Visitor:  Houston Oilers

Home:  Kansas City Chiefs

Date:  October 12, 1980

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

HOU                3          7          3          7            20

KC                  0          0          14        7            21

 

Visitor playmakers:

RB Earl Campbell, TE Mike Barber, CB Vernon Perry

 

Home playmakers:

WR Henry Marshall, LB Gary Spani, QB Steve Fuller, DE Whitney Paul, S Gary Barbaro

 

Network:  NBC (KPRC Houston)

Announcers:  Merle Harmon, Mike Haffner

 

Pregame:  No

Halftime:  No

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  No

 

Grade:  Good.  Edited huddles for the last few plays of the first half.

 

Notes:  Houston moves the ball down to the KC 21 on the opening drive by giving it to Campbell, but the Chiefs stop them and the Oilers settle for 3.  The Oilers then stop the Chiefs on every drive through the first half.  Nick Lowery has a rare miss on a field goal try, and the Chiefs remain scoreless.  Barbaro picks off a tipped Ken Stabler pass in the end zone in the final seconds of the first quarter, preventing the touchdown and possibly saving the game for KC.  Houston goes up by 10 after an 83-yard drive that puts Campbell in the end zone.

 

Kansas City comes out passing in the third quarter and it pays off when Fuller finds Marshall on a 31-yard touchdown pass.  On Houston’s next possession, Spani picks off Stabler at the Houston 47 and runs it in for a defensive touchdown, giving KC the lead.  When Houston gets the ball back, Campbell becomes Houston’s new all-time rushing leader, passing Hoyle Granger.  Houston cuts KC’s lead to 1 later in the drive with a field goal from the 29-yard line.

 

The Chiefs put together a great drive at the end of the third quarter, and as the fourth quarter opens Fuller tries to find Marshall but Vernon Perry intercepts the pass at the 3-yard line and runs it back to the KC 45.  The Oilers make it pay off with a touchdown pass to Barber, taking a 6-point lead with 8:05 to play.

 

KC retakes the lead when Fuller, finding no open receivers, weaves and dodges for 38 yards to find the end zone.  Lowery’s PAT gives the Chiefs a 1-point lead with 2:51 left in the game.  Houston drives the ball to the KC 40 and looks to move into field goal range, but Whitney Paul forces a fumble and Spani recovers it to give KC possession and their first win over the Oilers since 1974.

 

Thanks Cory!

 

Running time:  1:49 (1 disc)