Visitor:  Denver Broncos

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  November 23, 2006

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

DEN                0          3          7          0            10

KC                  3          7          3          6            19

 

Visitor playmakers:

TE Stephen Alexander, DB Darrent Williams, DE Ebenezer Ekuban

 

Home playmakers:

RB Larry Johnson, K Lawrence Tynes, CB Ty Law, S Patrick Surtain, DE Tamba Hali

 

Network:  NFL Network

Announcers:  Bryant Gumbel, Cris Collinsworth

 

Pregame:  Yes – Chiefs Locker Room Show, Chiefs Kickoff Show

Halftime:  Yes – Wendy’s Halftime Show, John Fogerty

Postgame:  Yes – Home Depot Postgame Show, FOX 4 Postgame Show

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Excellent

 

Notes:  The Chiefs crush the Broncos in this historic Thanksgiving night game, the culmination of 37 years of lobbying by Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt to rotate the Thanksgiving games around the league.  The KC defense holds Denver to a mere 38 rushing yards, 10 of which were notched by QB Jake Plummer after his passing routes were defensed.  Meanwhile, RB Larry Johnson racks up 157 rushing yards and 1 TD and K Lawrence Tynes puts four through the uprights to push the Chiefs past the Broncos into second place in the AFC West.  Singer Jessica Harp of The Wreckers sings the National Anthem, and John Fogerty performs a half-time show.  This game is also the first-ever NFL Network broadcast of a live game.

 

Running time:  3:42  (2 discs)