 2 6 3.0 7 0 G HOLT 2 14 7.0 7 0 S PARKER 1 8 8.0 8 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B POLLARD 1 21 21.0 21 0 P SURTAIN 1 2 2.0 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- K LARSON 6 271 45.2 0 2 48 D COLQUITT 7 326 46.6 0 4 56 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S GREEN 4 14 3.5 6 0 E DRUMMOND 4 37 9.3 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- G HOLT 4 75 18.8 28 0 E DRUMMOND 2 45 22.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- S GRAHAM 2/2 2/2 D RAYNER 3/3 2/2 Dist.: 33 36 Dist.: 32 20 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C PALMER 1 1 0 0-0 L JOHNSON 1 1 0 0-0 D JONES 0 0 1 0-0 J WEBB 1 1 0 0-0 D O'NEAL 0 0 1 0-0 J ALLEN 0 0 1 0-0 F RUCKER 0 0 0 0-1 R EDWARDS 0 0 0 0-1 - TEAM 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ L JOHNSON 9 9 0 1-8 D EDWARDS 9 8 1 0-0 M WILLIAMS 7 7 0 1-3 P SURTAIN 6 6 0 0-0 A SCHLEGEL 6 5 1 0-0 B POLLARD 5 5 0 0-0 D PEKO 5 5 0 0-0 A BOONE 4 4 0 0-0 R GEATHERS 5 2 3 0-0 G WESLEY 4 3 1 0-0 J SMITH 4 4 0 1-6 J ALLEN 3 2 12.5-19 B ADAMS 4 4 0 1-7 R EDWARDS 2 2 0 1-2 D O'NEAL 4 4 0 0-0 B SAPP 2 2 0 0-0 L HALL 4 4 0 0-0 T MCBRIDE 2 2 0 0-0 C NDUKWE 3 3 0 1-7 D JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 D JONES 3 3 0 0-0 T LAW 1 1 0 0-0 M MYERS 3 2 1 0-0 J PAGE 1 1 0 0-0 D JACKSON 3 2 1 0-0 T BRACKENRIDGE 1 1 0 0-0 H JONES 2 2 0 0-0 N HARRIS 1 1 0 0-0 J THORNTON 1 1 0 0-0 J WILKERSON 1 1 0 0-0 B ROBINSON 1 0 1 0-0 T HALI 1 0 1 .5-4 Officials: Referee-John Parry, Umpire-Tony Michalek, Head Linesman-Derick Bowers, Line Judge-John Hussey, Field Judge-Gary Cavaletto, Side Judge-Laird Hayes, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 76,846 Time of Game: 3:22</div>
NFL: CINCINNATI at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">NFL CINCINNATI AT KANSAS CITY NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT RECEIVING STATS AND SACKS FOR CINCINNATI.</div>