Visitor:  Denver Broncos

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  December 9, 1990

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

DEN                0          13        0          7            20

KC                  7          3          7          14          31

 

Visitor playmakers:

TE Shannon Sharpe, Young, Humphrey

 

Home playmakers:

WR Stephone Paige, RB Barry Word, TE Danta Whitaker, WR Robb Thomas

 

Network:  NBC (WDAF Kansas City)

Announcers:  Charlie Jones, Bill Walsh

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  8/10

 

Notes:  Two big fourth-down calls, two big touchdowns.  Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer let his team make two big plays that ultimately led to Kansas City’s 31-20 win over the Denver Broncos and clinched a playoff spot.

 

The first play was a fourth and goal at the Denver one-yard line, and RB Barry Word carried the ball into the end zone to give the Chiefs a 17-13 lead.  The second fourth-down attempt resulted in a 27-yard touchdown pass from Steve DeBerg to WR Robb Thomas and put the game away in the fourth quarter.  DeBerg passed for 254 yards and three touchdowns in the game, and wasn’t surprised by Schottenheimer’s confidence in the team.

 

Kansas City trailed 13-10 at the half, but scored 21 second-half points to take control of the game.

 

The win clinched at least a wild card spot in the playoffs for Kansas City and improved their record to 9-4.  The Chiefs won two of their final three games to finish at 11-5, the team’s best record since 1971.

 

Thanks Gil!

 

Running time:  2:41 (2 discs)