Visitor:  Cincinnati Bengals

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  September 7, 1986

Week 1

 

Scoring:

Team               1          2          3          4          Final

CIN                 0          7          0          7          14

KC                  7          0          14        3          24

 

Visitor playmakers:

LB Emanuel King, DE Ross Browner, WR Cris Collinsworth, DE Eddie Edwards, CB Louis Breeden, LB Reggie Williams

 

Home playmakers:

S Mark Robinson, S Deron Cherry, LB Ken McAlister, DE Art Still, TE Walt Arnold, RB Jeff Smith, DT Bill Maas

 

Network:  NBC (WLWT Cincinnati)

Announcers:  Len Berman, John Hannah

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials: Yes

 

Grade:  8/10 – Great color, great audio, some static near the end of the game

 

Notes:  The Chiefs block a Cincinnati punt and recover it in the end zone two minutes into the game, and on the next Bengals drive a brawl breaks out when Kinnebrew takes offense to the way he was tackled.  The Chiefs defense doesn’t let up for the rest of the game, frustrating QB Boomer Esiason and his typically high-scoring offense.

 

Todd Blackledge starts under center for the Chiefs and has a decent day, but tends to overthrow his receivers a lot.  The Chiefs running backs set the tone for the offense.

 

Running time:  3:18 (3 DVDs)