Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Chicago Bears

Date:  September 16, 2007

Week 2

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          7          3          0            10

CHI                 0          17        3          0            20

 

Visitor playmakers:

LB Derrick Johnson, LB Napoleon Harris, LB Donnie Edwards, WR Dwayne Bowe

 

Home playmakers:

LB Lance Briggs, LB Brian Urlacher, DT Tommie Harris, S Danieal Manning, T John St. Clair, KR Devin Hester

 

Network:  CBS (KCTV Kansas City)

Announcers:  Jim Nantz, Phil Simms

 

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

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes – Postgame comments from Herm Edwards, Rex Grossman, highlights from nfl.com

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Excellent

 

Notes:  KR Devin Hester scored on a 73-yard punt return in the second quarter and set up a field goal in the third with another long return to help the defending NFC champions beat the Kansas City Chiefs 20-10. Hester now has seven touchdown returns in his career and is one shy of Gayle Sayers' team record.

 

RB Cedric Benson carried 24 times for 101 yards, eight shy of his career high, after being held to 42 in last week's 14-3 season-opening loss at San Diego.

Rex Grossman was 20-for-34 with 160 yards and a touchdown, but was picked off twice.

 

Minutes after blocking a 48-yard field goal by Dave Rayner, the Bears came up big again. With the ball on the 16, Charles Tillman deflected a pass intended for Sammie Parker in the end zone and Danieal Manning intercepted it.

 

Chicago was able to contain Larry Johnson, who managed just 55 yards on 16 attempts.

 

Damon Huard wasn't much help, going 19-for-28 with 175 yards for Kansas City (0-2). He had a touchdown pass and an interception and was sacked four times before leaving late in the game for Brodie Croyle.

 

An offense that managed just 202 yards in the opener got going late in the first quarter. Benson ran for 41 yards on the Bears' first touchdown drive, setting up Grossman's 2-yard scoring pass to John St. Clair.

 

Besides Hester's 73-yard return, Gould kicked a 47-yard field goal to make it 17-0 with 2:25 left in the first half. The Chiefs scored just over a minute later, when Huard connected with Dwayne Bowe on a 16-yard touchdown pass to make it 17-7.  For the Chiefs, Larry Johnson simply couldn't find any room to run.

 

Running time:  4:01 (2 discs)