Visitor:  Kansas City Chiefs

Home:  Houston Oilers

Date:  January 16, 1994

AFC Divisional Game

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

KC                  0          0          7          21          28

HOU                10        0          0          10          20

 

Visitor playmakers:

CB Albert Lewis, T Joe Phillips, TE Keith Cash, S Bennie Thompson, WR J.J. Birden, DE Derrick Thomas, WR Willie Davis, RB Marcus Allen

 

Home playmakers:

CB Steve Jackson, RB Gary Brown, LB Lamar Lathon, DB Terry Hoage, DE William Fuller, WR Ernest Givins

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Network:  NBC  (KNBC Los Angeles)

Announcers:  Dick Enberg, Bob Trumpy, Todd Christensen, O.J. Simpson

 

Pregame:  Yes

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  Very Good

 

Notes:  Houston’s offensive “run and shoot” scheme and Buddy Ryan’s impressive defense maul the Chiefs for two quarters, but the Chiefs regroup at halftime.  Look for Herm Edwards in the KC booth and George Brett on the sideline.  A minor line of distortion occurs periodically in the center of the screen, but otherwise a great copy.

Thanks Edward!

 

Kansas City pulled a huge upset over heavily-favored Houston to advance to its first-ever AFC Championship game with a 28-20 victory at the Astrodome.  The contest marked the Chiefs’ first road playoff win since claiming a 17-7 triumph at Oakland in the ’69 AFL Championship game.

 

A final sack from Derrick Thomas (bringing the team total to nine sacks for 68 yards lost) would all but seal the Oilers’ fate as the Chiefs turned Defensive Coordinator Buddy Ryan’s “House of Pain” into a house of horrors for Houston in the final NFL postseason game ever played in the Astrodome.

 

Running time:  3:22  (2 discs)