Visitor:  Dallas Cowboys

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  October 22, 1989

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

DAL                7          7          0          14          28

KC                  14        13        9          0            36

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Paul Palmer, WR James Dixon, RB Darryl Clack, TE Steve Folsom, DE Jim Jeffcoat

 

Home playmakers:

RB Christian Okoye, RB James Saxon, LB Rob McGovern, QB Steve Pelluer, LB Chris Martin, T Irv Eatman

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Tim Brant, Dan Jiggetts

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes – The NFL Today

Postgame:  Yes – The NFL Today, Sports Extra from KCTV

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Excellent.  Some minor tape/broadcast problems for the first few minutes, but then great for the rest of the game.

 

Notes:  Kansas City gets the ball after 0-6 Dallas fumbles during their first possession, and the Chiefs make it pay off, blasting into the end zone with Okoye on an 8-play, 61-yard drive.  Dallas answers with a 63-yard rush from scrimmage for a touchdown, but it’s Kansas City that controls the clock and leads at the end of the quarter when Okoye finds the end zone again.

 

The KC defense clamps down in the second quarter, frustrating QB Steve Walsh’s passing game and stopping the run.  KC QB Steve DeBerg shows his excellence as a quarterback, using play-action and long passes to augment the power of the Chiefs rush.  Dixon keeps the Cowboys in the game with a 98-yard kick return for a touchdown, but Nick Lowery tacks on a couple of field goals to keep Kansas City comfortably in the lead.

 

The Dallas defense does a better job to start the second half, forcing KC to punt on their opening drive.  The offense sputters under the pressure of the Chiefs defense, though, and Kansas City blocks the punt out of the back of the end zone for a safety.  DeBerg comes out of the game with leg cramps and Pelluer comes in, and on his second series carries the ball into the end zone himself.

 

Dallas drives 71 yards to score a touchdown to open the fourth quarter.  DeBerg comes back in to run the KC offense after getting an IV bag of fluids, but he can’t get it done and the Chiefs punt the ball away.  Dallas scores again when Walsh finds Folsom, but they run out of time and Kansas City runs the clock down to seal the victory.

 

Christian Okoye sets a career high with 170 rushing yards, and he sets a new Chiefs record with 33 carries.

 

Thanks JD!

 

Running time:  3:58 (2 discs)